Philadelphia Athletics vs St. Louis Cardinals
October 5, 1930 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 5, 1930 at Sportsman's Park III. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 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 Athletics 1, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Bishop 2b 3 1 1 0
Dykes 3b 2 0 0 0
Cochrane c 4 0 0 0
Simmons lf 3 0 2 1
Foxx 1b 4 0 1 0
Miller rf 4 0 0 0
Haas cf 3 0 0 0
Boley ss 4 0 0 0
Grove p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Douthit cf 4 0 0 0
Adams 3b 4 0 0 0
Frisch 2b 4 0 0 0
Bottomley 1b 4 0 0 0
Hafey lf 3 1 1 0
Blades rf 3 1 0 0
Wilson c 3 0 1 0
Gelbert ss 2 1 2 1
Haines p 2 0 1 1
Totals 29 3 5 2
Philadelphia 100 000 000141
St. Louis 001 200 00x351
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Grove  L (1-1) 8.0 5 3 1 1 3
Totals
8.0
5
3
1
1
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Haines  W (1-0) 9.0 4 1 1 4 2
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
2

  E–Dykes (1), Frisch (2).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Hafey (3,off Grove).  3B–St. Louis Gelbert (1,off Grove).  SH–Dykes (2,off Haines); Haines (1,off Grove).  WP–Haines (1).  U-HP–Beans Reardon (NL), 1B–George Moriarty (AL), 2B–Cy Rigler (NL), 3B–Harry Geisel (AL).  T–1:41.  A–39,946.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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