box score
noun
: a printed score of a game (such as baseball) giving the names and positions of the players and a record of the play arranged in tabular form
broadly
: total count : summary
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reading the box scores in the newspaper
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Hayden Wesneski threw 6⅓ innings, Michael Busch hit a two-run home run and the Chicago Cubs shut out the Angels 5-0 on Sunday.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
But box scores and stats tell only part of the story of Mays’ greatness.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
Mays homered with the Black Barons, too, but his career total remains at 660 because there was no box score to document the long ball.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 14 June 2024
Cohen has found newspapers of the time did cover Negro League games, but in some cases box scores listed hits and runs, but not at-bats.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2024
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
But box scores and stats tell only part of the story of Mays’ greatness.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
Mays homered with the Black Barons, too, but his career total remains at 660 because there was no box score to document the long ball.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 14 June 2024
Cohen has found newspapers of the time did cover Negro League games, but in some cases box scores listed hits and runs, but not at-bats.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2024
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