Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 15, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 1973 at Veteran's Stadium. The Houston Astros defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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, Philadelphia Phillies 0

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Wynn rf 3 0 0 0
Metzger ss 3 1 2 0
Cedeno cf 2 1 0 0
Watson lf 2 0 1 1
Rader 3b 2 0 2 1
May 1b 2 0 0 0
Helms 2b 3 0 0 0
Jutze c 3 0 1 0
Roberts p 3 0 0 0
Totals 23 2 6 2
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Robinson cf 2 0 2 0
Harmon 2b 3 0 0 0
Montanez 1b 1 0 0 0
Luzinski lf 2 0 0 0
Anderson rf 2 0 1 0
Schmidt 3b 2 0 0 0
Boone c 2 0 0 0
Bowa ss 2 0 0 0
Ruthven p 2 0 1 0
Totals 18 0 4 0
Houston 001 010260
Philadelphia 000 00x040
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  W (9-7) 5.0 4 0 0 2 2
Totals
5.0
4
0
0
2
2
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven  L (3-8) 6.0 6 2 2 5 6
Totals
6.0
6
2
2
5
6

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Rader (14,off Ruthven), Philadelphia B Robinson (15,off Roberts).  IBB–May (6,by Ruthven).  SB–Cedeno (30,2nd base off Ruthven/Boone); Metzger (8,2nd base off Ruthven/Boone).  CS–Watson (2,2nd base by Ruthven/Boone).  WP–Ruthven 2 (7).  IBB–Ruthven (7,May).  U-HP–Art Williams, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–1:38.  A–20,648.
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