Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Athletics
July 2, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1959 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 4, Kansas City Athletics 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Held ss 5 1 1 1
Power 1b 5 0 1 0
Francona cf 4 0 3 0
Colavito rf 4 0 0 0
Minoso lf 3 1 1 0
Strickland 3b 4 1 1 0
Baxes 2b 4 1 2 0
Brown c 2 0 1 2
Bell p 2 0 0 0
  Cicotte p 0 0 0 0
  Webster ph 1 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Valo ph 0 0 0 1
  Grant p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 5 1 3 2
Lumpe 2b 5 1 1 0
Maris rf 4 0 1 0
Boone 3b 3 0 0 0
Cerv lf 4 0 1 1
Hadley 1b 4 0 0 0
Chiti c 3 3 2 0
DeMaestri ss 4 1 2 1
Herbert p 3 0 1 0
  Kucks p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 4
Cleveland 010 010 0204104
Kansas City 010 220 10x6110
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bell  L (6-8) 3.2 7 3 2 4 2
  Cicotte   1.1 2 2 1 0 0
  Garcia   2.0 2 1 1 2 1
  Grant   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
11
6
4
6
5
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Herbert  W (5-7) 7.1 10 4 4 4 3
  Kucks  SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
4
4

  E–Power (5), Baxes (5), Bell 2 (3).  DP–Cleveland 1. Power.  2B–Cleveland Power (16,off Herbert); Brown (5,off Herbert), Kansas City Herbert (1,off Garcia).  3B–Kansas City Tuttle (3,off Cicotte).  HR–Cleveland Held (16,5th inning off Herbert 0 on 0 out), Kansas City DeMaestri (5,4th inning off Bell 0 on 0 out).  SF–Brown (1,off Herbert); Valo (1,off Kucks).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Herbert (2,off Cicotte).  Team–12.  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–3:00.  A–9,416.
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