New York Yankees vs Chicago White Sox
August 29, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1981 at Comiskey Park I. The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox 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

New York Yankees 12, Chicago White Sox 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Mumphrey cf 6 2 2 1
Milbourne 2b 5 2 1 1
Gamble dh 2 0 0 0
  Watson ph,dh 1 0 0 0
  Murcer ph,dh 1 1 1 3
Jackson rf 5 1 1 2
Nettles 3b 5 1 1 1
Winfield lf 4 2 2 1
Revering 1b 5 1 3 0
Cerone c 4 2 3 1
Dent ss 4 0 1 1
John p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 12 15 11
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore lf 4 1 1 0
Squires 1b 3 0 0 0
Fisk c 3 0 0 1
Luzinski dh 3 1 1 1
Nordhagen rf 4 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 4 0 0 0
Pryor 3b 3 0 1 0
  Molinaro ph 1 0 0 0
Kuntz cf 4 0 2 0
Almon ss 3 0 1 0
Dotson p 0 0 0 0
  Hickey p 0 0 0 0
  Hoyt p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
New York 010 020 31512151
Chicago 000 020 000263
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
John  W (7-4) 7.0 6 2 0 1 2
  Frazier   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Davis   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
0
2
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dotson  L (8-5) 4.2 7 3 2 0 4
  Hickey   2.1 1 3 1 2 3
  Hoyt   1.1 5 5 5 0 1
  Patterson   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
15
12
9
3
8

  E–Dent (10), Almon 3 (15).  DP–New York 1, Chicago 1.  2B–New York Mumphrey 2 (9,off Dotson,off Hoyt).  HR–New York Jackson (7,2nd inning off Dotson 0 on, 0 out); Winfield (8,8th inning off Hoyt 0 on, 0 out); Murcer (4,9th inning off Hoyt 2 on, 0 out); Nettles (11,9th inning off Hoyt 0 on, 1 out), Chicago Luzinski (15,5th inning off John 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Dent (8,off Hickey); Squires (8,off John).  IBB–Watson (1,by Hickey).  SB–Winfield (10,2nd base off Hickey/Fisk); LeFlore (23,2nd base off John/Cerone).  BK–John (2).  IBB–Hickey (3,Watson).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Mark Johnson.  T–3:00.  A–32,507.
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