Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
September 7, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1959 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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Detroit Tigers 14, Cleveland Indians 15

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 5 2 2 3
Harris 1b 4 1 1 2
Kuenn rf 4 1 1 1
Kaline cf 4 0 1 0
Maxwell lf 4 2 1 0
Bolling 2b 5 3 3 3
Berberet c 4 2 1 3
Lepcio ss 4 1 0 1
Foytack p 3 1 2 1
  Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Sisler p 2 1 1 0
  Bunning p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 14 13 14
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Piersall cf 5 2 3 4
Minoso lf 5 2 2 2
Francona 1b 5 2 4 3
Colavito rf 4 1 1 2
Held ss 4 1 2 2
Power 2b 4 2 2 0
Strickland 3b 1 1 0 0
  Score p 0 0 0 0
  Valo ph 1 0 0 1
  Ferrarese p 0 0 0 0
  Bell p 0 0 0 0
  Nixon ph 1 0 1 0
  Grant pr 0 0 0 0
  Locke p 0 0 0 0
  Harshman ph 0 1 0 0
Fitz Gerald c 4 1 1 1
  Webster pr 0 1 0 0
Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  McLish p 0 0 0 0
  Perry p 1 0 0 0
  Cicotte p 0 0 0 0
  Baxes ph,3b 2 1 0 0
Totals 37 15 16 15
Detroit 141 600 20014130
Cleveland 220 053 00315160
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Foytack   4.0 7 7 7 4 1
  Morgan   1.0 4 5 5 1 0
  Sisler   3.0 3 2 2 2 4
  Bunning  L (15-11) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.1
16
15
15
7
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia   1.0 3 5 5 2 0
  McLish   0.1 2 0 0 1 0
  Perry   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Cicotte   2.0 5 7 7 2 1
  Score   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Ferrarese   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Bell   1.0 2 2 2 0 1
  Locke  W (3-2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
14
14
6
3

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 2. Bolling-Harris-Yost-Berberet-Lepcio-Yost, Lepcio-Bolling-Harris, Cleveland 1. Held-Power-Francona.  2B–Detroit Foytack (1,off Cicotte); Kuenn (37,off Cicotte)., Cleveland Piersall (13,off Foytack); Minoso (26,off Morgan); Nixon (5,off Sisler).  3B–Cleveland Power (6,off Morgan).  HR–Detroit Yost 2 (21,1st inning off Garcia 0 on 0 out,7th inning off Bell 1 on 2 out); Bolling (12,3rd inning off Cicotte 0 on 1 out); Berberet (13,4th inning off Cicotte 2 on 2 out)., Cleveland Colavito (40,1st inning off Foytack 1 on 2 out); Francona (19,5th inning off Foytack 2 on 0 out); Held (28,5th inning off Morgan 0 on 1 out).  IBB–Maxwell (6,by Cicotte).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Held (2,off Foytack); Baxes (2,off Bunning).  Team–6.  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Charlie Berry, 3B–Eddie Hurley.  T–3:20.
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