New York Yankees vs Kansas City Athletics
August 22, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 1959 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 7, Kansas City Athletics 8

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Richardson 2b 5 2 2 0
Kubek 3b,lf 5 1 2 1
Mantle cf 4 2 3 0
Berra c 5 0 0 0
Howard 1b 4 1 1 1
  Throneberry 1b 0 0 0 0
Lopez lf 4 1 3 2
  Shantz pr 0 0 0 0
  Carey 3b 0 0 0 0
  Siebern ph 1 0 1 1
  McDougald 3b 0 0 0 0
Slaughter rf 2 0 1 1
  Bauer rf 2 0 0 0
Boyer ss 4 0 0 0
Coates p 2 0 1 0
  Grba p 0 0 0 0
  Duren p 2 0 0 0
  Turley p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 14 6
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 5 2 3 1
Snyder rf 5 0 2 2
Williams 3b 4 2 2 1
Cerv lf 4 0 2 0
Lumpe 2b,ss 5 0 1 1
Hadley 1b 5 1 1 1
House c 5 2 2 1
DeMaestri ss 3 1 2 0
  Maris ph 0 0 0 0
  Terwilliger 2b 0 0 0 0
Garver p 2 0 0 1
  Grim p 0 0 0 0
  Morgan ph 1 0 0 0
  Tsitouris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 15 8
New York 010 003 102 07142
Kansas City 000 112 120 18150
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Coates   5.2 7 4 4 2 2
  Grba   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Duren   2.2 5 3 2 1 3
  Turley  L (8-11) 1.1 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.2
15
8
7
6
6
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Garver   6.1 10 5 5 1 1
  Grim   2.2 4 2 2 2 1
  Tsitouris  W (2-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
14
7
7
3
3

  E–Richardson (16), Throneberry (3).  DP–New York 2. Richardson-Boyer-Howard, Carey-Richardson-Howard, Kansas City 2. Cerv-House, Williams-Lumpe-Hadley.  2B–New York Mantle (22,off Garver); Lopez (23,off Grim); Siebern (16,off Grim).  3B–New York Lopez (5,off Garver); Kubek (7,off Garver).  HR–Kansas City Williams (14,4th inning off Coates 0 on 0 out); Tuttle (7,7th inning off Duren 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Howard (4,by Garver); Tuttle (4,by Duren).  IBB–Boyer (1,by Grim); Maris (5,by Turley); Cerv (3,by Turley).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Lumpe (6,off Coates); Grim (5,off Duren); Snyder (3,off Turley).  SF–Garver (1,off Coates).  Team–13.  SB–Snyder (5,3rd base off Duren/Berra); Williams (4,2nd base off Duren/Berra).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Bill Summers.  T–3:23.  A–17,567.
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