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

The award highlights someone who makes effort plays that don’t appear in traditional box scores, but still foster team success. —Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2026

The Spurs cannot get to those comically easy buckets for Wembanyama that fill up his box score. —Jared Weiss, New York Times, 23 May 2026

And for a franchise looking to build on its identity, that matters more than any box score ever could. —Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 4 May 2026

All other teams’ box scores are in the paper. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

from its arrangement in a newspaper box

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for box score

• abhor
• abor
• adore
• afore
• ardour
• ashore
• backdoor
• before
• bookstore
• candour
• centaur
• claymore

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