Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 29, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 29, 1966 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Reds 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

Cincinnati Reds 2, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Helms 3b 5 0 1 0
Rose 2b 5 0 0 0
Pinson cf 4 0 0 0
Coleman 1b 3 0 1 0
  Harper pr,lf 1 1 0 0
Shamsky rf 3 0 1 1
  Simpson pr 0 1 0 0
  Queen rf 1 0 0 0
Johnson lf,1b 3 0 1 0
Cardenas ss 2 0 0 1
Edwards c 2 0 0 0
Jay p 2 0 0 0
  McCool p 0 0 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 0 0
  Davidson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 4 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock rf 4 0 2 1
Tolan lf 3 1 1 1
Flood cf 4 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 4 0 3 0
  Williams pr 0 0 0 0
  Francona 1b 0 0 0 0
McCarver c 3 0 0 0
Smith 3b 3 0 0 0
Buchek ss 4 0 1 0
Javier 2b 4 0 0 0
Briles p 2 1 1 0
  Skinner ph 1 0 1 0
  Jackson pr 0 1 0 0
  Hoerner p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 2
Cincinnati 000 000 200 0242
St. Louis 000 010 100 1391
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Jay   7.0 9 2 2 3 1
  McCool   2.0 0 0 0 0 4
  Davidson  L (0-1) 0.0 0 1 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
2
4
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Briles   7.0 3 2 2 4 5
  Hoerner  W (1-0) 3.0 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
10.0
4
2
2
5
9

  E–Edwards (2), Davidson (1), Smith (4).  DP–Cincinnati 2, St. Louis 1.  2B–Cincinnati Coleman (1,off Briles); Johnson (4,off Briles), St. Louis Cepeda (7,off Jay).  3B–St. Louis Brock (1,off Jay).  SF–Cardenas (1,off Briles).  IBB–Edwards (4,by Briles); McCarver (2,by Jay).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Flood (2,off Davidson).  HBP–Tolan (1,by Jay).  Team–9.  SB–Brock (11,2nd base off Jay/Edwards).  CS–Smith (2,2nd base by Jay/Edwards).  HBP–Jay (2,Tolan).  IBB–Jay (1,McCarver); Briles (2,Edwards).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:43.  A–26,483.
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