New York Yankees vs Kansas City Athletics
June 22, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 22, 1959 at Municipal Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Athletics 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 11, Kansas City Athletics 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Kubek rf 5 2 3 1
Lopez 3b 4 2 1 1
Mantle cf 5 3 3 6
Siebern lf 3 1 2 1
Skowron 1b 4 1 1 2
Berra c 5 0 0 0
Richardson 2b 5 0 1 0
McDougald ss 4 1 2 0
Turley p 2 0 0 0
  Shantz p 2 1 1 0
Totals 39 11 14 11
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lumpe 2b 5 1 1 0
Williams cf 5 1 2 1
Maris rf 5 2 2 1
Cerv lf 5 1 2 3
Hadley 1b 2 0 0 0
Chiti c 3 0 0 0
DeMaestri ss 4 0 0 1
Smith 3b 4 0 1 0
Herbert p 1 0 0 0
  Sturdivant p 0 0 0 0
  Bella ph 1 1 1 0
  Grim p 1 0 0 0
  Dickson p 0 0 0 0
  Boone ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 37 6 10 6
New York 100 240 31011141
Kansas City 000 240 0006100
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Turley   4.0 8 6 6 2 3
  Shantz  W (2-2) 5.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
2
6
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Herbert  L (4-7) 4.1 8 7 7 0 4
  Sturdivant   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Grim   1.0 2 3 3 2 1
  Dickson   3.0 4 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
14
11
11
3
8

  E–Richardson (9).  2B–New York Shantz (1,off Dickson), Kansas City Smith (7,off Turley); Maris 2 (7,off Turley 2); Cerv (8,off Turley).  3B–New York Mantle (3,off Herbert).  HR–New York Mantle 2 (17,1st inning off Herbert 0 on 2 out,7th inning off Grim 2 on 0 out); Skowron (14,4th inning off Herbert 1 on 1 out).  SF–Siebern (3,off Sturdivant).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Hadley (1,off Shantz).  Team–7.  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Hank Soar, 3B–Nestor Chylak.  T–2:49.  A–21,451.
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