Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs
April 16, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1972 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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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Philadelphia Phillies 0, Chicago Cubs 4

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Bowa ss 3 0 0 0
McCarver c 4 0 0 0
Montanez cf 2 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0
Luzinski lf 3 0 0 0
Money 3b 1 0 0 0
Anderson rf 2 0 0 0
Doyle 2b 3 0 0 0
  Brandon p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds p 0 0 0 0
Selma p 1 0 0 0
  Stone ph 0 0 0 0
  Short p 0 0 0 0
  Harmon 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 24 0 0 0
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Cardenal rf 5 1 2 0
Beckert 2b 4 0 1 1
Williams lf 5 1 3 0
Pepitone 1b 5 1 2 0
Santo 3b 5 1 3 0
Monday cf 2 0 0 0
Kessinger ss 3 0 0 0
Hundley c 2 0 1 2
Hooton p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 12 3
Philadelphia 000 000 000001
Chicago 000 100 21x4120
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Selma  L (0-1) 5.0 6 1 0 4 0
  Short   1.2 4 2 2 1 2
  Brandon   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Reynolds   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
4
3
5
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton  W (1-0) 9.0 0 0 0 7 7
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
7
7

  E–McCarver (1).  DP–Philadelphia 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Santo (1,off Selma).  3B–Chicago Cardenal (1,off Brandon).  SH–Bowa (1,off Hooton); Kessinger (1,off Selma).  IBB–Hundley (1,by Selma).  CS–Money (1,2nd base by Hooton/Hundley).  IBB–Selma (1,Hundley).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Ed Vargo.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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