Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Indians
July 4, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1979 at Cleveland Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians 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 16, Cleveland Indians 4

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bannister 2b 6 3 5 3
Moore lf 2 0 0 0
  Washington rf 4 2 4 3
Lemon cf 2 1 1 1
  Squires ph,lf 3 0 2 0
Johnson 1b 5 2 1 0
Nordhagen dh 5 2 2 4
Torres rf,lf,cf 3 2 1 1
Pryor ss 3 2 1 1
Colbern c 5 1 2 1
Bell 3b 4 1 0 0
Baumgarten p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
  Schueler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 16 19 14
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Norris cf 4 1 1 0
Pruitt lf 5 0 0 0
Bonds rf 3 1 1 2
  Alston rf 2 0 1 1
Thornton 1b 5 0 1 0
Harrah 3b,ss 3 1 2 0
Johnson dh 4 0 1 0
  Hargrove ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Alexander c 4 0 1 0
Kuiper 2b 2 1 0 0
Veryzer ss 1 0 0 0
  Rosello ph,3b 3 0 0 1
Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Reuschel p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 8 4
Chicago 041 0100 00116191
Cleveland 000 021 001480
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Baumgarten  W (7-5) 5.0 6 3 3 5 3
  Hoffman   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Schueler   2.0 1 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
9
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits  L (9-7) 4.1 7 9 9 3 1
  Reuschel   2.1 7 6 6 3 0
  Spillner   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Cruz   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
19
16
16
6
3

  E–Johnson (9).  DP–Cleveland 3.  PB–Colbern (1); Alexander (9).  2B–Chicago Bannister (12,off Reuschel); Washington (24,off Reuschel); Nordhagen (4,off Spillner), Cleveland Harrah (12,off Baumgarten).  HR–Chicago Lemon (9,3rd inning off Waits 0 on, 0 out); Nordhagen (3,5th inning off Waits 3 on, 1 out); Torres (2,5th inning off Reuschel 0 on, 1 out); Washington (7,5th inning off Reuschel 2 on, 1 out), Cleveland Bonds (13,5th inning off Baumgarten 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Lemon (1,off Waits).  HBP–Torres (1,by Waits); Harrah (7,by Schueler).  IBB–Johnson (1,by Waits).  SB–Harrah (13,2nd base off Schueler/Colbern).  HBP–Schueler (2,Harrah); Waits (4,Torres).  IBB–Waits (1,Johnson).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–3:04.  A–10,899.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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