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

Examples of box score in a Sentence

reading the box scores in the newspaper

Recent Examples on the Web

Continue reading here Dodgers box score MLB scores Advertisement MLB standings Enjoying this newsletter? —Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024

Remember, this was long before their box scores were widely published. —Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2024

Too much barnstorming and too many impromptu ball games for every home run and earned run to have been documented by a box score. —Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024

The group combed through decades of Negro Leagues box scores, and Thorn estimated that 72% of Negro Leagues records from 1920-1948 were included. —Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2024

Word History

Etymology

from its arrangement in a newspaper box

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

box score

noun

: a printed table giving the score of a game (as baseball), a record of how it was played, and the names and positions of the players