Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Athletics
April 21, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1959 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Chicago White Sox 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 White Sox 3, Kansas City Athletics 8

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 4 0 0 0
Fox 2b 4 1 0 0
Landis cf 4 1 1 0
Lollar c 4 0 1 2
Cash 1b 4 0 0 0
Smith rf 4 0 0 0
Callison lf 1 1 1 1
Phillips 3b 2 0 0 0
Pierce p 0 0 0 0
  Torgeson ph 1 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
  Mueller ph 1 0 1 0
  Raymond p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera ph 1 0 0 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 4 3
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 4 2 1 0
Williams 1b 4 1 2 3
Lopez 2b 4 1 1 0
Maris rf 4 0 2 1
Cerv lf 4 0 0 0
Smith 3b 4 0 0 0
DeMaestri ss 3 1 0 0
House c 4 2 3 0
Grim p 1 1 0 1
Totals 32 8 9 5
Chicago 000 002 100343
Kansas City 140 101 10x891
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pierce  L (1-1) 2.0 4 5 3 2 1
  Shaw   3.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Raymond   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Staley   2.0 1 1 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
8
5
3
5
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Grim  W (2-1) 9.0 4 3 3 3 5
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
3
5

  E–Fox 2 (2), Smith (2), Lopez (4).  DP–Chicago 1. Lollar-Phillips, Kansas City 1. Smith-Lopez-Williams.  2B–Chicago Lollar (1,off Grim), Kansas City Tuttle (1,off Pierce); Williams (3,off Shaw); Lopez (3,off Staley).  HR–Chicago Callison (1,7th inning off Grim 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–3.  SH–Grim (1,off Shaw).  SF–Grim (1,off Raymond).  Team–5.  CS–Maris (1,2nd base by Shaw/Lollar); Cerv (1,3rd base by Staley/Lollar).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Eddie Rommel, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–1:57.  A–6,569.
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