Chicago White Sox vs Washington Senators
June 9, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1959 at Griffith Stadium. The Washington Senators 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, Washington Senators 7

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 5 1 1 0
Fox 2b 5 2 3 1
Torgeson 1b 4 0 1 1
Lollar c 5 0 1 1
Callison lf 5 1 2 0
Phillips 3b 5 0 1 0
Rivera rf 3 0 2 1
Landis cf 2 0 1 0
Shaw p 3 0 0 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
  Simpson ph 1 0 0 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 12 4
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Plews 2b 5 1 2 0
Allison cf 4 3 2 3
Killebrew 3b 0 1 0 1
Sievers 1b 4 0 3 1
Lemon lf 4 0 2 0
  Romonosky pr 0 0 0 0
  Aspromonte ss 1 0 0 0
Throneberry rf 3 0 0 1
Porter c 1 0 0 1
  Samford pr,ss 1 0 0 0
  Becquer ph 1 0 0 0
  Clevenger p 1 0 0 0
Valdivielso ss 1 0 0 0
  Courtney ph,c 3 0 1 0
  Ramos pr 0 1 0 0
  Naragon c 0 0 0 0
Fischer p 2 0 0 0
  Green ph,lf 1 1 0 0
Totals 32 7 10 7
Chicago 100 100 2004122
Washington 100 100 23x7100
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Shaw   6.1 7 4 4 4 2
  Staley   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Lown  L (3-2) 1.0 1 3 3 3 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
7
3
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Fischer   7.0 9 4 4 3 1
  Clevenger  W (2-1) 2.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
3
2

  E–Callison (1), Phillips (6).  DP–Chicago 2. Aparicio-Fox-Torgeson, Aparicio-Fox-Torgeson.  2B–Chicago Phillips (13,off Fischer); Rivera 2 (5,off Fischer,off Clevenger), Washington Sievers (8,off Shaw).  3B–Chicago Fox (3,off Fischer).  HR–Washington Allison 2 (14,1st inning off Shaw 0 on 1 out,7th inning off Shaw 1 on 1 out).  SF–Rivera (2,off Fischer).  IBB–Landis (3,by Fischer); Throneberry (2,by Shaw); Allison (1,by Lown).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Green (2,off Lown).  HBP–Killebrew 2 (4,by Shaw,by Lown); Porter (1,by Shaw).  Team–12.  SB–Torgeson (5,2nd base off Fischer/Courtney).  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–Frank Tabacchi, 3B–Joe Paparella.  T–2:53.  A–19,157.
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