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 Advertisement Chargers box score NFL standings Enjoying this newsletter? —Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024

But Marshall was everywhere, in a star-making first-half box score. —Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 11 Dec. 2024

Continue reading here Advertisement Lakers-Heat box score NBA scores NBA standings Enjoying this newsletter? —Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024

Despite last week’s box score, the Ravens offense is a scoring machine, averaging 30 points per game. —J.j. Bailey, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 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