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Indians
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
September 20, 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 September 20, 1959 at Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 20, 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 | September 20, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | Kansas City Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Cal McLish |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ned Garver |
| Ballpark | Municipal Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 11,058 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 15 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: John Rice 1B: Eddie Rommel 2B: Johnny Stevens 3B: Larry Napp |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jim Piersall | Center Fielder |
| Vic Power | Second Baseman |
| Minnie Minoso | Left Fielder |
| Tito Francona | First Baseman |
| Rocky Colavito | Right Fielder |
| Russ Nixon | Catcher |
| Woodie Held | Shortstop |
| George Strickland | Third Baseman |
| Cal McLish | Pitcher |
| Joe Gordon | Manager |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Russ Snyder | Center Fielder |
| Roger Maris | Right Fielder |
| Kent Hadley | First Baseman |
| Bob Cerv | Left Fielder |
| Ray Jablonski | Third Baseman |
| Jerry Lumpe | Shortstop |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Lou Klimchock | Second Baseman |
| Ned Garver | Pitcher |
| Harry Craft | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
September 20, 1959
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Garver
Piersall hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jablonski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Garver
Power hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Klimchock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Garver
Minoso hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Garver
Francona takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. Garver
Colavito hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hadley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. McLish
Snyder hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. McLish
Maris hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Nixon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hadley vs. McLish
Hadley strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Garver
Nixon hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Garver
Held hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Strickland vs. Garver
Strickland hits a fly ball into center field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McLish vs. Garver
McLish hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garver fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Held moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Piersall vs. Garver
Piersall hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. McLish
Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards third. Strickland fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. McLish
Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McLish fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. McLish
Lumpe hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Colavito who is chasing the ball. Lumpe reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Smith vs. McLish
Smith hits a popup towards third. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Garver
Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Garver
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lumpe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Francona vs. Garver
Francona hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Garver
Colavito hits a popup towards short. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Garver
Nixon hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv 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: ---
Klimchock vs. McLish
Klimchock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garver vs. McLish
Garver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McLish fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. McLish
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. McLish
Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power misplays the ball. That's an error on Power. Snyder moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hadley vs. McLish
Hadley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Garver
Held hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Garver
Strickland hits a fly ball into center field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McLish vs. Garver
McLish hits a popup towards short. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. McLish
Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McLish fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. McLish
Jablonski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lumpe vs. McLish
Lumpe takes first base on ball four. Jablonski moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. McLish
Smith hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Nixon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Klimchock vs. McLish
Klimchock hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Garver
Piersall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Garver
Power bunts towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out. Piersall moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Minoso vs. Garver
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to home. Smith drops the ball. Minoso moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Francona vs. Garver
Francona strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Colavito vs. Garver
Colavito hits a fly ball into center field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garver vs. McLish
Garver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Strickland fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. McLish
Snyder hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. McLish
Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Garver
Nixon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Held vs. Garver
Held strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Strickland vs. Garver
Strickland strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McLish vs. Garver
McLish strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hadley vs. McLish
Hadley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cerv vs. McLish
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: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. McLish
Jablonski 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: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. McLish
Lumpe strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. McLish
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Strickland fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Garver
Piersall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Garver
Power hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garver fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Garver
Minoso hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Francona vs. Garver
Francona strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klimchock vs. McLish
Klimchock strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garver vs. McLish
Garver takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. McLish
Snyder hits a popup, foul, towards third. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maris vs. McLish
Maris hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Garver
Colavito hits a line drive into left field. Cerv picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cerv. Colavito moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nixon vs. Garver
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. Colavito moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Held vs. Garver
Held hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Colavito scores. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Strickland vs. Garver
Strickland hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Held moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McLish vs. Garver
McLish hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garver fields it and throws to third for the out. Strickland moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Piersall vs. Garver
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hadley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Piersall for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hadley vs. McLish
Hadley hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. McLish
Cerv strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. McLish
Jablonski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lumpe vs. McLish
Wayne Terwilliger pinch runs for Ray Jablonski.
Lumpe takes first base on ball four. Terwilliger moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. McLish
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McLish fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Garver
Joe DeMaestri now playing shortstop. Jerry Lumpe now playing third base.
Power hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Garver
Minoso hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Francona vs. Garver
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. Garver
Colavito hits a fly ball into center field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Klimchock vs. McLish
Klimchock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. McLish
Joe Morgan pinch hits for Ned Garver.
Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. McLish
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards first. Francona scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Snyder for the out. Morgan moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maris vs. McLish
Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power misplays the ball. That's an error on Power. Morgan scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hadley vs. McLish
Hadley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maris moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cerv vs. McLish
Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards third. Strickland fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/20/1959 -- Cleveland at Kansas City (D)
Cleveland AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Piersall J, cf 4 0 1 0 Snyder R, cf 5 0 1 0
Power V, 2b 4 0 1 0 Maris R, rf 5 0 0 0
Minoso M, lf 5 2 3 1 Hadley K, 1b 5 1 2 0
Francona T, 1b 4 1 1 2 Cerv B, lf 5 1 1 2
Colavito R, rf 5 1 1 0 Jablonski R, 3b 3 0 1 0
Nixon R, c 4 0 1 0 Terwilliger W, pr 0 0 0 0
Held W, ss 4 0 2 1 DeMaestri J, ss 0 0 0 0
Strickland G, 3b 4 0 1 0 Lumpe J, ss-3b 2 0 1 0
McLish C, p 4 0 1 0 Smith H, c 4 0 0 0
Klimchock L, 2b 4 0 0 0
Garver N, p 2 0 0 0
Morgan J, ph 1 1 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 4 12 4 36 3 7 2
Cleveland 102 000 010 -- 4
Kansas City 000 002 001 -- 3
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
McLish C (W) 9.0 7 3 2 4 4
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Garver N (L) 9.0 12 4 4 2 5
E -- Power V 2, Smith H, Cerv B
DP -- Kansas City 1
LOB -- Cleveland 10, Kansas City 10
3B -- Lumpe J
HR -- Minoso M, Francona T, Cerv B
SH -- Power V
T -- 2:15
A -- 11058
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