Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
September 12, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1959 at Yankee Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees 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 4, New York Yankees 0

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 5 0 1 0
Bolling 2b 5 1 3 1
Kuenn rf 5 1 2 0
Kaline cf 3 0 2 0
Maxwell lf 2 0 0 1
Zernial 1b 4 0 0 0
  Harris 1b 0 0 0 0
Wilson c 4 0 0 0
Lepcio ss 4 1 2 0
Mossi p 4 1 2 0
Totals 36 4 12 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Richardson 2b 4 0 1 0
Kubek ss 4 0 0 0
Mantle cf 4 0 0 0
Lopez lf 4 0 0 0
Howard c,1b 3 0 0 0
Bauer rf 3 0 1 0
McDougald 3b 3 0 1 0
Throneberry 1b 2 0 0 0
  Windhorn ph 1 0 0 0
  Blanchard c 0 0 0 0
Ford p 2 0 0 0
  Hunt ph 1 0 1 0
  Blaylock p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0
Detroit 001 200 1004120
New York 000 000 000042
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Mossi  W (14-9) 9.0 4 0 0 0 6
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
0
6
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ford  L (14-9) 8.0 11 4 3 5 3
  Blaylock   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
4
3
5
3

  E–Kubek (14), Bauer (4).  DP–New York 3. Ford-Richardson, Kubek-Richardson-Throneberry, McDougald-Howard.  2B–Detroit Mossi (4,off Ford); Kuenn (38,off Ford); Bolling (16,off Ford)., New York Richardson (16,off Mossi).  IBB–Kaline (10,by Ford).  Team LOB–10.  Team–4.  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Charlie Berry, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:18.  A–22,321.
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