Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
August 18, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1969 at Crosley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates 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

Pittsburgh Pirates 12, Cincinnati Reds 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 5 2 3 1
Pagan 3b 6 2 0 0
Stargell lf 5 1 1 1
Clemente rf 4 0 3 1
  Davis pr,rf 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph,rf 2 1 1 3
Sanguillen c 6 2 1 0
Oliver 1b 6 1 2 3
Alley 2b 6 2 4 2
Patek ss 6 0 2 0
Moose p 3 0 0 0
  Hebner ph 1 0 0 0
  Dal Canton p 1 1 0 0
Totals 51 12 17 11
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 4 1 0 0
Tolan cf 5 1 3 3
Johnson lf 4 1 2 0
  Savage lf 0 0 0 0
Perez 3b 3 0 0 0
Bench c 5 0 0 0
May 1b 5 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Ramos p 0 0 0 0
Stewart 2b 1 0 0 0
  Granger p 1 0 0 0
  Whitfield 1b 1 0 0 0
Woodward ss 5 1 1 0
Arrigo p 2 1 1 0
  Ruiz 2b 3 0 2 0
Totals 39 5 9 3
Pittsburgh 001 100 003 712173
Cincinnati 003 001 010 0595
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Moose   7.0 6 4 3 5 8
  Dal Canton  W (6-2) 3.0 3 1 0 1 3
Totals
10.0
9
5
3
6
11
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Arrigo   6.2 8 2 1 2 4
  Granger  L (7-5) 2.2 5 6 1 0 1
  Jackson   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Ramos   0.1 4 4 4 0 0
Totals
10.0
17
12
6
2
6

  E–Sanguillen 2 (13), Dal Canton (1), Johnson (15), Perez (21), Woodward (7), Arrigo (1), Ruiz (10).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Patek (8,off Arrigo); Stargell (24,off Granger); Oliver 2 (12,off Granger,off Ramos); Taylor (7,off Ramos), Cincinnati Johnson (15,off Moose).  HR–Pittsburgh Alley (5,10th inning off Ramos 1 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Tolan (21,3rd inning off Moose 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Savage (1,off Dal Canton).  IBB–Perez (4,by Dal Canton).  SB–Johnson (6,2nd base off Moose/Sanguillen).  WP–Dal Canton (1).  BK–Moose (2).  IBB–Dal Canton (9,Perez).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–(none), 3B–Bill Williams.  T–3:17.  A–16,657.
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