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Cardinals
@ Dodgers
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
April 16, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on April 16, 1959 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Game Summary
| Date | April 16, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
Los Angeles Dodgers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 16, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ernie Broglio |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Sandy Koufax |
| Ballpark | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
| City | Los Angeles |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 14,274 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 48 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Stan Landes 1B: Ed Sudol 2B: Dusty Boggess 3B: Tom Gorman |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
| Gino Cimoli | Right Fielder |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Chuck Essegian | Left Fielder |
| Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
| Ernie Broglio | Pitcher |
| Solly Hemus | Manager |
Los Angeles Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ron Fairly | Right Fielder |
| Wally Moon | Left Fielder |
| John Roseboro | Catcher |
| Don Demeter | Center Fielder |
| Charlie Neal | Second Baseman |
| Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
| Don Zimmer | Shortstop |
| Jim Baxes | Third Baseman |
| Sandy Koufax | Pitcher |
| Walter Alston | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Dodgers
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
April 16, 1959
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Koufax
Blasingame hits a fly ball into right field. Fairly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Koufax
Cimoli hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Koufax
Musial hits a line drive into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Fairly vs. Broglio
Fairly hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Broglio
Moon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Roseboro vs. Broglio
Roseboro bunts towards the mound. Broglio fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Demeter vs. Broglio
Demeter hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Broglio
Neal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Broglio
Hodges hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Koufax
Boyer hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Essegian vs. Koufax
Essegian hits a fly ball into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Koufax
Flood hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Koufax
Smith hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moon. Smith reaches second base with a double. Flood moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -23
Grammas vs. Koufax
Grammas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Noren vs. Fowler
Bobby Smith pinch hits for Ernie Broglio. Art Fowler now pitching. Irv Noren pinch hits for Bobby Smith.
Noren strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Blasingame vs. Fowler
Blasingame strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmer vs. Nunn
Howie Nunn now pitching.
Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Baxes vs. Nunn
Baxes strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Fowler vs. Nunn
Fowler strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Fowler
Cimoli hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Fowler
Musial hits a fly ball into right field. Fairly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Fowler
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zimmer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Essegian vs. Fowler
Essegian strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Fairly vs. Nunn
Fairly strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Nunn
Moon strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Roseboro vs. Nunn
Roseboro strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Fowler
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zimmer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Fowler
Smith hits a line drive into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Grammas vs. Fowler
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Demeter vs. Nunn
Demeter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Neal vs. Nunn
Neal strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Nunn
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nunn fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Zimmer vs. Nunn
Zimmer takes first base on ball four. Hodges moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Baxes vs. Nunn
Baxes hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Fowler vs. Nunn
Fowler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Fowler
Solly Hemus pinch hits for Howie Nunn.
Hemus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Fowler
Blasingame strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Cimoli vs. Fowler
Cimoli hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hemus moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Musial vs. Fowler
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zimmer fields it and throws to second for the out. Hemus moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Boyer vs. Fowler
Boyer hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Hemus scores. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Essegian vs. Fowler
Essegian hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Demeter who is chasing the ball. Essegian reaches third base with a triple. Musial scores. Boyer goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Flood vs. Klippstein
Johnny Klippstein now pitching.
Flood hits a popup towards third. Baxes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Fairly vs. Gibson
Bob Gibson now pitching.
Fairly hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Gibson
Moon bunts towards the mound. Gibson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Roseboro vs. Gibson
Roseboro hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fairly moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Demeter vs. Gibson
Demeter hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Essegian. Demeter reaches second base with a double. Fairly scores. Roseboro moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Neal vs. Clark
Phil Clark now pitching.
Neal is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Hodges vs. Clark
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Klippstein
Smith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Grammas vs. Klippstein
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Klippstein, and towards Zimmer, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Durham vs. Klippstein
Joe Durham pinch hits for Phil Clark.
Durham hits a fly ball into right field. Fairly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Blasingame vs. Klippstein
Blasingame bunts towards the mound. Klippstein fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Zimmer vs. Blaylock
Gary Blaylock now pitching.
Zimmer strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Baxes vs. Blaylock
Baxes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Klippstein vs. Blaylock
Klippstein strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Klippstein
Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Klippstein
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Klippstein
Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Essegian vs. Klippstein
Essegian hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baxes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Fairly vs. Blaylock
Fairly hits a line drive towards short. Grammas reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Blaylock
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moon for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roseboro vs. Blaylock
Roseboro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Klippstein
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Klippstein
George Crowe pinch hits for Hal Smith.
Crowe hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
White vs. Klippstein
Larry Jackson pinch runs for George Crowe. Bill White pinch hits for Alex Grammas.
White strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Klippstein
Joe Cunningham pinch hits for Gary Blaylock.
Cunningham takes first base on ball four. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Blasingame vs. Klippstein
Blasingame hits a fly ball into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Demeter vs. Brosnan
Gene Green now catching. Lee Tate now playing shortstop. Jim Brosnan now pitching.
Demeter strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Brosnan
Neal strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Brosnan
Hodges hits a popup towards short. Tate settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Klippstein
Cimoli takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Labine
Clem Labine now pitching.
Musial takes first base on ball four. Cimoli moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Boyer vs. Labine
Boyer strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Essegian vs. Labine
Essegian hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Cimoli scores. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Jablonski vs. Labine
Ray Jablonski pinch hits for Curt Flood.
Jablonski takes first base on ball four. Musial moves to third. Essegian moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Green vs. Labine
Green hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Labine fields it and throws to second for the out. Musial scores. Essegian moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Dodgers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Tate vs. Labine
Tate hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zimmer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/16/1959 -- St.Louis at Los Angeles (N)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Los Angeles AB R H RBI
Blasingame D, 2b 5 0 0 0 Fairly R, rf 4 2 2 1
Cimoli G, rf 4 1 2 0 Moon W, lf 3 0 0 0
Musial S, 1b 3 2 0 0 Roseboro J, c 4 1 1 0
Boyer K, 3b 5 2 2 2 Demeter D, cf 4 1 3 3
Essegian C, lf 5 0 2 3 Neal C, 2b 3 0 0 0
Flood C, cf 4 0 2 0 Hodges G, 1b 4 1 0 0
Jablonski R, ph 0 0 0 0 Zimmer D, ss 2 1 0 0
Smith H, c 2 0 1 0 Baxes J, 3b 3 1 1 3
Crowe G, ph 1 0 1 0 Koufax S, p 0 0 0 0
Jackson L, pr 0 0 0 0 Fowler A, p 2 0 0 0
Green G, c 1 0 0 1 Klippstein J, p 1 0 0 0
Grammas A, ss 2 0 0 0 Labine C, p 0 0 0 0
White B, ph 1 0 0 0
Tate L, ss 1 0 0 0
Broglio E, p 0 0 0 0
Smith B, ph 0 0 0 0
Noren I, ph 1 0 0 0
Nunn H, p 0 0 0 0
Hemus S, ph 0 1 0 0
Gibson B, p 0 0 0 0
Clark P, p 0 0 0 0
Durham J, ph 1 0 0 0
Blaylock G, p 0 0 0 0
Cunningham J, ph 0 0 0 0
Brosnan J, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 6 10 6 30 7 7 7
St.Louis 010 030 002 -- 6
Los Angeles 300 310 00x -- 7
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Broglio E (L) 1.0 2 3 3 1 0
Nunn H 3.0 2 3 3 1 6
Gibson B 0.1 3 1 1 0 0
Clark P 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Blaylock G 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Brosnan J 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO
Koufax S 1.1 3 1 1 1 0
Fowler A 3.1 5 3 3 1 4
Klippstein J (W)* 3.1 1 2 2 5 1
Labine C (S) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
* Pitched to 1 batter in 9th
DP -- St.Louis 1
LOB -- St.Louis 11, Los Angeles 2
2B -- Smith H, Demeter D
3B -- Essegian C
HR -- Fairly R, Demeter D, Boyer K, Baxes J
T -- 2:48
A -- 14274
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