San Francisco Giants vs Milwaukee Braves
May 1, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1959 at County Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Milwaukee Braves 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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San Francisco Giants 6, Milwaukee Braves 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 5 1 2 1
Brandt lf 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 3 1 0 0
Cepeda 1b 4 1 1 1
Alou rf 3 0 0 0
Spencer 2b 3 1 0 0
Rodgers ss 3 1 2 1
Schmidt c 3 1 1 3
  Speake ph 0 0 0 0
  Landrith c 0 0 0 0
Jones p 3 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner ph 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 6 6
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 4 1 2 0
Mathews 3b 4 1 2 0
Aaron rf 3 1 1 2
Covington lf 4 1 2 0
Torre 1b 3 0 1 2
Crandall c 4 0 0 0
  Trowbridge p 0 0 0 0
Logan ss 4 0 0 0
Cottier 2b 3 0 0 0
  Vernon ph 1 0 0 0
Willey p 1 0 0 0
  Morgan ph 1 0 0 0
  Buhl p 0 0 0 0
  Lopata ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
San Francisco 000 042 000660
Milwaukee 000 001 030481
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (2-3) 7.2 7 4 4 0 6
  Worthington   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Miller  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
0
7
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Willey  L (0-1) 5.0 3 4 4 2 5
  Buhl   3.0 2 2 2 3 3
  Trowbridge   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
6
6
6
8

  E–Logan (2).  2B–San Francisco Cepeda (7,off Buhl), Milwaukee Torre (2,off Worthington).  3B–Milwaukee Mathews (2,off S. Jones).  HR–San Francisco Schmidt (2,5th inning off Willey 2 on 1 out); Davenport (1,5th inning off Willey 0 on 2 out)..  SH–Speake (1,off Trowbridge).  IBB–Wagner (1,by Trowbridge).  Team LOB–5.  SF–Aaron (2,off S. Jones).  HBP–Torre (1,by S. Jones).  Team–5.  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:32.  A–16,900.
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