Chicago Cubs vs San Francisco Giants
September 4, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1959 at Seals Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the San Francisco Giants 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 2, San Francisco Giants 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 4 0 0 0
Altman cf 3 0 0 0
Marshall 1b 4 0 1 0
Banks ss 3 0 0 0
Moryn rf 3 0 0 0
  Walls rf 0 0 0 0
Noren lf 4 1 1 0
  Thomson lf 0 0 0 0
Taylor S. c 4 1 2 0
Dark 3b 2 0 1 2
Hobbie p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Brandt 3b 3 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 1 0
Cepeda lf 4 0 3 1
Kirkland rf 4 0 0 0
Spencer 2b 3 0 1 0
Landrith c 3 0 0 0
Bressoud ss 2 0 0 0
  Wagner ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 1 0
Sanford p 1 0 0 0
  Rhodes ph 0 0 0 0
  Pagan pr,ss 0 0 0 0
  Davenport ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
Chicago 000 020 000251
San Francisco 100 000 000172
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hobbie  W (14-11) 9.0 7 1 1 4 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
4
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford  L (12-12) 7.0 5 2 0 5 4
  Jones   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
5
2
0
5
7

  E–Hobbie (3), Brandt 2 (12).  DP–Chicago 1. T. Taylor-Banks-Marshall, San Francisco 1. Spencer-Bressoud-McCovey.  2B–Chicago Dark (17,off Sanford).  3B–San Francisco McCovey (5,off Hobbie).  SH–Hobbie (3,off Sanford); Landrith (5,off Hobbie).  Team LOB–7.  Team–8.  SB–Cepeda (21,2nd base off Hobbie/S. Taylor).  CS–Cepeda (8,2nd base by Hobbie/S. Taylor).  U-HP–Vic Delmore, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:45.  A–22,850.
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