Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs
September 27, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 1981 at Wrigley Field. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Chicago Cubs 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

Philadelphia Phillies 5, Chicago Cubs 2

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Smith cf 4 1 1 0
  Maddox cf 0 0 0 0
Rose 1b 4 0 2 0
  Unser 1b 0 0 0 0
Matthews lf 3 1 0 0
Schmidt 3b 3 1 1 1
  Gross rf 0 0 0 0
McBride rf 4 2 2 3
  Aviles 3b 0 0 0 0
Moreland c 4 0 1 1
Bowa ss 4 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Carlton p 3 0 1 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf 4 0 0 0
DeJesus ss 3 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 1 3 1
Durham rf 3 0 0 0
Henderson lf 4 0 1 0
Davis c 4 0 0 0
Waller 3b 4 1 1 1
Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0
  Morales ph 1 0 0 0
  Tabler 2b 0 0 0 0
Bird p 1 0 0 0
  Dillard ph 1 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 1 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Philadelphia 100 301 000580
Chicago 000 010 001263
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  W (13-4) 9.0 6 2 2 2 11
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
11
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bird  L (4-5) 5.0 5 4 3 1 0
  Eastwick   3.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Smith   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
4
1
2

  E–DeJesus 2 (23), Henderson (7).  DP–Philadelphia 1, Chicago 2.  2B–Philadelphia Carlton (2,off Bird); McBride (17,off Eastwick), Chicago Buckner (31,off Carlton).  HR–Philadelphia McBride (2,4th inning off Bird 2 on, 0 out), Chicago Waller (3,5th inning off Carlton 0 on, 0 out); Buckner (8,9th inning off Carlton 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Schmidt (3,off Bird).  SB–Matthews (14,2nd base off Bird/Davis).  CS–Smith (7,2nd base by Bird/Davis).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:00.
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