Oakland Athletics vs Minnesota Twins
July 31, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1976 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Oakland Athletics 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

Oakland Athletics 5, Minnesota Twins 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
North cf 5 0 0 0
Campaneris ss 3 1 1 0
Baylor 1b 5 1 2 0
Rudi lf 5 2 2 2
Bando 3b 3 0 0 0
  Lintz pr 0 0 0 0
  McMullen 3b 0 0 0 0
Tenace c 2 0 1 2
Washington rf 4 0 0 0
Williams dh 3 1 2 1
  Alexander pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Garner 2b 4 0 0 0
Mitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Braun dh 5 0 0 1
Smalley ss 5 0 3 0
Carew 1b 5 1 2 0
Wynegar c 4 1 1 0
Bostock cf 5 1 1 1
Cubbage 3b 2 2 0 0
Hisle lf 3 0 3 2
Ford rf 4 1 1 2
Randall 2b 4 0 1 0
Goltz p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 12 6
Oakland 310 001 000583
Minnesota 000 220 20x6121
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Mitchell   4.0 7 4 3 2 1
  Bahnsen  L (4-3) 3.2 5 2 1 1 2
  Lindblad   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
6
4
3
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Goltz  W (9-9) 7.0 8 5 4 0 5
  Campbell  SV (11) 2.0 0 0 0 4 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
4
4
5

  E–Washington (10), Garner 2 (16), Smalley (17).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Oakland Rudi 2 (19,off Goltz 2); Williams (8,off Goltz), Minnesota Bostock (10,off P Mitchell); Carew (17,off Bahnsen).  HR–Oakland Williams (10,2nd inning off Goltz 0 on, 0 out), Minnesota Ford (13,7th inning off Bahnsen 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Tenace (3,off Goltz).  HBP–Campaneris (3,by Goltz).  SH–Hisle (9,off Bahnsen).  SB–Baylor (42,2nd base off Goltz/Wynegar); Lintz (23,2nd base off Campbell/Wynegar); Alexander (11,2nd base off Campbell/Wynegar); Hisle (23,2nd base off P Mitchell/Tenace).  WP–Goltz (10).  HBP–Goltz (4,Campaneris).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–3:18.  A–13,515.
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