New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 23, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1976 at Busch Stadium II. The New York Mets 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

New York Mets 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Phillips ss 3 0 0 0
Millan 2b 4 1 1 0
Torre 1b 4 1 1 1
Kingman lf 4 0 1 2
Vail rf 3 0 0 0
  Brown rf 1 0 0 0
Grote c 3 1 1 1
Staiger 3b 4 0 0 0
Unser cf 4 1 1 1
Seaver p 4 1 2 0
Totals 34 5 7 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McBride cf 5 0 1 0
Kessinger ss 4 1 1 0
Brock lf 4 1 1 1
Simmons 1b 3 1 1 0
Crawford rf 4 0 1 1
Ferguson c 4 1 1 1
Cruz 3b 3 0 1 1
  Fairly ph 1 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 4 0 1 0
Falcone p 3 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 8 4
New York 004 000 001572
St. Louis 300 001 000481
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (8-5) 9.0 8 4 4 1 11
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
1
11
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Falcone  L (5-6) 9.0 7 5 4 1 8
Totals
9.0
7
5
4
1
8

  E–Millan (6), Torre (4), Brock (1).  2B–New York Kingman (8,off Falcone), St. Louis Kessinger (12,off Seaver); Simmons (14,off Seaver).  HR–New York Unser (5,3rd inning off Falcone 0 on, 0 out); Grote (3,9th inning off Falcone 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Ferguson (7,6th inning off Seaver 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Phillips (1,off Falcone).  IBB–Simmons (5,by Seaver).  SB–Brock (19,2nd base off Seaver/Grote).  IBB–Seaver (4,Simmons).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:36.  A–13,922.
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