Baltimore Orioles vs Texas Rangers
September 7, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1989 at Arlington Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Texas Rangers 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

Baltimore Orioles 8, Texas Rangers 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bradley lf 6 0 1 0
Finley rf 5 2 2 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 3 2 1
Sheets dh 2 2 2 1
  Anderson pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Devereaux cf 5 1 3 5
Traber 1b 4 0 0 1
  Milligan ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Worthington 3b 5 0 1 0
Melvin c 5 0 1 0
Hulett 2b 4 0 0 0
Ballard p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 12 8
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Kunkel ss 3 0 0 1
  Palmeiro ph 1 0 1 0
  Leach rf 0 0 0 0
Buechele 3b 3 0 0 0
  Bosley ph 1 0 0 0
  Manrique ss 0 0 0 0
Franco 2b 4 0 0 0
Sierra rf 3 1 1 1
  Coolbaugh 3b 0 0 0 0
Baines dh 4 0 1 0
Incaviglia lf 4 1 1 0
Stanley 1b 2 1 2 0
  Daugherty ph,1b 2 0 1 0
Gonzalez cf 2 0 1 1
  Espy ph,cf 2 0 1 0
Kreuter c 1 0 1 0
  Petralli ph,c 2 0 0 0
Ryan p 0 0 0 0
  Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Guante p 0 0 0 0
  McMurtry p 0 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Barfield p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
Baltimore 200 020 3108121
Texas 000 120 0003100
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Ballard  W (16-7) 6.0 7 3 3 1 2
  Williamson  SV (8) 3.0 3 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
1
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  L (15-10) 6.1 9 7 7 4 10
  Rogers   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Guante   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  McMurtry   0.2 1 1 1 1 2
  Hall   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Barfield   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
6
16

  E–Worthington (20).  DP–Baltimore 1.  PB–Kreuter (19).  2B–Baltimore Sheets (12,off Ryan); Bradley (20,off Ryan); C Ripken (25,off Ryan), Texas Incaviglia (21,off Ballard).  HR–Baltimore Devereaux (8,7th inning off Ryan 2 on, 1 out), Texas Sierra (25,4th inning off Ballard 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Sheets (3,by McMurtry).  IBB–Sheets (10,by Ryan).  SH–Kreuter (6,off Ballard).  SB–Finley 3 (13,2nd base off Ryan/Kreuter 2,3rd base off Ryan/Kreuter); Devereaux (22,2nd base off Ryan/Kreuter).  CS–Baines (3,2nd base by Ballard/Melvin).  WP–Ryan (16).  HBP–McMurtry (2,Sheets).  IBB–Ryan (3,Sheets).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Larry Young, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–John Shulock.  T–3:21.
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."