Box Score Trivia Game

Maybe this'll be fun, maybe it won't. I'm a nerd, so I think it will be.

Here's the rules: I'll start off by posting one-half of a famous/memorable box score, you tell me what it's from. If you can give me the date/year, teams involved, etc., all the better. As long as you get it right.

Here's an easy one:

AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit PO A Details
W Boggs 3B 5 2 3 0 1 0 .296 .774 21 1 0 2B,IW
M Barrett 2B 4 1 3 2 2 0 .480 1.127 28 1 4
B Buckner 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .315 14 5 0 HBP
J Rice LF 5 0 0 0 1 2 .304 .883 25 5 0
D Evans RF 4 0 1 2 1 0 .273 .840 20 1 0 2B
R Gedman C 5 0 1 0 0 1 .192 .423 13 9 0 GDP
D Henderson CF 5 1 2 1 0 0 .435 1.266 26 5 0 HR
S Owen SS 4 1 3 0 0 1 .353 .831 12 2 2 SH
R Clemens P 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 6 0 1
M Greenwell PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 3 0 0
C Schiraldi P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 3 0 1
B Stanley P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0

Obviously, that's the Red Sox line from the <a href="http://www.authenticsportscollectibles.com/store/images/BUCKPHS008000-L.jpg">Buckner game</a> (Game 6, 1986 World Series.)

If you get it right, you post the next box. I used baseball-reference.com to find that one. (Although Baseball-Almanac's <a href="http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/wsmenu.shtml">World Series page</a> might be easier to cut and paste from, if you use WS boxes. Or retrosheet.org.) Expand to other sports if you like (here's sites for <a href="http://www.pro-football-reference.com/">NFL</a>, <a href="http://www.basketball-reference.com/">NBA</a> and <a href="http://www.hockey-reference.com/">NHL</a>, too.)

OK, here's the first one (not terribly difficult, but just to get in the spirit of things):

AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A Details
D McAuliffe 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 .500 4 0
M Stanley SS 4 0 2 0 0 1 .500 1.000 3 2 CS
A Kaline RF 4 0 1 0 0 3 .250 .750 2 0 2B
N Cash 1B 4 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 6 1
W Horton LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 2 0
J Northrup CF 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 2 0
B Freehan C 2 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 4 1
D Wert 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1 .500 1.000 0 1
E Mathews PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 0 0
D Tracewski 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D McLain P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 0 2
T Matchick PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0
P Dobson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G Brown PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0
D McMahon P 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

 

What a dork.

 

Game 1 of the '68 World Series; Bob Gibson struck out 17 Tigers in a five-hitter. He was good that year.

AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
McGee cf 3 1 0 0 2 2 3 0
Smith ss 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 3
Herr 2b 4 0 1 2 0 0 2 2
Clark 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 12 0
Cedeno rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
Landrum lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 3
Porter c 2 0 0 0 2 2 3 0
Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dayley p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Worrell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Harper ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lahti p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

Yep '68 World Series, didn't have to look it up. But that's only because I'm from Detroit.

 

That's Game 5 of the 1985 NLCS.

Here's the next one. Might be a little tougher...

AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit PO A Details
J O'Brien 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .197 .552 0 2 5
D Rice PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .929 0 0 0
F Mantilla 2B 1 1 0 0 0 0 .121 .396 0 1 2
E Mathews 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .291 .956 0 2 3 SH
H Aaron RF 4 0 0 0 1 0 .442 1.273 0 1 0 IW
J Adcock 1B 5 0 1 1 0 2 .305 .905 0 17 3 2B
W Covington LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .299 .797 0 4 0
D Crandall C 4 0 0 0 0 0 .301 .783 0 2 1
A Pafko CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .235 .522 0 6 0
J Logan SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .328 .937 0 3 5
L Burdette P 4 0 0 0 0 3 .114 .333 0 1 4
Totals 38 1 1 1 1 8 39 23

 

The Braves' last game in Milwaukee?

 

Is that the game in which Pittsburgh's Harvey Haddix threw 12 perfect innings, only to lose in the 13th?

 

What is this seamhead bingo?

 

I believe it is. If memory serves, he gave up a walk and then an RBI double which this box score shows.

 

That is correct. Of course, the RBI double was actually a homer that became a double when Adcock passed Aaron on the basepaths. Aaron had held up, between first and second, I believe, because he thought the ball might be caught.

 

Ain't Retrosheet grand?

 

Williams lf 5 2 2 0
Boone 2b 5 1 4 1
Nixon pr 0 0 0 0
Lockhart 2b 0 0 0 0
Jones C. 3b 4 0 1 1
Jordan rf 3 1 1 1
Jones A. cf 5 1 1 0
Hernandez dh 4 0 1 2
Guillen ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Perez c 4 0 1 0
Klesko ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Hunter 1b 4 0 1 0
Myers ph,c 1 0 0 0
Weiss ss 4 0 1 0
Glavine p 0 0 0 0
Rocker p 0 0 0 0
Remlinger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 14 5