New York Yankees vs Baltimore Orioles
September 16, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1971 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Yankees 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

New York Yankees 2, Baltimore Orioles 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Kenney 3b 3 1 2 0
Clarke 2b 4 0 0 0
Murcer cf 4 1 2 1
White lf 4 0 1 0
Blomberg rf 4 0 2 0
Ellis 1b 4 0 1 1
Munson c 4 0 0 0
Michael ss 3 0 0 0
Kekich p 3 0 0 0
  Hambright p 0 0 0 0
  Lyttle ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Blair cf 4 1 1 0
Johnson 2b 3 1 1 0
Rettenmund lf 3 0 1 0
Robinson F. rf 3 2 2 1
Robinson B. 3b 4 1 1 4
Powell 1b 3 0 0 0
Etchebarren c 4 1 2 1
Belanger ss 4 0 1 0
Dobson p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 9 6
New York 200 000 000280
Baltimore 010 000 14x690
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Kekich  L (10-8) 7.0 6 4 4 3 2
  Hambright   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
4
2
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson  W (18-8) 9.0 8 2 2 2 6
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
6

  E–None.  DP–New York 2.  2B–New York Kenney (10,off Dobson).  HR–Baltimore F Robinson (26,2nd inning off Kekich 0 on, 0 out); Etchebarren (9,7th inning off Kekich 0 on, 1 out); B Robinson (18,8th inning off Hambright 3 on, 1 out).  CS–Kenney (9,2nd base by Dobson/Etchebarren).  WP–Hambright (2), Dobson (6).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Jim Odom, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:25.  A–11,602.
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