Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
July 8, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1977 at Tiger Stadium. The Chicago White Sox 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

Chicago White Sox 10, Detroit Tigers 7

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 5 2 3 0
Bannister ss 4 3 2 2
Orta 2b 6 0 3 5
Zisk rf 4 0 2 2
Gamble cf 5 0 1 0
Johnson dh 5 1 2 0
Spencer 1b 4 2 2 1
Soderholm 3b 4 1 1 0
  Brohamer 3b 0 0 0 0
Essian c 5 1 1 0
Knapp p 0 0 0 0
  Kirkwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 10 17 10
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 2 3 0
Fuentes 2b 4 2 0 0
Staub dh 4 1 1 2
Kemp lf 4 1 3 3
Thompson 1b 3 0 1 1
Oglivie rf 4 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 4 0 1 0
Scrivener 3b 4 1 1 0
Kimm c 2 0 1 1
  May ph,c 2 0 0 0
Fidrych p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Grilli p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 7
Chicago 102 003 40010171
Detroit 103 100 2007112
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Knapp   2.1 5 4 4 2 2
  Kirkwood  W (2-0) 6.2 6 3 2 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
2
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Fidrych  L (6-4) 5.2 11 6 6 2 1
  Crawford   1.0 5 4 4 1 0
  Grilli   2.1 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
17
10
10
5
2

  E–Zisk (1), Oglivie (5), Fidrych (1).  DP–Chicago 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Chicago Bannister (15,off Fidrych); Gamble (8,off Fidrych); Essian (13,off Fidrych); L Johnson (7,off Crawford); Orta (12,off Crawford), Detroit Kemp (19,off Knapp); Staub (16,off Knapp); Veryzer (7,off Kirkwood).  HR–Detroit Kemp (11,7th inning off Kirkwood 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Bannister (2,off Fidrych).  IBB–Spencer (4,by Fidrych).  SB–Garr (9,2nd base off Fidrych/Kimm).  CS–Kimm (1,2nd base by Kirkwood/Essian).  WP–Kirkwood (2), Grilli (1).  IBB–Fidrych (2,Spencer).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:38.  A–45,993.
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