New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
June 4, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 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 14, Detroit Tigers 3

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Siebern lf 2 1 0 0
  Bauer ph,rf 3 1 1 1
Blanchard rf 2 2 1 0
  Howard ph,lf 2 1 1 2
Mantle cf 5 1 2 1
Berra c 4 2 1 1
Skowron 1b 5 0 0 0
  Throneberry 1b 0 0 0 0
Lopez 3b 3 2 2 4
  Richardson 3b 1 0 0 0
McDougald 2b 5 1 3 2
Kubek ss 5 2 2 0
Ford p 4 1 2 3
Totals 41 14 15 14
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 3 0 0 0
Kuenn rf 4 0 2 0
Maxwell lf 4 1 1 0
Kaline cf 3 0 0 0
Wilson c 4 1 1 1
Bridges ss 4 0 1 0
Harris 1b 4 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 3 1 2 2
Bunning p 1 0 0 0
  Burnside p 2 0 0 0
  Narleski p 0 0 0 0
  Zernial ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
New York 403 101 03214151
Detroit 010 100 010370
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ford  W (6-3) 9.0 7 3 3 4 6
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  L (5-4) 3.0 6 7 7 1 2
  Burnside   5.0 6 5 5 1 3
  Narleski   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
14
14
2
5

  E–McDougald (2).  DP–New York 2. Kubek-McDougald-Skowron, Lopez-McDougald-Skowron.  2B–New York Lopez (12,off Bunning); McDougald 2 (9,off Bunning,off Burnside); Mantle (7,off Burnside); Kubek (8,off Burnside); Bauer (7,off Burnside); Ford (3,off Narleski), Detroit Kuenn (9,off Ford).  3B–Detroit Maxwell (2,off Ford).  HR–New York Lopez (8,3rd inning off Bunning 1 on 1 out); Ford (1,6th inning off Burnside 0 on 0 out); Howard (6,8th inning off Burnside 1 on 1 out), Detroit Bolling (4,4th inning off Ford 0 on 2 out).  SH–Ford (1,off Burnside).  HBP–Berra (1,by Bunning); Lopez (2,by Burnside).  Team LOB–5.  Team–7.  SB–Mantle (10,2nd base off Bunning/Wilson).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Eddie Rommel, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–2:46.  A–15,267.
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