A.L. Champions Massillon Tigers vs. N.L. Champions Beard Black Cats
SPB60-1959 WORLD SERIES GAME 1
The series pitted the National League champions, Massillon Tigers (93-61) vs the American League Champions,
Beard Black Cats (104-50). The Tigers had battled through for a tough 1 game finish while the Black Cats
although winning 7 games to finish the season won their division by 20 games.
Game 1 – Crosley Field. 83, clear, light wind.
The Tigers started Frank Lary, 19-7 while the host Black Cats started Sam Jones, 19-5.
The Tigers wasted no time scoring 2 runs in the 1st on three straight singles by Kaline, Covington and
Lopez after Blasingame reached to start the series on an error by Beard’s 3B Malzone. They continued the
scoring plating a run after Kaline singled, Covington walked and after a Sac by Lopez, Hal R Smith flied
to LF for the run. In the bottom of the 4th Beard finally work up with 2-outs Dick Groat tripled, Crandall’s
grounder to 3B was booted by Lopez for an error and run and Malzone hit a 2-run HR to tie the score, 3-3.
That lead was short-lived as in the top of the 5th, Kaline singled, went to 2B on a WP, then scored on a
single by Covington (4-3). Lopez singled, Smith singled in Covington (5-3). Hobbie relieved Jones. Power
sacrificed the runners to 2nd and 3rd, Logan singled in a run (6-3) and pitcher Lary singled in another
(7-3), Blasingame singled in another run (8-3) before Kuenn finally ended the inning with a DP.
Beard did score two other runs, 8-5, but the damage was done as the Tigers bang out 16 hits! Tigers take
a 1 game lead.
10/1/1959, MAS59-BBC59, Crosley Field
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1959 Tigers 2 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 8 16 1 9 1
1959 Black Cats 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 5 10 1 6 1
Tigers AB R H BI AVG Black Cats AB R H BI AVG
Blasingame 2b 5 1 2 1 .400 Runnels 2b 5 1 2 0 .400
Kuenn cf 5 0 0 0 .000 Francona lf 4 0 1 0 .250
Kaline rf 5 3 3 0 .600 Minoso rf 4 0 1 0 .250
Covington lf 2 1 2 2 1.000 Adcock 1b 4 0 1 1 .250
Nieman ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Esposito pr 0 0 0 0 .000
Spangler ph 1 0 1 0 1.000 Groat ss 3 2 2 0 .667
Lopez 3b 4 1 2 1 .500 Baxes ph 1 0 0 0 .000
O'Connell 3b 0 0 0 0 .000 Crandall c 4 1 1 0 .250
Smith Hal R. c 3 1 2 2 .667 Malzone 3b 3 1 2 3 .667
Green P pr 0 0 0 0 .000 Ashburn cf 4 0 0 0 .000
Ginsberg c 0 0 0 0 .000 Jones S p 1 0 0 0 .000
Power 1b 4 0 0 0 .000 Hobbie p 0 0 0 0 .000
Logan ss 5 1 3 1 .600 Walls ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Lary p 2 0 1 1 .500 Stobbs p 0 0 0 0 .000
Mossi p 0 0 0 0 .000 Klimchock ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Lown p 0 0 0 0 .000 Face p 0 0 0 0 .000
37 8 16 8 Hodges ph 1 0 0 0 .000
36 5 10 4
Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Lary W 1-0 6.2 10 5 2 1 3 98 66 2.70
Mossi H 1 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 14 10 0.00
Lown S 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 0.00
9.0 10 5 2 1 4 125 84
Black Cats INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Jones S L 0-1 4.0 10 7 6 1 0 79 50 13.50
Hobbie 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 14 8 9.00
Stobbs 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 23 16 0.00
Face 2.0 2 0 0 1 0 26 17 0.00
9.0 16 8 7 2 2 142 91
MAS: Nieman batted for Covington in the 6th
Nieman moved to lf in the 6th
Spangler batted for Nieman in the 8th
Spangler moved to lf in the 8th
O'Connell inserted at 3b in the 8th
Green P ran for Smith Hal R. in the 9th
Ginsberg inserted at c in the 9th
BBC: Walls batted for Hobbie in the 5th
Klimchock batted for Stobbs in the 7th
Baxes batted for Groat in the 7th
Esposito ran for Adcock in the 7th
Runnels moved to 1b in the 8th
Esposito moved to ss in the 8th
Baxes moved to 2b in the 8th
Hodges batted for Face in the 9th
E-Lopez, Malzone. 2B-Crandall(1). 3B-Groat(1). HR-Malzone(1).
RBI-Blasingame(1), Covington 2(2), Lopez(1), Smith Hal R. 2(2), Logan(1),
Lary(1), Adcock(1), Malzone 3(3). CS-Green P. K-Lopez, Lary, Runnels,
Adcock 2, Ashburn. BB-Covington, Smith Hal R., Francona. SH-Lopez, Power,
Lary 2. SF-Smith Hal R., Malzone. WP-Jones S.
GWRBI: Covington
Temperature: 83, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 4 MPH.
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10/1/1959, MAS59-BBC59, Crosley Field
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1959 Tigers 2 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 8 16 1 9 1
1959 Black Cats 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 5 10 1 6 1
Tigers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Blasingame 2b 1>e5.B-1 9 7 S.2-H;1-2 8>Face
S
Kuenn cf 6/fl 13 63 43/gdp 8
Kaline rf S.1-2 3>S 5>S 6>Stobbs 7
43
Covington lf S.2-H;1-2 W.1-2 wp.1-2
S.2-H
Nieman ph 63
Spangler ph S.1-2
Lopez 3b S.2-H;1-2 note 1 S.1-2 k 8
O'Connell 3b
Smith Hal R. c 8.2-3 7/SF.3-H S.2-H;1-2 7>S 9>W
Green P pr
Ginsberg c
Power 1b 63 4 Hobbie 7 CS2(24)
note 2 3
Logan ss 2>S 4>S S.3-H;2-3 43.1-2 9
Lary p 13/SH.1-2 14/SH.1-2 S.3-H;1-2 k
Mossi p
Lown p
1: 34/SH.2-3;1-2 2: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Black Cats -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Runnels 2b 1>k 53 S S 4
Francona lf 43 8 S.1-3 W.1-2 9
Minoso rf S 4>8 643/gdp 9.2-3
Adcock 1b k k 6>8 S.3-H;1-3
Esposito pr
Groat ss 2>53 T S Mossi
Baxes ph 54/f
Crandall c 53 e5.3-H;B-1 D.1-3 8>63
Malzone 3b S HR.1-H note 1 6
Ashburn cf 64/f 8 43 k
Jones S p 3>9
Hobbie p
Walls ph 5>63
Stobbs p
Klimchock ph 7>13
Face p 9>Lown
Hodges ph 8
1: 7/SF.3-H;2-3
Tigers IN OUT ER Black Cats IN OUT ER
Lary A1 D4 2 W 1-0 Jones S A1 C6 6 L 0-1
Mossi D5 D8 0 H 1 Hobbie C7 D2 1
Lown D9 E2 0 S 1 Stobbs D3 D9 0
Face E1 E8 0
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10/1/1959, MAS59-BBC59, Crosley Field
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1959 Tigers 2 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 8 16 1 9 1
1959 Black Cats 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 5 10 1 6 1
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Tigers batting
0-0 0 --- 21 Blasingame to first on an error by the third baseman
Malzone (BBFX)
0-0 0 1-- 11 Kuenn popped out to short (BCX)
0-0 1 1-- 00 Kaline lined a single to left, Blasingame to second (X)
0-0 1 12- 00 Covington grounded a single up the middle, Blasingame
scored, Kaline to second (X)
1-0 1 12- 11 Lopez lined a single to shallow center, Kaline scored,
Covington to second (CBX)
2-0 1 12- 11 Smith Hal R. flied out to center, Covington to third (CBX)
2-0 2 1-3 22 Power grounded out to short (FSBFBX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Black Cats batting
2-0 0 --- 32 Runnels struck out (CBFBBS)
2-0 1 --- 22 Francona grounded out to second (BFBSX)
2-0 2 --- 10 Minoso lined a single to center (BX)
2-0 2 1-- 02 Adcock struck out (FCC)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Tigers batting
2-0 0 --- 21 Logan lined a single to right (BBSX)
2-0 0 1-- 10 Lary sacrifice bunted to the mound, Logan to second (BbXb)
2-0 1 -2- 11 Blasingame popped out to right (BSX)
2-0 2 -2- 00 Kuenn grounded out to the mound (X)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Black Cats batting
2-0 0 --- 12 Groat grounded out to third (CFBX)
2-0 1 --- 01 Crandall grounded out to third (CX)
2-0 2 --- 00 Malzone lined a single to shallow center (X)
2-0 2 1-- 01 Ashburn grounded to short, forcing Malzone at second (1CX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Tigers batting
2-0 0 --- 32 Kaline lined a single to left (FBBBFX)
2-0 0 1-- 32 Covington walked, Kaline to second (BBBCCB)
2-0 0 12- 00 Lopez sacrifice bunted to first, Kaline to third,
Covington to second (Xb)
2-0 1 -23 02 Smith Hal R. hit a sacrifice fly to left, Kaline scored
(CFFX)
3-0 2 -2- 22 Power popped out to second (BFBSX)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Black Cats batting
3-0 0 --- 11 Jones S flied out to right (CBX)
3-0 1 --- 01 Runnels grounded out to third (SX)
3-0 2 --- 01 Francona flied out to center (FX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Tigers batting
3-0 0 --- 00 Logan reached on an infield single to second (X)
3-0 0 1-- 10 Lary sacrifice bunted to the mound, Logan to second (BbXb)
3-0 1 -2- 00 Blasingame flied out to left (X)
3-0 2 -2- 01 Kuenn grounded out to short (SX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Black Cats batting
3-0 0 --- 11 Minoso flied out to center (BFX)
3-0 1 --- 32 Adcock struck out (SBBBCFS)
3-0 2 --- 00 Groat tripled deep to left center (X)
3-0 2 --3 31 Groat scored, Crandall to first on an error by the third
baseman Lopez (BBCBX)
3-1 2 1-- 00 Malzone homered deep to left, Crandall scored (1X)
3-3 2 --- 22 Ashburn flied out to center (FBFBFX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Tigers batting
3-3 0 --- 00 Kaline lined a single to shallow center (X)
3-3 0 1-- 10 Jones S threw a wild pitch, Kaline to second (BB)
3-3 0 -2- 20 Covington grounded a single between first and second,
Kaline scored (BB.X)
4-3 0 1-- 32 Lopez grounded a single up the middle, Covington to
second (SSB+1BBFFX)
4-3 0 12- 32 Smith Hal R. lined a single to shallow center, Covington
scored, Lopez to second (BCBFFFBX)
Hobbie now pitching
5-3 0 12- 00 Power sacrifice bunted to third, Lopez to third, Smith
Hal R. to second (Xb)
5-3 1 -23 10 Logan reached on an infield single to short, Lopez
scored, Smith Hal R. to third (BX)
6-3 1 1-3 20 Lary grounded a single up the middle, Smith Hal R.
scored, Logan to second (BBX)
7-3 1 12- 22 Blasingame grounded a single between first and second,
Logan scored, Lary to second (BFFFBX)
8-3 1 12- 10 Kuenn grounded into a double play, Runnels to Adcock (BX)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Black Cats batting
Walls pinch hitting for Hobbie
8-3 0 --- 01 Walls grounded out to short (CX)
8-3 1 --- 12 Runnels lined a single between third and short (CBFX)
8-3 1 1-- 11 Francona lined a single to left center, Runnels to third
(BCX)
8-3 1 1-3 11 Minoso grounded into a double play, Logan to Blasingame
to Power (BSX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Tigers batting
Stobbs now pitching
8-3 0 --- 10 Kaline grounded out to second (BX)
Nieman pinch hitting for Covington
8-3 1 --- 00 Nieman grounded out to short (X)
8-3 2 --- 12 Lopez struck out (FFBS)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Black Cats batting
Nieman moved to left field
8-3 0 --- 01 Adcock flied out to center (FX)
8-3 1 --- 01 Groat lined a single between first and second (CX)
8-3 1 1-- 00 Crandall lined a double down the right field line, Groat
to third (X)
8-3 1 -23 21 Malzone hit a sacrifice fly to left, Groat scored,
Crandall to third (BBFX)
8-4 2 --3 22 Ashburn grounded out to second (FCBBX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Tigers batting
8-4 0 --- 11 Smith Hal R. lined a single down the left field line (BFX)
8-4 0 1-- 32 Power flied out to left (CBFFBBFX)
8-4 1 1-- 00 Logan grounded out to second, Smith Hal R. to second (X)
8-4 2 -2- 12 Lary struck out (BSCC)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Black Cats batting
Klimchock pinch hitting for Stobbs
8-4 0 --- 11 Klimchock grounded out to the mound (CBX)
8-4 1 --- 00 Runnels lined a single down the right field line (X)
8-4 1 1-- 30 Francona walked, Runnels to second (BBBB)
8-4 1 12- 11 Minoso flied out to right, Runnels to third (CBX)
8-4 2 1-3 22 Adcock lined a single to left center, Runnels scored,
Francona to third (CBBFFX)
Mossi now pitching
Baxes pinch hitting for Groat
Esposito pinch running for Adcock
8-5 2 1-3 11 Baxes grounded to third, forcing Esposito at second (BSX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Tigers batting
Runnels moved to first base
Esposito moved to shortstop
Baxes moved to second base
Face now pitching
8-5 0 --- 00 Blasingame lined a single up the middle (X)
8-5 0 1-- 10 Kuenn flied out to center (1BX)
8-5 1 1-- 02 Kaline flied out to left (FFX)
Spangler pinch hitting for Nieman
8-5 2 1-- 00 Spangler lined a single to left, Blasingame to second (X)
8-5 2 12- 00 Lopez flied out to center (X)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Black Cats batting
Spangler moved to left field
O'Connell now playing third base
8-5 0 --- 12 Crandall grounded out to short (BCFX)
8-5 1 --- 01 Malzone popped out to short (CX)
8-5 2 --- 22 Ashburn struck out (CSBBS)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Tigers batting
8-5 0 --- 32 Smith Hal R. walked (BCFBBFB)
Green P pinch running for Smith Hal R.
8-5 0 1-- 00 Green P was caught stealing second (1>S)
8-5 1 --- 12 Power popped out to first (1>S.BCX)
8-5 2 --- 32 Logan flied out to right (BBCBFFX)
************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Black Cats batting
Ginsberg now playing catcher
Lown now pitching
Hodges pinch hitting for Face
8-5 0 --- 22 Hodges flied out to center (BBCCFX)
8-5 1 --- 11 Runnels popped out to second (CBX)
8-5 2 --- 21 Francona flied out to right (CBBX)
SPB60-1959 WORLD SERIES GAME 2
Game 2 – Crosley Field 75, clear skies, wind in from LF @ 13.
The Tigers start Bob Buhl, 9-11 while the Black Cats send out Bob Friend, 21-9. Rookie
phenom Lee Maye debuts in LF and immediately produces as he homers with 2-out in the first,
1-0. Beard continues to struggle at the plate but in the 4th Massillon loads the bases as
Maye singles, Crowe singles and Kaline walks. Lopez flies to RF, 2-0. In the 6th Kuenn leads
off the inning with a single and again Maye drives one deep in the gap to RCF scoring Keunn,
but being thrown out trying for a 3B, 3-0. Buhl continued to mow down the Black Cats with
the help of 3 DP’s but finally surrendered an RBI single to Runnels, 3-1, till Mossi and
Stu Miller closed the door for the final, 3-1. Tigers up 2 games to none and going home to
Cleveland for 3 games.
10/2/1959, MAS59-BBC59, Crosley Field
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1959 Tigers 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 5 0 3 3
1959 Black Cats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 1 5 0
Tigers AB R H BI AVG Black Cats AB R H BI AVG
Blasingame 2b 4 0 0 0 .222 Runnels 2b 4 0 2 1 .444
Kuenn cf 4 1 1 0 .111 Francona lf 4 0 0 0 .125
Maye lf 4 2 3 2 .750 Minoso rf 4 0 2 0 .375
Crowe 1b 3 0 1 0 .333 Hodges 1b 2 0 0 0 .000
Spangler ph 1 0 0 0 .500 Klimchock ph 2 0 0 0 .000
Power 1b 0 0 0 0 .000 Groat ss 4 0 2 0 .571
Kaline rf 3 0 0 0 .375 Crandall c 3 0 0 0 .143
Lopez 3b 3 0 0 1 .286 Malzone 3b 2 1 0 0 .400
O'Connell 3b 0 0 0 0 .000 Ashburn cf 2 0 0 0 .000
Logan ss 3 0 0 0 .375 Bailey E ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Ginsberg c 2 0 0 0 .000 Staley p 0 0 0 0 .000
Covington ph 1 0 0 0 .667 Friend p 2 0 1 0 .500
Smith Hal R. c 0 0 0 0 .667 Adcock ph 1 0 0 0 .200
Buhl p 3 0 0 0 .000 31 1 7 1
Mossi p 0 0 0 0 .000
Miller S p 0 0 0 0 .000
31 3 5 3
Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Buhl W 1-0 7.2 6 1 1 1 0 94 57 1.17
Mossi H 2 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00
Miller S S 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 12 8 0.00
9.0 7 1 1 1 1 107 66
Black Cats INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Friend L 0-1 8.0 5 3 3 1 2 103 70 3.38
Staley 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 11 8 0.00
9.0 5 3 3 1 4 114 78
MAS: Covington batted for Ginsberg in the 7th
Smith Hal R. inserted at c in the 7th
Spangler batted for Crowe in the 9th
Power inserted at 1b in the 9th
O'Connell inserted at 3b in the 9th
BBC: Klimchock batted for Hodges in the 7th
Runnels moved to 1b in the 8th
Klimchock moved to 2b in the 8th
Bailey E batted for Ashburn in the 8th
Adcock batted for Friend in the 8th
Francona moved to cf in the 9th
Adcock moved to lf in the 9th
E-Groat. 2B-Maye(1). HR-Maye(1). RBI-Maye 2(2), Lopez(2), Runnels(1).
K-Kaline, Lopez, Buhl, Spangler, Crandall. BB-Kaline, Crandall. SF-Lopez.
HBP-Malzone. HB-Buhl.
GWRBI: Maye
Temperature: 75, Sky: clear, Wind: in from left at 13 MPH.
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10/2/1959, MAS59-BBC59, Crosley Field
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1959 Tigers 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 5 0 3 3
1959 Black Cats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 1 5 0
Tigers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Blasingame 2b 1>8 7 3/g 8>63
Kuenn cf 4/L 4>4/L 6>S 8
Maye lf HR S note 1 13
Crowe 1b 9 S.1-3 8 9>Staley
Spangler ph k
Power 1b
Kaline rf 2>k W.1-2 9 63
Lopez 3b 9 9/SF.3-H 7>e6.B-2 k
O'Connell 3b
Logan ss 63 43 7
Ginsberg c 3>9 5>4/L
Covington ph 9
Smith Hal R. c
Buhl p k 43 3/L
Mossi p
Miller S p
1: D.1-H;Bx3(945)
Black Cats -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Runnels 2b 1>S 9 643/gdp S.2-H
Francona lf 64/f.B-1 4>3/fl 53 Mossi
4
Minoso rf S.1-3 53 7>13 9>Miller S
S
Hodges 1b 363/gdp 63
Klimchock ph 63 43.1-2
Groat ss 2>S 5>13 S 3
Crandall c 43/gdp W 43 k
Malzone 3b 53 46/f.B-1 8>HBP
Ashburn cf 3>43 7
Bailey E ph 53.1-2
Staley p
Friend p 43 6>S
Adcock ph 53
Tigers IN OUT ER Black Cats IN OUT ER
Buhl A1 D1 1 W 1-0 Friend A1 D3 3 L 0-1
Mossi D2 D2 0 H 2 Staley D4 D6 0
Miller S D3 D6 0 S 1
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10/2/1959, MAS59-BBC59, Crosley Field
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1959 Tigers 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 5 0 3 3
1959 Black Cats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 1 5 0
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Tigers batting
0-0 0 --- 10 Blasingame popped out to center (BX)
0-0 1 --- 11 Kuenn lined out to second (CBX)
0-0 2 --- 11 Maye homered deep to center (BSX)
1-0 2 --- 10 Crowe lined out to right (BX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Black Cats batting
1-0 0 --- 10 Runnels grounded a single up the middle (BX)
1-0 0 1-- 20 Francona grounded to short, forcing Runnels at second,
Francona to first (BBX)
1-0 1 1-- 11 Minoso lined a single up the middle, Francona to third
(>FBX)
1-0 1 1-3 00 Hodges grounded into a double play, Crowe to Logan to
Crowe (X)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Tigers batting
1-0 0 --- 22 Kaline struck out (BCCBS)
1-0 1 --- 02 Lopez flied out to right (CCX)
1-0 2 --- 21 Logan grounded out to short (BCBX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Black Cats batting
1-0 0 --- 22 Groat lined a single to right (BSSBFX)
1-0 0 1-- 11 Crandall grounded into a double play, Blasingame to Crowe
(BSX)
1-0 2 --- 12 Malzone grounded out to third (FCBX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Tigers batting
1-0 0 --- 32 Ginsberg lined out to right (CBBBCFFFX)
1-0 1 --- 02 Buhl struck out (SSS)
1-0 2 --- 22 Blasingame flied out to left (BBCFX)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Black Cats batting
1-0 0 --- 32 Ashburn grounded out to second (BBCFBX)
1-0 1 --- 22 Friend grounded out to second (BFBFX)
1-0 2 --- 11 Runnels flied out to right (BCX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Tigers batting
1-0 0 --- 00 Kuenn lined out to second (X)
1-0 1 --- 02 Maye reached on an infield single to first (CFFX)
1-0 1 1-- 00 Crowe singled down the right field line and shallow, Maye
to third (X)
1-0 1 1-3 32 Kaline walked, Crowe to second (BFBBFB)
1-0 1 123 11 Lopez hit a sacrifice fly to right, Maye scored (FBX)
2-0 2 12- 22 Logan grounded out to second (BFBSX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Black Cats batting
2-0 0 --- 22 Francona popped out to first (BBCFFFX)
2-0 1 --- 01 Minoso grounded out to third (CX)
2-0 2 --- 11 Hodges grounded out to short (CBX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Tigers batting
2-0 0 --- 00 Ginsberg lined out to second (X)
2-0 1 --- 21 Buhl grounded out to second (BSBX)
2-0 2 --- 22 Blasingame grounded out to first (CBBFFX)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Black Cats batting
2-0 0 --- 11 Groat grounded out to the mound (CBX)
2-0 1 --- 32 Crandall walked (CBFBBB)
2-0 1 1-- 21 Malzone grounded to second, forcing Crandall at second,
Malzone to first (BBCX)
2-0 2 1-- 21 Ashburn lined out to left (FBBX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Tigers batting
2-0 0 --- 01 Kuenn lined a single to shallow right (FX)
2-0 0 1-- 22 Maye grounded a double down the first base line, Kuenn
scored, Maye out at third (1BFCBX)
3-0 1 --- 02 Crowe flied out to center (CFX)
3-0 2 --- 21 Kaline lined out to right (CBBX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Black Cats batting
3-0 0 --- 00 Friend grounded a single between first and second (X)
3-0 0 1-- 31 Runnels grounded into a double play, Logan to Blasingame
to Crowe (BBBCX)
3-0 2 --- 01 Francona grounded out to third (CX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Tigers batting
3-0 0 --- 01 Lopez to second on an error by the shortstop Groat (CX)
3-0 0 -2- 21 Logan flied out to left (BBCX)
Covington pinch hitting for Ginsberg
3-0 1 -2- 00 Covington flied out to right (X)
3-0 2 -2- 01 Buhl lined out to first (CX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Black Cats batting
Smith Hal R. now playing catcher
3-0 0 --- 10 Minoso grounded out to the mound (BX)
Klimchock pinch hitting for Hodges
3-0 1 --- 11 Klimchock grounded out to short (BCX)
3-0 2 --- 10 Groat grounded a single between third and short (BX)
3-0 2 1-- 10 Crandall grounded out to second (BX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Tigers batting
Runnels moved to first base
Klimchock moved to second base
3-0 0 --- 12 Blasingame grounded out to short (BFCX)
3-0 1 --- 21 Kuenn flied out to center (BBCX)
3-0 2 --- 01 Maye grounded out to the mound (FX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Black Cats batting
3-0 0 --- 02 Malzone was hit by a pitch (CCH)
Bailey E pinch hitting for Ashburn
3-0 0 1-- 12 Bailey E grounded out to third, Malzone to second (SBFX)
Adcock pinch hitting for Friend
3-0 1 -2- 21 Adcock grounded out to third (BCBX)
3-0 2 -2- 00 Runnels lined a single to left, Malzone scored (X)
Mossi now pitching
3-1 2 1-- 00 Francona popped out to second (X)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Tigers batting
Francona moved to center field
Staley now pitching
Adcock moved to left field
Spangler pinch hitting for Crowe
3-1 0 --- 12 Spangler struck out (SBSS)
3-1 1 --- 21 Kaline grounded out to short (BBFX)
3-1 2 --- 02 Lopez struck out (FFS)
************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Black Cats batting
Power now playing first base
O'Connell now playing third base
Miller S now pitching
3-1 0 --- 21 Minoso lined a single to shallow left (BBFX)
3-1 0 1-- 11 Klimchock grounded out to second, Minoso to second (BCX)
3-1 1 -2- 10 Groat popped out to first (BX)
3-1 2 -2- 02 Crandall struck out (CCS)
SPB60-1959 WORLD SERIES GAME 3
Game 3 – Cleveland Municipal Stadium 49, partly cloudy, wind left to right at 8.
Beard starts rookie Roger Craig, 15-2 with Massillon sending out Vern Law, 19-9.
Both pitchers were virtually unhittable, both pitched 9 innings, Craig 3 hits and
3 walks, 1 K; Law 2 hits, 3 walks, 0 K’s. Ironically, this was just the beginning.
Henry pitched 2 innings, Stu Miller added 3 innings but in the 14th, with Larry Sherry
pitching, Minoso was HBP to start the inning, was sacrificed to 2B by Hardy and Groat
singled him in, 1-0, but Crandall grounded out and Staley struckout. Ginsberg grounded
out, Kuenn singled, Kaline singled him to 2B. Face entered to face PH Nieman, who hit
a dribbler back to the mound, Kuenn held at 3B, but Face’s throw was over Adcock’s
head down the line allowing Kuenn to tie the game, 1-1 and Kaline going to 3B, but
he retired O’Connell to continue the marathon into the 15th. Neither team could muster
a run although the Tigers threatened against Hobbie, the Black Cat’s 5th pitcher, in
the bottom of the 19th inning getting a single by O’Connell, then Power before their
6th pitcher Dick Donovan got Logan to lineout to 2B. But in the top of the 20th with
Carl Willey on the mound, having pitched 1.1 innings, Adcock walked and Baxes hit a
2-run HR, 3-1, Runnels grounded out and Francona homered, 4-1, Minoso singled but
Walls K’d and Groat grounded out.
Donovan ended the 20th with a grounder by Green, lineout by Willey and Kalines fly
to LF. Black Cats finally win, 4-1 in 20 Innings. Tigers 2, Black Cats 1.
10/4/1959, BBC59-MAS59, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1959 Black Cats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 R H E LOB DP
1959 Black Cats 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 11 1 13 6
1959 Tigers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 1 13 1
Black Cats AB R H BI AVG Tigers AB R H BI AVG
Runnels 2b 9 0 1 0 .278 Blasingame 2b 4 0 0 0 .154
Francona lf 9 1 4 1 .294 Miller S p 0 0 0 0 .000
Minoso rf 8 1 2 0 .313 Fernandez ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Hodges 1b 3 0 1 0 .167 Sherry L p 0 0 0 0 .000
Hardy pr 3 0 0 0 .000 Ginsberg ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Walls ph 2 0 0 0 .000 Lown p 1 0 0 0 .000
Groat ss 8 0 1 1 .333 Willey p 2 0 0 0 .000
Bailey E c 1 0 0 0 .000 Kuenn cf 8 1 3 0 .235
Esposito pr 0 0 0 0 .000 Kaline rf 7 0 1 0 .267
Crandall c 5 0 1 0 .167 Covington lf 2 0 1 0 .600
Malzone 3b 4 0 0 0 .222 Spangler ph 1 0 0 0 .333
Staley p 1 0 0 0 .000 Nieman ph 5 0 1 0 .167
Face p 1 0 0 0 .000 Lopez 3b 2 0 0 0 .222
Hobbie p 1 0 0 0 .000 Maye ph 1 0 0 0 .600
Donovan p 0 0 0 0 .000 O'Connell 3b 4 0 2 0 .500
Ashburn cf 2 0 0 0 .000 Smith Hal R. c 7 0 0 0 .200
Adcock ph 5 1 0 0 .100 Power 1b 6 0 2 0 .200
Craig p 3 0 0 0 .000 Logan ss 7 0 2 0 .333
Klimchock ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Law p 2 0 0 0 .000
Henry p 0 0 0 0 .000 Crowe ph 1 0 1 0 .500
Baxes 3b 3 1 1 2 .250 Green P pr 5 0 0 0 .000
69 4 11 4 67 1 13 0
Black Cats INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Craig 9.0 3 0 0 3 1 92 54 0.00
Henry 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 25 15 0.00
Staley 2.2 5 1 0 0 1 36 25 0.00
Face BS 1 2.1 2 0 0 1 1 43 24 0.00
Hobbie 2.2 2 0 0 2 1 40 23 2.45
Donovan W 1-0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 16 8 0.00
20.0 13 1 0 6 4 252 149
Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Law 9.0 2 0 0 3 0 109 67 0.00
Miller S 3.0 3 0 0 0 0 28 22 0.00
Sherry L 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 25 17 4.50
Lown 3.2 1 0 0 1 5 49 31 0.00
Willey L 0-1 2.1 3 3 3 1 1 43 26 11.57
20.0 11 4 4 5 7 254 163
BBC: Hardy ran for Hodges in the 7th
Esposito ran for Bailey E in the 7th
Adcock batted for Ashburn in the 7th
Hardy moved to cf in the 7th
Crandall inserted at c in the 7th
Adcock moved to 1b in the 7th
Klimchock batted for Craig in the 10th
Baxes inserted at 3b in the 12th
Walls batted for Hardy in the 19th
Francona moved to cf in the 19th
Walls moved to lf in the 19th
MAS: Spangler batted for Covington in the 7th
Spangler moved to lf in the 8th
Maye batted for Lopez in the 8th
O'Connell inserted at 3b in the 9th
Crowe batted for Law in the 9th
Green P ran for Crowe in the 9th
Green P moved to 2b in the 10th
Nieman batted for Spangler in the 10th
Nieman moved to lf in the 11th
Fernandez batted for Miller S in the 12th
Ginsberg batted for Sherry L in the 14th
E-Face, Willey. 2B-Minoso(1), Kuenn(1), Nieman(1). HR-Francona(1), Baxes(1).
RBI-Francona(1), Groat(1), Baxes 2(2). SB-Crandall(1). K-Runnels, Francona,
Groat, Hardy, Staley, Baxes, Walls, Maye, Green P 2, Nieman. BB-Bailey E 2,
Malzone, Adcock, Baxes, Kuenn, Kaline, Power 2, Logan, O'Connell. SH-Groat,
Hardy, Smith Hal R.. HBP-Minoso. HB-Sherry L.
GWRBI: Baxes
Temperature: 49, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: left to right at 8 MPH.
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10/4/1959, BBC59-MAS59, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1959 Black Cats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 R H E LOB DP
1959 Black Cats 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 11 1 13 6
1959 Tigers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 1 13 1
Black Cats -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Runnels 2b 1>43 63 6>7 63 1>9
Francona lf S 43 7 63 S
Minoso rf 14/f.B-1 4>43 63 9>7 D.1-3
Hodges 1b 8 4 7>S
Hardy pr 43 note 1
Walls ph
Groat ss 2>13 13 23/SH.1-2 31 2>63
Bailey E c 63 5>W W
Esposito pr
Crandall c 0>Miller S 5
S
Malzone 3b W 8 9.2-3 9 9
Staley p
Face p
Hobbie p
Donovan p
Ashburn cf 7 9
Adcock ph 53 6/f.B-1 3>Sherry L
53
Craig p 3>3/g 9 8>23
Klimchock ph 64/f
Henry p
Baxes 3b 53
1: 1/g/dp.3x3(16)
Tigers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Blasingame 2b 1>63 4>63 31 note 1
Miller S p 2>Staley
Fernandez ph 63
Sherry L p
Ginsberg ph
Lown p
Willey p
Kuenn cf 9 4 7>W 643/gdp S
Kaline rf 13 9 9 0>Henry 463/gdp
63
Covington lf 2>8 5>S
Spangler ph 543/gdp
Nieman ph 43 3>D
Lopez 3b 43 9
Maye ph 8>k
O'Connell 3b 6/L S/b.2-3
Smith Hal R. c 8 543/gdp 7 1>63 note 2
Power 1b 3>W 6>W 63 6 8
Logan ss 643/gdp 9 9>S S 53
Law p 8 16/b/f.B-1
Crowe ph S.1-2
Green P pr 43 4>k
1: 56/b/f.1-2;B-1 2: 12.3xH;1-2;B-1
....................................................................................................
Black Cats -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------
Runnels 2b S k 9 43
Francona lf 4 6>k S.1-2 HR
Minoso rf 4>HBP 2/fl Willey S
53
Hodges 1b
Hardy pr 13/SH.1-2 k
Walls ph 9>3e1.B-1 k
Groat ss S.2-H;B-2 7>k 4 53
Bailey E c
Esposito pr
Crandall c 63 43 46/f.B-1
Malzone 3b
Staley p k
Face p 53
Hobbie p SB2
53
Donovan p
Ashburn cf
Adcock ph 5>Lown 8>4 0>W
8
Craig p
Klimchock ph
Henry p
Baxes 3b k W HR.1-H
Tigers -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------
Blasingame 2b
Miller S p
Fernandez ph
Sherry L p
Ginsberg ph 43
Lown p 7
Willey p 8>53 4/L
Kuenn cf S D 43 7
Kaline rf S.1-2 IW 53
Covington lf
Spangler ph
Nieman ph Face k 9>3
note 1
Lopez 3b
Maye ph
O'Connell 3b 4 7>Hobbie S
W
Smith Hal R. c 5>9 14/SH.1-2 8
Power 1b S 8 S.1-2
Logan ss 363/gdp IW Donovan
4/L
Law p
Crowe ph
Green P pr 6>6 k 0>13
1: e1.2-H;1-3;B-2
Black Cats IN OUT ER Tigers IN OUT ER
Craig A1 D2 0 Law A1 D5 0
Henry D3 D9 0 Miller S D6 E7 0
Staley E1 F3 0 Sherry L E8 F7 1
Face F4 G4 0 BS 1 Lown F8 H2 0
Hobbie G5 H7 0 Willey H3 I5 3 L 0-1
Donovan H8 I2 0 W 1-0
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10/4/1959, BBC59-MAS59, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1959 Black Cats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 R H E LOB DP
1959 Black Cats 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 11 1 13 6
1959 Tigers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 1 13 1
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Black Cats batting
0-0 0 --- 11 Runnels grounded out to second (CBX)
0-0 1 --- 21 Francona grounded a single up the middle (CBBX)
0-0 1 1-- 01 Minoso grounded to the mound, forcing Francona at second,
Minoso to first (CX)
0-0 2 1-- 22 Hodges popped out to center (SSBBX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Tigers batting
0-0 0 --- 10 Blasingame grounded out to short (BX)
0-0 1 --- 11 Kuenn flied out to right (FBX)
0-0 2 --- 00 Kaline grounded out to the mound (X)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Black Cats batting
0-0 0 --- 00 Groat grounded out to the mound (X)
0-0 1 --- 01 Bailey E grounded out to short (CX)
0-0 2 --- 31 Malzone walked (CBBBB)
0-0 2 1-- 22 Ashburn flied out to left (BCCBX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Tigers batting
0-0 0 --- 20 Covington flied out to center (BBX)
0-0 1 --- 22 Lopez grounded out to second (BFBSX)
0-0 2 --- 32 Smith Hal R. flied out to center (BBCBCX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Black Cats batting
0-0 0 --- 02 Craig grounded out to first (CSX)
0-0 1 --- 10 Runnels grounded out to short (BX)
0-0 2 --- 00 Francona grounded out to second (X)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Tigers batting
0-0 0 --- 32 Power walked (BCFBBB)
0-0 0 1-- 21 Logan grounded into a double play, Groat to Runnels to
Hodges (BCBX)
0-0 2 --- 11 Law flied out to center (BCX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Black Cats batting
0-0 0 --- 21 Minoso grounded out to second (CBBX)
0-0 1 --- 22 Hodges popped out to second (CBBCFX)
0-0 2 --- 02 Groat grounded out to the mound (CFX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Tigers batting
0-0 0 --- 10 Blasingame grounded out to short (BX)
0-0 1 --- 12 Kuenn popped out to second (CBSFFFX)
0-0 2 --- 10 Kaline flied out to right (BX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Black Cats batting
0-0 0 --- 31 Bailey E walked (BBBCB)
0-0 0 1-- 11 Malzone flied out to center (CBX)
0-0 1 1-- 00 Ashburn flied out to right (X)
0-0 2 1-- 22 Craig flied out to right (BBFSX)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Tigers batting
0-0 0 --- 00 Covington lined a single to shallow left (X)
0-0 0 1-- 10 Lopez flied out to right (BX)
0-0 1 1-- 00 Smith Hal R. grounded into a double play, Malzone to
Runnels to Hodges (X)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Black Cats batting
0-0 0 --- 31 Runnels flied out to left (BBBCX)
0-0 1 --- 22 Francona flied out to left (BFBFX)
0-0 2 --- 01 Minoso grounded out to short (SX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Tigers batting
0-0 0 --- 31 Power walked (BBFBB)
0-0 0 1-- 01 Logan flied out to right (CX)
0-0 1 1-- 00 Law bunted into an out to the mound, forcing Power at
second, Law to first (Xb)
0-0 2 1-- 20 Blasingame grounded out to first (BBX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Black Cats batting
0-0 0 --- 22 Hodges lined a single to left (BCBCX)
Hardy pinch running for Hodges
0-0 0 1-- 10 Groat sacrifice bunted to the catcher, Hardy to second
(BbXb)
0-0 1 -2- 32 Bailey E walked (BBFSBFB)
Esposito pinch running for Bailey E
0-0 1 12- 10 Malzone flied out to right, Hardy to third (BX)
Adcock pinch hitting for Ashburn
0-0 2 1-3 01 Adcock grounded out to third (SX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Tigers batting
Hardy moved to center field
Crandall now playing catcher
Adcock moved to first base
0-0 0 --- 31 Kuenn walked (BCBBB)
0-0 0 1-- 00 Kaline flied out to right (1X)
Spangler pinch hitting for Covington
0-0 1 1-- 12 Spangler grounded into a double play, Malzone to Runnels
to Adcock (1CFBX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Black Cats batting
Spangler moved to left field
0-0 0 --- 02 Craig grounded out to the catcher (CCX)
0-0 1 --- 00 Runnels grounded out to short (X)
0-0 2 --- 22 Francona grounded out to short (CSBBX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Tigers batting
Maye pinch hitting for Lopez
0-0 0 --- 12 Maye struck out (CBCFS)
0-0 1 --- 10 Smith Hal R. flied out to left (BX)
0-0 2 --- 31 Power grounded out to short (BFBBX)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Black Cats batting
O'Connell now playing third base
0-0 0 --- 12 Minoso flied out to left (FBCX)
0-0 1 --- 10 Hardy grounded out to second (BX)
0-0 2 --- 21 Groat grounded out to first (BFBX)
************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Tigers batting
0-0 0 --- 01 Logan lined a single to left (FX)
Crowe pinch hitting for Law
0-0 0 1-- 21 Crowe reached on an infield single to short, Logan to
second (BBCX)
0-0 0 12- 01 Blasingame bunted into an out to third, forcing Logan at
third, Crowe to second, Blasingame to first (FbXb)
Green P pinch running for Crowe
0-0 1 12- 02 Kuenn grounded into a double play, Groat to Runnels to
Adcock (CSX)
************** Top of the 10th inning, Black Cats batting
Miller S now pitching
Green P moved to second base
0-0 0 --- 00 Crandall lined a single between third and short (X)
0-0 0 1-- 02 Malzone flied out to right (CbSbX)
0-0 1 1-- 10 Adcock grounded to short, forcing Crandall at second,
Adcock to first (BX)
Klimchock pinch hitting for Craig
0-0 2 1-- 00 Klimchock grounded to short, forcing Adcock at second (X)
************** Bottom of the 10th inning, Tigers batting
Henry now pitching
0-0 0 --- 11 Kaline grounded out to short (BFX)
Nieman pinch hitting for Spangler
0-0 1 --- 32 Nieman grounded out to second (FSBBBX)
0-0 2 --- 20 O'Connell lined out to short (BBX)
************** Top of the 11th inning, Black Cats batting
Nieman moved to left field
0-0 0 --- 11 Runnels flied out to right (BFX)
0-0 1 --- 02 Francona grounded a single between first and second (CCX)
0-0 1 1-- 00 Minoso doubled deep to left, Francona to third (>X)
0-0 1 -23 02 Hardy hit into a double play, Miller S to Logan, Francona
out at third (FbFbXb)
************** Bottom of the 11th inning, Tigers batting
0-0 0 --- 02 Smith Hal R. grounded out to short (CFX)
0-0 1 --- 20 Power popped out to short (BBX)
0-0 2 --- 21 Logan lined a single up the middle (CBBX)
0-0 2 1-- 02 Green P grounded out to second (CFX)
************** Top of the 12th inning, Black Cats batting
0-0 0 --- 01 Groat grounded out to short (SX)
0-0 1 --- 21 Crandall popped out to third (BBFX)
0-0 2 --- 22 Malzone flied out to right (BCFBX)
************** Bottom of the 12th inning, Tigers batting
Staley now pitching
Baxes now playing third base
Fernandez pinch hitting for Miller S
0-0 0 --- 31 Fernandez grounded out to short (BBFBX)
0-0 1 --- 12 Kuenn lined a single down the right field line (FBFX)
0-0 1 1-- 01 Kaline grounded into a double play, Runnels to Groat to
Adcock (CX)
************** Top of the 13th inning, Black Cats batting
Sherry L now pitching
0-0 0 --- 10 Adcock grounded out to third (BX)
0-0 1 --- 01 Baxes grounded out to third (SX)
0-0 2 --- 20 Runnels grounded a single up the middle (BBX)
0-0 2 1-- 11 Francona popped out to second (BFX)
************** Bottom of the 13th inning, Tigers batting
0-0 0 --- 00 Nieman doubled deep to right center (X)
0-0 0 -2- 00 O'Connell bunted for a single, Nieman to third (Xb)
0-0 0 1-3 01 Smith Hal R. grounded to the mound, Nieman out at home,
O'Connell to second, Smith Hal R. to first (FX)
0-0 1 12- 01 Power flied out to center (CX)
0-0 2 12- 00 Logan grounded out to third (X)
************** Top of the 14th inning, Black Cats batting
0-0 0 --- 00 Minoso was hit by a pitch (H)
0-0 0 1-- 12 Hardy sacrifice bunted to the mound, Minoso to second
(FbBbFbXb)
0-0 1 -2- 00 Groat lined a single to shallow left, Minoso scored,
Groat to second (X)
1-0 1 -2- 11 Crandall grounded out to short (FBX)
1-0 2 -2- 12 Staley struck out (BCCFFS)
************** Bottom of the 14th inning, Tigers batting
1-0 0 --- 22 Green P struck out (FFBBS)
Ginsberg pinch hitting for Sherry L
1-0 1 --- 21 Ginsberg grounded out to second (BCBX)
1-0 2 --- 01 Kuenn lined a single to left (FX)
1-0 2 1-- 32 Kaline lined a single between third and short, Kuenn to
second (SCBFBB>X)
Face now pitching
1-0 2 12- 22 Kuenn scored, Kaline to third, Nieman to second on an
error by the pitcher Face (BSFBX)
1-1 2 -23 12 O'Connell popped out to second (BFSX)
************** Top of the 15th inning, Black Cats batting
Lown now pitching
1-1 0 --- 01 Adcock flied out to center (CX)
1-1 1 --- 12 Baxes struck out (BFFS)
1-1 2 --- 12 Runnels struck out (CFBS)
************** Bottom of the 15th inning, Tigers batting
1-1 0 --- 22 Smith Hal R. flied out to right (FBSBX)
1-1 1 --- 22 Power lined a single to right (SBFBX)
1-1 1 1-- 20 Logan grounded into a double play, Adcock to Groat to
Adcock (1BBX)
************** Top of the 16th inning, Black Cats batting
1-1 0 --- 12 Francona struck out (BSSS)
1-1 1 --- 21 Minoso popped out to the catcher (BFBX)
1-1 2 --- 22 Hardy struck out (CSBBFS)
************** Bottom of the 16th inning, Tigers batting
1-1 0 --- 12 Green P popped out to short (CFBX)
1-1 1 --- 10 Lown popped out to left (BX)
1-1 2 --- 12 Kuenn lined a double to right center (BFFFX)
1-1 2 -2- 30 Kaline was walked intentionally (IIII)
1-1 2 12- 32 Nieman struck out (BBSCB>S)
************** Top of the 17th inning, Black Cats batting
1-1 0 --- 22 Groat struck out (BFBFFS)
1-1 1 --- 20 Crandall grounded out to second (BBX)
1-1 2 --- 02 Face grounded out to third (SSX)
************** Bottom of the 17th inning, Tigers batting
Hobbie now pitching
1-1 0 --- 32 O'Connell walked (BCBBFFB)
1-1 0 1-- 10 Smith Hal R. sacrifice bunted to the mound, O'Connell to
second (Bb1Xb)
1-1 1 -2- 31 Power flied out to center (BBBCX)
1-1 2 -2- 30 Logan was walked intentionally (IIII)
1-1 2 12- 22 Green P struck out (CFFBBS)
************** Top of the 18th inning, Black Cats batting
1-1 0 --- 20 Adcock popped out to second (BBX)
1-1 1 --- 31 Baxes walked (BBSBB)
1-1 1 1-- 00 Runnels flied out to right (X)
1-1 2 1-- 12 Francona lined a single to left, Baxes to second (BCCX)
Willey now pitching
1-1 2 12- 12 Minoso grounded out to third (CSBX)
************** Bottom of the 18th inning, Tigers batting
1-1 0 --- 02 Willey grounded out to third (CCX)
1-1 1 --- 11 Kuenn grounded out to second (FBX)
1-1 2 --- 00 Kaline grounded out to third (X)
************** Top of the 19th inning, Black Cats batting
Walls pinch hitting for Hardy
1-1 0 --- 02 Walls to first on an error by the pitcher Willey (CSX)
1-1 0 1-- 02 Groat popped out to second (FbFbX)
1-1 1 1-- 00 Crandall grounded to second, forcing Walls at second,
Crandall to first (X)
1-1 2 1-- 00 Crandall stole second (>B)
1-1 2 -2- 10 Hobbie grounded out to third (>B.X)
************** Bottom of the 19th inning, Tigers batting
Francona moved to center field
Walls moved to left field
1-1 0 --- 10 Nieman popped out to first (BX)
1-1 1 --- 01 O'Connell reached on an infield single to first (CX)
1-1 1 1-- 02 Smith Hal R. flied out to center (CCX)
1-1 2 1-- 10 Power lined a single to shallow left, O'Connell to second
(BX)
Donovan now pitching
1-1 2 12- 20 Logan lined out to second (BBX)
************** Top of the 20th inning, Black Cats batting
1-1 0 --- 31 Adcock walked (BCBBB)
1-1 0 1-- 12 Baxes homered deep to left, Adcock scored (FbCbBFX)
3-1 0 --- 20 Runnels grounded out to second (BBX)
3-1 1 --- 31 Francona homered deep to center (BBFBX)
4-1 1 --- 21 Minoso grounded a single between third and short (BBCX)
4-1 1 1-- 32 Walls struck out (BCFBBS)
4-1 2 1-- 01 Groat grounded out to third (FX)
************** Bottom of the 20th inning, Tigers batting
4-1 0 --- 32 Green P grounded out to the mound (BBBCFX)
4-1 1 --- 22 Willey lined out to second (CCBBX)
4-1 2 --- 10 Kuenn flied out to left (BX)
SPB60-1959 WORLD SERIES GAME 4
Game 4 Cleveland 64, clear, wind left to right at 9.
Both teams had dug deeply into their bullpens, but Beard again sent out Jones(0-1) and
the Tigers started Gary Bell, 11-8 on the season.
Again the Tigers struck in the bottom of the 1st, after Maye grounded out, Kuenn singled,
Kaline singled and Lopez crushed a 3-run HR, 3-0. Beard answered quickly with Malzone homering
to lead off the 2nd, 3-1. In the bottom of the 3rd after walks to Kuenn and Lopez, Power
plated Kuenn with a 2B, 4-1. In the 6th Beard countered with a single by Crandall and an RBI
single by Baxes, 4-2. But the Tigers answered right back. Stobbs entered to pitch for Beard
and with one-out, gave up a single to Powers, and walks to Blasingame and Logan to load the
bases. Facing pitcher Bell, he gave up a 2-run single, 6-2. In the 8th Beard had a leadoff
HR by Groat, 6-3, a double by Crandall, a 2-base error by Lopez on a ball off the bat of
Malzone scored Crandall, 6-4. Malzone advanced to 3B on a fly to RF by Baxes and scored on
a ground out to 1B by Ashburn, 6-5.
Massillon didn’t score in the bottom of the 8th against Henry, but Bell started the 9th due
to the fatigued bullpen of the Tigers after the 20 innning game. Runnels flied to RF, but
Francona homered to tie the game, 6-6, but Minoso and Groat both grounded out. In the bottom
of 9th Henry got Smith to ground out, Power singled, Green hit into a FC, 3-6 to force Power,
Logan coaxed a 2-out walk bringing up PH’er Wes Covington who provided a walk-off single, 7-6
and giving the Tigers a 3 games to 1 lead.
10/5/1959, BBC59-MAS59, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1959 Black Cats 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 6 11 0 7 0
1959 Tigers 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 12 1 12 1
Black Cats AB R H BI AVG Tigers AB R H BI AVG
Runnels 1b 4 0 1 0 .273 Maye lf 3 0 0 0 .375
Francona lf 5 1 3 1 .364 Nieman ph 2 0 0 0 .125
Minoso rf 5 0 1 0 .286 Kuenn cf 3 2 1 0 .250
Groat ss 5 1 2 1 .350 Kaline rf 4 1 1 0 .263
Crandall c 4 2 2 0 .250 Lopez 3b 3 1 1 3 .250
Malzone 3b 4 2 1 1 .231 O'Connell 3b 1 0 0 0 .400
Baxes 2b 4 0 1 1 .250 Smith Hal R. c 5 0 1 0 .200
Ashburn cf 2 0 0 0 .000 Power 1b 4 1 4 1 .429
Bailey E ph 1 0 0 1 .000 Blasingame 2b 2 1 0 0 .133
Henry p 0 0 0 0 .000 Green P ph 2 1 1 0 .143
Jones S p 2 0 0 0 .000 Logan ss 3 0 1 0 .333
Adcock ph 1 0 0 0 .091 Bell Gary p 3 0 1 2 .333
Stobbs p 0 0 0 0 .000 Covington ph 1 0 1 1 .667
Coleman R p 0 0 0 0 .000 36 7 12 7
Klimchock ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Hardy cf 0 0 0 0 .000
38 6 11 5
Black Cats INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Jones S 5.0 5 4 4 2 3 71 44 10.00
Stobbs 1.2 3 2 2 3 2 45 27 4.91
Coleman R 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0.00
Henry L 0-1 1.2 3 1 1 3 0 29 13 2.45
8.2 12 7 7 8 5 148 86
Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Bell Gary W 1-0 9.0 11 6 4 2 4 134 83 4.00
9.0 11 6 4 2 4 134 83
BBC: Adcock batted for Jones S in the 6th
Bailey E batted for Ashburn in the 8th
Klimchock batted for Coleman R in the 8th
Hardy inserted at cf in the 8th
MAS: Nieman batted for Maye in the 6th
Nieman moved to lf in the 7th
Green P batted for Blasingame in the 7th
Green P moved to 2b in the 8th
O'Connell inserted at 3b in the 8th
Covington batted for Bell Gary in the 9th
E-O'Connell. 2B-Crandall(2), Smith Hal R.(1), Power(1). HR-Francona(2),
Groat(1), Malzone(2), Lopez(1). RBI-Francona(2), Groat(2), Malzone(4),
Baxes(3), Bailey E(1), Lopez 3(5), Power(1), Bell Gary 2(2), Covington(3).
K-Minoso 3, Baxes, Maye, Kuenn, Lopez, Bell Gary 2. BB-Runnels, Ashburn,
Kuenn 2, Kaline, Lopez, Power, Blasingame, Logan 2. SH-Bell Gary.
WP-Bell Gary.
GWRBI: Covington
Temperature: 64, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 9 MPH.
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10/5/1959, BBC59-MAS59, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1959 Black Cats 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 6 11 0 7 0
1959 Tigers 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 12 1 12 1
Black Cats -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Runnels 1b 1>7 3>43 W 7>S 9>9
Francona lf S S 46/f.B-1 463/gdp HR
Minoso rf k S.1-2 k k 63
Groat ss S.1-3 43.2-3;1-2 6>9 8>HR 43
Crandall c 7 63 S D
Malzone 3b 2>HR 4>43 7 e5.2-H;B-2
Baxes 2b 7 k wp.1-2 9.2-3
S.2-H;B-2
Ashburn cf 13 7 IW
Bailey E ph 3/g.3-H
Henry p
Jones S p 5 5>8
Adcock ph 54/f
Stobbs p
Coleman R p
Klimchock ph 3/g
Hardy cf
Tigers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Maye lf 1>63 31 k
Nieman ph 9.2-3 53.2-3
Kuenn cf S 3>W 5>8 k IW
Kaline rf S.1-2 9 43 7>13 IW.1-2
Lopez 3b HR.2-H;1-H W.1-2 8 k(23)
O'Connell 3b 8
Smith Hal R. c 8 note 1 6>Stobbs D 9>63
4/fl
Power 1b S D.3-H;1-3 S IW S
Blasingame 2b 4 7 W.1-2 Coleman R
Green P ph note 2 36/b/f.B-1
Logan ss 2>63 4>8 W.2-3;1-2 8>Henry W.1-2
S
Bell Gary p k k note 3 24/SH.1-2
Covington ph S.2-H;1-2
1: 46/f.2-3;B-1 2: S.2xH(72);1-2 3: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Black Cats IN OUT ER Tigers IN OUT ER
Jones S A1 C4 4 Bell Gary A1 E4 4 W 1-0
Stobbs C5 D6 2
Coleman R D7 D7 0
Henry D8 E9 1 L 0-1
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10/5/1959, BBC59-MAS59, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1959 Black Cats 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 6 11 0 7 0
1959 Tigers 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 12 1 12 1
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Black Cats batting
0-0 0 --- 10 Runnels flied out to left (BX)
0-0 1 --- 00 Francona grounded a single up the middle (X)
0-0 1 1-- 22 Minoso struck out (BBCCS)
0-0 2 1-- 12 Groat lined a single to right center, Francona to third
(CCBX)
0-0 2 1-3 00 Crandall flied out to left (X)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Tigers batting
0-0 0 --- 10 Maye grounded out to short (BX)
0-0 1 --- 10 Kuenn reached on an infield single to short (BX)
0-0 1 1-- 00 Kaline lined a single between third and short, Kuenn to
second (1X)
0-0 1 12- 11 Lopez homered deep to left, Kuenn scored, Kaline scored
(CBX)
0-3 1 --- 12 Smith Hal R. flied out to center (BCCX)
0-3 2 --- 10 Power lined a single down the left field line (BX)
0-3 2 1-- 21 Blasingame popped out to second (CBBX)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Black Cats batting
0-3 0 --- 12 Malzone homered deep down the left-field line (SFBX)
1-3 0 --- 00 Baxes flied out to left (X)
1-3 1 --- 10 Ashburn grounded out to the mound (BX)
1-3 2 --- 11 Jones S popped out to third (CBX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Tigers batting
1-3 0 --- 12 Logan grounded out to short (BCSX)
1-3 1 --- 12 Bell Gary struck out (BSFS)
1-3 2 --- 02 Maye grounded out to first (CSX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Black Cats batting
1-3 0 --- 11 Runnels grounded out to second (BFX)
1-3 1 --- 00 Francona lined a single down the right field line (X)
1-3 1 1-- 00 Minoso singled to shallow center, Francona to second (X)
1-3 1 12- 00 Groat grounded out to second, Francona to third, Minoso
to second (>X)
1-3 2 -23 32 Crandall grounded out to short (BBBCSX)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Tigers batting
1-3 0 --- 32 Kuenn walked (CBBFBB)
1-3 0 1-- 00 Kaline flied out to right (X)
1-3 1 1-- 30 Lopez walked, Kuenn to second (1BBBB)
1-3 1 12- 20 Smith Hal R. grounded to second, forcing Lopez at second,
Kuenn to third, Smith Hal R. to first (BBX)
1-3 2 1-3 01 Power lined a double to left center, Kuenn scored, Smith
Hal R. to third (CX)
1-4 2 -23 20 Blasingame lined out to left (BBX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Black Cats batting
1-4 0 --- 01 Malzone grounded out to second (FX)
1-4 1 --- 02 Baxes struck out (SFC)
1-4 2 --- 21 Ashburn flied out to left (FBBX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Tigers batting
1-4 0 --- 00 Logan flied out to center (X)
1-4 1 --- 22 Bell Gary struck out (BBCCFS)
1-4 2 --- 12 Maye struck out (SBSS)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Black Cats batting
1-4 0 --- 10 Jones S flied out to center (BX)
1-4 1 --- 32 Runnels walked (BBBCFB)
1-4 1 1-- 10 Francona grounded to second, forcing Runnels at second,
Francona to first (BX)
1-4 2 1-- 12 Minoso struck out (CFFBS)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Tigers batting
1-4 0 --- 22 Kuenn flied out to center (BCBFX)
1-4 1 --- 11 Kaline grounded out to second (CBX)
1-4 2 --- 02 Lopez flied out to center (FCFX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Black Cats batting
1-4 0 --- 22 Groat flied out to right (BFBSX)
1-4 1 --- 11 Crandall lined a single to left center (BFX)
1-4 1 1-- 11 Malzone flied out to left (BCX)
1-4 2 1-- 00 Bell Gary threw a wild pitch, Crandall to second (B)
1-4 2 -2- 32 Baxes lined a single to shallow left, Crandall scored,
Baxes to second (B.BBCSX)
2-4 2 -2- 30 Ashburn was walked intentionally (IIII)
Adcock pinch hitting for Jones S
2-4 2 12- 21 Adcock grounded to third, forcing Ashburn at second (BCBX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Tigers batting
Stobbs now pitching
2-4 0 --- 02 Smith Hal R. popped out to second (CCX)
2-4 1 --- 32 Power lined a single up the middle (BBBCFX)
2-4 1 1-- 32 Blasingame walked, Power to second (1BFFBBB)
2-4 1 12- 31 Logan walked, Power to third, Blasingame to second
(2BBFBB)
2-4 1 123 12 Bell Gary grounded a single between third and short,
Power scored, Blasingame scored, Logan to second (CSBX)
Nieman pinch hitting for Maye
2-6 1 12- 01 Nieman flied out to right, Logan to third (CX)
2-6 2 1-3 12 Kuenn struck out (BCCC)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Black Cats batting
Nieman moved to left field
2-6 0 --- 22 Runnels lined a single down the left field line (BBFFX)
2-6 0 1-- 01 Francona grounded into a double play, Blasingame to Logan
to Power (CX)
2-6 2 --- 12 Minoso struck out (BCSS)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Tigers batting
2-6 0 --- 12 Kaline grounded out to the mound (CFBX)
2-6 1 --- 02 Lopez struck out, Crandall to Runnels (CCFFFS)
2-6 2 --- 00 Smith Hal R. grounded a double down the first base line
(X)
2-6 2 -2- 30 Power was walked intentionally (IIII)
Coleman R now pitching
Green P pinch hitting for Blasingame
2-6 2 12- 11 Green P lined a single to shallow left, Smith Hal R. out
at home, Power to second (BFX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Black Cats batting
Green P moved to second base
O'Connell now playing third base
2-6 0 --- 01 Groat homered deep to left (CX)
3-6 0 --- 10 Crandall lined a double to right center (BX)
3-6 0 -2- 11 Crandall scored, Malzone to second on an error by the
third baseman O'Connell (BFX)
4-6 0 -2- 10 Baxes flied out to right, Malzone to third (BX)
Bailey E pinch hitting for Ashburn
4-6 1 --3 32 Bailey E grounded out to first, Malzone scored (BBBCFX)
Klimchock pinch hitting for Coleman R
5-6 2 --- 12 Klimchock grounded out to first (BCSFFX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Tigers batting
Henry now pitching
Hardy now playing center field
5-6 0 --- 22 Logan grounded a single between third and short (BFBFX)
5-6 0 1-- 00 Bell Gary sacrifice bunted to the catcher, Logan to
second (Xb)
5-6 1 -2- 00 Nieman grounded out to third, Logan to third (X)
5-6 2 --3 30 Kuenn was walked intentionally (IIII)
5-6 2 1-3 30 Kaline was walked intentionally, Kuenn to second (IIII)
5-6 2 123 00 O'Connell flied out to center (X)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Black Cats batting
5-6 0 --- 21 Runnels flied out to right (BCBX)
5-6 1 --- 22 Francona homered deep down the left-field line (BCBSX)
6-6 1 --- 32 Minoso grounded out to short (BBBCFX)
6-6 2 --- 11 Groat grounded out to second (FBX)
************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Tigers batting
6-6 0 --- 00 Smith Hal R. grounded out to short (X)
6-6 1 --- 10 Power lined a single down the right field line (BX)
6-6 1 1-- 01 Green P bunted into an out to first, forcing Power at
second, Green P to first (11FbXb)
6-6 2 1-- 30 Logan walked, Green P to second (BBBB)
Covington pinch hitting for Bell Gary
6-6 2 12- 12 Covington grounded a single between third and short,
Green P scored, Logan to second (CSBX)
SPB60-1959 WORLD SERIES GAME 5
Game 5 Cleveland 64, clear, wind right to left at 11.
In a must win for Beard, they send Bob Friend (0-1) against Lary (1-0). The opportunity
for the Tigers to close out the series at home. Beard started the scoring in the 3rd, Runnels
doubled, Francona singled him to 3rd, Minoso doubled in Runnels, 1-0. Groat hit a SF to CF
scoring Francona, 2-0. Crandall grounded to 2B and Minoso was thrown out at the plate. In the
top of the 4th Hodges doubled, Friend strikesout, Runnels singles in Hodges, 3-0. In the top
of the 6th, with one-out Francona walks, goes to 2B on a ground out by Minoso and scores on a
single by Groat, 4-0. The Tigers though strike back in the bottom of the 8th, Friend has been
cruising. Maye singles, Kuenn flies to CF, Kaline pops up to SS, but Crowe singles, Lopez
singles in Maye, 4-1, Blasingame singles in Crowe, 4-2. Staley enters and Logan promptly
singles in Lopez, 4-3. Covington PH’s and walks to load the bases. Spangler PH’s and strikeouts
to end the threat and inning. Lown pitches a 1-2-3 9th and Staley gets Maye to fly to CF,
Kuenn to ground to 3B and Kaline to ground to 1B to preserve the must win, 4-3. Tigers 3,
Black Cats 2 and the teams get a much needed day off and travel back to Crosley Field.
10/6/1959, BBC59-MAS59, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1959 Black Cats 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 12 1 12 1
1959 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 9 0 9 0
Black Cats AB R H BI AVG Tigers AB R H BI AVG
Runnels 2b 5 1 3 1 .333 Maye lf 5 1 2 0 .385
Francona cf 4 2 2 0 .385 Kuenn cf 5 0 1 0 .240
Minoso rf 5 0 2 1 .308 Kaline rf 4 0 0 0 .217
Groat ss 4 0 1 2 .333 Crowe 1b 3 0 2 0 .571
Crandall c 3 0 0 0 .211 Fernandez pr 0 1 0 0 .000
Bailey E ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Power 1b 0 0 0 0 .429
Malzone 3b 5 0 1 0 .222 Lopez 3b 4 1 1 1 .250
Adcock lf 5 0 2 0 .188 Blasingame 2b 4 0 2 1 .211
Ashburn cf 0 0 0 0 .000 Logan ss 4 0 1 1 .318
Hodges 1b 2 1 1 0 .250 Smith Hal R. c 3 0 0 0 .167
Friend p 4 0 0 0 .167 Covington ph 0 0 0 0 .667
Staley p 0 0 0 0 .000 Lown p 0 0 0 0 .000
38 4 12 4 Lary p 2 0 0 0 .250
Green P ph 1 0 0 0 .125
Miller S p 0 0 0 0 .000
Spangler ph 1 0 0 0 .250
Ginsberg c 0 0 0 0 .000
36 3 9 3
Black Cats INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Friend W 1-1 7.2 8 3 3 2 4 100 69 3.45
Staley S 1 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 17 9 0.00
9.0 9 3 3 3 5 117 78
Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Lary L 1-1 7.0 11 4 4 4 5 134 81 3.95
Miller S 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 9 7 0.00
Lown 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 0.00
9.0 12 4 4 4 6 152 94
BBC: Bailey E batted for Crandall in the 9th
Francona moved to lf in the 9th
Bailey E moved to c in the 9th
Ashburn inserted at cf in the 9th
MAS: Green P batted for Lary in the 7th
Fernandez ran for Crowe in the 8th
Covington batted for Smith Hal R. in the 8th
Spangler batted for Miller S in the 8th
Power inserted at 1b in the 9th
Ginsberg inserted at c in the 9th
E-Francona. 2B-Runnels(1), Minoso(2), Hodges(1), Kuenn(2). RBI-Runnels(2),
Minoso(1), Groat 2(4), Lopez(6), Blasingame(2), Logan(2). SB-Francona(1).
K-Francona, Malzone, Friend 4, Kaline, Crowe, Lopez, Lary, Spangler.
BB-Francona, Crandall, Hodges 2, Kaline, Crowe, Covington. SF-Groat.
GWRBI: Minoso
Temperature: 64, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 11 MPH.
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10/6/1959, BBC59-MAS59, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1959 Black Cats 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 12 1 12 1
1959 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 9 0 9 0
Black Cats -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Runnels 2b 1>53 3>D S.2-H 6>53 8>Miller S
S
Francona cf S S.2-3 5 W k
Minoso rf 9 D.3-H;1-3 S.1-2 53.1-2 64/f.B-1
Groat ss SB2 note 1 63 S.2-H 43
53
Crandall c 2>63 42.3xH;B-1 5>W 31 9>Lown
Bailey E ph 7
Malzone 3b 43 S.1-2 8 7>k 43
Adcock lf S 13 2/fl S 8
Ashburn cf
Hodges 1b W.1-2 4>D W.1-2 3/g.1-2
Friend p k k k k
Staley p
1: 8/SF.3-H;2-3
Tigers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Maye lf 1>63 e8.B-2 S 8>S 9>8
Kuenn cf D 8 7 8 53
Kaline rf W 31 6>k 6 3/g
Crowe 1b k 4>W S S.1-2
Fernandez pr
Power 1b
Lopez 3b k 36/f.B-1 9 S.2-H;1-2
Blasingame 2b 2>S 9 7 S.2-H;1-2
Logan ss 143/gdp 9 7>5/L Staley
S.2-H;1-2
Smith Hal R. c 6 5>3 7
Covington ph W.2-3;1-2
Lown p
Lary p 3>k 53
Green P ph 3/g
Miller S p
Spangler ph k
Ginsberg c
Black Cats IN OUT ER Tigers IN OUT ER
Friend A1 D6 3 W 1-1 Lary A1 D9 4 L 1-1
Staley D7 E3 0 S 1 Miller S E1 E4 0
Lown E5 E7 0
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10/6/1959, BBC59-MAS59, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1959 Black Cats 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 12 1 12 1
1959 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 9 0 9 0
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Black Cats batting
0-0 0 --- 11 Runnels grounded out to third (BCX)
0-0 1 --- 01 Francona grounded a single up the middle (FX)
0-0 1 1-- 32 Minoso flied out to right (CFBBBX)
0-0 2 1-- 00 Francona stole second (>S)
0-0 2 -2- 01 Groat grounded out to third (>S.X)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Tigers batting
0-0 0 --- 22 Maye grounded out to short (CCBFFBX)
0-0 1 --- 00 Kuenn doubled deep to left center (X)
0-0 1 -2- 30 Kaline walked (BBBB)
0-0 1 12- 32 Crowe struck out (BFBBSS)
0-0 2 12- 22 Lopez struck out (BCBCS)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Black Cats batting
0-0 0 --- 20 Crandall grounded out to short (BBX)
0-0 1 --- 11 Malzone grounded out to second (SBX)
0-0 2 --- 10 Adcock lined a single to shallow left (BX)
0-0 2 1-- 32 Hodges walked, Adcock to second (CCBFBFB>B)
0-0 2 12- 12 Friend struck out (FSBC)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Tigers batting
0-0 0 --- 12 Blasingame lined a single down the right field line (FFBX)
0-0 0 1-- 00 Logan grounded into a double play, Friend to Runnels to
Hodges (1X)
0-0 2 --- 00 Smith Hal R. popped out to short (X)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Black Cats batting
0-0 0 --- 11 Runnels doubled deep to right center (BFX)
0-0 0 -2- 00 Francona reached on an infield single to the pitcher,
Runnels to third (X)
0-0 0 1-3 00 Minoso doubled to left center, Runnels scored, Francona
to third (X)
1-0 0 -23 01 Groat hit a sacrifice fly to center, Francona scored,
Minoso to third (CX)
2-0 1 --3 21 Crandall grounded to second, Minoso out at home, Crandall
to first (BBCX)
2-0 2 1-- 22 Malzone grounded a single between first and second,
Crandall to second (BFFBX)
2-0 2 12- 31 Adcock grounded out to the mound (BBBCX)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Tigers batting
2-0 0 --- 02 Lary struck out (CSFS)
2-0 1 --- 00 Maye to second on an error by the center fielder Francona
(X)
2-0 1 -2- 02 Kuenn flied out to center (FCX)
2-0 2 -2- 20 Kaline grounded out to first (BBX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Black Cats batting
2-0 0 --- 00 Hodges lined a double to left center (X)
2-0 0 -2- 02 Friend struck out (CCS)
2-0 1 -2- 00 Runnels lined a single to right center, Hodges scored (X)
3-0 1 1-- 22 Francona popped out to third (BBCCX)
3-0 2 1-- 11 Minoso grounded a single up the middle, Runnels to second
(CBX)
3-0 2 12- 31 Groat grounded out to short (BFBBX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Tigers batting
3-0 0 --- 32 Crowe walked (SBBFBB)
3-0 0 1-- 22 Lopez grounded to first, forcing Crowe at second, Lopez
to first (SBCFBFX)
3-0 1 1-- 20 Blasingame flied out to right (BBX)
3-0 2 1-- 10 Logan flied out to right (BX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Black Cats batting
3-0 0 --- 30 Crandall walked (BBBB)
3-0 0 1-- 22 Malzone lined out to center (CCBBFX)
3-0 1 1-- 00 Adcock popped out to the catcher (X)
3-0 2 1-- 32 Hodges walked, Crandall to second (BBSCB>F>B)
3-0 2 12- 02 Friend struck out (FFS)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Tigers batting
3-0 0 --- 12 Smith Hal R. popped out to first (CBCX)
3-0 1 --- 01 Lary grounded out to third (SX)
3-0 2 --- 20 Maye lined a single to left center (BBX)
3-0 2 1-- 01 Kuenn flied out to left (CX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Black Cats batting
3-0 0 --- 22 Runnels grounded out to third (BFBFX)
3-0 1 --- 32 Francona walked (BFFFBBFFFB)
3-0 1 1-- 00 Minoso grounded out to third, Francona to second (>X)
3-0 2 -2- 31 Groat lined a single to left center, Francona scored
(BBBCX)
4-0 2 1-- 32 Crandall grounded out to first (CCFBBB>X)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Tigers batting
4-0 0 --- 22 Kaline struck out (BFSBS)
4-0 1 --- 00 Crowe lined a single to shallow center (X)
4-0 1 1-- 01 Lopez flied out to right (CX)
4-0 2 1-- 11 Blasingame flied out to left (BFX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Black Cats batting
4-0 0 --- 12 Malzone struck out (BFFC)
4-0 1 --- 10 Adcock grounded a single up the middle (BX)
4-0 1 1-- 21 Hodges grounded out to first, Adcock to second (CBBX)
4-0 2 -2- 02 Friend struck out (CCS)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Tigers batting
4-0 0 --- 02 Logan lined out to third (FSX)
4-0 1 --- 00 Smith Hal R. flied out to left (X)
Green P pinch hitting for Lary
4-0 2 --- 12 Green P grounded out to first (FBFX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Black Cats batting
Miller S now pitching
4-0 0 --- 00 Runnels grounded a single up the middle (X)
4-0 0 1-- 12 Francona struck out (FFBS)
4-0 1 1-- 11 Minoso grounded to short, forcing Runnels at second,
Minoso to first (BCX)
4-0 2 1-- 00 Groat grounded out to second (X)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Tigers batting
4-0 0 --- 00 Maye lined a single to shallow left (X)
4-0 0 1-- 00 Kuenn flied out to center (1X)
4-0 1 1-- 00 Kaline popped out to short (X)
4-0 2 1-- 02 Crowe grounded a single between first and second, Maye to
second (CFFFX)
4-0 2 12- 11 Lopez grounded a single between third and short, Maye
scored, Crowe to second (CBX)
Fernandez pinch running for Crowe
4-1 2 12- 00 Blasingame grounded a single up the middle, Fernandez
scored, Lopez to second (X)
Staley now pitching
4-2 2 12- 11 Logan lined a single to shallow center, Lopez scored,
Blasingame to second (BCX)
Covington pinch hitting for Smith Hal R.
4-3 2 12- 30 Covington walked, Blasingame to third, Logan to second
(BBBB)
Spangler pinch hitting for Miller S
4-3 2 123 12 Spangler struck out (CBFS)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Black Cats batting
Power now playing first base
Lown now pitching
Ginsberg now playing catcher
Bailey E pinch hitting for Crandall
4-3 0 --- 31 Bailey E flied out to left (BFBBX)
4-3 1 --- 00 Malzone grounded out to second (X)
4-3 2 --- 02 Adcock flied out to center (CCX)
************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Tigers batting
Francona moved to left field
Bailey E moved to catcher
Ashburn now playing center field
4-3 0 --- 11 Maye flied out to center (CBX)
4-3 1 --- 00 Kuenn grounded out to third (X)
4-3 2 --- 10 Kaline grounded out to first (BX)
SPB60-1959 WORLD SERIES GAME 6
Game 6 Crosley Field 73, partly cloudy, wind left to right at 15.
The Tigers get home but now must start another starter, Dick Donovan (1-0) who had won
the 20 inning Game 3 against the Tigers Bob Buhl (1-0).
The Tigers strike swiftly, Blasingame grounds out, Kuenn walks, Kaline singles, Covington
flies to RF and Kuenn goes to 3B. Lopez doubles in Kuenn, Kaline to 3B, 1-0. Smith singles
in both Kaline and Lopez, 3-0, Power walks, but Logan strikes out. The Black Cats score in
the bottom of the 3rd as Crandall homers with one out, Donovan walks but Runnels hits into
a double play, 3-1.
Nothing develops till the bottom of the 7th Buhl continues on the mound, but Malzone starts
off with a walk, Adcock walks and Ashburn runs for him, Hodges flies to CF, but Crandall
connects again for a 3-run HR, 4-3, Klimchock PH’s and ends the inning. So the Black Cats
bring in Roger Craig to start the 8th, but Hector Lopez greets his first pitch driving it
deep to left for a HR, 4-4. Smith lines out, Power and Logan ground out. In the 9th Miller
enters for the Tigers, Ashburn reaches on an 2-base error on the LF Nieman, Hodges grounds
to 2B moving Ashburn to 3B, but PH’er Baxes grounds back to Miller who starts a DP to end
the threat and again, we go to extra innings! Face starts the top of the 10th for Beard,
but after a lineout by Maye and a strikeout of Lopez, Smith singles, Fernandez runs for
him and Power walks. Staley enters and gets Logan to fly out to CF. Miller starts the
bottom of the 10th for Massillon but Runnels leads off with a single, Francona sacrifices
him to 2nd, Larry Sherry enters and Groat provides the walk-off single, 5-4. The Black
Cats have battled back to tie it at 3 games a piece!
10/8/1959, MAS59-BBC59, Crosley Field
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP
1959 Tigers 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 10 1 10 2
1959 Black Cats 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 8 1 7 0
Tigers AB R H BI AVG Black Cats AB R H BI AVG
Blasingame 2b 5 0 2 0 .250 Runnels 2b 5 1 2 0 .344
Kuenn cf 4 1 1 0 .241 Francona cf 4 0 1 0 .367
Kaline rf 5 1 1 0 .214 Minoso rf 5 0 2 0 .323
Covington lf 3 0 1 0 .556 Groat ss 4 0 1 1 .321
Spangler ph 0 0 0 0 .250 Malzone 3b 3 1 0 0 .190
Nieman ph 1 0 0 0 .111 Adcock lf 2 0 0 0 .167
Maye ph 1 0 0 0 .357 Ashburn pr 1 1 0 0 .000
Lopez 3b 5 2 2 2 .286 Hodges 1b 4 0 0 0 .167
Smith Hal R. c 5 0 2 2 .217 Crandall c 3 2 2 4 .273
Fernandez pr 0 0 0 0 .000 Donovan p 1 0 0 0 .000
Ginsberg c 0 0 0 0 .000 Hobbie p 0 0 0 0 .000
Power 1b 3 0 1 0 .412 Henry p 0 0 0 0 .000
Sherry L p 0 0 0 0 .000 Klimchock ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Logan ss 5 0 0 0 .259 Craig p 0 0 0 0 .000
Buhl p 3 0 0 0 .000 Baxes ph 1 0 0 0 .222
Green P ph 1 0 0 0 .111 Face p 0 0 0 0 .000
Miller S p 0 0 0 0 .000 Staley p 0 0 0 0 .000
Crowe 1b 0 0 0 0 .571 34 5 8 5
41 4 10 4
Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Buhl 8.0 5 4 4 4 1 125 72 2.87
Miller S L 0-1 1.1 2 1 1 1 0 20 12 1.42
Sherry L 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 4.50
9.1 8 5 5 5 1 149 86
Black Cats INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Donovan 5.1 6 3 3 2 2 90 54 4.05
Hobbie 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 18 11 1.80
Henry 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 2.25
Craig BS 1 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 24 17 0.82
Face 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 20 13 0.00
Staley W 1-0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0.00
10.0 10 4 4 3 5 161 101
MAS: Spangler batted for Covington in the 7th
Nieman batted for Spangler in the 7th
Nieman moved to lf in the 7th
Green P batted for Buhl in the 9th
Maye batted for Nieman in the 10th
Fernandez ran for Smith Hal R. in the 10th
Maye moved to lf in the 10th
Ginsberg inserted at c in the 10th
Crowe inserted at 1b in the 10th
BBC: Ashburn ran for Adcock in the 7th
Klimchock batted for Henry in the 7th
Francona moved to lf in the 8th
Ashburn moved to cf in the 8th
Baxes batted for Craig in the 9th
E-Nieman, Hodges. 2B-Lopez(1). HR-Lopez(2), Crandall 2(2). RBI-Lopez 2(8),
Smith Hal R. 2(4), Groat(5), Crandall 4(4). K-Lopez 2, Logan 2, Buhl,
Francona. BB-Kuenn, Power 2, Groat, Malzone, Adcock, Crandall, Donovan.
SH-Francona.
GWRBI: Groat
Temperature: 73, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: left to right at 15 MPH.
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10/8/1959, MAS59-BBC59, Crosley Field
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP
1959 Tigers 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 10 1 10 2
1959 Black Cats 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 8 1 7 0
Tigers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Blasingame 2b 1>31 13 S.1-3 7>43 S
Kuenn cf W 6 64/f S 64/f.B-1
Kaline rf S.1-2 3>3/g 5>53 7 54/f
Covington lf 9.2-3 S 63
Spangler ph Henry
Nieman ph 43 0>Face
Maye ph 4/L
Lopez 3b D.3-H;1-3 k 63 8>Craig k
HR
Smith Hal R. c S.3-H;2-H 6 6>7 5/L S
Fernandez pr
Ginsberg c
Power 1b W.1-2 4>13 S 63 W.1-2
Sherry L p
Logan ss k 43 Hobbie 63 Staley
k 8
Buhl p 2>8 e3.B-1 k
Green P ph 9>31
Miller S p
Crowe 1b
Black Cats -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Runnels 2b 1>63 463/gdp 6>S 13 0>S
Francona cf 13 4>S k 8>9 53/SH.1-2
Minoso rf 8 S.1-2 14/f.B-1 13 S.2-3
Groat ss 2>31 4 4 W Sherry L
S.3-H;1-2
Malzone 3b 5/fl note 1 7>W 3/g
Adcock lf 43 163 W.1-2
Ashburn pr 9>Miller S
e7.B-2
Hodges 1b 3>8 5>13 8 43.2-3
Crandall c HR 9 HR.2-H;1-H IW
Donovan p W 43
Hobbie p
Henry p
Klimchock ph 13
Craig p
Baxes ph 143/gdp
Face p
Staley p
1: 46/f.2-3;B-1
Tigers IN OUT ER Black Cats IN OUT ER
Buhl A1 D5 4 Donovan A1 C7 3
Miller S D6 E3 1 L 0-1 Hobbie C8 D3 0
Sherry L E4 E4 0 Henry D4 D4 0
Craig D5 E3 1 BS 1
Face E4 E7 0
Staley E8 E8 0 W 1-0
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10/8/1959, MAS59-BBC59, Crosley Field
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP
1959 Tigers 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 10 1 10 2
1959 Black Cats 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 8 1 7 0
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Tigers batting
0-0 0 --- 32 Blasingame grounded out to first (FFBBBX)
0-0 1 --- 32 Kuenn walked (FBFBBB)
0-0 1 1-- 01 Kaline grounded a single up the middle, Kuenn to second
(1FX)
0-0 1 12- 00 Covington flied out to right, Kuenn to third (X)
0-0 2 1-3 00 Lopez doubled down the right field line and shallow,
Kuenn scored, Kaline to third (X)
1-0 2 -23 10 Smith Hal R. grounded a single up the middle, Kaline
scored, Lopez scored (BX)
3-0 2 1-- 32 Power walked, Smith Hal R. to second (BFBBF>B)
3-0 2 12- 22 Logan struck out (CFBBFC)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Black Cats batting
3-0 0 --- 10 Runnels grounded out to short (BX)
3-0 1 --- 02 Francona grounded out to the mound (FFFX)
3-0 2 --- 22 Minoso lined out to center (FCBBFFX)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Tigers batting
3-0 0 --- 32 Buhl flied out to center (SBBBFX)
3-0 1 --- 20 Blasingame grounded out to the mound (BBX)
3-0 2 --- 00 Kuenn popped out to short (X)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Black Cats batting
3-0 0 --- 21 Groat grounded out to first (FBBX)
3-0 1 --- 01 Malzone popped out to third (FX)
3-0 2 --- 00 Adcock grounded out to second (X)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Tigers batting
3-0 0 --- 32 Kaline grounded out to first (SFBBBFX)
3-0 1 --- 00 Covington lined a single between third and short (X)
3-0 1 1-- 32 Lopez struck out (CFBFFBBC)
3-0 2 1-- 12 Smith Hal R. popped out to short (FFBX)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Black Cats batting
3-0 0 --- 20 Hodges flied out to center (BBX)
3-0 1 --- 11 Crandall homered deep down the left-field line (CBX)
3-1 1 --- 31 Donovan walked (BBBCB)
3-1 1 1-- 32 Runnels grounded into a double play, Blasingame to Logan
to Power (CBBBSFX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Tigers batting
3-1 0 --- 00 Power grounded out to the mound (X)
3-1 1 --- 21 Logan grounded out to second (BBFX)
3-1 2 --- 12 Buhl to first on an error by the first baseman Hodges
(CBCX)
3-1 2 1-- 32 Blasingame lined a single to left center, Buhl to third
(CBBCB>X)
3-1 2 1-3 11 Kuenn grounded to short, forcing Blasingame at second
(CBX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Black Cats batting
3-1 0 --- 21 Francona lined a single to right center (BBCX)
3-1 0 1-- 12 Minoso grounded a single up the middle, Francona to
second (FBCX)
3-1 0 12- 32 Groat popped out to second (FFFBBBX)
3-1 1 12- 22 Malzone grounded to second, forcing Minoso at second,
Francona to third, Malzone to first (FBBFX)
3-1 2 1-3 11 Adcock grounded out to the mound (BFX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Tigers batting
3-1 0 --- 10 Kaline grounded out to third (BX)
3-1 1 --- 02 Covington grounded out to short (CFX)
3-1 2 --- 21 Lopez grounded out to short (CBBX)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Black Cats batting
3-1 0 --- 22 Hodges grounded out to the mound (BCBCX)
3-1 1 --- 22 Crandall flied out to right (CCFBBFX)
3-1 2 --- 21 Donovan grounded out to second (FBBX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Tigers batting
3-1 0 --- 00 Smith Hal R. flied out to left (X)
3-1 1 --- 01 Power grounded a single between first and second (CX)
Hobbie now pitching
3-1 1 1-- 12 Logan struck out (CBFFS)
3-1 2 1-- 12 Buhl struck out (BSFS)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Black Cats batting
3-1 0 --- 00 Runnels reached on an infield single to first (X)
3-1 0 1-- 12 Francona struck out (BCCS)
3-1 1 1-- 00 Minoso grounded to the mound, forcing Runnels at second,
Minoso to first (X)
3-1 2 1-- 22 Groat popped out to second (BCFFBX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Tigers batting
3-1 0 --- 10 Blasingame grounded out to second (BX)
3-1 1 --- 31 Kuenn lined a single down the right field line (BBBCX)
3-1 1 1-- 10 Kaline flied out to left (BX)
Spangler pinch hitting for Covington
Henry now pitching
Nieman pinch hitting for Spangler
3-1 2 1-- 12 Nieman grounded out to second (SBSX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Black Cats batting
Nieman moved to left field
3-1 0 --- 32 Malzone walked (BFCBBB)
3-1 0 1-- 31 Adcock walked, Malzone to second (BBBpCB)
Ashburn pinch running for Adcock
3-1 0 12- 32 Hodges flied out to center (BBBCFX)
3-1 1 12- 10 Crandall homered deep to left, Malzone scored, Ashburn
scored (BX)
Klimchock pinch hitting for Henry
3-4 1 --- 00 Klimchock grounded out to the mound (X)
3-4 2 --- 20 Runnels grounded out to the mound (BBX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Tigers batting
Francona moved to left field
Ashburn moved to center field
Craig now pitching
3-4 0 --- 12 Lopez homered deep to left (SBSX)
4-4 0 --- 00 Smith Hal R. lined out to third (X)
4-4 1 --- 10 Power grounded out to short (BX)
4-4 2 --- 00 Logan grounded out to short (X)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Black Cats batting
4-4 0 --- 01 Francona flied out to right (FX)
4-4 1 --- 21 Minoso grounded out to the mound (BCBX)
4-4 2 --- 32 Groat walked (CBFBBB)
4-4 2 1-- 00 Malzone grounded out to first (X)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Tigers batting
Green P pinch hitting for Buhl
4-4 0 --- 12 Green P grounded out to first (SFBFX)
4-4 1 --- 12 Blasingame grounded a single up the middle (BFCX)
4-4 1 1-- 01 Kuenn grounded to short, forcing Blasingame at second,
Kuenn to first (1CX)
4-4 2 1-- 31 Kaline grounded to third, forcing Kuenn at second (CBBBX)
************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Black Cats batting
Miller S now pitching
4-4 0 --- 02 Ashburn to second on an error by the left fielder Nieman
(FbSbFX)
4-4 0 -2- 32 Hodges grounded out to second, Ashburn to third (BCBBFX)
4-4 1 --3 30 Crandall was walked intentionally (IIII)
Baxes pinch hitting for Craig
4-4 1 1-3 00 Baxes grounded into a double play, Miller S to Blasingame
to Power (X)
************** Top of the 10th inning, Tigers batting
Face now pitching
Maye pinch hitting for Nieman
4-4 0 --- 11 Maye lined out to second (BCX)
4-4 1 --- 12 Lopez struck out (CFFFFBS)
4-4 2 --- 12 Smith Hal R. lined a single to right (CBFX)
4-4 2 1-- 32 Power walked, Smith Hal R. to second (FBFBB>B)
Staley now pitching
Fernandez pinch running for Smith Hal R.
4-4 2 12- 22 Logan flied out to center (CSBBX)
************** Bottom of the 10th inning, Black Cats batting
Maye moved to left field
Ginsberg now playing catcher
4-4 0 --- 00 Runnels grounded a single up the middle (X)
4-4 0 1-- 00 Francona sacrifice bunted to third, Runnels to second (Xb)
4-4 1 -2- 11 Minoso lined a single to shallow center, Runnels to third
(BCX)
Sherry L now pitching
Crowe now playing first base
4-4 1 1-3 21 Groat lined a single between third and short, Runnels
scored, Minoso to second (BCBX)
SPB60-1959 WORLD SERIES GAME 7
Game 7 Crosley Field 81, clear, wind in from center at 11.
So the pivotal game 7 has Vern Law (1-0) up again and Beard sending out Sam Jones (0-1).
This time, Tito Francona, cannot start for the Black Cats having started the previous 6 games,
leading the team in hitting, but definitely under the weather for Game 7.
Runnels leads off the bottom on the 1st with a double, Groat grounds to 1B and Runnels goes
to 3B. Minoso grounds to SS Logan who boots it allowing Runnels to score, but Crandall hits
into an inning ending DP, 1-0.
Jones is cruising for the first time in the series. In the bottom of the 3rd, Ashburn leads
off with a walk, Jones sacrifices him to 2B, Runnels walks and Groat singles in Ashburn, Minoso
though hits into a DP to end the threat, 2-0. In the top of the 6th Law hits a one-out double
and Blasingame grounds to SS but Kuenn hits a triple scoring Law, Kaline grounds out, 2-1. In
the top of the 7th, Covington has a lead off single against Jones, Face enters, Lopez pops up
to 1B, Smith singles Covington to 3B, Crow PH’s and scores Covington with a groundout to SS,
Logan is intentionally walked and Spangler is sent up as a PH’er, Henry enters for Beard and
Massillon counters with Nieman, but he lines out to 3B to end the inning, tied 2-2. With the
game tied, the Tigers closer Lown enters but Francona comes out of the dugout to PH for Adcock
and promptly homers, 3-2, Ashburn, Klimchock PH’ing and Runnels all fly out to end the 7th.
Hobbie enters to pitch the 8th for Beard, Blasingame and Kuenn fly out to RF, Kaline doubles
but Covington grounds out. Lown continues in the bottom of the 8th retiring Groat and Minoso
on grounders before Crandall doubles but Baxes pops up to the catcher.
Jerry Staley enters to pitch the 9th, Lopez singles, Maye PH’s and flies to CF, Crowe flies to
LF and Logan pops out to 2B, the Black Cats come all the way back winning the last three one-run
games to win the 1959 World Series.
MVP was Tito Francona who was 12 for 31, .387, 3 HR’s.
Hector Lopez was 7 for 25, .280, but had a 2B, 2-HR’s and 8 RBI.
Al Kaline, was just 7 for 32, .219, 1 2B and NO RBI’s which was highlighted by Manager Ungashick!
Power seemed to be the difference with the Black Cats hitting 9 and the Tigers 3.
Gerry Staley appeared in 5 games, 1-0-2, 6.1 innings, 7 hits,
1 unearned run, 4 K’s and 1 BB.
10/9/1959, MAS59-BBC59, Crosley Field
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1959 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 7 1 6 2
1959 Black Cats 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 x 3 7 0 5 0
Tigers AB R H BI AVG Black Cats AB R H BI AVG
Blasingame 2b 4 0 0 0 .214 Runnels 1b 3 1 1 0 .343
Kuenn cf 4 0 2 1 .273 Groat ss 4 0 1 1 .313
Kaline rf 4 0 1 0 .219 Minoso rf 4 0 0 1 .286
Covington lf 4 1 1 0 .462 Crandall c 4 0 2 0 .308
Lopez 3b 4 0 1 0 .280 Baxes 2b 4 0 2 0 .308
Smith Hal R. c 3 0 1 0 .231 Malzone 3b 3 0 0 0 .167
Green P pr 0 0 0 0 .111 Adcock lf 2 0 0 0 .150
Lown p 0 0 0 0 .000 Francona ph 1 1 1 1 .387
Maye ph 1 0 0 0 .333 Ashburn cf 2 1 0 0 .000
Power 1b 2 0 0 0 .368 Jones S p 1 0 0 0 .000
Crowe ph 2 0 0 1 .444 Face p 0 0 0 0 .000
Logan ss 3 0 0 0 .233 Henry p 0 0 0 0 .000
Law p 2 1 1 0 .250 Klimchock ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Spangler ph 0 0 0 0 .250 Hobbie p 0 0 0 0 .000
Nieman ph 1 0 0 0 .100 Staley p 0 0 0 0 .000
Ginsberg c 0 0 0 0 .000 29 3 7 3
34 2 7 2
Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Law 6.0 5 2 1 2 2 82 55 0.60
Lown L 0-1 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 26 18 1.17
8.0 7 3 2 2 2 108 73
Black Cats INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Jones S 6.0 4 2 2 0 6 84 55 7.20
Face BS 2 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 12 7 0.00
Henry W 1-1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2.08
Hobbie H 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 13 9 1.50
Staley S 2 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 9 7 0.00
9.0 7 2 2 1 6 121 80
MAS: Crowe batted for Power in the 7th
Spangler batted for Law in the 7th
Green P ran for Smith Hal R. in the 7th
Nieman batted for Spangler in the 7th
Crowe moved to 1b in the 7th
Ginsberg inserted at c in the 7th
Maye batted for Lown in the 9th
BBC: Francona batted for Adcock in the 7th
Klimchock batted for Henry in the 7th
Francona moved to lf in the 8th
E-Logan. 2B-Kuenn(3), Kaline(1), Law(1), Runnels(2), Crandall(3).
3B-Kuenn(1). HR-Francona(3). RBI-Kuenn(1), Crowe(1), Groat(6), Minoso(2),
Francona(3). K-Blasingame, Kaline, Lopez 2, Logan, Law, Malzone, Adcock.
BB-Logan, Runnels, Ashburn. SH-Jones S.
GWRBI: Francona
Temperature: 81, Sky: clear, Wind: in from center at 11 MPH.
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10/9/1959, MAS59-BBC59, Crosley Field
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1959 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 7 1 6 2
1959 Black Cats 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 x 3 7 0 5 0
Tigers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Blasingame 2b 1>53 k 63 8>Hobbie
9
Kuenn cf D 4>43 T.2-H 9
Kaline rf 9 k 63 D
Covington lf 7 4/L 7>S 43
Lopez 3b 2>k 5>k Face 9>Staley
3 S
Smith Hal R. c 8 8 S.1-3
Green P pr
Lown p
Maye ph 8
Power 1b 63 9
Crowe ph 63.3-H;1-2 7
Logan ss 3>k 6>9 IW 4
Law p k D
Spangler ph Henry
Nieman ph 5/L
Ginsberg c
Black Cats -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Runnels 1b 1>D W 9 7
Groat ss 3/g.2-3 S.2-H;1-2 6>8 8>43
Minoso rf e6.3-H;B-1 463/gdp 53 63
Crandall c 63/gdp 4>9 S D
Baxes 2b 2>63 S S.1-2 2/fl
Malzone 3b k 6 63
Adcock lf 53 k 7>Lown
Francona ph HR
Ashburn cf 3>W 5>4 9
Jones S p 14/SH.1-2 9
Face p
Henry p
Klimchock ph 7
Hobbie p
Staley p
Tigers IN OUT ER Black Cats IN OUT ER
Law A1 C6 1 Jones S A1 C4 2
Lown C7 D5 1 L 0-1 Face C5 C8 0 BS 2
Henry C9 C9 0 W 1-1
Hobbie D1 D4 0 H 1
Staley D5 D8 0 S 2
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10/9/1959, MAS59-BBC59, Crosley Field
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1959 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 7 1 6 2
1959 Black Cats 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 x 3 7 0 5 0
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Tigers batting
0-0 0 --- 22 Blasingame grounded out to third (FBBFX)
0-0 1 --- 10 Kuenn doubled deep to left center (BX)
0-0 1 -2- 10 Kaline flied out to right (BX)
0-0 2 -2- 32 Covington flied out to left (FFBBBX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Black Cats batting
0-0 0 --- 00 Runnels lined a double to left center (X)
0-0 0 -2- 12 Groat grounded out to first, Runnels to third (CBFFFX)
0-0 1 --3 00 Runnels scored, Minoso to first on an error by the
shortstop Logan (X)
0-1 1 1-- 10 Crandall grounded into a double play, Logan to Power (BX)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Tigers batting
0-1 0 --- 22 Lopez struck out (FBCBFS)
0-1 1 --- 22 Smith Hal R. flied out to center (CFBFBX)
0-1 2 --- 10 Power grounded out to short (BX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Black Cats batting
0-1 0 --- 21 Baxes grounded out to short (CBBX)
0-1 1 --- 22 Malzone struck out (BFFBS)
0-1 2 --- 01 Adcock grounded out to third (CX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Tigers batting
0-1 0 --- 12 Logan struck out (CCBFS)
0-1 1 --- 22 Law struck out (BBSFS)
0-1 2 --- 22 Blasingame struck out (CBFBS)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Black Cats batting
0-1 0 --- 32 Ashburn walked (BBFFFFBFFB)
0-1 0 1-- 02 Jones S sacrifice bunted to the mound, Ashburn to second
(FbFbXb)
0-1 1 -2- 31 Runnels walked (BSBBB)
0-1 1 12- 31 Groat grounded a single between first and second, Ashburn
scored, Runnels to second (BBBCX)
0-2 1 12- 00 Minoso grounded into a double play, Blasingame to Logan
to Power (X)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Tigers batting
0-2 0 --- 01 Kuenn grounded out to second (FX)
0-2 1 --- 32 Kaline struck out (BFBBSS)
0-2 2 --- 01 Covington lined out to second (SX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Black Cats batting
0-2 0 --- 00 Crandall flied out to right (X)
0-2 1 --- 21 Baxes lined a single to left center (BBCX)
0-2 1 1-- 00 Malzone popped out to short (X)
0-2 2 1-- 22 Adcock struck out (BBFSC)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Tigers batting
0-2 0 --- 22 Lopez struck out (CBBCFFFFFS)
0-2 1 --- 01 Smith Hal R. flied out to center (FX)
0-2 2 --- 21 Power popped out to right (CBBX)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Black Cats batting
0-2 0 --- 20 Ashburn popped out to second (BBX)
0-2 1 --- 00 Jones S flied out to right (X)
0-2 2 --- 22 Runnels flied out to right (BBCFX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Tigers batting
0-2 0 --- 32 Logan flied out to right (BBCBCX)
0-2 1 --- 00 Law lined a double to left center (X)
0-2 1 -2- 10 Blasingame grounded out to short (BX)
0-2 2 -2- 11 Kuenn lined a triple to left center, Law scored (CBX)
1-2 2 --3 00 Kaline grounded out to short (X)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Black Cats batting
1-2 0 --- 00 Groat flied out to center (X)
1-2 1 --- 01 Minoso grounded out to third (FX)
1-2 2 --- 02 Crandall lined a single to shallow center (FFX)
1-2 2 1-- 12 Baxes lined a single to left, Crandall to second (CBSFX)
1-2 2 12- 12 Malzone grounded out to short (CCFBFX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Tigers batting
1-2 0 --- 00 Covington grounded a single between first and second (X)
Face now pitching
1-2 0 1-- 02 Lopez popped out to first (FFX)
1-2 1 1-- 11 Smith Hal R. lined a single to right center, Covington to
third (CBX)
Crowe pinch hitting for Power
1-2 1 1-3 01 Crowe grounded out to short, Covington scored, Smith Hal
R. to second (FX)
2-2 2 -2- 30 Logan was walked intentionally (IIII)
Spangler pinch hitting for Law
Henry now pitching
Green P pinch running for Smith Hal R.
Nieman pinch hitting for Spangler
2-2 2 12- 11 Nieman lined out to third (FBX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Black Cats batting
Lown now pitching
Crowe moved to first base
Ginsberg now playing catcher
Francona pinch hitting for Adcock
2-2 0 --- 00 Francona homered deep to left (X)
2-3 0 --- 12 Ashburn flied out to right (CBFX)
Klimchock pinch hitting for Henry
2-3 1 --- 01 Klimchock flied out to left (FX)
2-3 2 --- 32 Runnels lined out to left (BFSFBBFFX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Tigers batting
Francona moved to left field
Hobbie now pitching
2-3 0 --- 22 Blasingame flied out to right (CBBFFX)
2-3 1 --- 02 Kuenn flied out to right (FFX)
2-3 2 --- 10 Kaline grounded a double down the third base line (BX)
2-3 2 -2- 10 Covington grounded out to second (BX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Black Cats batting
2-3 0 --- 00 Groat grounded out to second (X)
2-3 1 --- 20 Minoso grounded out to short (BBX)
2-3 2 --- 10 Crandall lined a double down the left field line (BX)
2-3 2 -2- 12 Baxes popped out to the catcher (BSFX)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Tigers batting
Staley now pitching
2-3 0 --- 02 Lopez lined a single to shallow left (SSX)
Maye pinch hitting for Lown
2-3 0 1-- 01 Maye flied out to center (CX)
2-3 1 1-- 10 Crowe lined out to left (BX)
2-3 2 1-- 10 Logan popped out to second (BX)
SPB60-1959 WORLD SERIES Statistics
DMB team batting -- 1959 Massillon Tigers
Organization championship -- as of 10/9/1959
S Name P AVG OBP SPC G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI BB K HBP IW SB CS
Covington* lf .462 .533 .462 7 13 6 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
Crowe* 1b .444 .500 .444 5 9 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
O'Connell 3b .400 .500 .400 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Power 1b .368 .500 .421 7 19 7 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 1 0 0
Maye* lf .333 .333 .600 6 15 5 1 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Lopez 3b .280 .296 .560 7 25 7 1 0 2 5 8 1 8 0 0 0 0
Kuenn rf .273 .351 .424 7 33 9 3 1 0 5 1 4 1 0 1 0 0
Spangler* cf .250 .250 .250 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Logan ss .233 .324 .233 7 30 7 0 0 0 1 2 4 3 0 2 0 0
Smith Hal R. c .231 .250 .269 7 26 6 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kaline cf .219 .306 .250 7 32 7 1 0 0 5 0 4 3 0 2 0 0
Blasingame* 2b .214 .241 .214 7 28 6 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
Green P# 2b .111 .111 .111 6 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Nieman lf .100 .100 .200 5 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Fernandez ss .000 .000 .000 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ginsberg* c .000 .000 .000 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pitchers .150 .150 .200 7 20 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 7 0 0 0 0
Total .255 .312 .330 7 282 72 10 1 3 28 27 24 31 0 6 0 1
S Name P GS PA SH SF GDP GW CI OPS RC RC27 ISO TAVG SEC EBH TB CH LH
Covington* lf 4 15 0 0 0 2 0 .995 3.5 13.4 .000 1.143 .154 0 6 0 0
Crowe* 1b 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 .944 2.1 11.5 .000 1.000 .111 0 4 0 0
O'Connell 3b 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .900 1.1 10.2 .000 1.000 .200 0 2 0 0
Power 1b 5 25 1 0 0 0 0 .921 4.6 9.5 .053 1.083 .316 1 8 0 0
Maye* lf 3 15 0 0 0 1 0 .933 3.0 8.1 .267 .900 .267 2 9 0 0
Lopez 3b 7 28 1 1 0 0 0 .856 4.4 5.9 .280 .833 .320 3 14 0 0
Kuenn rf 7 37 0 0 2 0 0 .776 4.4 4.6 .152 .692 .273 4 14 0 0
Spangler* cf 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 .250 .000 0 1 0 0
Logan ss 7 34 0 0 3 0 0 .557 1.8 1.8 .000 .423 .133 0 7 0 0
Smith Hal R. c 6 29 1 1 1 0 0 .519 1.7 2.0 .038 .381 .077 1 7 0 0
Kaline cf 7 36 0 0 1 0 0 .556 2.4 2.5 .031 .462 .156 1 8 0 0
Blasingame* 2b 7 29 0 0 0 0 0 .456 1.5 1.9 .000 .318 .036 0 6 0 0
Green P# 2b 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 .222 0.0 0.0 .000 .111 -0.11 0 1 0 0
Nieman lf 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 .300 0.2 0.6 .100 .222 .100 1 2 0 0
Fernandez ss 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Ginsberg* c 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Pitchers 7 23 3 0 0 0 0 .350 0.7 1.0 .050 .235 .050 1 4
Total 7 314 6 2 8 3 0 .641 28.2 3.4 .074 .534 .156 14 93
S Name P PA/G AB/G BIP IPAVG TBW TBW/PA TBWH TBWH/PA K/BB
Covington* lf 2.14 1.86 13 .462 8 .533 8 .533 0.0
Crowe* 1b 2.00 1.80 8 .500 5 .500 5 .500 1.0
O'Connell 3b 1.50 1.25 5 .400 3 .500 3 .500 0.0
Power 1b 3.57 2.71 20 .350 13 .520 13 .520 0.0
Maye* lf 2.50 2.50 12 .333 9 .600 9 .600 99.0
Lopez 3b 4.00 3.57 17 .294 15 .536 15 .536 8.0
Kuenn rf 5.29 4.71 32 .281 18 .486 18 .486 0.3
Spangler* cf 0.67 0.67 2 .500 1 .250 1 .250 99.0
Logan ss 4.86 4.29 27 .259 11 .324 11 .324 0.8
Smith Hal R. c 4.14 3.71 28 .214 8 .276 8 .276 0.0
Kaline cf 5.14 4.57 29 .241 12 .333 12 .333 0.8
Blasingame* 2b 4.14 4.00 27 .222 7 .241 7 .241 1.0
Green P# 2b 1.50 1.50 7 .143 1 .111 1 .111 99.0
Nieman lf 2.00 2.00 9 .111 2 .200 2 .200 99.0
Fernandez ss 0.33 0.33 1 .000 0 .000 0 .000 0.0
Ginsberg* c 0.50 0.50 3 .000 0 .000 0 .000 0.0
Pitchers 3.29 2.86 16 .188 4 .174 4 .174 99.0
Total 44.8 40.2 256 .270 117 .373 117 .373 1.3
DMB team batting -- 1959 Massillon Tigers
Organization championship -- as of 10/9/1959
-----------------------Versus Left-handed Pitchers----------------------
S Name P AVG OBP SPC OPS AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K GDP
Covington* lf 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Crowe* 1b .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
O'Connell 3b .000 .000 .000 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Power 1b .500 .600 .500 1.100 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Maye* lf .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lopez 3b .000 .000 .000 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Kuenn rf .000 .500 .000 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Spangler* cf .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Logan ss .667 .800 .667 1.467 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Smith Hal R. c .400 .400 .600 1.000 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kaline cf .000 .250 .000 .250 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Blasingame* 2b .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Green P# 2b .333 .333 .333 .667 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nieman lf .000 .000 .000 .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fernandez ss .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ginsberg* c .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pitchers .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
Total .281 .395 .313 .707 32 9 1 0 0 3 6 4 0
----------------------Versus Right-handed Pitchers----------------------
S Name P AVG OBP SPC OPS AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K GDP
Covington* lf .417 .500 .417 .917 12 5 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
Crowe* 1b .444 .500 .444 .944 9 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
O'Connell 3b .667 .750 .667 1.417 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Power 1b .333 .474 .400 .874 15 5 1 0 0 1 4 0 0
Maye* lf .333 .333 .600 .933 15 5 1 0 1 2 0 2 0
Lopez 3b .304 .320 .609 .929 23 7 1 0 2 8 1 6 0
Kuenn rf .281 .343 .438 .780 32 9 3 1 0 1 3 0 2
Spangler* cf .250 .250 .250 .500 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Logan ss .185 .241 .185 .427 27 5 0 0 0 2 2 3 3
Smith Hal R. c .190 .217 .190 .408 21 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 1
Kaline cf .241 .313 .276 .588 29 7 1 0 0 0 3 3 1
Blasingame* 2b .214 .214 .214 .429 28 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
Green P# 2b .000 .000 .000 .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Nieman lf .250 .250 .500 .750 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Fernandez ss .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ginsberg* c .000 .000 .000 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pitchers .111 .111 .167 .278 18 2 1 0 0 1 0 6 0
Total .252 .300 .332 .632 250 63 9 1 3 24 18 27 8
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DMB team batting -- 1959 Beard Black Cats
Organization championship -- as of 10/9/1959
S Name P AVG OBP SPC G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI BB K HBP IW SB CS
Francona* cf .387 .424 .677 7 31 12 0 0 3 5 3 2 3 0 0 1 0
Runnels* 2b .343 .378 .400 7 35 12 2 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Groat ss .313 .324 .469 7 32 10 0 1 1 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 0
Baxes 2b .308 .357 .538 5 13 4 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
Crandall c .308 .379 .654 7 26 8 3 0 2 5 4 3 1 0 1 1 0
Minoso lf .286 .306 .343 7 35 10 2 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 0
Malzone 3b .167 .250 .417 7 24 4 0 0 2 5 4 2 2 1 0 0 0
Hodges 1b .167 .286 .250 5 12 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Adcock 1b .150 .227 .150 7 20 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0
Ashburn* cf .000 .133 .000 7 13 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0
Bailey E* c .000 .333 .000 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Esposito 3b .000 .000 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hardy cf .000 .000 .000 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Klimchock* 2b .000 .000 .000 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walls rf .000 .000 .000 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Pitchers .059 .111 .059 7 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0
Total .240 .294 .375 7 275 66 8 1 9 28 26 20 25 2 2 2 0
S Name P GS PA SH SF GDP GW CI OPS RC RC27 ISO TAVG SEC EBH TB CH LH
Francona* cf 6 34 1 0 1 1 0 1.102 8.6 11.1 .290 1.200 .387 3 21 0 0
Runnels* 2b 7 37 0 0 2 0 0 .778 4.7 5.1 .057 .640 .114 2 14 0 0
Groat ss 7 35 1 1 0 1 0 .792 5.1 5.8 .156 .727 .188 2 15 0 0
Baxes 2b 2 14 0 0 1 1 0 .896 2.1 5.6 .231 .800 .308 1 7 0 0
Crandall c 6 29 0 0 2 0 0 1.033 5.6 7.6 .346 1.050 .500 5 17 0 0
Minoso lf 7 36 0 0 2 1 0 .648 3.1 3.1 .057 .481 .057 2 12 0 0
Malzone 3b 7 28 0 1 0 0 0 .667 2.8 3.6 .250 .650 .333 2 10 0 0
Hodges 1b 4 14 0 0 1 0 0 .536 0.8 1.9 .083 .455 .250 1 3 0 0
Adcock 1b 4 22 0 0 0 0 0 .377 0.8 1.3 .000 .294 .100 0 3 0 0
Ashburn* cf 5 15 0 0 0 0 0 .133 0.0 0.1 .000 .154 .154 0 0 0 0
Bailey E* c 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0.2 1.2 .000 .500 .500 0 0 0 0
Esposito 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Hardy cf 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Klimchock* 2b 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Walls rf 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Pitchers 7 19 1 0 0 0 0 .170 0.2 0.3 .000 .125 .059 0 1
Total 7 303 4 2 9 4 0 .669 29.3 3.5 .135 .583 .215 18 103
S Name P PA/G AB/G BIP IPAVG TBW TBW/PA TBWH TBWH/PA K/BB
Francona* cf 4.86 4.43 26 .346 23 .676 23 .676 1.5
Runnels* 2b 5.29 5.00 33 .364 16 .432 16 .432 1.0
Groat ss 5.00 4.57 32 .281 16 .457 16 .457 1.0
Baxes 2b 2.80 2.60 10 .300 8 .571 8 .571 2.0
Crandall c 4.14 3.71 23 .261 20 .690 20 .690 0.3
Minoso lf 5.14 5.00 32 .313 12 .333 13 .361 99.0
Malzone 3b 4.00 3.43 21 .095 12 .429 13 .464 1.0
Hodges 1b 2.80 2.40 12 .167 5 .357 5 .357 0.0
Adcock 1b 3.14 2.86 17 .176 5 .227 5 .227 1.5
Ashburn* cf 2.14 1.86 12 .000 2 .133 2 .133 0.5
Bailey E* c 1.50 1.00 4 .000 2 .333 2 .333 0.0
Esposito 3b 0.00 0.00 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000 0.0
Hardy cf 2.00 1.50 3 .000 0 .000 0 .000 99.0
Klimchock* 2b 1.17 1.17 7 .000 0 .000 0 .000 0.0
Walls rf 1.50 1.50 2 .000 0 .000 0 .000 99.0
Pitchers 2.71 2.43 13 .077 2 .105 2 .105 5.0
Total 43.2 39.2 247 .231 123 .406 125 .413 1.3
DMB team batting -- 1959 Beard Black Cats
Organization championship -- as of 10/9/1959
-----------------------Versus Left-handed Pitchers----------------------
S Name P AVG OBP SPC OPS AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K GDP
Francona* cf .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Runnels* 2b .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Groat ss .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baxes 2b .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crandall c .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minoso lf .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malzone 3b .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hodges 1b .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Adcock 1b .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ashburn* cf .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bailey E* c .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Esposito 3b .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hardy cf .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Klimchock* 2b .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walls rf .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pitchers .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total .000 .000 .000 .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
----------------------Versus Right-handed Pitchers----------------------
S Name P AVG OBP SPC OPS AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K GDP
Francona* cf .400 .438 .700 1.138 30 12 0 0 3 3 2 3 1
Runnels* 2b .343 .378 .400 .778 35 12 2 0 0 2 2 2 2
Groat ss .313 .324 .469 .792 32 10 0 1 1 6 1 1 0
Baxes 2b .333 .385 .583 .968 12 4 0 0 1 3 1 2 1
Crandall c .320 .393 .680 1.073 25 8 3 0 2 4 3 1 2
Minoso lf .286 .306 .343 .648 35 10 2 0 0 2 0 3 2
Malzone 3b .174 .259 .435 .694 23 4 0 0 2 4 2 2 0
Hodges 1b .167 .286 .250 .536 12 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1
Adcock 1b .150 .227 .150 .377 20 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 0
Ashburn* cf .000 .143 .000 .143 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bailey E* c .000 .333 .000 .333 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Esposito 3b .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hardy cf .000 .000 .000 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Klimchock* 2b .000 .000 .000 .000 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walls rf .000 .000 .000 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Pitchers .059 .111 .059 .170 17 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
Total .244 .299 .381 .681 270 66 8 1 9 26 20 24 9
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DMB team pitching -- 1959 Massillon Tigers
Organization championship -- as of 10/9/1959
S Name P ERA W L S G GS CG SHO INN H R ER BB K HR GDP BF
Mossi* sp 0.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Law sp 0.60 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 15.0 7 2 1 5 2 0 2 56
Lown mr 1.17 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 7.2 3 1 1 1 5 1 0 27
Miller S mr 1.42 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 6.1 7 1 1 1 2 0 1 26
Buhl sp 2.87 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 15.2 11 5 5 5 1 2 4 60
Lary sp 3.95 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 13.2 21 9 6 5 8 1 1 67
Bell Gary sp 4.00 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 9.0 11 6 4 2 4 3 1 40
Sherry L mr 4.50 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 10
Willey sp 11.57 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 3 3 3 1 1 2 0 12
Total 2.70 3 4 2 7 7 1 0 73.1 66 28 22 20 25 9 9 303
S Name P SB CS IW HBP WP BK SH SF CI H/9 BB/9 R/9 K/9 HR/9 K/BB PCH/G STR%
Mossi* sp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.4 0.0 99.0 7.5 .733
Law sp 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4.2 3.0 7.2 1.2 0.0 0.4 95.5 .639
Lown mr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 1.2 4.7 5.9 1.2 5.0 24.3 .649
Miller S mr 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 9.9 1.4 11.4 2.8 0.0 2.0 17.3 .710
Buhl sp 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.3 2.9 9.8 0.6 1.1 0.2 109.5 .589
Lary sp 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13.8 3.3 17.1 5.3 0.7 1.6 116.0 .634
Bell Gary sp 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 11.0 2.0 13.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 134.0 .619
Sherry L mr 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 13.5 0.0 18.0 4.5 0.0 99.0 14.5 .655
Willey sp 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.6 3.9 15.4 3.9 7.7 1.0 43.0 .605
Total 2 0 2 2 1 0 4 2 0 8.1 2.5 10.8 3.1 1.1 1.3 .631
S Name P OPS WHIP BIP IPAVG TBW TBW/BF TBWH TBWH/BF RC RC27 RCERA CERA
Mossi* sp .000 0.00 4 .000 0 .000 0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00
Law sp .385 0.80 49 .143 13 .232 13 .232 1.8 1.1 1.00 1.02
Lown mr .417 0.52 20 .100 8 .296 8 .296 1.1 1.3 1.14 0.83
Miller S mr .653 1.26 23 .304 9 .346 9 .346 2.3 3.3 2.93 2.86
Buhl sp .598 1.02 51 .176 22 .367 23 .383 4.0 2.3 2.08 2.78
Lary sp .888 1.90 53 .377 35 .522 35 .522 12.3 7.9 7.27 6.77
Bell Gary sp .878 1.44 31 .258 23 .575 23 .575 6.4 6.2 5.74 6.00
Sherry L mr .819 1.50 8 .375 3 .300 4 .400 1.5 6.8 6.12 6.48
Willey sp 1.152 1.71 8 .125 10 .833 10 .833 3.3 11.0 11.32 10.75
Total .669 1.17 247 .231 123 .406 125 .413 29.3 3.5 3.24 3.25
S Name P GS CG CG% SHO QS QS% RS RS/G RL RLS RL%
Mossi* sp 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 0 0 .000
Law sp 2 0 .000 0 2 1.000 3 1.5 0 0 .000
Lown mr 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 2 0 .000
Miller S mr 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 2 1 .500
Buhl sp 2 0 .000 0 1 .500 7 3.5 1 0 .000
Lary sp 2 0 .000 0 1 .500 11 5.5 2 0 .000
Bell Gary sp 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 7 7.0 0 0 .000
Sherry L mr 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 0 0 .000
Willey sp 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 0 0 .000
Total 7 1 .143 0 4 .571 28 4.0 7 1 .143
S Name P SVO S SV% BS BS% HLD IR IRS IR% G GR GF
Mossi* sp 0 0 .000 0 .000 2 3 0 .000 2 2 0
Law sp 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0
Lown mr 1 1 1.000 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 4 4 3
Miller S mr 1 1 1.000 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 4 4 1
Buhl sp 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0
Lary sp 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0
Bell Gary sp 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0
Sherry L mr 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 2 1 .500 2 2 1
Willey sp 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 2 0 .000 1 1 1
Total 2 2 1.000 0 .000 2 7 1 .143 7 13 6
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DMB team pitching -- 1959 Beard Black Cats
Organization championship -- as of 10/9/1959
S Name P ERA W L S G GS CG SHO INN H R ER BB K HR GDP BF
Face mr 0.00 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5.2 6 0 0 4 2 0 1 26
Staley mr 0.00 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 6.1 7 1 0 1 4 0 1 26
Coleman R* mr 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Craig sp 0.82 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 11.0 5 1 1 3 1 1 4 37
Hobbie sp 1.50 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 6.0 7 1 1 2 3 0 1 26
Henry* mr 2.08 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 4.1 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 20
Friend sp 3.45 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 15.2 13 6 6 3 6 1 1 63
Donovan sp 4.05 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 6.2 6 3 3 2 2 0 0 29
Stobbs* mr 4.91 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3.2 4 2 2 3 4 0 0 18
Jones S sp 7.20 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 15.0 19 13 12 3 9 1 0 68
Total 3.13 4 3 2 7 7 0 0 74.2 72 28 26 24 31 3 8 314
S Name P SB CS IW HBP WP BK SH SF CI H/9 BB/9 R/9 K/9 HR/9 K/BB PCH/G STR%
Face mr 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.5 6.4 15.9 3.2 0.0 0.5 25.3 .604
Staley mr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.9 1.4 11.4 5.7 0.0 4.0 15.6 .667
Coleman R* mr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 .667
Craig sp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 2.5 6.5 0.8 0.8 0.3 58.0 .612
Hobbie sp 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 10.5 3.0 13.5 4.5 0.0 1.5 21.3 .600
Henry* mr 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 8.3 6.2 14.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.3 .541
Friend sp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7.5 1.7 9.2 3.4 0.6 2.0 101.5 .685
Donovan sp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.1 2.7 10.8 2.7 0.0 1.0 53.0 .585
Stobbs* mr 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.8 7.4 17.2 9.8 0.0 1.3 34.0 .632
Jones S sp 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 11.4 1.8 13.2 5.4 0.6 3.0 78.0 .637
Total 0 1 6 0 1 0 6 2 0 8.7 2.9 11.6 3.7 0.4 1.3 .628
S Name P OPS WHIP BIP IPAVG TBW TBW/BF TBWH TBWH/BF RC RC27 RCERA CERA
Face mr .703 1.76 20 .300 11 .423 11 .423 2.3 3.5 3.31 4.22
Staley mr .628 1.26 21 .333 9 .346 9 .346 2.2 3.2 2.84 3.10
Coleman R* mr 2.000 3.00 1 1.000 1 1.000 1 1.000 1.0 0.0 24.30 29.60
Craig sp .452 0.73 32 .125 11 .297 11 .297 0.9 0.8 0.70 1.29
Hobbie sp .739 1.50 21 .333 10 .385 10 .385 2.9 4.3 3.86 3.79
Henry* mr .618 1.62 17 .235 7 .350 7 .350 1.7 3.5 3.13 3.09
Friend sp .559 1.02 53 .226 21 .333 21 .333 4.6 2.6 2.38 2.16
Donovan sp .535 1.20 25 .240 9 .310 9 .310 2.1 2.7 2.52 2.35
Stobbs* mr .722 1.91 11 .364 8 .444 8 .444 2.1 5.3 4.74 4.77
Jones S sp .781 1.47 55 .327 30 .441 30 .441 9.7 5.7 5.22 4.36
Total .641 1.29 256 .270 117 .373 117 .373 28.2 3.4 3.06 3.05
S Name P GS CG CG% SHO QS QS% RS RS/G RL RLS RL%
Face mr 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 4 0 .000
Staley mr 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 2 1 .500
Coleman R* mr 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 0 0 .000
Craig sp 1 0 .000 0 1 1.000 4 4.0 0 0 .000
Hobbie sp 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 3 0 .000
Henry* mr 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 0 0 .000
Friend sp 2 0 .000 0 2 1.000 5 2.5 2 1 .500
Donovan sp 1 0 .000 0 0 .000 5 5.0 1 0 .000
Stobbs* mr 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0.0 2 0 .000
Jones S sp 3 0 .000 0 1 .333 14 4.7 3 3 1.000
Total 7 0 .000 0 4 .571 28 4.0 17 5 .294
S Name P SVO S SV% BS BS% HLD IR IRS IR% G GR GF
Face mr 2 0 .000 2 1.000 0 3 2 .667 4 4 1
Staley mr 2 2 1.000 0 .000 0 4 1 .250 5 5 4
Coleman R* mr 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 2 0 .000 1 1 0
Craig sp 1 0 .000 1 1.000 0 0 0 .000 2 1 0
Hobbie sp 0 0 .000 0 .000 1 3 2 .667 4 4 0
Henry* mr 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 3 0 .000 4 4 1
Friend sp 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0
Donovan sp 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 2 0 .000 2 1 1
Stobbs* mr 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 2 2 0
Jones S sp 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0
Total 5 2 .400 3 .600 1 17 5 .294 7 22 7