Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
August 15, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1959 at Yankee Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees 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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Boston Red Sox 12, New York Yankees 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Geiger cf 0 1 0 0
  Keough cf 5 0 1 0
Runnels 2b 2 2 1 0
Williams lf 2 1 1 0
  Busby pr,lf 1 1 0 0
Wertz 1b 4 1 0 2
Jensen rf 3 3 0 1
Malzone 3b 6 1 2 1
White c 6 1 4 4
Buddin ss 4 1 2 2
Sullivan p 1 0 0 1
  Kiely p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 12 11 11
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
McDougald ss 3 0 0 1
  Boyer ss 1 0 0 0
Kubek lf,cf 4 1 2 0
Mantle cf 2 0 0 0
  Blanchard c 1 0 0 1
Berra c 2 0 0 0
  Throneberry 1b 2 1 1 0
Howard 1b,c,lf 4 0 1 0
Lopez 3b 3 0 0 0
Siebern rf 2 1 1 0
  Slaughter rf 2 0 0 1
Richardson 2b 4 0 1 0
Grba p 0 0 0 0
  Larsen p 1 0 0 0
  Blaylock p 2 1 1 1
  Carey ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 4
Boston 106 140 00012111
New York 000 021 100471
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sullivan  W (7-7) 5.0 5 3 3 4 3
  Kiely  SV (5) 4.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
4
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Grba  L (1-4) 2.1 3 5 5 5 0
  Larsen   1.2 5 7 6 6 1
  Blaylock   5.0 3 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
11
12
11
13
3

  E–Buddin (27), Howard (6).  PB–Blanchard 2 (3).  2B–Boston Keough (11,off Larsen), New York Blaylock (1,off F. Sullivan).  3B–Boston White (3,off Larsen), New York Kubek (5,off Kiely).  SH–F. Sullivan (4,off Grba); Busby (1,off Blaylock).  SF–Wertz (2,off Grba); F. Sullivan (1,off Larsen); Buddin (1,off Blaylock).  Team LOB–14.  Team–7.  U-HP–Hank Soar, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–3:23.  A–37,283.
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