Detroit Tigers vs Washington Senators
September 13, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 13, 1959 at Griffith Stadium. The Washington Senators 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 1, Washington Senators 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 4 1 1 0
Harris 1b 3 0 2 0
Kuenn rf 4 0 1 0
Kaline cf 3 0 1 1
Maxwell lf 4 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 4 0 1 0
Wilson c 4 0 0 0
Lepcio ss 4 0 0 0
Bunning p 3 0 1 0
  Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Demeter ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Schaive 2b 4 0 1 0
Green cf 5 0 1 1
Killebrew 3b 4 0 0 0
Lemon lf 4 1 2 1
Becquer 1b 4 1 2 0
Courtney c 4 0 1 1
  Ramos pr 0 1 0 0
  Korcheck c 0 0 0 0
Dobbek rf 4 1 2 1
Consolo ss 2 0 1 0
  Sievers ph 1 0 0 0
  Versalles ss 0 0 0 0
  Allison ph 1 0 0 1
  Samford ss 0 0 0 0
Fischer p 1 0 1 0
  Throneberry ph 1 1 1 0
  Hyde p 0 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 12 5
Detroit 100 000 000170
Washington 000 000 14x5121
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  L (16-12) 7.0 11 4 4 1 8
  Morgan   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
5
5
1
9
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Fischer   7.0 5 1 1 0 2
  Hyde   0.2 1 0 0 2 0
  Woodeshick  W (2-4) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
4

  E–Killebrew (28).  DP–Washington 2. Becquer-Consolo, Becquer-Consolo.  PB–Korcheck (1).  3B–Washington Becquer (4,off Bunning); Dobbek (1,off Morgan)..  HR–Washington Lemon (31,8th inning off Bunning 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–8.  HBP–Schaive (1,by Morgan).  Team–9.  SB–Green 2 (9,2nd base off Bunning/Wilson 2).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–2:31.  A–4,940.
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