Box score (baseball)

In baseball, the statistical summary of a game is reported in a box score. An abbreviated version of the box score, duplicated from the field scoreboard, is the line score. The Baseball Hall of Fame credits Henry Chadwick with the invention of the box score.

The line score is a two-line chart that reports each team's run totals by inning, and total runs, total hits, and total errors on a line. The visiting team is on the top line and the home team on the bottom line. The terms top of the inning and bottom of the inning are derived from their positions in the line score. Sometimes, the winning team is bolded or colored for quick-reference. If the home team is already leading and does not bat in the bottom of the 9th inning, that position in the line score will have an "X" instead of a number of runs scored.

Line score for the Brooklyn Dodgers–New York Giants pennant-winning game of October 3, 1951:

The box score lists the line score as well as individual and team performance in the game. The statistics used are those recorded by the official scorer of each game.

The following box score is of a notable game in baseball history, game 6 of the 1991 World Series.

(All game references below refer to the box score above.)

At the top of the box score, the editor of a publication may list the time, date, and/or place of the game. In the example, the stadium's name (the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome) and city (Minneapolis) are listed.

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