Philadelphia Phillies vs Houston Colt .45s
September 22, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 1963 at Colt Stadium. The Houston Colt .45s defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Philadelphia Phillies 1, Houston Colt .45s 2

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 4 1 1 0
Callison rf 4 0 1 1
Covington lf 4 0 2 0
  Demeter pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez cf 4 0 0 0
Sievers 1b 4 0 0 0
Dalrymple c 4 0 1 0
Hoak 3b 4 0 2 0
  Wine ss 0 0 0 0
Amaro ss,3b 2 0 1 0
Short p 2 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Houston Colt .45s ab   r   h rbi
Vaughan ss 3 0 1 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Farrell p 0 0 0 0
Goss cf 4 0 1 0
Weekly rf 4 0 2 0
  Pointer pr 0 0 0 0
Warwick 1b 4 1 0 0
Wynn lf 3 1 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 2 1
Bateman c 2 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
White 2b 2 0 1 0
  Temple ph 0 0 0 0
  Morgan pr,2b 1 0 1 1
Brown p 2 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0
  Lillis ph,ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 8 2
Philadelphia 000 000 010181
Houston 000 000 002280
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Short  L (8-12) 8.1 7 2 2 2 3
  Klippstein   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.2
8
2
2
2
3
  Houston Colt .45s IP H R ER BB SO
Brown   7.2 8 1 1 0 2
  Woodeshick   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Farrell  W (14-13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
0
5

  E–Dalrymple (19).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Philadelphia Taylor (19,off Brown).  SH–Amaro (6,off Brown); Short (4,off Brown); Lillis (7,off Short).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Bateman (9,by Short).  Team–7.  SB–Vaughan (1,2nd base off Short/Dalrymple).  HBP–Short (3,Bateman).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:12.  A–3,493.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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