Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Athletics
July 4, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1959 at Municipal Stadium. The Chicago White Sox 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago White Sox 7, Kansas City Athletics 4

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 5 1 2 0
Fox 2b 5 0 2 0
Landis cf 5 1 5 1
Lollar 1b 5 1 1 2
Smith lf 4 2 1 0
Romano c 5 1 1 1
Phillips 3b 5 1 1 1
McAnany rf 5 0 4 2
Donovan p 2 0 0 0
  Shaw p 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 7 17 7
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 4 1 2 0
Lumpe 2b 4 0 0 0
Hadley 1b 3 0 1 1
Maris rf 4 1 1 0
Cerv lf 4 1 1 0
House c 3 0 0 0
  Chiti c 1 0 0 0
Smith 3b 4 1 3 3
DeMaestri ss 3 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
Daley p 2 0 1 0
  Grim p 0 0 0 0
  Kucks p 0 0 0 0
  Boone ph 1 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Chicago 001 102 3007170
Kansas City 011 200 000491
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Donovan   3.2 8 4 4 0 2
  Shaw  W (7-3) 5.1 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
1
6
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Daley   5.0 12 4 3 0 3
  Grim  L (5-5) 1.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Kucks   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Reed   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
17
7
6
1
5

  E–Hadley (2).  DP–Chicago 2. Shaw-Aparicio-Lollar, Aparicio-Fox-Lollar.  2B–Chicago Landis (11,off Daley); McAnany 2 (3,off Daley,off Kucks); Smith (7,off Daley), Kansas City Maris (9,off Donovan); Tuttle (10,off Donovan).  HR–Chicago Romano (2,6th inning off Daley 0 on 0 out); Phillips (3,6th inning off Daley 0 on 0 out); Lollar (12,7th inning off Grim 1 on 0 out), Kansas City Smith (3,4th inning off Donovan 1 on 1 out).  SH–Shaw (5,off Grim).  Team LOB–10.  Team–4.  SB–Landis (10,2nd base off Reed/Chiti).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Eddie Rommel, 2B–Johnny Stevens, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:36.
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