Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
September 24, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1971 at San Diego Stadium. The Houston Astros defeated the San Diego Padres 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 2, San Diego Padres 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 9 0 2 0
  Greif p 0 0 0 0
  Guinn p 0 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 8 0 0 0
Geronimo rf,lf 6 0 1 0
  Alou ph,lf 3 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 8 0 0 0
Chiles lf 6 1 2 1
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph,c 3 0 0 0
Menke 1b 8 0 0 0
Edwards c 6 0 1 0
  Watson ph 1 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez ph,ss 1 0 1 0
Busse 3b 5 0 1 0
Forsch p 5 0 2 0
  Wynn ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 71 2 11 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Gaspar lf 6 0 1 0
  Murrell ph 1 0 0 0
  Kelley p 0 0 0 0
  Severinsen p 0 0 0 0
  Kendall ph 1 0 0 0
  Ross p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 1 0 1 0
  Norman pr 0 0 0 0
Mason 2b 9 0 1 0
Jeter cf 9 0 4 0
Colbert 1b 9 1 2 0
Stahl rf 9 0 0 0
Jestadt 3b 8 0 3 1
Barton c 7 0 1 0
Hernandez ss 3 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Dean ss 3 0 0 0
Kirby p 5 0 0 0
  Gaston ph,lf 3 0 0 0
Totals 75 1 13 1
Houston 000 100 000 000 000 000 0012111
San Diego 010 000 000 000 000 000 0001131
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   13.0 6 1 1 1 8
  Ray   3.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Culver   3.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Greif  W (1-1) 1.2 2 0 0 1 1
  Guinn   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
21.0
13
1
1
2
12
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Kirby   15.0 8 1 1 3 15
  Kelley   1.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Severinsen   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Ross  L (1-3) 3.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
21.0
11
2
2
5
16

  E–Metzger (17), Jestadt (12).  2B–San Diego Jeter (4); Jestadt (12).  HR–Houston Chiles (2).  SH–Cedeno (3); Busse (1).  IBB–Hernandez (1).  SB–Metzger 2 (14); Morgan (37).  CS–Chiles (1); Gaspar (1); Jestadt (3).  BK–Ross (1).  IBB–Forsch (5).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–5:25.
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