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Indians
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
August 11, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Cleveland Indians, played on August 11, 1959 at Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 11, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Athletics
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 11, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | Kansas City Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mudcat Grant |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bud Daley |
| Ballpark | Municipal Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 10,884 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jim Honochick 1B: Red Flaherty 2B: Frank Umont 3B: Charlie Berry |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jim Piersall | Center Fielder |
| Vic Power | Third Baseman |
| Minnie Minoso | Left Fielder |
| Tito Francona | First Baseman |
| Rocky Colavito | Right Fielder |
| Jim Baxes | Second Baseman |
| Woodie Held | Shortstop |
| Dick Brown | Catcher |
| Mudcat Grant | Pitcher |
| Joe Gordon | Manager |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill Tuttle | Center Fielder |
| Russ Snyder | Left Fielder |
| Jerry Lumpe | Shortstop |
| Dick Williams | First Baseman |
| Roger Maris | Right Fielder |
| Hal Smith | Third Baseman |
| Frank House | Catcher |
| Wayne Terwilliger | Second Baseman |
| Bud Daley | Pitcher |
| Harry Craft | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
August 11, 1959
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Daley
Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Daley
Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Daley
Minoso is hit by the pitch. Power moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Francona vs. Daley
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Grant
Tuttle hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Colavito who is chasing the ball. Tuttle reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Snyder vs. Grant
Snyder hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Snyder reaches second base with a double. Tuttle scores. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lumpe vs. Grant
Lumpe hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Grant
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maris vs. Grant
Maris takes first base on ball four. Snyder moves to third. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Smith vs. Grant
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Snyder scores. Williams scores. Maris moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
House vs. Smith
Bob Smith now pitching.
House takes first base on ball four. Maris moves to third. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Terwilliger vs. Smith
There's a wild pitch. Maris scores. Smith moves to third. House moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Terwilliger vs. Smith
Terwilliger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith scores. House moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Daley vs. Smith
Daley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to home to get House. Terwilliger moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tuttle vs. Smith
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Power fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Daley
Colavito strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baxes vs. Daley
Baxes is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Daley
Held is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Smith
Snyder hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lumpe vs. Smith
Lumpe bunts towards third. Power fields it and throws to first for the out. Snyder moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Smith
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maris vs. Smith
Maris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Francona fields it and throws to second for the out. Snyder moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Smith
Smith takes first base on ball four. Maris moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
House vs. Smith
House hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Daley
Brown hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Snyder. Brown reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Locke vs. Daley
Bobby Locke pinch hits for Bob Smith.
Locke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Brown moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Piersall vs. Daley
Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Power vs. Daley
Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Locke
Bobby Locke now pitching.
Terwilliger hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Daley vs. Locke
Daley hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Locke
Tuttle hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Daley
Minoso hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tuttle. Minoso reaches second base with a double. Tuttle throws the ball in to Terwilliger who relays the ball to Lumpe who tags Minoso trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Daley
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards first. Williams juggles the ball. That's an error on Williams. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. Daley
Colavito takes first base on ball four. Francona moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baxes vs. Daley
Baxes strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Held vs. Daley
Held hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Locke
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards first. Francona scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Snyder for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Locke
Lumpe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
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 -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. Locke
Maris hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Daley
Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Locke vs. Daley
Locke hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Daley
Piersall hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Snyder. Piersall reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Power vs. Daley
Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Locke
Smith hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Piersall. Smith reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
House vs. Locke
House hits a ball on the ground towards first. Francona scoops it up and throws to first, with Locke covering, for the out. Smith moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Terwilliger vs. Locke
Terwilliger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Smith scores. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Daley vs. Locke
Daley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Power fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Terwilliger moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tuttle vs. Locke
Tuttle hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Snyder vs. Locke
Snyder strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Daley
Minoso hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Daley
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith juggles the ball. That's an error on Smith. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. Daley
Colavito hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baxes vs. Daley
Baxes hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Daley
Held hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Daley
Brown is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Locke vs. Daley
Locke hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Daley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Locke
Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Locke
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Locke
Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Daley
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Daley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Daley
Power hits a ball on the ground towards first. Williams scoops it up and throws to first, with Daley covering, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Daley
Minoso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Francona vs. Daley
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Locke
Smith hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
House vs. Locke
House hits a popup towards third. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Locke
Terwilliger hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Daley
Colavito hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baxes vs. Daley
Baxes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Daley
Held strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Daley vs. Locke
Daley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Locke
Tuttle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Locke
Snyder hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lumpe vs. Locke
Lumpe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tuttle moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Williams vs. Locke
Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tuttle scores. Lumpe moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maris vs. Locke
Maris strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Daley
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Webster vs. Daley
Ray Webster pinch hits for Bobby Locke.
Webster hits a popup, foul, towards first. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Daley
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/11/1959 -- Cleveland at Kansas City (N)
Cleveland AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Piersall J, cf 5 0 1 0 Tuttle B, cf 4 2 1 0
Power V, 3b 4 0 1 0 Snyder R, lf 5 1 2 1
Minoso M, lf 3 1 3 1 Lumpe J, ss 4 0 2 0
Francona T, 1b 4 1 0 0 Williams D, 1b 3 1 1 1
Colavito R, rf 3 1 2 2 Maris R, rf 4 1 0 0
Baxes J, 2b 4 0 0 0 Smith H, 3b 3 2 2 2
Held W, ss 4 0 0 0 House F, c 3 0 0 0
Brown D, c 3 0 1 0 Terwilliger W, 2b 4 0 2 2
Grant M, p 0 0 0 0 Daley B, p 4 0 1 0
Smith B, p 0 0 0 0
Locke B, ph-p 3 0 1 0
Webster R, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 3 9 3 34 7 11 6
Cleveland 000 003 000 -- 3
Kansas City 500 010 01x -- 7
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Grant M (L) 0.1 3 5 5 2 0
Smith B 1.2 2 0 0 3 0
Locke B 6.0 6 2 2 1 2
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Daley B (W) 9.0 9 3 2 1 6
E -- Williams D, Smith H
DP -- Kansas City 3
LOB -- Cleveland 7, Kansas City 10
2B -- Snyder R, Brown D, Minoso M, Piersall J, Smith H
3B -- Tuttle B
HR -- Minoso M, Colavito R
SH -- Lumpe J
HBP -- by Daley B (Minoso M), by Daley B (Brown D)
WP -- Smith B
T -- 2:27
A -- 10884
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