Chicago White Sox vs California Angels
September 5, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1969 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels 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)
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Chicago White Sox 1, California Angels 3

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Williams lf 4 0 1 0
Aparicio ss 4 0 1 0
Hopkins 1b 3 0 0 0
  Ortiz pr 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
Melton 3b 4 1 2 0
Herrmann c 4 0 1 0
Bradford rf 4 0 1 1
Knoop 2b 4 0 1 0
Bravo cf 2 0 0 0
  Ward ph 0 0 0 0
  Berry pr 0 0 0 0
Horlen p 2 0 0 0
  Spence ph,1b 1 0 0 0
  Hansen ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 4 1 2 0
Johnstone cf 4 1 1 2
Fregosi ss 2 1 0 0
Reichardt lf 3 0 1 0
Voss rf 3 0 1 1
Spencer 1b 3 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Azcue c 3 0 0 0
Murphy p 2 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 1 0 0 0
  Tatum p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 6 3
Chicago 010 000 000170
California 200 100 00x361
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Horlen  L (10-15) 7.0 5 3 3 1 1
  Murphy   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
1
2
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Murphy  W (9-13) 7.0 5 1 1 0 1
  Wilhelm   1.2 2 0 0 2 1
  Tatum  SV (17) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
2

  E–Rodriguez (14).  DP–Chicago 2, California 1.  2B–Chicago Melton (25,off Murphy); Knoop (13,off Wilhelm).  HR–California Johnstone (8,1st inning off Horlen 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Bravo (1,by Murphy).  SB–Alomar 2 (11,2nd base off Horlen/Herrmann,2nd base off Murphy/Herrmann).  WP–Murphy (15), Wilhelm (5).  HBP–Murphy (19,Bravo).  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:08.  A–12,243.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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