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Indians
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
August 13, 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 13, 1959 at Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 13, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Athletics
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 13, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | Kansas City Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jack Harshman |
| Home Starting Pitcher | John Tsitouris |
| Ballpark | Municipal Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 12,510 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 21 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Umont 1B: Charlie Berry 2B: Jim Honochick 3B: Red Flaherty |
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 |
| Russ Nixon | Catcher |
| Woodie Held | Shortstop |
| Jack Harshman | Pitcher |
| Joe Gordon | Manager |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill Tuttle | Center Fielder |
| Jerry Lumpe | Shortstop |
| Dick Williams | Third Baseman |
| Bob Cerv | Left Fielder |
| Ray Boone | First Baseman |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Zeke Bella | Right Fielder |
| Wayne Terwilliger | Second Baseman |
| John Tsitouris | Pitcher |
| Harry Craft | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
August 13, 1959
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Tsitouris
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Tsitouris
Power strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Tsitouris
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Francona vs. Tsitouris
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Harshman
Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Harshman
Lumpe hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Harshman
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Tsitouris
Colavito takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baxes vs. Tsitouris
Tsitouris fires to first and has Colavito trapped. There's the throw to Terwilliger who tags Colavito for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baxes vs. Tsitouris
Baxes hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv. Baxes reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nixon vs. Tsitouris
Nixon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Held vs. Tsitouris
Held hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harshman vs. Tsitouris
Harshman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piersall vs. Tsitouris
Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Bella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Tsitouris
Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Harshman moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Minoso vs. Tsitouris
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Harshman
Cerv hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boone vs. Harshman
Boone strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Harshman
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bella vs. Harshman
Bella hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baxes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Tsitouris
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Tsitouris
Colavito hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baxes vs. Tsitouris
Baxes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Tsitouris
Nixon hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Harshman
Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tsitouris vs. Harshman
Tsitouris hits a popup, foul, towards first. Francona settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Harshman
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, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Tsitouris
Held hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harshman vs. Tsitouris
Harshman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piersall vs. Tsitouris
Piersall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Harshman moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Power vs. Tsitouris
Power hits a ball on the ground towards second. Terwilliger scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Harshman
Lumpe hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Harshman
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cerv vs. Harshman
Cerv hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Harshman
Boone hits a popup towards short. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Harshman
Smith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baxes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Tsitouris
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Tsitouris
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards first. Boone scoops it up and throws to first, with Tsitouris covering, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Tsitouris
Colavito hits a popup towards first. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bella vs. Harshman
Bella hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Harshman
Terwilliger hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tsitouris vs. Harshman
Tsitouris hits a line drive towards third. Power reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baxes vs. Tsitouris
Baxes strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Tsitouris
Nixon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Held vs. Tsitouris
Held 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 6
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Harshman
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Harshman
Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baxes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Harshman
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harshman vs. Tsitouris
Harshman hits a fly ball into right field. Bella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Tsitouris
Piersall hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Tsitouris
Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Harshman
Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Harshman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Harshman
Boone hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Harshman
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bella vs. Harshman
Bella hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terwilliger vs. Harshman
Terwilliger hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Tsitouris
Minoso strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Tsitouris
Francona hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tuttle. Francona reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Colavito vs. Tsitouris
Colavito takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baxes vs. Tsitouris
Baxes hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv. Baxes reaches second base with a double. Francona scores. Colavito goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nixon vs. Tsitouris
Nixon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Baxes scores. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Held vs. Grim
Bob Grim now pitching.
Held hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv. Held reaches second base with a double. Nixon goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Harshman vs. Grim
Harshman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Boone scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Harshman for the out. Held moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Piersall vs. Grim
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 7 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiti vs. Harshman
Harry Chiti pinch hits for Bob Grim.
Chiti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Power fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Harshman
Tuttle 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, 7 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Harshman
Lumpe hits a popup towards third. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 7 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Sturdivant
Tom Sturdivant now pitching.
Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Sturdivant
Minoso hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bella throws the ball in to Lumpe who tags Minoso trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Sturdivant
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards first. Boone scoops it up and throws to first, with Sturdivant covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 7 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Harshman
Williams hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Harshman
Cerv hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boone vs. Harshman
Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Harshman
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baxes fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/13/1959 -- 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 0 0 0
Power V, 3b 5 0 1 0 Lumpe J, ss 4 0 1 0
Minoso M, lf 5 0 1 0 Williams D, 3b 3 2 1 1
Francona T, 1b 5 1 1 0 Cerv B, lf 4 1 3 2
Colavito R, rf 2 1 0 0 Boone R, 1b 4 0 0 0
Baxes J, 2b 3 2 2 2 Smith H, c 4 1 1 0
Nixon R, c 3 2 2 1 Bella Z, rf 3 1 1 2
Held W, ss 4 1 2 4 Terwilliger W, 2b 3 0 0 0
Harshman J, p 3 0 1 0 Tsitouris J, p 2 0 0 0
Grim B, p 0 0 0 0
Chiti H, ph 1 0 0 0
Sturdivant T, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 7 11 7 32 5 7 5
Cleveland 030 000 040 -- 7
Kansas City 000 200 201 -- 5
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Harshman J (W) 9.0 7 5 5 1 1
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Tsitouris J (L) 7.1 9 7 7 5 3
Grim B 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Sturdivant T 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
DP -- Cleveland 2, Kansas City 2
LOB -- Cleveland 6, Kansas City 1
2B -- Baxes J 2, Francona T, Held W
HR -- Held W, Cerv B, Bella Z, Williams D
PB -- Smith H
T -- 2:21
A -- 12510
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