Kansas City Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
May 31, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1959 at Comiskey Park I. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Athletics 9, Chicago White Sox 1

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 4 2 1 0
Herzog rf 4 1 2 2
Williams 3b,lf 4 1 1 2
Ward 1b 4 1 1 4
  Smith 3b 0 0 0 0
Lumpe 2b 4 1 1 0
Bella lf 4 0 0 0
  Hadley 1b 1 0 0 0
House c 5 0 2 0
DeMaestri ss 5 1 2 1
Garver p 3 2 2 0
Totals 38 9 12 9
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 3 0 1 0
  Esposito ss 1 0 0 0
Fox 2b 4 0 0 0
Torgeson 1b 3 1 3 1
Lollar c 4 0 0 0
Doby rf 3 0 0 0
Goodman 3b 3 0 0 0
Callison lf 3 0 0 0
Landis cf 2 0 0 0
Wynn p 0 0 0 0
  Latman p 2 0 0 0
  Arias p 0 0 0 0
  Simpson ph 1 0 0 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Kansas City 050 004 0009120
Chicago 100 000 000140
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Garver  W (4-3) 9.0 4 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
1
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn  L (7-4) 1.2 4 5 5 3 2
  Latman   4.0 6 4 4 2 2
  Arias   2.1 2 0 0 1 2
  Lown   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
6
8

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 2. Williams-Lumpe-Ward, Smith-Lumpe-Hadley.  2B–Kansas City Williams (18,off Wynn).  HR–Kansas City Ward (1,6th inning off Latman 3 on 2 out), Chicago Torgeson (4,1st inning off Garver 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–8.  Team–3.  CS–House (3,2nd base by Arias/Lollar).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Charlie Berry, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:32.  A–11,414.
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