New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
September 24, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1981 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets 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 Mets 9, Chicago Cubs 10

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 1 0
  Howard lf 1 0 0 0
Taveras ss 4 2 1 1
Brooks 3b 3 1 1 0
  Bailor 3b 1 1 1 0
Kingman 1b 5 1 3 1
Mazzilli lf,cf 4 1 0 1
Valentine rf 5 2 3 5
Stearns c 5 0 1 0
Flynn 2b 4 0 2 0
  Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0
Falcone p 1 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
  Orosco p 1 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 13 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf 3 2 1 1
DeJesus ss 5 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 1 1 0
Durham rf 3 2 1 2
Henderson lf 3 2 1 0
  Morales lf 0 0 0 0
Davis c 2 2 1 2
Waller 3b 4 1 1 3
Tyson 2b 3 0 2 1
  Tabler 2b 1 0 0 0
Griffin p 2 0 1 0
  Smith p 1 0 0 0
  Martz p 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 10 10 9
New York 101 100 5109131
Chicago 113 020 21x10104
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Falcone   1.2 3 2 1 3 0
  Leach   1.1 1 3 3 2 0
  Marshall   2.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Orosco  L (0-1) 3.0 3 3 3 1 3
Totals
8.0
10
10
9
6
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin   4.1 7 3 3 0 2
  Smith   1.2 1 2 1 1 1
  Martz   0.0 2 3 2 0 0
  Tidrow  W (3-8) 2.0 3 1 1 1 2
  Eastwick  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
9
7
2
6

  E–Kingman (16), DeJesus (21), Buckner (17), Davis (7), Tyson (7).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Taveras (11,off Griffin); Kingman (10,off Griffin); Brooks (19,off Griffin); Flynn (12,off Smith); Valentine (10,off Tidrow), Chicago Buckner (30,off Marshall).  HR–New York Valentine 2 (8,4th inning off Griffin 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Martz 2 on, 0 out), Chicago Waller (2,3rd inning off Leach 2 on, 2 out); Durham (10,5th inning off Marshall 1 on, 0 out); Davis (4,7th inning off Orosco 1 on, 2 out); Bonds (6,8th inning off Orosco 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Taveras (3,off Griffin).  HBP–Brooks (1,by Smith).  IBB–Wilson (3,by Tidrow); Bonds (5,by Falcone).  SB–Wilson (24,2nd base off Griffin/Davis); Stearns (11,2nd base off Tidrow/Davis); Bonds (5,2nd base off Falcone/Stearns).  CS–DeJesus (9,2nd base by Falcone/Stearns).  WP–Falcone (2), Marshall (2).  HBP–Smith (1,Brooks).  IBB–Falcone (4,Bonds); Tidrow (11,Wilson).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–3:03.  A–2,555.
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