1959 Opening Day in Detroit

 April 10, 1959

   The Detroit Tigers opened the 1959 season today against the Chicago White Sox. It was a cold, rainy day in Detroit but that didn't affect the crowd turnout. 37,000 people got to watch the Tigers rap out 15 hits while defeating the White Sox 6-3. Detroit put 3 runs on the scoreboard in the 6th inning, 2 on a Eddie Yost homer. Jim Bunning went the distance for the Tigers allowing only 4 hits while striking out 6. Bunning helped his own cause by hitting a triple and a homerun. 

BOXSCORE: 1959 Chicago White Sox At 1959 Detroit Tigers             4/10/1959
 
  White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  L.Aparicio SS       4  0  0  0 .000     E.Yost 3B           5  2  2  2 .400  
  N.Fox 2B            3  1  0  0 .000     F.Bolling 2B        5  1  3  0 .600  
  J.Landis CF         3  1  1  0 .333     H.Kuenn CF,RF       4  1  2  1 .500  
  S.Lollar C          3  0  0  0 .000     A.Kaline RF,CF      4  0  2  0 .500  
A-S.Esposito PR       0  0  0  0 ----     G.Harris 1B         5  0  0  0 .000  
B-J.Romano C          0  0  0  0 ----     L.Doby LF           4  0  1  2 .250  
  N.Cash 1B           4  0  1  2 .250     R.Bridges SS        4  0  1  0 .250  
  A.Smith RF          4  1  1  1 .250     R.Wilson C          4  0  2  0 .500  
  J.Callison LF       4  0  0  0 .000     J.Bunning P         4  2  2  1 .500  
  B.Phillips 3B       4  0  1  0 .250                                          
  B.Pierce P          3  0  0  0 .000                                          
  R.Moore P           0  0  0  0 ----                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  3  4  3                 Totals      39  6 15  6
 
A-Pinch Ran For Lollar In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Esposito In 8th Inning
 
White Sox....... 0 1 0  0 0 2  0 0 0  -  3  4  0
Tigers.......... 2 0 0  0 0 3  0 1    -  6 15  1
 
White Sox (0-1)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Pierce LOSS(0-1)        7 1/3  15   6   6   2   3   2   7.36
R.Moore                   0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
Totals                    8      15   6   6   2   4   2
 
Tigers (1-0)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Bunning WIN(1-0)        9       4   3   3   2   6   1   3.00
Totals                    9       4   3   3   2   6   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 36,732 DATE- Friday, April 10th 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Nestor Chylak, Bill Summers, Bill McKinley, Hank Soar
T- 2:02
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 5  Tigers:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 0  Tigers: 0
ERRORS- E.Yost
DOUBLES- N.Cash(1st), E.Yost(1st), H.Kuenn(1st), R.Wilson(1st)
TRIPLES- J.Bunning
HOME RUNS- A.Smith(1st), E.Yost(1st), J.Bunning(1st)
RBIs- N.Cash-2(2nd), A.Smith(1st), E.Yost-2(2nd), H.Kuenn(1st), L.Doby-2(2nd),
      J.Bunning
WALKS- N.Fox, J.Landis, H.Kuenn, A.Kaline
HIT BY PITCH- S.Lollar
STRIKE OUTS- L.Aparicio, S.Lollar, J.Callison-3, B.Pierce, A.Kaline, G.Harris-2,
             L.Doby
2-out RBI- L.Doby-2, N.Cash-2, E.Yost-2, H.Kuenn
RLISP 2-out- R.Bridges, H.Kuenn, F.Bolling, A.Smith, G.Harris-2, N.Cash
TEAM RISP- White Sox: 1 for 4  Tigers: 4 for 16
 
Jim Bunning had an impressive outing and third baseman Eddie Yost left the
yard and had 2 RBI as the Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox by
the score of 6 to 3 at Briggs Stadium.
 
Bunning(1-0) was very good in the win.  He didn't allow much, just 4 hits and
2 walks in 9 innings.  The Chicago batters didn't put up a fight in the 9th.
 
Billy Pierce(0-1) took the loss.  He was knocked around by Detroit, allowing
15 hits and 2 walks in 7 and 1/3 innings.