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Athletics
@ Senators
Griffith Stadium
June 18, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Washington Senators and the Kansas City Athletics, played on June 18, 1959 at Griffith Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | June 18, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Athletics
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| Home Team |
Washington Senators
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 18, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Athletics |
| Home Team | Washington Senators |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ray Herbert |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bill Fischer |
| Ballpark | Griffith Stadium |
| City | Washington |
| State | DC |
| Attendance | 5,767 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 35 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Nestor Chylak 1B: Bill Summers 2B: Bill McKinley 3B: Hank Soar |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill Tuttle | Center Fielder |
| Jerry Lumpe | Second Baseman |
| Kent Hadley | First Baseman |
| Dick Williams | Third Baseman |
| Bob Cerv | Left Fielder |
| Zeke Bella | Right Fielder |
| Harry Chiti | Catcher |
| Joe DeMaestri | Shortstop |
| Ray Herbert | Pitcher |
| Harry Craft | Manager |
Washington Senators Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Faye Throneberry | Right Fielder |
| Bob Allison | Center Fielder |
| Harmon Killebrew | Third Baseman |
| Roy Sievers | First Baseman |
| Jim Lemon | Left Fielder |
| Hal Naragon | Catcher |
| Reno Bertoia | Second Baseman |
| Ron Samford | Shortstop |
| Bill Fischer | Pitcher |
| Cookie Lavagetto | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Senators
Griffith Stadium
June 18, 1959
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Fischer
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Samford scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Fischer
Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bertoia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hadley vs. Fischer
Hadley hits a line drive into center field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Throneberry vs. Herbert
Throneberry bunts towards first. Hadley fields the ball and throws to Herbert covering. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allison vs. Herbert
Allison strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killebrew vs. Herbert
Killebrew is hit by the pitch. Throneberry moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sievers vs. Herbert
Sievers takes first base on ball four. Throneberry moves to third. Killebrew moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lemon vs. Herbert
Lemon hits a fly ball towards right. Bella catches it and throws to home to double up Throneberry. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Fischer
Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cerv vs. Fischer
Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards short. Samford misplays the ball. That's an error on Samford. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bella vs. Fischer
Bella strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chiti vs. Fischer
The ball gets by Naragon for a passed ball. Williams moves to third. Cerv moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Chiti vs. Fischer
Chiti hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Williams scores. Cerv scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeMaestri vs. Fischer
DeMaestri strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herbert vs. Fischer
Herbert hits a fly ball into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Naragon vs. Herbert
Naragon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bertoia vs. Herbert
Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Herbert fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Samford vs. Herbert
Samford hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Fischer
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Fischer, and towards Killebrew, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Fischer
Lumpe hits a fly ball into center field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hadley vs. Fischer
Hadley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bertoia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fischer vs. Herbert
Fischer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Throneberry vs. Herbert
Throneberry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Allison vs. Herbert
Allison hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Fischer
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bertoia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Fischer
Cerv hits a line drive into right field. Throneberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bella vs. Fischer
Bella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Samford scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Herbert
Killebrew hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sievers vs. Herbert
Sievers hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Herbert
Lemon strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Naragon vs. Herbert
Naragon is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Senators, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bertoia vs. Herbert
Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 2 - Senators, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiti vs. Fischer
Chiti hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Senators, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Fischer
DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Samford scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Senators, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herbert vs. Fischer
Herbert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Senators, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Fischer
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 3 - Senators, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Samford vs. Herbert
Samford takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Senators, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fischer vs. Herbert
Fischer bunts towards first. Hadley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fischer for the out. Samford moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Senators, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Throneberry vs. Herbert
Throneberry hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv. Throneberry reaches second base with a double. Samford scores. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Senators, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Allison vs. Herbert
Allison hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Senators, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Killebrew vs. Herbert
Killebrew hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv. Killebrew reaches second base with a double. Throneberry scores. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sievers vs. Herbert
Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 3 - Senators, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Fischer
Lumpe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Senators, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hadley vs. Fischer
Hadley hits a fly ball into center field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Senators, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Fischer
Williams hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Fischer
Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bertoia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bella vs. Fischer
Bella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Samford scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 5 - Senators, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Herbert
Lemon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Naragon vs. Herbert
Naragon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hadley fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bertoia vs. Herbert
Bertoia hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Naragon moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Samford vs. Herbert
Samford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Naragon scores. Bertoia moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Becquer vs. Dickson
Murry Dickson now pitching. Julio Becquer pinch hits for Bill Fischer.
Becquer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tuttle. Becquer reaches second base with a double. Bertoia scores. Samford moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Throneberry vs. Dickson
Throneberry is walked intentionally. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Allison vs. Grim
Bob Grim now pitching.
Allison takes first base on ball four. Samford scores. Becquer moves to third. Throneberry moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Killebrew vs. Grim
Killebrew is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Sievers vs. Grim
Sievers hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 5 - Senators, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiti vs. Clevenger
Tex Clevenger now pitching.
Chiti takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeMaestri vs. Clevenger
DeMaestri hits a fly ball into right field. Throneberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ward vs. Clevenger
Preston Ward pinch hits for Bob Grim.
Ward hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bertoia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Chiti moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tuttle vs. Clevenger
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Samford scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 5 - Senators, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Meyer
Russ Meyer now pitching.
Lemon hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Naragon vs. Meyer
Naragon hits a fly ball into right field. Bella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bertoia vs. Meyer
Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 5 - Senators, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Clevenger
Lumpe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hadley vs. Clevenger
Hadley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Clevenger
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Clevenger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 5 - Senators, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Samford vs. Meyer
Samford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clevenger vs. Meyer
Clevenger bunts towards first. Hadley scoops it up and throws to first, with Lumpe covering, for the out. Samford moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Throneberry vs. Meyer
Throneberry strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Allison vs. Meyer
Allison hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Samford moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Killebrew vs. Meyer
Killebrew hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 5 - Senators, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Clevenger
Lenny Green now playing left field.
Cerv hits a fly ball into right field. Throneberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bella vs. Clevenger
Bella hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Clevenger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Senators, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chiti vs. Clevenger
Chiti hits a fly ball into right field. Throneberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/18/1959 -- Kansas City at Washington (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Washington AB R H RBI
Tuttle B, cf 4 0 0 0 Throneberry F, rf 3 1 2 1
Lumpe J, 2b 3 1 1 0 Allison B, cf 4 0 1 1
Hadley K, 1b 4 0 0 0 Killebrew H, 3b 4 1 2 2
Williams D, 3b 4 2 2 2 Sievers R, 1b 3 1 1 1
Cerv B, lf 4 1 0 0 Lemon J, lf 4 0 1 0
Bella Z, rf 4 0 0 0 Green L, lf 0 0 0 0
Chiti H, c 3 1 2 3 Naragon H, c 4 1 1 0
DeMaestri J, ss 3 0 0 0 Bertoia R, 2b 4 1 1 0
Herbert R, p 2 0 0 0 Samford R, ss 3 2 2 1
Dickson M, p 0 0 0 0 Fischer B, p 1 0 0 0
Grim B, p 0 0 0 0 Becquer J, ph 1 0 1 1
Ward P, ph 1 0 0 0 Clevenger T, p 0 0 0 0
Meyer R, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 5 5 5 31 7 12 7
Kansas City 020 012 000 -- 5
Washington 000 223 00x -- 7
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Herbert R (L) 5.1 9 7 7 3 3
Dickson M* 0.0 1 0 0 1 0
Grim B 0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Meyer R 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Washington IP H R ER BB SO
Fischer B (W) 6.0 5 5 3 0 2
Clevenger T (S) 3.0 0 0 0 2 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 6th
E -- Samford R
DP -- Kansas City 3, Washington 1
LOB -- Kansas City 2, Washington 8
2B -- Throneberry F, Killebrew H, Becquer J
HR -- Killebrew H, Sievers R, Chiti H, Williams D
SH -- Fischer B, Clevenger T
HBP -- by Herbert R (Killebrew H)
PB -- Naragon H
T -- 2:35
A -- 5767
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