Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
June 18, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 1972 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians 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

Cleveland Indians 0, Oakland Athletics 9

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 4 0 0 0
Bell rf 3 0 0 0
Johnson lf 4 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 0
Fosse c 4 0 0 0
Brohamer 2b 4 0 1 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 1 0
Duffy ss 3 0 1 0
Wilcox p 1 0 0 0
  Camilli ph 0 0 0 0
  Riddleberger p 0 0 0 0
  Hargan p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Leon ph 1 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 4 0
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 1 2 0
Rudi lf 4 1 3 1
  Garrett lf 0 0 0 0
Jackson cf 2 1 0 0
  Brown O. rf 1 0 0 0
Bando 3b 4 1 1 3
  Clark 3b 1 0 0 0
Epstein 1b 4 1 2 2
  Hegan pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Duncan c 4 1 3 0
Hendrick rf,cf 5 1 2 2
Brown L. 2b 3 1 2 0
Blue p 3 1 1 0
Totals 37 9 16 8
Cleveland 000 000 000042
Oakland 010 206 00x9162
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  L (6-6) 4.0 7 3 3 0 4
  Riddleberger   1.2 3 4 0 1 1
  Hargan   0.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Mingori   1.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Farmer   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
16
9
5
3
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  W (1-3) 9.0 4 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
2
2

  E–A Johnson (3), Nettles (10), L Brown 2 (6).  2B–Cleveland Nettles (9,off Blue), Oakland Duncan (4,off Wilcox); Bando (9,off Hargan); Campaneris (7,off Mingori).  HR–Oakland Epstein (9,2nd inning off Wilcox 0 on, 1 out); Hendrick (3,4th inning off Wilcox 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Duffy (4,off Blue); Blue (1,off Wilcox).  HBP–Duncan (4,by Wilcox); Jackson (3,by Riddleberger).  IBB–Jackson (4,by Hargan).  SB–Rudi (1,2nd base off Wilcox/Fosse).  HBP–Wilcox (2,Duncan); Riddleberger (1,Jackson).  IBB–Hargan (1,Jackson).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Hank Morgenweck, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:41.  A–26,210.
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