Chicago Cubs vs San Francisco Giants
September 2, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1959 at Seals Stadium. The San Francisco Giants 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 3, San Francisco Giants 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 4 1 1 0
Altman cf 4 1 1 0
Walls rf 3 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 0 0 0 0
  Long ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Banks ss 4 0 1 1
Thomson lf 3 1 1 1
  Moryn ph,rf 1 0 1 1
Schult 1b 3 0 1 0
  Noren ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Dark 3b 3 0 0 0
Neeman c 3 0 0 0
Ceccarelli p 2 0 0 0
  Averill ph 1 0 0 0
  Elston p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 2b 3 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 1 1
  Davenport 3b 0 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 0 0 0
Cepeda lf,1b 4 1 1 0
Brandt 3b,lf 4 1 2 1
Alou rf 1 1 1 2
Bressoud ss 3 0 0 0
Hegan c 3 0 0 0
McCormick p 3 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 5 4
Chicago 000 010 002360
San Francisco 010 101 001450
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Ceccarelli   8.0 4 3 3 2 8
  Elston  L (6-7) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.1
5
4
4
2
8
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick   8.1 4 3 3 0 6
  Jones  W (18-12) 0.2 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
0
8

  E–None.  HR–Chicago Thomson (11,5th inning off McCormick 0 on 0 out), San Francisco Alou (10,4th inning off Ceccarelli 0 on 2 out); McCovey (9,6th inning off Ceccarelli 0 on 0 out); Brandt (12,9th inning off Elston 0 on 1 out)..  Team LOB–3.  SF–Alou (1,off Ceccarelli).  Team–3.  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Vic Delmore, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:13.  A–16,422.
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