Cincinnati Reds vs Philadelphia Phillies
September 4, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1977 at Veteran's Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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

Cincinnati Reds 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 5 1 3 0
  Knight 3b 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 5 1 0 0
Morgan 2b 5 0 2 1
Foster lf 5 3 4 1
Bench rf 4 0 2 0
  Lum rf 0 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 5 0 3 3
Plummer c 4 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 5 0 1 0
Norman p 4 0 1 0
Totals 42 5 16 5
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Maddox cf 5 1 1 1
Bowa ss 4 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 3 0 0 0
Luzinski lf 3 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 1 0
Martin rf 4 0 1 0
Boone c 3 0 1 0
Sizemore 2b 4 1 3 0
Kaat p 1 0 0 0
  Brusstar p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  McBride ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 1
Cincinnati 200 010 1105162
Philadelphia 100 010 000270
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman  W (14-10) 9.0 7 2 2 4 7
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
7
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Kaat  L (6-8) 4.1 9 3 3 1 2
  Brusstar   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Garber   2.0 5 1 1 0 3
  McGraw   2.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
16
5
5
2
7

  E–Plummer (2), Norman (3).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Bench (31,off Kaat); Foster (27,off Garber); Rose (34,off McGraw), Philadelphia Sizemore (17,off Norman); Boone (20,off Norman).  HR–Cincinnati Foster (45,5th inning off Kaat 0 on, 1 out), Philadelphia Maddox (12,1st inning off Norman 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Sizemore (6,3rd base off Norman/Plummer).  U-HP–Art Williams, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:26.  A–40,051.
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