Detroit Tigers vs California Angels
August 31, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1976 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Detroit Tigers 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

Detroit Tigers 3, California Angels 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 1 1 0
Meyer lf 5 0 1 0
Oglivie rf 5 1 2 1
Staub dh 4 1 1 1
Thompson 1b 2 0 0 1
Mankowski 3b 4 0 1 0
Freehan c 4 0 0 0
Wagner ss 2 0 1 0
  Johnson ph 0 0 0 0
Garcia 2b 3 0 1 0
  Horton ph 0 0 0 0
  Manuel pr 0 0 0 0
Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 4 1 3 0
Remy 2b 4 0 2 1
Davis dh 4 0 0 0
Solaita 1b 4 2 2 1
Melton 3b 4 1 1 0
Jones rf 3 1 1 0
Humphrey c 3 1 1 2
Torres cf 4 0 1 2
Guerrero ss 3 0 1 0
Ryan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 12 6
Detroit 000 003 000381
California 100 104 00x6121
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle  L (8-10) 5.0 10 6 5 2 0
  Hiller   3.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
12
6
5
2
2
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  W (11-17) 9.0 8 3 2 4 11
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
4
11

  E–LeFlore (9), Jones (1).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Oglivie (10,off Ryan); Garcia (15,off Ryan), California Collins (10,off Ruhle); Melton (17,off Ruhle); Torres (12,off Hiller).  3B–Detroit Meyer (4,off Ryan); Oglivie (3,off Ryan).  HR–California Solaita (7,4th inning off Ruhle 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Thompson (4,off Ryan).  IBB–Jones (3,by Ruhle).  SB–LeFlore (51,2nd base off Ryan/Humphrey); Collins 2 (24,2nd base off Ruhle/Freehan 2); Remy (28,2nd base off Ruhle/Freehan).  IBB–Ruhle (3,Jones).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:21.  A–8,542.
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