David Cone Perfect Game Box Score

David Cone was simply perfect on a day when perfection was in attendance. The original battery of the 1956 World Series perfect game were on hand as it was Yogi Berra Day in Yankee Stadium. Batterymate Don Larsen was on hand to throw out the first pitch of the game and Cone provided the fireworks for Berra, Larsen, and Yankees fans.

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"You probably have a better chance of winning the lottery than this happening, but what an honor." - David Cone

David Cone Perfect Game Box Score

July 18, 1999 at Yankee Stadium

Montreal Expos
NAME POS AB R H RBI
Wilton Guerrero dh 3 0 0 0
Terry Jones cf 2 0 0 0
James Mouton cf 1 0 0 0
Rondell White lf 3 0 0 0
Vladimir Guerrero rf 3 0 0 0
Jose Vidro 2b 3 0 0 0
Brad Fullmer 1b 3 0 0 0
Chris Widger c 3 0 0 0
Shane Andrews 3b 2 0 0 0
a-Ryan McGuire ph 1 0 0 0
Orlando Cabrera ss 3 0 0 0
Javier Vazquez p 0 0 0 0
Bobby Ayala p 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 27 0 0 0
New York Yankees
NAME POS AB R H RBI
Chuck Knoblauch 2b 2 1 1 0
Derek Jeter ss 4 1 1 2
Paul O'Neill rf 4 1 1 0
Bernie Williams cf 4 0 1 1
Tino Martinez 1b 4 0 1 0
Chili Davis dh 3 1 1 0
Ricky Ledee lf 4 1 1 2
Scott Brosius 3b 2 1 0 0
Joe Girardi c 3 0 1 1
David Cone p 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 6 8 6

a: Flied out for Andrews in the 9th inning.

Double Play: Vidro-Cabrera-Fullmer.
Doubles: Girardi, O'Neill.
GIDP: Davis.
Home Runs: Ledee, Jeter.
Left on Base: New York 4.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Montreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New York 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 x 6 8 0
Montreal Expos
Name IP H R ER BB SO
Javier Vazquez 7.2 7 6 6 2 3
Bobby Ayala 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
New York Yankees
Name IP H R ER BB SO
David Cone 9.0 0 0 0 0 10

Losing Pitcher: Vazquez.
Winning Pitcher: Cone.

Hit by Pitcher: Knoblauch (by Vazquez), Brosius (by Vazquez).

Attendance: 41,930.
Length of Game: 2:16.
Umpires: HP: Ted Barrett, 1B: Larry McCoy, 2B: Jim Evans, 3B: Chuck Meriwether.
David Cone Perfect Game Box Score
Cone's Final Out
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Did you know that David Cone finished the game with eighty-eight pitches and sixty-eight of them were strikes?

How did the twenty-seven Montreal Expos batters go down? Thirteen fly outs, ten strikeouts and four groundouts.

At the end of the game, David Cone said, "The last three innings, that's when you really think about it. You can't help feel the emotion of the crowd. I can feel my heart thumping through my uniform."