Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
September 20, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1959 at Comiskey Park I. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 5, Chicago White Sox 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 3 1 0 0
Bolling 2b 4 0 0 0
Kuenn rf 4 3 4 1
Kaline cf 3 1 1 2
Maxwell lf 1 0 0 1
  Groth ph,lf 3 0 0 0
Zernial 1b 2 0 0 0
  Osborne 1b 2 0 0 0
Wilson c 4 0 0 0
Lepcio ss 4 0 3 0
  Veal ss 0 0 0 0
Mossi p 2 0 0 0
  Demeter ph 1 0 0 0
  Narleski p 0 0 0 0
  Sisler p 0 0 0 0
  Chrisley ph 1 0 0 0
  Bunning p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 4
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 4 1 1 0
Fox 2b 5 1 2 0
Smith lf,cf 4 0 2 2
Lollar c 3 1 1 1
  Hicks pr 0 0 0 0
Kluszewski 1b 5 0 0 0
  Callison pr 0 0 0 0
Phillips cf,3b 3 1 2 0
  Torgeson ph 1 0 0 0
McAnany rf,lf 2 0 1 1
Esposito 3b 3 0 0 0
  Goodman ph 0 0 0 0
  Rivera pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Pierce p 1 0 0 0
  Donovan p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
  Cash ph 0 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
Detroit 201 020 000580
Chicago 101 011 000491
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Mossi  W (16-9) 6.0 7 4 4 2 3
  Narleski   1.1 2 0 0 2 0
  Sisler   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Bunning  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Pierce  L (14-15) 4.2 6 5 4 2 2
  Donovan   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Lown   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Shaw   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
4
2
5

  E–Aparicio (22).  DP–Detroit 1. Yost-Bolling-Osborne, Chicago 1. Aparicio-Fox-Kluszewski.  2B–Detroit Kuenn (40,off Pierce), Chicago Fox (34,off Mossi); Phillips (26,off Mossi)..  HR–Detroit Kuenn (8,3rd inning off Pierce 0 on 1 out); Kaline (25,5th inning off Pierce 1 on 2 out)., Chicago Lollar (22,5th inning off Mossi 0 on 2 out).  IBB–Kaline (11,by Pierce).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Lollar (2,off Mossi); Smith (5,off Narleski); McAnany (1,off Narleski)..  HBP–Phillips (4,by Mossi); Cash (5,by Narleski); Lollar (9,by Bunning)..  Team–11.  SB–Aparicio (54,2nd base off Mossi/Wilson).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Bill Summers, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Hank Soar.  T–2:43.  A–27,784.
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