Houston Astros vs New York Mets
April 14, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1965 at Shea Stadium. The Houston Astros defeated the New York Mets 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

Houston Astros 7, New York Mets 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Lillis ss 6 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 5 0 0 0
Wynn cf 4 1 1 0
Bond 1b 5 2 1 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 1 0 0
Beauchamp lf 3 1 2 1
  Staub lf,rf 1 1 0 0
Gaines rf 3 0 1 0
  Spangler ph,lf 1 1 1 1
Brand c 5 0 2 3
Farrell p 4 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0
  Owens p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 9 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Klaus 2b 5 0 0 0
McMillan ss 4 0 0 0
  Swoboda ph 1 1 1 1
Lewis rf 4 0 1 0
  Napoleon ph 1 1 1 0
Christopher lf 5 3 3 1
Kranepool 1b 5 1 1 2
Jones cf 5 0 1 2
Smith 3b 5 0 0 0
Cannizzaro c 2 0 1 0
  Gonder ph,c 2 0 0 0
Spahn p 3 0 1 0
  Cowan pr 0 0 0 0
  Ribant p 0 0 0 0
  Hickman ph 1 0 0 0
  Bearnarth p 0 0 0 0
  Cisco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 6 10 6
Houston 000 000 300 04791
New York 000 200 001 036103
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Farrell  W (1-0) 10.1 7 4 4 0 8
  Woodeshick   0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Owens  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
10
6
6
0
9
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn   8.0 7 3 3 1 3
  Ribant   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Bearnarth  L (0-1) 0.2 0 4 0 3 0
  Cisco   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
9
7
3
5
4

  E–Bond (1), Klaus (1), McMillan (1), Smith (1).  2B–Houston Wynn (1,off Spahn), New York Spahn (1,off Farrell).  HR–New York Kranepool (1,4th inning off Farrell 1 on, 1 out); Christopher (1,9th inning off Farrell 0 on, 1 out); Swoboda (1,11th inning off Farrell 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–4.  SB–Brand (1,3rd base off Cisco/Gonder); Spangler (1,Home off Cisco/Gonder).  CS–Spangler (1,2nd base by Ribant/Gonder); Lewis (1,2nd base by Farrell/Brand).  WP–Woodeshick (1), Bearnarth 2 (2).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Al Forman, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–3:03.  A–7,277.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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."