Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs
August 14, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 1961 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Philadelphia Phillies 2, Chicago Cubs 9

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 4 0 0 0
Walters rf 4 0 0 0
Demeter cf 4 1 1 0
Walls lf 3 1 2 1
Smith C. 3b 4 0 0 0
Herrera 1b 3 0 0 0
Amaro ss 3 0 2 0
Dalrymple c 2 0 0 0
  Malkmus ph 1 0 0 0
  Kenders c 1 0 0 0
Sullivan p 1 0 1 0
  Ferrarese p 0 0 0 0
  Smith B. ph 1 0 0 0
  Baldschun p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Heist cf 4 1 1 0
Zimmer 3b 5 1 1 0
Banks ss 3 3 3 3
  Rodgers ss 0 0 0 0
Altman rf 4 1 1 0
  Will rf 0 0 0 0
Williams lf 3 1 1 1
Taylor c 3 1 1 0
Kindall 2b 3 1 1 4
Bouchee 1b 4 0 0 0
Ellsworth p 4 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 9 8
Philadelphia 010 100 000262
Chicago 220 050 00x992
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Sullivan  L (3-11) 4.0 7 9 7 3 5
  Ferrarese   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Baldschun   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
9
7
3
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Ellsworth  W (6-7) 9.0 6 2 1 3 4
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
3
4

  E–Walters (2), C Smith (20), Zimmer 2 (15).  DP–Philadelphia 1, Chicago 3.  2B–Philadelphia Demeter (11,off Ellsworth), Chicago Banks (12,off Sullivan).  HR–Chicago Banks (20,2nd inning off Sullivan 1 on, 2 out); Kindall (9,5th inning off Sullivan 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Sullivan (3,off Ellsworth).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Williams (4,by Sullivan); Taylor (3,by Sullivan).  Team–5.  WP–Ellsworth (7).  HBP–Sullivan 2 (4,Williams,Taylor).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:13.  A–5,608.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook