Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
July 3, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 1959 at Briggs Stadium. The Chicago White Sox 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)
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Chicago White Sox 6, Detroit Tigers 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 5 1 2 0
Fox 2b 5 0 2 0
Goodman 3b 5 0 1 0
  Phillips 3b 0 0 0 0
Lollar c 5 3 2 2
Torgeson 1b 4 0 2 2
Smith lf 4 1 1 1
Rivera rf 5 0 0 0
Landis cf 1 1 1 0
Wynn p 2 0 0 0
  Cash ph 1 0 1 0
  Staley p 1 0 0 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 12 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 3 1 0 0
Kuenn cf 3 2 1 0
Maxwell lf 4 0 0 0
Zernial 1b 5 1 1 3
Wilson c 5 1 2 2
Chrisley rf 3 0 0 0
Bridges 2b 4 0 0 0
Veal ss 3 0 1 0
Bunning p 3 0 0 0
  Morgan p 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 5 6 5
Chicago 012 000 110 16120
Detroit 100 003 001 0561
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn   6.0 3 4 4 5 4
  Staley   2.2 3 1 1 1 2
  Lown  W (4-2) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
6
5
5
7
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning   7.0 11 5 5 3 3
  Morgan  L (1-2) 3.0 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
10.0
12
6
6
4
4

  E–Zernial (1).  DP–Chicago 2. Fox-Torgeson-Aparicio, Aparicio-Fox-Torgeson, Detroit 3. Bunning-Zernial, Wilson-Yost, Veal-Zernial.  2B–Chicago Fox (21,off Bunning); Torgeson (4,off Bunning).  HR–Chicago Lollar (11,2nd inning off Bunning 0 on 0 out); Smith (5,10th inning off Morgan 0 on 2 out), Detroit Zernial (4,6th inning off Wynn 2 on 1 out); Wilson (2,9th inning off Staley 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Smith (2,by Bunning).  IBB–Landis (4,by Morgan).  Team LOB–7.  Team–6.  SB–Landis 2 (9,2nd base off Bunning/Wilson,2nd base off Morgan/Wilson); Torgeson (6,2nd base off Bunning/Wilson).  CS–Torgeson (5,3rd base by Bunning/Wilson).  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–3:13.  A–11,729.
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