Cleveland Indians vs New York Yankees
July 16, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1959 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees 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 0, New York Yankees 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Piersall cf 4 0 0 0
Power 1b 4 0 1 0
Minoso lf 4 0 0 0
Colavito rf 4 0 0 0
Held ss 4 0 1 0
Strickland 3b 3 0 0 0
Martin 2b 4 0 2 0
Brown c 2 0 0 0
Smith p 2 0 0 0
  Grant p 1 0 1 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Richardson 2b 5 0 0 0
Bauer lf 4 1 1 1
Mantle cf 3 0 1 0
Lopez 3b 4 0 0 0
Berra c 4 2 3 0
Howard 1b 4 0 2 0
Slaughter rf 2 1 1 2
McDougald ss 3 0 0 1
Shantz p 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
Cleveland 000 000 000050
New York 020 001 10x480
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L (0-1) 5.2 6 3 3 4 2
  Grant   1.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Garcia   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
5
2
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Shantz  W (4-2) 9.0 5 0 0 2 7
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
7

  E–None.  2B–Cleveland Martin (5,off Shantz); Held (10,off Shantz), New York Berra (12,off Smith); Howard (13,off Smith).  HR–New York Slaughter (4,2nd inning off Smith 1 on 1 out); Bauer (6,7th inning off Grant 0 on 0 out).  IBB–Brown (1,by Shantz).  Team LOB–7.  SF–McDougald (2,off Smith).  Team–9.  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Eddie Rommel, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–2:28.  A–38,674.
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