Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Athletics
September 19, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 1959 at Municipal Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Athletics 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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Cleveland Indians 13, Kansas City Athletics 7

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Piersall cf 5 2 2 1
Power 2b 6 2 4 2
Minoso lf 5 1 3 4
Francona 1b 4 1 2 0
Colavito rf 6 0 1 2
Nixon c 5 0 1 1
Held ss 3 1 0 0
Strickland 3b 2 2 2 0
  Coleman ph 1 1 1 0
  Leek 3b 2 1 0 0
Harshman p 5 2 3 3
Totals 44 13 19 13
Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Snyder cf 4 1 1 3
Maris rf 5 1 2 0
Williams 1b 4 0 0 0
Cerv lf 4 1 1 0
Jablonski 3b 4 1 2 3
Smith c 4 1 2 0
Lumpe ss 4 1 1 1
Klimchock 2b 3 1 0 0
Kucks p 0 0 0 0
  Sturdivant p 1 0 0 0
  Grim p 1 0 0 0
  DeMaestri ph 1 0 0 0
  Kutyna p 0 0 0 0
  Bella ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 9 7
Cleveland 310 510 30013190
Kansas City 000 200 104793
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Harshman  W (7-10) 9.0 9 7 7 2 7
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
2
7
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kucks  L (8-11) 2.0 5 4 4 1 0
  Sturdivant   1.0 6 5 5 0 3
  Grim   4.0 6 4 3 2 1
  Kutyna   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
19
13
12
4
4

  E–Cerv (3), Jablonski (2), Sturdivant (3).  DP–Kansas City 2. Klimchock-Lumpe-Williams, Smith-Lumpe.  2B–Cleveland Harshman (1,off Sturdivant); Power (31,off Sturdivant)., Kansas City Lumpe (9,off Harshman); Snyder (12,off Harshman)..  3B–Cleveland Coleman (1,off Grim).  HR–Cleveland Minoso (20,4th inning off Sturdivant 2 on 0 out), Kansas City Jablonski (2,7th inning off Harshman 0 on 0 out).  SH–Piersall (8,off Sturdivant).  SF–Nixon (5,off Kucks); Minoso (3,off Grim)..  Team LOB–11.  Team–4.  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Eddie Rommel, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–2:39.  A–8,852.
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