Houston Astros vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 27, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1969 at Busch Stadium II. 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

Houston Astros 5, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 5 1 2 0
Alou lf,rf 5 0 3 1
Wynn cf 4 0 0 1
Miller rf 4 0 1 0
  McFadden pr 0 1 0 0
  Geiger lf 0 0 0 0
Blefary 1b 3 1 1 0
Menke ss 4 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 1 1 1
Edwards c 3 1 0 0
Griffin p 3 0 0 0
  Valdespino ph 0 0 0 1
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 0 1 0
Flood cf 5 0 3 1
Pinson rf 4 0 0 0
Torre 1b 4 0 0 0
McCarver c 3 0 1 0
  Ricketts c 0 0 0 0
Shannon 3b 3 0 0 0
Javier 2b 4 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 3 1 1 0
  White ph 1 0 1 0
Gibson p 2 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 7 1
Houston 100 000 000 4580
St. Louis 000 010 000 0171
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  W (9-6) 9.0 6 1 1 2 5
  Gladding  SV (27) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
7
1
1
2
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  L (16-9) 10.0 8 5 3 2 10
Totals
10.0
8
5
3
2
10

  E–Maxvill (17).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Rader (24,off Gibson), St. Louis Brock (29,off Griffin); Flood (26,off Griffin).  SF–Wynn (4,off Gibson); Valdespino (1,off Gibson).  IBB–Edwards (9,by Gibson).  SH–Gibson (4,off Griffin).  CS–Blefary (6,2nd base by Gibson/McCarver); Alou (3,2nd base by Gibson/McCarver).  WP–Griffin (7).  IBB–Gibson (6,Edwards).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:30.  A–21,310.
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