New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
June 3, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1959 at Briggs Stadium. The New York Yankees 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)
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New York Yankees 6, Detroit Tigers 5

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
McDougald 2b 5 1 2 0
Kubek ss 5 0 1 0
Mantle cf 3 2 1 1
Berra c 5 1 1 3
Skowron 1b 5 1 2 0
Lopez 3b 4 0 2 1
Siebern lf 3 0 1 0
Blanchard rf 2 1 1 1
  Bauer rf 1 0 0 0
Terry p 3 0 0 0
  Shantz p 0 0 0 0
  Duren p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 3 3 1 0
Kuenn rf 5 0 1 0
Maxwell lf 3 1 1 2
Kaline cf 3 1 3 2
Harris 1b 4 0 0 0
Berberet c 4 0 1 1
Bridges ss 4 0 1 0
Bolling 2b 4 0 1 0
Lary p 1 0 0 0
  Morgan p 1 0 0 0
  Groth ph 1 0 0 0
  Sisler p 0 0 0 0
  Osborne ph 1 0 0 0
  Narleski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
New York 005 000 0016111
Detroit 100 120 100590
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Terry   4.2 6 4 3 2 4
  Shantz   1.2 1 1 1 1 1
  Duren  W (1-2) 2.2 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
4
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lary   2.2 6 5 5 1 2
  Morgan   4.1 4 0 0 2 0
  Sisler   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Narleski  L (1-6) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
3
3

  E–Kubek (6).  2B–New York McDougald (7,off Lary); Skowron (7,off Lary), Detroit Bridges (5,off Terry); Yost (8,off Terry).  HR–New York Blanchard (1,3rd inning off Lary 0 on 0 out); Berra (6,3rd inning off Lary 2 on 2 out); Mantle (10,9th inning off Narleski 0 on 1 out), Detroit Maxwell (10,5th inning off Terry 1 on 2 out).  HBP–Siebern (1,by Lary).  Team LOB–8.  SF–Kaline (1,off Duren).  Team–7.  CS–McDougald (3,2nd base by Morgan/Berberet).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–2:54.  A–43,146.
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