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Athletics
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
September 26, 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 26, 1959 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 26, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Athletics
|
| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 26, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Athletics |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ken Johnson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | John Briggs |
| Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 8,108 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 20 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Nestor Chylak 1B: Bill Summers 2B: Bill McKinley 3B: Hank Soar |
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 |
| Kent Hadley | First Baseman |
| Jerry Lumpe | Shortstop |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Ken Johnson | Pitcher |
| Harry Craft | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Woodie Held | Third Baseman |
| Carroll Hardy | Center Fielder |
| Chuck Tanner | Left Fielder |
| Gordy Coleman | First Baseman |
| Rocky Colavito | Right Fielder |
| Russ Nixon | Catcher |
| Gene Leek | Shortstop |
| Billy Moran | Second Baseman |
| John Briggs | Pitcher |
| Joe Gordon | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
September 26, 1959
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Briggs
Snyder takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. Briggs
Maris hits a popup towards third. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Klimchock vs. Briggs
Klimchock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Snyder moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cerv vs. Briggs
Cerv hits a popup towards short. Leek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Briggs
Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Johnson
Held hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv. Held reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hardy vs. Johnson
Hardy hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tanner vs. Johnson
Tanner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Coleman vs. Johnson
Coleman strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Colavito vs. Johnson
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Held moves to third. Tanner moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Nixon vs. Johnson
Nixon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Klimchock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hadley vs. Briggs
Hadley strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Briggs
Lumpe hits a popup towards third. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Briggs
Smith hits a line drive towards short. Leek reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leek vs. Johnson
Leek 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: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moran vs. Johnson
Moran hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Briggs vs. Johnson
Briggs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Briggs
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Briggs
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: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Briggs
Maris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Held fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Klimchock vs. Briggs
Klimchock 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 3
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Johnson
Held strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hardy vs. Johnson
Hardy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tanner vs. Johnson
Tanner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Briggs
Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Briggs
Williams hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hadley vs. Briggs
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, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Briggs
Lumpe hits a fly ball into left field. Tanner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Johnson
Coleman strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Johnson
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Johnson
Nixon strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Briggs
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Briggs
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Briggs
Snyder hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. Briggs
Maris hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Moran settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leek vs. Johnson
Leek hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv. Leek reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moran vs. Johnson
Moran hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Leek moves to third. Moran moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Briggs vs. Johnson
Briggs hits a fly ball into center field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Leek tags and scores. Moran tags and moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Held vs. Johnson
Held hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe has Moran trapped. There's the throw to Smith and over to Williams, who tags Moran for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hardy vs. Johnson
Hardy 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, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klimchock vs. Briggs
Klimchock hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Moran settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Briggs
Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Briggs
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tanner vs. Johnson
Tanner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Johnson
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hadley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Coleman for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Johnson
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Johnson
Nixon strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hadley vs. Briggs
Hadley hits a popup towards first. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Briggs
Lumpe hits a fly ball into center field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Briggs
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leek vs. Johnson
Leek 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, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moran vs. Johnson
Moran hits a popup towards short. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Briggs vs. Johnson
Briggs hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Klimchock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Briggs
Joe Morgan pinch hits for Ken Johnson.
Morgan hits a fly ball into left field. Tanner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Briggs
Snyder hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. Briggs
Maris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Snyder moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Klimchock vs. Briggs
Klimchock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Leek misplays the ball. That's an error on Leek. Snyder scores. Maris moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cerv vs. Briggs
Cerv hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Tanner. Cerv reaches second base with a double. Maris scores. Klimchock moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Williams vs. Briggs
Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Klimchock tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hadley vs. Briggs
Hadley hits a fly ball into center field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Herbert
Ray Herbert now pitching.
Held strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hardy vs. Herbert
Hardy strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tanner vs. Herbert
Tanner strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Bell
Gary Bell now pitching. Ray Webster now playing second base. Billy Moran now playing shortstop. Gene Leek now playing third base.
Lumpe hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Tanner. Lumpe reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Bell
Smith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Herbert vs. Bell
Herbert bunts towards third. Leek fields it and throws to first for the out. Lumpe moves to third. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Snyder vs. Bell
Snyder hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Colavito who is chasing the ball. Snyder reaches third base with a triple. Lumpe scores. Smith scores. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Maris vs. Bell
Maris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Snyder scores. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Klimchock vs. Bell
Klimchock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Maris moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cerv vs. Bell
Cerv hits a fly ball into center field. Hardy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Maris tags and scores. View Play -
Athletics, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Bell
Williams hits a popup towards third. Leek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Herbert
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. Herbert
Colavito strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dillard vs. Herbert
Don Dillard pinch hits for Russ Nixon.
Dillard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Coleman moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Leek vs. Herbert
Jim Piersall pinch runs for Don Dillard.
Leek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe throws to second for one, and Klimchock throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Coleman scores. Leek moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 8 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moran vs. Herbert
Moran hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Leek scores. View Play -
Athletics, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Webster vs. Herbert
Webster hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moran moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baxes vs. Tomanek
Dick Tomanek now pitching. Elmer Valo pinch hits for Gary Bell. Jim Baxes pinch hits for Elmer Valo.
Baxes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Klimchock fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Moran moves to third. Webster moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hardy vs. Tomanek
Hardy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/26/1959 -- Kansas City at Cleveland (D)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Snyder R, cf 4 2 3 2 Held W, 3b 4 0 1 0
Maris R, rf 5 2 3 1 Bell G, p 0 0 0 0
Klimchock L, 2b 5 1 2 0 Valo E, ph 0 0 0 0
Cerv B, lf 4 0 1 2 Baxes J, ph 1 0 1 0
Williams D, 3b 4 1 1 2 Hardy C, cf 5 0 0 0
Hadley K, 1b 4 0 0 0 Tanner C, lf 3 1 1 1
Lumpe J, ss 4 1 1 0 Coleman G, 1b 4 1 1 0
Smith H, c 3 1 0 0 Colavito R, rf 4 0 1 0
Johnson K, p 2 0 0 0 Nixon R, c 3 0 0 0
Morgan J, ph 1 0 0 0 Dillard D, ph 1 0 1 0
Herbert R, p 0 0 0 0 Piersall J, pr 0 0 0 0
Tomanek D, p 0 0 0 0 Leek G, ss-3b 4 2 1 1
Moran B, 2b-ss 4 0 3 1
Briggs J, p 2 0 0 1
Webster R, 2b 1 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 8 11 7 36 4 11 4
Kansas City 000 100 034 -- 8
Cleveland 000 011 002 -- 4
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson K (W) 7.0 6 2 2 1 5
Herbert R 1.2 4 2 2 0 4
Tomanek D (S) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Briggs J (L) 8.0 7 4 2 1 3
Bell G 1.0 4 4 4 1 0
E -- Leek G, Klimchock L
DP -- Kansas City 1
LOB -- Kansas City 6, Cleveland 7
2B -- Held W, Leek G, Cerv B, Lumpe J
3B -- Snyder R
HR -- Williams D, Tanner C
SH -- Herbert R
SF -- Briggs J, Williams D, Cerv B
T -- 2:20
A -- 8108
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