San Francisco Giants vs Chicago Cubs
August 13, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 1959 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the San Francisco Giants 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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San Francisco Giants 9, Chicago Cubs 20

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Brandt lf 3 2 2 3
  McCormick p 0 0 0 0
Davenport 3b 5 1 1 1
Mays cf 3 2 2 2
Cepeda 1b,lf 5 1 2 0
Kirkland rf 5 1 1 3
Spencer 2b 1 0 0 0
  O'Connell 2b 2 0 1 0
  McCovey ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Bressoud ss 5 0 0 0
Schmidt c 2 1 1 0
  Landrith ph,c 2 0 0 0
Sanford p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Fisher p 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes ph 1 1 1 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
  Byerly p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner ph 1 0 0 0
  Pagan 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 12 9
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 4 3 3 3
Altman cf 6 3 5 5
Marshall 1b 4 1 2 0
  Walls rf 1 0 0 0
Banks ss 2 2 1 0
Taylor S. c 4 0 0 1
  Averill ph,c 2 1 1 1
Noren lf,1b 4 3 2 0
Moryn rf,lf 2 2 0 1
  Thomson ph,lf 2 1 1 1
Dark 3b 4 2 1 4
Ceccarelli p 1 0 0 0
  Buzhardt p 0 0 0 0
  Long ph 1 1 1 2
  Donnelly p 0 0 0 0
  Schult ph 1 0 1 2
  Elston p 3 1 1 0
Totals 41 20 19 20
San Francisco 313 002 0009120
Chicago 222 402 62x20191
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford   0.0 1 2 2 2 0
  Jones   1.2 3 2 2 2 0
  Fisher  L (2-3) 1.1 3 4 4 0 0
  Miller   2.0 1 2 2 5 0
  Worthington   0.2 3 2 2 1 1
  Byerly   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  McCormick   2.0 8 8 8 3 1
Totals
8.0
19
20
20
13
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Ceccarelli   2.0 5 7 6 2 0
  Buzhardt   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Donnelly  W (1-1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Elston  SV (11) 5.0 5 2 2 3 2
Totals
9.0
12
9
8
6
3

  E–Marshall (2).  DP–Chicago 1. Dark-T. Taylor-Marshall.  2B–San Francisco Brandt (13,off Ceccarelli); Rhodes (2,off Elston), Chicago Marshall (7,off G. Jones); Banks (20,off McCormick).  3B–San Francisco Davenport (3,off Ceccarelli); Mays (5,off Donnelly), Chicago Noren (2,off McCormick); T. Taylor (6,off McCormick).  HR–San Francisco Mays (19,1st inning off Ceccarelli 1 on 0 out); Kirkland (20,3rd inning off Ceccarelli 2 on 0 out); Brandt (10,6th inning off Elston 1 on 1 out), Chicago Altman 2 (7,1st inning off Sanford 1 on 0 out,2nd inning off G. Jones 1 on 2 out); Long (13,3rd inning off Fisher 1 on 2 out); Dark (4,7th inning off McCormick 3 on 0 out); T. Taylor (5,7th inning off McCormick 0 on 1 out).  SH–G. Jones (1,off Ceccarelli); Altman (2,off Miller).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Moryn (3,by Fisher).  IBB–Banks 2 (16,by G. Jones,by Miller); Noren (1,by Miller); Dark (4,by Miller).  Team–12.  U-HP–Hal Dixon, 1B–Vinnie Smith, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–3:50.  A–17,963.
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