Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
June 26, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 1959 at Briggs Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 12, Detroit Tigers 7

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Tasby cf 5 2 2 3
Klaus 3b 3 3 1 0
  Finigan 3b 0 0 0 0
Woodling rf 3 1 0 1
  Pilarcik rf 0 0 0 0
Nieman lf 5 2 4 5
  Pearson pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 4 0 1 0
Ginsberg c 4 1 0 0
Gardner 2b 5 2 1 2
Miranda ss 4 1 1 0
O'Dell p 4 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 12 10 11
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 3 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Groth ph 1 1 1 2
Kuenn rf 5 1 1 1
Maxwell lf 4 1 1 2
Kaline cf 5 1 1 1
Wilson c 4 0 2 0
  Berberet ph 0 0 0 0
Harris 1b 5 0 0 0
Bridges ss 4 1 1 0
Bolling 2b 3 0 0 0
Narleski p 2 0 1 0
  Burnside p 0 0 0 0
  Zernial ph 1 1 1 1
  Lepcio 3b 1 1 1 0
Totals 38 7 10 7
Baltimore 211 080 00012101
Detroit 010 000 1057104
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
O'Dell  W (4-6) 8.1 10 7 7 3 2
  Fisher  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
4
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Narleski  L (4-8) 4.1 6 9 4 3 2
  Burnside   2.2 2 3 0 3 2
  Schultz   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
12
4
7
5

  E–Klaus (7), Yost 2 (9), Wilson (1), Narleski (2).  DP–Detroit 3. Yost-Bolling-Harris, Bolling-Bridges-Harris, Bolling-Bridges-Harris.  PB–Wilson (6).  2B–Baltimore Tasby (10,off Narleski); Nieman (8,off Narleski), Detroit Wilson 2 (6,off O'Dell 2).  3B–Detroit Groth (1,off O'Dell); Kuenn (4,off O'Dell).  HR–Baltimore Nieman (8,3rd inning off Narleski 0 on 1 out), Detroit Kaline (14,2nd inning off O'Dell 0 on 0 out); Zernial (1,7th inning off O'Dell 0 on 1 out); Maxwell (15,9th inning off O'Dell 1 on 1 out).  IBB–Ginsberg (2,by Narleski).  Team LOB–6.  Team–8.  SB–Yost (5,2nd base off O'Dell/Ginsberg); Yost (5,2nd base off O'Dell/Ginsberg).  U-HP–Bob Stewart, 1B–Ed Runge, 2B–Joe Paparella, 3B–Eddie Hurley.  T–2:40.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook