Chicago Cubs vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 13, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 13, 1968 at Connie Mack Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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

Chicago Cubs 9, Philadelphia Phillies 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 3 0 1 0
  Arcia pr,ss 2 1 0 0
Beckert 2b 4 3 1 0
Williams rf,lf 5 1 1 1
Banks 1b 3 2 2 2
  Nen 1b 1 0 0 0
Santo 3b 5 1 1 2
Smith lf 3 0 1 2
  Hickman pr,rf 1 1 0 0
Hundley c 5 0 1 1
Phillips cf 4 0 1 1
Nye p 4 0 1 0
Totals 40 9 10 9
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 3b 4 0 1 0
Rojas 2b 4 0 0 0
Pena ss 4 0 1 0
Allen lf 4 1 1 0
Lock cf 4 0 0 0
Sutherland rf 4 0 1 0
Joseph 1b 4 0 1 1
Ryan c 3 0 3 0
Johnson p 1 0 0 0
  Boozer p 0 0 0 0
  Callison ph 1 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
  Briggs ph 1 0 1 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 9 1
Chicago 102 020 4009100
Philadelphia 000 010 000194
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Nye  W (6-12) 9.0 9 1 1 0 9
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
0
9
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (2-3) 4.1 7 5 4 1 3
  Boozer   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  James   3.0 2 4 1 2 2
  Hall   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
9
5
3
6

  E–Taylor (15), Pena 2 (26), Joseph (5).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Santo (16,off James).  HR–Chicago Williams (30,1st inning off Johnson 0 on, 2 out); Banks (32,3rd inning off Johnson 1 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–7.  SB–Beckert (8,2nd base off James/Ryan).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:23.  A–5,253.
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