Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Francisco Giants
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 Seals Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 5, San Francisco Giants 3

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 3b 4 1 2 2
Neal 2b 5 0 1 2
Moon lf 4 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 5 0 0 0
Furillo rf 3 0 0 0
  Fairly rf 1 0 0 0
Demeter cf 3 1 2 0
Wills ss 4 1 1 0
Pignatano c 3 1 1 0
Drysdale p 2 0 1 0
  Essegian ph 1 0 0 1
  Lillis pr 0 1 0 0
  Sherry p 0 0 0 0
  McDevitt p 0 0 0 0
  Snider ph 1 0 0 0
  Churn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 8 5
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bressoud ss 3 0 0 0
  Brandt ph 1 0 1 1
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 3 0 1 1
Mays cf 4 0 2 0
Cepeda lf 5 0 0 0
Kirkland rf 3 1 1 0
Spencer 2b 4 1 0 0
Landrith c 3 1 0 0
Davenport 3b 3 0 0 0
  Wagner ph 1 0 1 1
  Pagan pr,ss 0 0 0 0
McCormick p 3 0 0 0
  Sanford p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0
  O'Connell 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 6 3
Los Angeles 000 000 500581
San Francisco 010 000 020361
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale  W (17-13) 6.0 3 1 0 5 8
  Sherry   1.2 3 2 2 2 3
  McDevitt   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Churn  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
8
13
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick  L (12-15) 6.1 6 5 4 2 7
  Sanford   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Miller   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
4
3
10

  E–Drysdale (3), Spencer (23).  2B–Los Angeles Demeter (10,off McCormick); Gilliam (16,off McCormick); Neal (29,off Sanford)..  HBP–Demeter (6,by Sanford).  IBB–Moon (1,by Miller).  Team LOB–8.  Team–12.  SB–Gilliam (23,2nd base off McCormick/Landrith); Demeter (5,2nd base off Sanford/Landrith).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Jocko Conlan.  T–3:04.  A–22,737.
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