Chicago White Sox vs New York Yankees
June 16, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1959 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox 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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Chicago White Sox 1, New York Yankees 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 4 0 0 0
Fox 2b 4 1 1 0
Cash 1b 4 0 2 0
Lollar c 3 0 1 1
Doby rf 4 0 0 0
Callison lf 3 0 0 0
Phillips 3b 3 0 0 0
Landis cf 3 0 0 0
Pierce p 2 0 0 0
  Torgeson ph 1 0 0 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Bauer rf 4 1 2 1
Howard lf 4 0 1 0
  Pisoni lf 0 0 0 0
Berra c 4 0 0 0
Mantle cf 4 1 1 0
Skowron 1b 3 1 0 0
Lopez 3b 4 0 1 1
Richardson 2b 2 1 2 1
Kubek ss 2 1 1 0
Ditmar p 4 0 1 1
Totals 31 5 9 4
Chicago 100 000 000141
New York 001 002 11x591
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pierce  L (7-7) 7.0 7 4 4 3 3
  Staley   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
4
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ditmar  W (5-4) 9.0 4 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
4

  E–Fox (3), Kubek (8).  DP–Chicago 1. Fox-Aparicio-Cash, New York 1. Lopez-Richardson-Skowron.  2B–Chicago Fox (16,off Ditmar), New York Kubek (11,off Pierce); Lopez (15,off Pierce); Richardson (5,off Staley); Ditmar (1,off Staley).  3B–New York Mantle (2,off Pierce).  Team LOB–4.  SF–Richardson (1,off Pierce).  HBP–Skowron (1,by Pierce).  IBB–Kubek 2 (2,by Pierce,by Staley).  Team–8.  U-HP–Jim Honochick, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Frank Umont, 3B–Charlie Berry.  T–2:02.  A–31,016.
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