Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Athletics
August 25, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 25, 1959 at Municipal Stadium. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 5, Kansas City Athletics 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Tasby cf 4 0 0 0
Boyd 1b 3 2 1 1
Nieman lf 4 2 3 2
Woodling rf 2 1 1 1
Triandos c 4 0 1 1
Robinson 3b 4 0 0 0
Klaus ss 4 0 0 0
Gardner 2b 3 0 0 0
  Dropo ph 1 0 0 0
O'Dell p 2 0 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Pearson ph 1 0 0 0
  Loes p 0 0 0 0
  Pilarcik ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 6 5
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 4 1 2 1
Terwilliger 2b 3 3 1 0
Williams 1b 4 1 3 2
Cerv lf 4 0 1 1
  Sturdivant p 0 0 0 0
Jablonski 3b 4 0 1 0
Smith c 4 0 1 1
Bella rf 2 0 0 0
  Snyder ph,rf,lf 2 0 0 0
DeMaestri ss 2 0 0 0
  Maris ph,rf 2 1 1 0
Herbert p 0 0 0 0
  Morgan ph 1 0 0 0
  Tsitouris p 1 0 0 0
  Lumpe ph,ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 5
Baltimore 202 010 000561
Kansas City 000 103 20x6100
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
O'Dell   5.0 5 4 3 1 2
  Brown   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Loes  L (4-5) 2.0 4 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
5
1
2
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Herbert   3.0 5 4 4 0 5
  Tsitouris  W (3-2) 4.0 1 1 1 2 2
  Sturdivant  SV (5) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
3
9

  E–Robinson (8).  DP–Baltimore 1. Klaus-Gardner-Boyd.  2B–Baltimore Nieman 2 (15,off Herbert,off Tsitouris); Woodling (20,off Herbert), Kansas City Smith (10,off Loes).  3B–Baltimore Triandos (1,off Herbert).  HR–Baltimore Boyd (2,3rd inning off Herbert 0 on 1 out); Nieman (14,3rd inning off Herbert 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Lumpe (7,off Loes).  Team–5.  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Charlie Berry, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:11.  A–9,650.
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