New York Mets vs San Diego Padres
July 20, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1974 at San Diego Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the San Diego Padres 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

New York Mets 10, San Diego Padres 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 5 1 1 0
Theodore 1b 5 2 2 1
Staub rf 5 2 2 2
Jones lf 5 3 2 2
  Schneck lf 1 0 0 0
Grote c 3 1 3 0
  Dyer c 1 0 0 0
Hahn cf 5 1 2 3
Garrett 3b 2 0 1 0
Martinez 2b 3 0 2 2
Koosman p 4 0 1 0
Totals 39 10 16 10
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Hernandez ss 4 1 2 0
Morales 2b 2 0 1 0
Colbert lf 3 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 1 0
Winfield cf 4 1 1 1
Gaston rf 4 0 1 1
Kendall c 4 0 1 0
Roberts 3b 4 0 0 0
Laxton p 0 0 0 0
  Palmer p 2 0 0 0
  Hardy p 0 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Clarke ph 1 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
  Beckert ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
New York 010 053 10010160
San Diego 101 000 000271
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  W (10-7) 9.0 7 2 2 3 8
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
8
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Laxton   1.2 0 1 0 3 1
  Palmer  L (1-4) 2.2 5 3 3 2 0
  Hardy   1.0 5 5 5 2 2
  Tomlin   1.2 3 1 1 0 1
  Romo   2.0 3 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
16
10
9
8
4

  E–Roberts (10).  DP–San Diego 3.  2B–New York Grote (7,off Hardy); Hahn (8,off Hardy); Staub (19,off Tomlin), San Diego Gaston (8,off Koosman).  HR–New York Theodore (1,5th inning off Palmer 0 on, 1 out); Staub (13,5th inning off Palmer 0 on, 1 out); Jones (10,5th inning off Palmer 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Martinez 2 (2,off Laxton,off Hardy).  IBB–Staub (8,by Hardy).  SB–Harrelson (6,2nd base off Hardy/Kendall); Hernandez (26,2nd base off Koosman/Grote).  WP–Koosman (3).  BK–Koosman (1).  IBB–Hardy (11,Staub).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Art Williams.  T–2:51.  A–31,342.
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