Los Angeles Dodgers vs Atlanta Braves
September 26, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1971 at Atlanta Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Atlanta Braves 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

Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Atlanta Braves 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 0 1 0
Valentine 2b 4 0 2 1
Davis cf 5 0 0 0
Allen 3b 4 1 1 1
Mota lf 3 1 1 0
Parker 1b 4 0 1 0
Crawford rf 4 1 2 0
Sims c 4 2 2 1
Osteen p 3 0 1 1
  Wilhelm p 1 0 0 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Millan 2b 4 0 0 0
Garr lf 5 0 2 1
Aaron H. 1b 4 1 1 1
Williams c 4 0 1 0
Versalles 3b 3 0 1 0
  Evans ph,3b 0 0 0 0
Lum rf 4 0 0 0
Jackson cf 4 0 0 0
Perez ss 4 1 2 0
Stone p 1 0 0 0
  Neibauer p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  House p 0 0 0 0
  Aaron T. ph 1 0 1 0
  Barber p 0 0 0 0
  Breazeale ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 2 9 2
Los Angeles 011 120 0005111
Atlanta 000 001 100293
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Osteen  W (14-11) 6.1 6 2 2 2 0
  Wilhelm   1.2 2 0 0 1 3
  Brewer  SV (22) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
3
3
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Stone  L (6-8) 4.0 7 5 4 0 2
  Neibauer   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  House   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Barber   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
11
5
4
1
5

  E–Valentine (15), Versalles (13), Stone (1), Barber (1).  DP–Atlanta 1.  PB–Sims (4).  2B–Los Angeles Mota (13,off Stone); Crawford (16,off Stone), Atlanta T Aaron (2,off Osteen).  HR–Los Angeles Allen (23,2nd inning off Stone 0 on, 0 out); Sims (5,3rd inning off Stone 0 on, 0 out), Atlanta H Aaron (47,6th inning off Osteen 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Wills (7,off Neibauer); Mota (8,off House).  SB–Wills (15,2nd base off House/Williams); Parker (6,2nd base off Barber/Williams); Garr (30,2nd base off Wilhelm/Sims).  BK–Stone (1).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:50.  A–18,923.
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