San Francisco Giants vs Chicago Cubs
August 16, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 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 4, Chicago Cubs 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 4 1 1 1
Mays cf 3 1 2 2
McCovey 1b 5 0 0 0
Cepeda lf 4 0 1 0
Kirkland rf 4 0 0 0
Spencer 2b 4 1 2 0
Landrith c 3 1 1 0
  Wagner ph 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt c 0 0 0 0
Bressoud ss 2 0 1 0
  Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0
  Pagan ss 1 0 1 1
Antonelli p 1 0 0 0
  Brandt ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 4 0 1 0
Dark 3b 4 1 0 0
Thomson cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Banks ss 2 2 1 2
Schult 1b 2 0 0 0
  Marshall 1b 0 0 0 0
Averill lf 2 1 0 0
  Altman ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Walls rf 3 1 2 3
Neeman c 3 0 0 0
Anderson p 3 0 0 0
  Elston p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 5 5
San Francisco 200 010 010490
Chicago 200 300 00x551
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Antonelli  L (16-7) 6.0 3 5 5 2 3
  Miller   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Jones   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
5
5
2
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  W (9-8) 7.2 9 4 4 2 7
  Elston  SV (12) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
8

  E–T. Taylor (18).  2B–San Francisco Cepeda (27,off Anderson); Spencer (16,off Anderson), Chicago Walls (17,off Miller).  HR–San Francisco Mays (21,1st inning off Anderson 1 on 0 out), Chicago Banks (36,1st inning off Antonelli 1 on 2 out); Walls (6,4th inning off Antonelli 2 on 2 out).  SH–Antonelli (4,off Anderson).  HBP–Wagner (3,by Anderson).  Team LOB–8.  Team–1.  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Hal Dixon, 2B–Vinnie Smith, 3B–Frank Dascoli.  T–2:45.  A–19,992.
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