St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
June 25, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 25, 1966 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 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

St. Louis Cardinals 2, Houston Astros 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 1 0
Gagliano 3b 3 1 2 0
Flood cf 4 0 1 1
Cepeda 1b 3 0 0 0
Shannon rf 4 0 0 0
Javier 2b 3 0 1 0
Maxvill ss 3 0 1 0
  Buchek ph 1 0 0 0
Corrales c 3 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
Washburn p 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 1 0
  Gibson pr 0 1 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Jackson ss 4 1 2 1
Wynn cf 4 0 0 0
Staub lf 4 1 2 0
Nicholson rf 3 0 1 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 0 1
Bateman c 3 0 0 0
Harrison 1b 2 0 0 0
Lillis 2b 3 1 1 0
Cuellar p 2 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 6 2
St. Louis 000 001 010273
Houston 100 100 10x363
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Washburn  L (4-4) 7.0 6 3 1 2 1
  Hoerner   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
3
1
2
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Cuellar  W (6-0) 9.0 7 2 1 3 15
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
3
15

  E–Javier 2 (9), Washburn (2), Jackson (18), Bateman (9), Lillis (4).  DP–St. Louis 1, Houston 2.  2B–St. Louis Maxvill (4,off Cuellar); Gagliano (2,off Cuellar).  HR–Houston Jackson (2,1st inning off Washburn 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Cepeda (4,by Cuellar); Aspromonte (3,by Washburn).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Nicholson (2,off Washburn); Cuellar (2,off Washburn).  Team–5.  IBB–Washburn (2,Aspromonte); Cuellar (2,Cepeda).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–1:59.  A–36,825.
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