Chicago Cubs vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 19, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 1961 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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)
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Chicago Cubs 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 3 2 1 0
Zimmer 2b 5 1 1 1
Banks ss 5 1 2 3
Altman rf 4 0 1 0
Williams lf 5 1 3 1
Santo 3b 5 0 0 0
Taylor c 3 0 0 0
Bouchee 1b 2 1 0 0
Anderson p 4 1 1 2
Totals 36 7 9 7
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 0 2 1
Gilliam lf 4 0 1 1
Fairly cf 4 1 1 1
Moon rf 4 0 1 0
Larker 1b 5 0 2 0
Spencer 3b 2 0 0 0
  Aspromonte 3b 2 0 1 0
Neal 2b 4 1 1 0
Sherry c 4 0 1 0
Williams p 1 0 1 0
  Craig p 0 0 0 0
  Harkness ph 1 0 0 0
  Drysdale p 0 0 0 0
  Snider ph 1 0 1 0
  Windhorn pr 0 1 0 0
Totals 36 3 12 3
Chicago 100 310 002790
Los Angeles 010 000 1013122
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  W (7-9) 9.0 12 3 3 4 4
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
4
4
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  L (13-12) 4.1 6 5 5 4 2
  Craig   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Drysdale   3.0 3 2 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
7
5
5
4

  E–Neal (10), N Sherry (2).  DP–Chicago 3, Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles Gilliam (24,off Anderson); Snider (7,off Anderson).  3B–Chicago Banks (4,off Williams).  HR–Chicago Williams (24,4th inning off Williams 0 on, 0 out); Anderson (2,4th inning off Williams 1 on, 2 out); Zimmer (13,5th inning off Williams 0 on, 0 out); Banks (28,9th inning off Drysdale 1 on, 2 out), Los Angeles Fairly (10,7th inning off Anderson 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Taylor (4,by Drysdale).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Williams (6,off Anderson).  Team–11.  SB–Ashburn (6,2nd base off Drysdale/N Sherry).  HBP–Drysdale (19,Taylor).  U-HP–Al Forman, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:47.  A–10,792.
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