Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Indians
April 24, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 24, 1959 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 4, Cleveland Indians 6

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 4 1 1 0
Fox 2b 4 1 1 0
Landis cf 3 0 0 0
Lollar c 3 0 0 1
Boone 1b 3 1 2 2
Smith rf 3 0 0 0
Skizas lf 2 0 0 0
  Rivera lf 1 1 1 0
Phillips 3b 2 0 0 0
  Goodman ph,3b 0 0 0 0
Donovan p 3 0 1 1
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
  Torgeson ph 1 0 0 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
  Arias p 0 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 6 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Piersall cf 4 0 0 0
Power 1b 4 1 1 0
Minoso lf 3 2 1 0
Colavito rf 2 0 0 0
Nixon c 3 2 2 1
  Bolger ph 1 0 0 0
  Brown c 0 0 0 0
Strickland ss 3 1 1 1
Leek 3b 1 0 0 0
  Held ph,3b 1 0 0 1
Martin 2b 2 0 0 0
  Naragon ph 1 0 0 0
  Webster 2b 1 0 0 0
Score p 0 0 0 0
  Dillard ph 1 0 0 0
  Briggs p 0 0 0 0
  Hardy ph 1 0 0 0
  Cicotte p 0 0 0 0
  Francona ph 1 0 1 2
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 6 5
Chicago 201 001 000461
Cleveland 000 010 32x660
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Donovan   6.1 4 4 4 1 1
  Lown   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Staley  L (1-1) 0.0 1 2 1 1 0
  Arias   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Shaw   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
6
5
3
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Score   3.0 1 3 3 7 3
  Briggs   3.0 4 1 1 1 2
  Cicotte   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Robinson  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
9
8

  E–Staley (1).  DP–Cleveland 2. Power, Nixon-Held.  PB–Lollar (1).  3B–Cleveland Nixon (1,off Donovan).  HR–Chicago Boone (1,3rd inning off Score 0 on 2 out).  SF–Boone (2,off Score); Held (1,off Shaw).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Minoso (1,off Staley).  HBP–Colavito (1,by Donovan).  IBB–Strickland (2,by Arias).  Team–5.  SB–Aparicio 2 (4,2nd base off Score/Nixon,2nd base off Briggs/Nixon); Rivera 2 (2,2nd base off Briggs/Nixon,2nd base off Robinson/Nixon).  CS–Rivera (1,3rd base by Robinson/Nixon).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Bill Summers.  T–3:12.  A–28,498.
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