Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 25, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 25, 1974 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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

Pittsburgh Pirates 7, St. Louis Cardinals 8

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clines cf 3 1 2 1
Hebner 3b 4 0 1 0
Oliver 1b 5 0 3 4
Stargell lf 4 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 4 1 1 0
Kirkpatrick rf 5 1 2 0
Popovich 2b 4 0 0 0
Mendoza ss 2 1 0 0
  Brett ph 0 0 0 0
  Taveras pr,ss 1 1 0 0
Ellis p 1 1 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Zisk ph 1 0 1 2
  Demery pr 0 1 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 10 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 1 1
Heintzelman 2b 3 1 1 0
  McCarver ph 1 1 1 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Hickman ph 1 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
Simmons c 4 2 2 3
Torre 1b 4 0 1 2
McBride cf 5 0 1 1
Dwyer rf 3 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 2 0
  Heidemann pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Tyson ss 4 1 1 1
Thompson p 2 0 0 0
  Folkers p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 1 0
  Melendez pr 0 1 0 0
  Sizemore 2b 1 0 1 0
Totals 37 8 13 8
Pittsburgh 001 020 0407102
St. Louis 102 000 32x8130
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis   6.1 8 6 5 3 4
  Giusti   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Patterson  L (1-1) 0.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Hernandez   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
13
8
7
4
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson   4.0 3 3 3 5 1
  Folkers   3.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Pena   0.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Garman   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Hrabosky  W (2-1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Curtis  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
8
5

  E–Popovich (1), Mendoza (4).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Oliver 2 (16,off Folkers,off Hrabosky), St. Louis Simmons (15,off Ellis); Tyson (5,off Patterson).  HR–St. Louis Simmons (9,3rd inning off Ellis 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Ellis (3,off Thompson); Hebner (3,off Folkers).  IBB–Sanguillen (3,by Folkers); Dwyer (1,by Ellis); Simmons (5,by Hernandez).  SB–Brock 2 (47,2nd base off Ellis/Sanguillen,2nd base off Hernandez/Sanguillen).  CS–McBride (4,2nd base by Ellis/Sanguillen).  WP–Ellis (3).  IBB–Ellis (4,Dwyer); Hernandez (5,Simmons); Folkers (3,Sanguillen).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Art Williams, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:36.  A–17,392.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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."