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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 |
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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 | September 20, 1959 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 (back to top)
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 (back to top)
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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