Kansas City Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
July 12, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 1959 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Athletics 3, Chicago White Sox 5

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 5 0 2 1
Snyder lf 4 1 1 0
Williams 1b,3b 4 0 1 0
Maris rf 3 0 2 1
Lumpe 2b 4 0 0 0
Smith 3b 3 1 1 0
  Cerv ph 0 0 0 0
  Hadley pr,1b 0 0 0 0
House c 4 0 1 1
DeMaestri ss 3 1 0 0
  Boone ph 1 0 0 0
Daley p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 1 0
  Grim p 1 0 0 0
  Bella ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 3 0 0 0
Fox 2b 4 1 1 0
Landis cf 4 1 2 0
Lollar 1b,c 3 1 1 0
Smith lf 4 1 3 1
Romano c 1 0 0 0
  Torgeson 1b 3 0 0 0
Phillips 3b 3 1 0 0
McAnany rf 4 0 2 3
Donovan p 1 0 0 0
  Moore p 1 0 0 0
  Staley p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 4
Kansas City 120 000 000391
Chicago 500 000 00x591
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Daley  L (8-6) 1.0 4 5 5 1 0
  Grim   7.0 5 0 0 2 3
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
3
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Donovan   1.1 5 3 2 0 1
  Moore  W (2-5) 4.2 4 0 0 1 4
  Staley  SV (5) 3.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
2
3
7

  E–Daley (2), Donovan (4).  DP–Chicago 1. Aparicio-Fox-Torgeson.  2B–Kansas City House (12,off Donovan), Chicago Smith 2 (9,off Daley,off Grim); Landis (12,off Grim).  3B–Chicago McAnany (1,off Daley).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Phillips (2,by Daley).  Team–7.  SB–Tuttle (6,2nd base off Moore/Romano).  CS–Tuttle (4,2nd base by Moore/Lollar); Snyder (1,2nd base by Moore/Lollar); Lollar (3,2nd base by Grim/House).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Charlie Berry, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:37.
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