Chicago Cubs vs San Francisco Giants
April 16, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1959 at Seals Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago Cubs 11, San Francisco Giants 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 5 2 2 1
Dark 3b 6 2 3 1
Altman cf 6 0 1 0
Banks ss 3 1 2 2
Moryn lf 4 2 1 0
Long 1b 6 2 2 2
Walls rf 4 1 2 0
Taylor S. c 5 1 2 1
Hobbie p 4 0 1 0
  Elston p 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 11 16 7
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 4 0 0 0
Brandt lf 4 1 1 1
Mays cf 4 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 4 1 1 1
Alou rf 3 1 2 0
Spencer 2b 4 0 3 0
Rodgers ss 4 0 0 0
Schmidt c 2 0 0 0
  Kirkland ph 0 0 0 0
  Landrith c 0 0 0 1
Jones p 1 0 0 0
  Speake ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner ph 1 0 1 0
  Barclay p 0 0 0 0
  Muffett p 0 0 0 0
  Shipley p 0 0 0 0
  Sauer ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Chicago 002 020 00711160
San Francisco 100 000 002385
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hobbie  W (1-0) 7.0 5 1 1 2 4
  Elston  SV (2) 2.0 3 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L (1-1) 6.0 8 4 3 3 3
  Miller   2.0 2 0 0 1 3
  Barclay   0.1 2 5 2 2 0
  Muffett   0.1 4 2 0 0 0
  Shipley   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
16
11
5
7
6

  E–Spencer 3 (4), Rodgers (7), Barclay (1).  2B–Chicago Dark (1,off S. Jones); Moryn (1,off Barclay)., San Francisco Spencer (1,off Elston).  HR–Chicago Long (1,5th inning off S. Jones 1 on 2 out), San Francisco Brandt (1,1st inning off Hobbie 0 on 1 out); Cepeda (3,9th inning off Elston 0 on 0 out)..  Team LOB–13.  SF–Landrith (1,off Elston).  Team–6.  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Vic Delmore, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:56.  A–11,056.
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