Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Indians
May 6, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1972 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Chicago White Sox 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

Chicago White Sox 0, Cleveland Indians 12

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kelly rf 3 0 1 0
Orta ss 4 0 0 0
Allen 1b 3 0 1 0
Melton 3b 4 0 0 0
May lf 4 0 0 0
Johnstone cf 3 0 1 0
Andrews 2b 3 0 0 0
Herrmann c 1 0 0 0
  Egan c 1 0 0 0
Bradley p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 1 0 0 0
  Gossage p 1 0 0 0
  Lemonds p 0 0 0 0
  Reichardt ph 1 0 0 0
  Geddes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 3 0
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 5 1 1 0
Brohamer 2b 4 2 3 3
  Leon 2b 1 0 0 0
Johnson lf 4 2 3 3
  Foster lf 1 0 1 0
Nettles 3b 3 3 3 1
McCraw 1b 4 1 3 2
Fosse c 3 0 1 1
  Moses c 2 0 0 0
Bell rf 5 0 1 1
Duffy ss 4 1 2 0
Perry p 3 2 0 0
Totals 39 12 18 11
Chicago 000 000 000034
Cleveland 332 220 00x12180
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bradley  L (2-1) 0.1 5 3 3 0 0
  Johnson   2.2 7 6 5 3 1
  Gossage   3.0 4 3 0 0 3
  Lemonds   1.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Geddes   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
18
12
8
5
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (4-2) 9.0 3 0 0 3 4
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
3
4

  E–Kelly (3), Orta (3), Melton (5), Andrews (4).  DP–Chicago 2, Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Nettles 3 (5,off Bradley,off Gossage,off Lemonds); Unser (4,off Johnson); Duffy (2,off Johnson).  HR–Cleveland A Johnson (2,1st inning off Bradley 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Perry (1,by Johnson).  CS–Bell (1,2nd base by Johnson/Herrmann).  WP–Gossage (1).  HBP–Johnson (1,Perry).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:29.  A–4,239.
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