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box score
noun
- a record of the play of a game, especially a baseball or basketball game, in which, on separate sides of the record, the players on each team are listed in a column by name and position, with additional rows of columns, each headed by the abbreviation of the type of information to be given for each player.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of box score1
Example Sentences
After expending so much blood, sweat and tears to reach the majors, their reward was a single yellowed newspaper box score with their name in it.
“Never judge a player by his box score,” JJ Redick said of Goodwin, who had just two points and four fouls.
That involved creating a box score, a visual map of the fictional game that would unfold throughout the film.
Close, her face flushed with anger, crumpled the paper featuring the box score in front of her and slammed her fist in frustration.
Not shown in the box score were the shots that Mara altered or prevented from being taken, not to mention his supersized screens and the improved spacing for the offense whenever he was in the game.
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