Chicago Cubs vs San Francisco Giants
September 3, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 5, San Francisco Giants 8

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 5 0 1 0
Altman cf 5 0 1 0
Walls rf 1 1 0 0
  Moryn ph,lf 3 0 2 0
Banks ss 5 1 2 1
Thomson lf,rf 4 1 0 0
Schult 1b 2 0 1 2
  Long 1b 2 0 1 0
Dark 3b 4 2 2 1
Neeman c 3 0 1 0
  Noren ph 1 0 1 0
  Buzhardt p 0 0 0 0
Anderson p 1 0 0 0
  Hillman p 0 0 0 0
  Elston p 0 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor S. ph,c 1 0 0 1
Totals 38 5 12 5
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Brandt 3b,lf 5 2 2 0
Mays cf 5 1 1 3
McCovey 1b 4 1 1 1
  Davenport 3b 0 0 0 0
Cepeda lf,1b 4 2 3 0
Kirkland rf 4 0 2 1
Spencer 2b 3 1 1 0
Landrith c 3 0 1 0
  Alou ph 1 0 1 0
  Hegan c 0 0 0 0
Bressoud ss 4 1 2 3
Antonelli p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 3 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 14 8
Chicago 013 000 0105120
San Francisco 002 222 00x8140
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson   3.1 6 4 4 1 3
  Hillman  L (6-10) 1.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Elston   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Henry   2.0 5 2 2 0 1
  Buzhardt   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
8
8
1
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Antonelli   2.2 5 4 4 2 1
  Miller  W (8-7) 6.1 7 1 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
2
5

  E–None.  2B–Chicago Banks (24,off Antonelli); Schult (4,off Antonelli); Neeman (2,off Miller); Dark (16,off Miller)., San Francisco Cepeda (34,off Hillman); Kirkland (20,off Hillman)..  3B–San Francisco Brandt (4,off Anderson).  HR–Chicago Dark (5,2nd inning off Antonelli 0 on 1 out), San Francisco Bressoud (7,3rd inning off Anderson 0 on 0 out); McCovey (10,5th inning off Hillman 0 on 1 out); Mays (25,6th inning off Henry 1 on 2 out)..  SH–Anderson (5,off Miller); Miller (4,off Hillman).  Team LOB–9.  Team–6.  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Vic Delmore, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:54.  A–15,424.
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