Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
September 7, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1980 at Cleveland Stadium. The Kansas City Royals 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

Kansas City Royals 6, Cleveland Indians 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 2 2 1
White 2b 4 1 2 0
McRae dh 4 1 2 2
Aikens 1b 5 1 3 3
  LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 0
Porter c 3 1 1 0
Hurdle rf 3 0 0 0
  Cardenal ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Quirk 3b 3 0 1 0
  Chalk ph,3b 1 0 1 0
Washington ss 4 0 0 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Brett p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 13 6
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dilone lf 5 0 1 1
Orta rf 4 0 1 0
Hargrove 1b 4 1 1 1
Charboneau dh 3 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 4 0 2 1
Hassey c 3 1 1 0
Bannister 2b 4 0 1 0
Manning cf 4 1 1 0
Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0
  Alexander ph 1 1 1 1
  Dybzinski ss 1 0 0 0
Garland p 0 0 0 0
  Owchinko p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Kansas City 200 021 0016130
Cleveland 100 000 300491
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  W (17-9) 6.2 7 4 4 2 1
  Brett   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Quisenberry  SV (32) 2.1 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Garland  L (6-8) 5.1 9 5 4 1 0
  Owchinko   2.2 4 1 1 0 1
  Cruz   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
6
5
1
1

  E–Veryzer (15).  DP–Kansas City 1.  PB–Porter (9).  2B–Kansas City White (18,off Garland); Wilson (27,off Owchinko), Cleveland Harrah (17,off Quisenberry).  HR–Kansas City Aikens (15,1st inning off Garland 1 on, 2 out).  SH–White (9,off Cruz).  SF–McRae (4,off Cruz).  HBP–Hargrove (7,by K Brett).  HBP–K Brett (1,Hargrove).  U–Steve Palermo, Al Clark, Larry McCoy.  T–2:32.  A–8,990.
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