Kansas City Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
June 30, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 30, 1959 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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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Kansas City Athletics 0, Detroit Tigers 4

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Lumpe ss 4 0 2 0
Williams rf,2b 4 0 1 0
Hadley 1b 4 0 0 0
Maris cf 4 0 0 0
Cerv lf 4 0 1 0
House c 3 0 1 0
Smith 3b 2 0 0 0
  Boone ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Terwilliger 2b 2 0 0 0
  Bella ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Dickson p 1 0 0 0
  Tsitouris p 1 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Sturdivant p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 2 0 0 0
Kuenn rf 4 0 1 0
Maxwell lf 3 2 1 1
Zernial 1b 4 0 0 0
Wilson c 3 1 1 0
Groth cf 3 1 2 1
Bridges ss 3 0 0 0
Lepcio 2b 4 0 2 0
Lary p 2 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 7 2
Kansas City 000 000 000052
Detroit 121 000 00x470
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Coleman  L (2-7) 1.0 3 3 2 1 1
  Dickson   1.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Tsitouris   4.2 3 0 0 2 3
  Sturdivant   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
4
3
4
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lary  W (9-4) 9.0 5 0 0 0 7
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
0
7

  E–Smith (8), Coleman (2).  DP–Kansas City 1. Lumpe-Terwilliger-Hadley.  2B–Kansas City Lumpe (6,off Lary).  HR–Detroit Maxwell (17,1st inning off Coleman 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Bridges (5,off Coleman); Lary 2 (5,off Dickson,off Tsitouris); Wilson (1,off Dickson).  Team–8.  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Eddie Rommel, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:15.  A–17,948.
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