Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 5, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1972 at Busch Stadium II. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 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

Philadelphia Phillies 5, St. Louis Cardinals 0

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Doyle 2b 4 1 1 0
Bowa ss 4 0 1 0
Hutton 1b 4 0 1 1
Montanez cf 3 1 1 0
Luzinski lf 4 1 1 2
Money 3b 4 1 1 0
Robinson rf 4 1 2 2
Bateman c 4 0 0 0
Carlton p 3 0 1 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 1 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 4 0 1 0
Torre 3b 4 0 1 0
Simmons c 3 0 0 0
Melendez rf 2 0 1 0
Roque cf 3 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 2 0 0 0
  Bare p 0 0 0 0
  McNertney ph 1 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
Cleveland p 1 0 1 0
  Anderson ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 5 0
Philadelphia 100 220 000590
St. Louis 000 000 000051
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  W (17-6) 9.0 5 0 0 1 7
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cleveland  L (12-7) 6.0 9 5 5 1 2
  Bare   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Drabowsky   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
1
4

  E–Roque (1).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–St. Louis Brock (13,off Carlton).  HR–Philadelphia B Robinson (3,4th inning off Cleveland 1 on, 1 out); Luzinski (11,5th inning off Cleveland 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Carlton (5,off Cleveland).  IBB–Montanez (9,by Cleveland).  WP–Cleveland (3).  IBB–Cleveland (6,Montanez).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–(none), 3B–John Kibler.  T–1:48.  A–25,505.
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