Chicago Cubs vs Milwaukee Braves
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 County Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Chicago Cubs 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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Chicago Cubs 0, Milwaukee Braves 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 4 0 2 0
Altman cf 4 0 1 0
Marshall 1b 4 0 0 0
Banks ss 4 0 0 0
Schult lf 4 0 1 0
Averill c 4 0 0 0
Thomson rf 4 0 2 0
Dark 3b 2 0 0 0
Hobbie p 2 0 0 0
  Donnelly p 0 0 0 0
  Noren ph 1 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 6 0
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 5 0 3 1
Mathews 3b 5 1 3 2
Aaron rf 4 0 0 0
Adcock lf 2 0 0 0
  Pafko lf 1 0 0 0
Torre 1b 3 1 1 0
Logan ss 4 1 1 0
Avila 2b 1 2 1 0
Crandall c 4 1 1 3
Willey p 3 1 0 0
Totals 32 7 10 6
Chicago 000 000 000061
Milwaukee 000 240 01x7100
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hobbie  L (12-11) 4.2 7 6 6 7 5
  Donnelly   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Drabowsky   2.0 1 1 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
6
8
5
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Willey  W (5-6) 9.0 6 0 0 1 7
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
1
7

  E–Thomson (2).  DP–Chicago 2. Dark-T. Taylor-Marshall, Dark-T. Taylor-Marshall.  2B–Milwaukee Logan (16,off Hobbie); Mathews (8,off Drabowsky).  HR–Milwaukee Crandall (16,5th inning off Hobbie 2 on 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  Team–9.  SB–T. Taylor (21,2nd base off Willey/Crandall).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:40.
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