Los Angeles Dodgers vs Atlanta Braves
June 23, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1979 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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

Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Atlanta Braves 7

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 3 2 1 0
Russell ss 5 0 1 0
Smith cf 3 0 2 2
Garvey 1b 3 0 1 0
Cey 3b 4 0 0 0
Baker lf 4 1 1 1
Ferguson rf 2 0 0 0
Yeager c 4 0 1 0
Reuss p 0 0 0 0
  Hough p 1 0 0 0
  Thomasson ph 1 0 0 0
  Patterson p 1 0 0 0
  Brett p 0 0 0 0
  Joshua ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 3b 4 2 1 1
Matthews rf 4 2 2 1
Horner 1b 4 1 3 1
Burroughs lf 3 0 1 1
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Bonnell cf,lf 5 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 4 0 1 1
Frias ss 3 0 1 0
Benedict c 2 1 1 0
Niekro p 3 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 1 1 0
  Office cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 11 5
Los Angeles 100 100 100370
Atlanta 300 100 03x7111
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss  L (2-6) 0.2 2 3 3 5 0
  Hough   2.1 1 0 0 2 1
  Patterson   4.0 7 4 4 1 1
  Brett   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
8
2
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (9-9) 8.0 7 3 2 5 3
  Garber   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
5
4

  E–Hubbard (10).  DP–Los Angeles 2, Atlanta 2.  PB–Benedict (3).  2B–Los Angeles Smith (7,off Niekro); Russell (16,off Niekro), Atlanta Matthews 2 (20,off Reuss,off Patterson); Benedict (3,off Patterson).  HR–Los Angeles Baker (10,4th inning off Niekro 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Smith (3,off Niekro).  WP–Reuss (3), Hough (3), Niekro (10).  BK–Brett (1).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:38.  A–16,347.
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