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Indians
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
April 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 April 11, 1959 at Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | April 11, 1959 |
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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 | April 11, 1959 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
Home Team | Kansas City Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Don Ferrarese |
Home Starting Pitcher | Ned Garver |
Ballpark | Municipal Stadium |
City | Kansas City |
State | MO |
Attendance | 8,181 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 40 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Eddie Hurley 1B: Ed Runge 2B: Frank Tabacchi 3B: Joe Paparella |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jim Piersall | Center Fielder |
Billy Martin | Second Baseman |
Minnie Minoso | Left Fielder |
Rocky Colavito | Right Fielder |
Russ Nixon | Catcher |
Vic Power | First Baseman |
Woodie Held | Third Baseman |
George Strickland | Shortstop |
Don Ferrarese | Pitcher |
Joe Gordon | Manager |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bill Tuttle | Center Fielder |
Roger Maris | Right Fielder |
Hector Lopez | Second Baseman |
Bob Cerv | Left Fielder |
Hal Smith | Third Baseman |
Harry Chiti | Catcher |
Dick Williams | First Baseman |
Joe DeMaestri | Shortstop |
Ned Garver | Pitcher |
Harry Craft | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Indians
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
April 11, 1959
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Garver
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Garver
Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball 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 fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Ferrarese
Tuttle strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Ferrarese
Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Ferrarese
Lopez strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Garver
Colavito hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Garver
Nixon hits a line drive into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Garver
Power bunts towards third. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Held vs. Garver
There goes Power. The throw from Chiti and he is out, Lopez applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Ferrarese
Cerv hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Ferrarese
Smith 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: 1--
Chiti vs. Ferrarese
Chiti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Held fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Garver
Held hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Garver
Strickland hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tuttle. Strickland reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ferrarese vs. Garver
Ferrarese is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Piersall vs. Garver
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. There goes Strickland trying to get to home. Williams throws to Chiti who tags Strickland for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Ferrarese
Williams 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: ---
DeMaestri vs. Ferrarese
DeMaestri takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garver vs. Ferrarese
Garver bunts towards the mound. Ferrarese fields it and throws to first for the out. DeMaestri moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tuttle vs. Ferrarese
Tuttle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maris vs. Ferrarese
Maris hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Garver
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Garver
Minoso hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. Garver
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Minoso moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nixon vs. Garver
Nixon strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Power vs. Garver
Power hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Ferrarese
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Ferrarese
Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Ferrarese
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Held fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Garver
Held hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Garver
Strickland hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ferrarese vs. Garver
Ferrarese strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiti vs. Ferrarese
Chiti hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Ferrarese
Williams hits a line drive towards first. Power catches it and steps on first to double up Chiti. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Ferrarese
DeMaestri is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garver vs. Ferrarese
Garver hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Garver
Piersall hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Chiti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Garver
Martin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Garver
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. Martin moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Colavito vs. Garver
Colavito hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Martin scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Garver
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Ferrarese
Tuttle 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. Ferrarese
Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Ferrarese
Lopez hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Ferrarese
Cerv takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Ferrarese
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Held fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Garver
Power strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Garver
Held hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garver fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Garver
Strickland hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tuttle. Strickland reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ferrarese vs. Garver
Ferrarese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Strickland scores. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piersall vs. Garver
Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Maris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiti vs. Ferrarese
Chiti hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Ferrarese
Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Ferrarese
DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Held fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Garver
Martin hits a popup towards first. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Garver
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Garver
Colavito hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Garver
Nixon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Colavito moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Power vs. Garver
Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Colavito scores. Nixon moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Held vs. Gorman
Tom Gorman now pitching.
Held hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bella vs. Ferrarese
Zeke Bella pinch hits for Tom Gorman.
Bella hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Nixon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Ferrarese
Tuttle hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Ferrarese
Maris takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Brodowski
Dick Brodowski now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Maris moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lopez vs. Brodowski
Lopez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cerv vs. Brodowski
Cerv hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Brodowski
Smith is hit by the pitch. Maris moves to third. Lopez moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Chiti vs. Brodowski
Chiti hits a popup, foul, towards third. Held settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Tomanek
Dick Tomanek now pitching.
Strickland 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: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brodowski vs. Tomanek
Brodowski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tomanek fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Tomanek
Piersall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Tomanek
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simpson vs. Brodowski
Harry Simpson pinch hits for Dick Williams.
Simpson 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: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Brodowski
Preston Ward pinch hits for Joe DeMaestri.
Ward 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: ---
Hadley vs. Brodowski
Kent Hadley pinch hits for Dick Tomanek.
Hadley strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/11/1959 -- Cleveland at Kansas City (D) Cleveland AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI Piersall J, cf 5 0 2 0 Tuttle B, cf 3 1 1 1 Martin B, 2b 4 1 0 0 Maris R, rf 3 0 0 0 Minoso M, lf 4 0 1 0 Lopez H, 2b 3 1 1 1 Colavito R, rf 4 1 2 0 Cerv B, lf 3 0 1 0 Nixon R, c 4 0 1 0 Smith H, 3b 3 0 0 0 Power V, 1b 4 0 2 1 Chiti H, c 4 0 1 0 Held W, 3b 4 0 0 0 Williams D, 1b 3 0 0 0 Strickland G, ss 4 1 2 0 Simpson H, ph 1 0 0 0 Ferrarese D, p 3 0 1 1 DeMaestri J, ss 1 0 0 0 Brodowski D, p 1 0 0 0 Ward P, ph 1 0 0 0 Garver N, p 1 0 0 0 Gorman T, p 0 0 0 0 Bella Z, ph 1 0 0 0 Tomanek D, p 0 0 0 0 Hadley K, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37 3 11 2 28 2 4 2 Cleveland 000 001 110 -- 3 Kansas City 000 001 010 -- 2 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Ferrarese D (W) 7.1 4 2 2 4 2 Brodowski D (S) 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Garver N (L) 7.2 10 3 2 1 4 Gorman T 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Tomanek D 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 E -- Williams D DP -- Cleveland 2 LOB -- Cleveland 8, Kansas City 7 2B -- Strickland G 2 HR -- Lopez H, Tuttle B CS -- Power V SH -- Garver N HBP -- by Ferrarese D (DeMaestri J), by Brodowski D (Smith H) WP -- Brodowski D T -- 2:40 A -- 8181
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