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Athletics
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
September 25, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Kansas City Athletics, played on September 25, 1959 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 25, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Athletics
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| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 25, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Athletics |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Johnny Kucks |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jake Striker |
| Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 51 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill McKinley 1B: Hank Soar 2B: Nestor Chylak 3B: Bill Summers |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Russ Snyder | Center Fielder |
| Roger Maris | Right Fielder |
| Lou Klimchock | Second Baseman |
| Bob Cerv | Left Fielder |
| Dick Williams | Third Baseman |
| Jerry Lumpe | Shortstop |
| Kent Hadley | First Baseman |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Johnny Kucks | Pitcher |
| Harry Craft | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Gene Leek | Third Baseman |
| Carroll Hardy | Center Fielder |
| Chuck Tanner | Left Fielder |
| Gordy Coleman | First Baseman |
| Rocky Colavito | Right Fielder |
| Russ Nixon | Catcher |
| Woodie Held | Shortstop |
| Billy Moran | Second Baseman |
| Jake Striker | Pitcher |
| Joe Gordon | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
September 25, 1959
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Striker
Snyder hits a fly ball into center field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Striker
Maris hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Klimchock vs. Striker
Klimchock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Maris moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cerv vs. Striker
Cerv strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Williams vs. Striker
Williams strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leek vs. Kucks
Leek hits a fly ball into center field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hardy vs. Kucks
Hardy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tanner vs. Kucks
Tanner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hadley fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Hardy for the double play. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Striker
Lumpe hits a fly ball into left field. Tanner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hadley vs. Striker
Hadley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Striker
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kucks vs. Striker
Kucks strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Kucks
Coleman hits a fly ball into center field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Kucks
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Kucks
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Klimchock scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Striker
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Striker, and towards Held, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Striker
Maris hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Klimchock vs. Striker
Klimchock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Maris moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cerv vs. Striker
Cerv hits a fly ball towards center field. Hardy fields the ball and throws to home. Nixon drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Nixon. Maris tags and scores. Klimchock tags and moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Striker
Williams hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Kucks
Held hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moran vs. Kucks
Moran hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Striker vs. Kucks
Striker is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leek vs. Kucks
Leek hits a popup towards short. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Striker
Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hadley vs. Striker
Hadley hits a fly ball into left field. Tanner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Striker
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kucks vs. Striker
Kucks strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hardy vs. Kucks
Hardy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tanner vs. Kucks
Tanner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv. Tanner reaches second base with a double. Hardy goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Coleman vs. Kucks
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams juggles the ball. That's an error on Williams. Tanner moves to third. Coleman moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Colavito vs. Kucks
Colavito takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Nixon vs. Kucks
Nixon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tanner scores. Coleman moves to third. Colavito moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Held vs. Kucks
Held hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Coleman scores. Colavito scores. Nixon moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moran vs. Tsitouris
John Tsitouris now pitching.
Moran hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nixon scores. Held moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Striker vs. Tsitouris
Striker strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Leek vs. Tsitouris
Leek strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hardy vs. Tsitouris
Hardy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Held scores. There goes Moran trying to get to third. Maris throws the ball in to Williams, who tags Moran for the out. That run is unearned. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Striker
Snyder hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Striker
Maris takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Klimchock vs. Striker
Klimchock strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cerv vs. Striker
Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tanner vs. Tsitouris
Tanner hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Tsitouris
Coleman hits a popup towards short. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Tsitouris
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Klimchock scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Striker
Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Striker
Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coleman juggles the ball. That's an error on Coleman. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hadley vs. Striker
Hadley hits a fly ball into center field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Striker
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lumpe moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
DeMaestri vs. Striker
Joe DeMaestri pinch hits for John Tsitouris.
DeMaestri hits a fly ball into center field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Grunwald
Al Grunwald now pitching.
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Klimchock scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Grunwald
Held takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moran vs. Grunwald
Moran hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Held moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Striker vs. Grunwald
Striker takes first base on ball four. Held moves to third. Moran moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Leek vs. Killeen
Evans Killeen now pitching.
Leek hits a fly ball towards right. Maris catches it and throws to home to double up Held. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Striker
Snyder takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. Striker
Maris hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Snyder trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Maris moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Klimchock vs. Striker
Klimchock hits a line drive into right field. Colavito picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Colavito. Maris scores. Klimchock moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cerv vs. Striker
Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards first. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first, with Striker covering, for the out. Klimchock moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Williams vs. Striker
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lumpe vs. Smith
Bob Smith now pitching.
Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Moran scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 2 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hardy vs. Sturdivant
Tom Sturdivant now pitching.
Hardy hits a popup towards short. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tanner vs. Sturdivant
Tanner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coleman vs. Sturdivant
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards second. Klimchock picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Klimchock. Tanner moves to third. Coleman moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Colavito vs. Sturdivant
Colavito hits a fly ball into center field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Tanner tags and scores. Coleman tags and moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Nixon vs. Sturdivant
Nixon hits a fly ball towards left. Cerv settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Cerv. Coleman scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Held vs. Sturdivant
Held strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 2 - Indians, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Smith
Ray Jablonski pinch hits for Kent Hadley.
Jablonski hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Smith
Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bella vs. Smith
Zeke Bella pinch hits for Tom Sturdivant.
Bella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Snyder vs. Smith
Snyder takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to third. Bella moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Maris vs. Smith
Maris strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Klimchock vs. Smith
Klimchock hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 2 - Indians, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moran vs. Kutyna
Ray Jablonski now playing third base. Marty Kutyna now pitching. Dick Williams now playing first base.
Moran hits a ball on the ground towards first. Williams scoops it up and throws to first, with Kutyna covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dillard vs. Kutyna
Don Dillard pinch hits for Bob Smith.
Dillard hits a fly ball into center field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leek vs. Kutyna
Leek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hardy vs. Kutyna
Hardy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Leek moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tanner vs. Kutyna
Tanner hits a fly ball into center field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 2 - Indians, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Locke
Bobby Locke now pitching.
Cerv hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Locke
Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Locke
Lumpe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jablonski vs. Locke
Jablonski strikes out. Nixon drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Jablonski out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/25/1959, game 1 -- Kansas City at Cleveland (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Snyder R, cf 3 0 0 0 Leek G, 3b 5 0 1 0
Maris R, rf 4 2 3 0 Hardy C, cf 5 1 4 1
Klimchock L, 2b 5 0 3 1 Tanner C, lf 4 2 1 1
Cerv B, lf 4 0 0 1 Coleman G, 1b 4 2 1 0
Williams D, 3b-1b 4 0 0 0 Colavito R, rf 2 1 0 1
Lumpe J, ss 5 0 1 0 Nixon R, c 4 1 1 1
Hadley K, 1b 2 0 0 0 Held W, ss 3 1 1 2
Jablonski R, ph-3b 2 0 0 0 Moran B, 2b 4 0 2 1
Smith H, c 4 0 3 0 Striker J, p 1 0 0 0
Kucks J, p 2 0 0 0 Smith B, p 0 0 0 0
Tsitouris J, p 0 0 0 0 Dillard D, ph 1 0 0 0
DeMaestri J, ph 1 0 0 0 Locke B, p 0 0 0 0
Grunwald A, p 0 0 0 0
Killeen E, p 0 0 0 0
Sturdivant T, p 0 0 0 0
Bella Z, ph 1 0 1 0
Kutyna M, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 2 11 2 33 8 11 7
Kansas City 001 000 100 -- 2
Cleveland 000 600 20x -- 8
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Kucks J (L)* 3.0 5 6 4 1 0
Tsitouris J 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Grunwald A 0.1 1 0 0 2 0
Killeen E 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Sturdivant T 1.0 1 2 0 1 1
Kutyna M 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Striker J (W) 6.2 8 2 2 4 5
Smith B 1.1 2 0 0 1 1
Locke B (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 6 batters in 4th
E -- Nixon R, Williams D, Coleman G, Colavito R, Klimchock L, Cerv B
DP -- Kansas City 2
LOB -- Kansas City 14, Cleveland 7
2B -- Tanner C
SF -- Cerv B, Colavito R
HBP -- by Kucks J (Striker J)
T -- 2:51
A -- 0
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