Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees
April 18, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1987 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals 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

Kansas City Royals 6, New York Yankees 7

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 0 0 0
Seitzer 1b 5 2 2 1
Brett 3b 5 1 3 0
White 2b 5 0 1 0
Tartabull rf 4 2 4 1
Jackson B. lf 5 0 0 0
Balboni dh 4 1 2 3
Hearn c 4 0 1 1
Salazar ss 3 0 1 0
  Bosley ph 1 0 0 0
  Biancalana ss 1 0 0 0
Jackson D. p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Farr p 0 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 6 14 6
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Henderson cf 3 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 4 2 1 0
Mattingly 1b 5 2 2 2
Winfield rf 5 2 1 0
Ward lf 4 1 3 3
Kittle dh 4 0 1 1
  Pasqua ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Pagliarulo 3b 4 0 1 1
Skinner c 4 0 1 0
Tolleson ss 4 0 2 0
Rasmussen p 0 0 0 0
  Guante p 0 0 0 0
  Righetti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 12 7
Kansas City 011 000 0046142
New York 103 000 2017121
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   3.1 7 4 3 3 3
  Anderson   2.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Farr  L (0-1) 2.1 4 3 2 1 1
  Black   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.1
12
7
5
6
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen   6.1 10 2 2 2 6
  Guante   1.2 2 2 2 0 4
  Righetti  W (2-0) 1.0 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
3
11

  E–Salazar (1), Biancalana (4), Henderson (1).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City Seitzer (3,off Rasmussen); Tartabull 2 (2,off Rasmussen 2); Brett (1,off Guante), New York Winfield (2,off D Jackson); Kittle (2,off D Jackson); Skinner (1,off Anderson); Randolph (3,off Farr); Tolleson (3,off Farr).  HR–Kansas City Seitzer (1,9th inning off Guante 0 on, 0 out); Balboni (2,9th inning off Righetti 2 on, 2 out), New York Mattingly (1,7th inning off Farr 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Pasqua (1,by Black).  SB–Ward (1,2nd base off Farr/Hearn).  IBB–Black (1,Pasqua).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–3:27.  A–22,053.
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."