Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
June 25, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 25, 1959 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 10

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Buddin ss 3 1 1 0
Runnels 2b 5 0 2 0
Williams lf 4 1 1 1
Jensen rf 5 0 1 0
Malzone 3b 4 0 2 1
Gernert 1b 4 1 2 2
Keough cf 4 1 1 1
Daley c 3 0 0 0
  Stephens ph 1 0 0 0
  White c 0 0 0 0
Brewer p 1 0 0 0
  Plews ph 1 0 0 0
  Baumann p 0 0 0 0
  Monbouquette p 0 0 0 0
  Geiger ph 1 1 1 0
  Kiely p 0 0 0 0
  Wertz ph 1 0 0 0
  Wall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 2 2 1 0
Kuenn rf 3 2 1 1
Maxwell lf 4 1 1 0
Kaline cf 5 2 2 3
Berberet c 5 0 2 1
Harris 1b 4 1 1 0
Bridges ss 3 1 1 4
Bolling 2b 2 0 0 0
Bunning p 2 0 0 0
  Morgan p 1 1 1 1
Totals 31 10 10 10
Boston 200 000 1205112
Detroit 015 001 03x10100
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Brewer  L (5-4) 3.0 6 6 6 4 0
  Baumann   2.0 2 1 1 4 1
  Monbouquette   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Kiely   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Wall   1.0 2 3 3 2 0
Totals
8.0
10
10
10
10
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  W (7-6) 7.1 10 5 5 2 5
  Morgan  SV (3) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
2
5

  E–Buddin (15), Jensen (4).  DP–Boston 3. Gernert-Buddin, Runnels-Buddin-Gernert, Daley-Malzone, Detroit 1. Bolling-Bridges-Harris.  2B–Boston Gernert (11,off Bunning), Detroit Kuenn (18,off Baumann).  HR–Boston Gernert (8,8th inning off Bunning 0 on 1 out); Keough (4,8th inning off Bunning 0 on 1 out), Detroit Kaline (13,2nd inning off Brewer 0 on 0 out); Bridges (3,3rd inning off Brewer 3 on 2 out); Morgan (2,8th inning off Wall 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Buddin (3,by Bunning).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Bridges (4,off Brewer).  IBB–Harris (1,by Brewer).  Team–8.  CS–Kuenn (1,3rd base by Monbouquette/Daley).  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Bob Stewart, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–Joe Paparella.  T–2:38.  A–10,144.
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