Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
April 23, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1959 at Briggs Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 10, Detroit Tigers 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Piersall cf 4 0 0 0
Power 1b 4 1 2 1
Minoso lf 4 1 0 0
Colavito rf 3 2 1 0
Naragon c 4 1 1 2
Strickland ss 5 2 2 1
Leek 3b 5 0 0 0
Martin 2b 3 2 2 3
Perry p 2 0 1 2
  Brodowski p 1 1 1 0
Totals 35 10 10 9
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 3 1 0 0
Bridges ss 5 1 2 1
Kuenn cf 5 0 3 1
Harris 1b 4 1 1 0
Kaline rf 5 0 2 0
Maxwell lf 3 0 0 1
Bolling 2b 4 0 1 1
Berberet c 1 0 0 0
Narleski p 0 0 0 0
  Bunning p 0 0 0 0
  Alvarez ph 1 0 1 0
  Burnside p 0 0 0 0
  Chrisley ph 0 1 0 0
  Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Osborne ph 1 0 0 0
  Mossi p 0 0 0 0
  Doby ph 1 0 0 0
  Davie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 4
Cleveland 025 011 01010100
Detroit 000 130 0004102
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Perry   4.2 7 4 4 4 1
  Brodowski  W (2-0) 4.1 3 0 0 4 3
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
8
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Narleski  L (0-4) 2.0 3 5 5 4 1
  Bunning   1.0 1 2 2 0 1
  Burnside   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Morgan   1.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Mossi   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Davie   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
10
9
5
5

  E–Bolling 2 (4).  DP–Cleveland 3. Strickland-Martin-Power, Piersall-Power, Martin-Strickland-Power, Detroit 1. Bridges-Bolling-Harris.  2B–Cleveland Colavito (2,off Burnside); Naragon (3,off Burnside); Strickland (6,off Davie)., Detroit Harris (1,off Perry).  HR–Cleveland Martin (2,3rd inning off Bunning 2 on 2 out).  SH–Piersall (2,off Morgan); Brodowski (2,off Mossi).  HBP–Naragon (1,by Bunning).  Team LOB–6.  Team–10.  CS–Bolling (1,2nd base by Perry/Naragon).  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:48.  A–3,197.
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