1959 AL Game and Standings: Det. @ Chi.

 September 19, 1959

   The 1959 MLB season is nearing the end of the regular season. The Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers have 6 games against each other. 5 after tonight's game. The Tigers gave it a valiant effort but lost the game in the 9th inning 7-6. Detroit took the lead 4 times in the game, but the bullpen failed them in the end. Harvey Kuenn homered in the top of the 9th to give Detroit a 6-5 lead. Chicago came back in the bottom of the 9th with 2 runs to win it. The winning run scored on a bases load walk.

  The Cleveland Indians magic # is now 3. 

BOXSCORE: 1959 Detroit Tigers At 1959 Chicago White Sox             9/18/1959
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Yost 3B           4  1  0  0 .275     L.Aparicio SS       5  0  1  0 .230  
  H.Kuenn RF          5  2  3  2 .355     N.Fox 2B            5  1  1  0 .310  
  A.Kaline CF         3  1  2  1 .339     B.Goodman 3B        4  0  0  1 .265  
  C.Maxwell LF        5  0  1  0 .282     T.Kluszewski 1B     5  0  2  1 .427  
  F.Bolling 2B        5  2  3  1 .267   D-S.Esposito PR       0  1  0  0 .278  
  L.Berberet C        3  0  1  0 .229     S.Lollar C          4  0  0  0 .244  
  T.Lepcio SS         3  0  2  2 .291     A.Smith LF          4  2  2  0 .211  
  G.Harris 1B         3  0  0  0 .187     J.Hicks RF          3  2  2  0 .667  
A-N.Chrisley PH       1  0  0  0 .192     B.Phillips CF       4  0  1  2 .281  
B-B.Osborne 1B        0  0  0  0 .173   E-J.McAnany PH        0  0  0  1 .330  
  J.Bunning P         3  0  0  0 .230     B.Shaw P            3  1  1  0 .200  
  P.Burnside P        0  0  0  0 .000     G.Staley P          0  0  0  0 .143  
  D.Sisler P          0  0  0  0 .400   C-E.Torgeson PH       1  0  1  1 .195  
                                          B.Latman P          0  0  0  0 .108  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  6 12  6                 Totals      38  7 11  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Harris In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Chrisley In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Staley In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Kluszewski In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Phillips In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 2 0 0  1 0 1  0 1 1  -  6 12  4
White Sox....... 0 0 1  1 0 2  0 1 2  -  7 11  0
 
Tigers (82-65)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Bunning                 8       8   5   4   4   5   0   3.81
P.Burnside L(2-4) BS(5th) 0 2/3   3   2   0   1   2   0   2.90
D.Sisler                  0       0   0   0   1   0   0   2.43
Totals                    8 2/3  11   7   4   6   7   0
 
White Sox (83-65)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Shaw                    7      11   5   5   4   4   0   2.80
G.Staley                  1       0   0   0   0   0   0   2.19
B.Latman WIN(8-9)         1       1   1   1   0   0   1   4.22
Totals                    9      12   6   6   4   4   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 40,554 DATE- Friday, September 18th 1959 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Johnny Stevens, Larry Napp, John Rice, Eddie Rommel
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 8  White Sox:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  White Sox: 2
ERRORS- E.Yost-2, L.Berberet-2
DOUBLES- H.Kuenn(45th), T.Kluszewski(2nd), B.Phillips(34th)
TRIPLES- H.Kuenn(7th), E.Torgeson(3rd)
HOME RUNS- H.Kuenn(3rd)
RBIs- H.Kuenn-2(78th), A.Kaline(120nd), F.Bolling(49th), T.Lepcio-2(28th),
      B.Goodman(24th), T.Kluszewski(14th), B.Phillips-2(48th), J.McAnany(31st),
      E.Torgeson(25th)
STOLEN BASES- L.Aparicio(56th)
SACRIFICE HITS- L.Berberet, J.Bunning
WALKS- E.Yost, A.Kaline-2, T.Lepcio, B.Goodman, S.Lollar, A.Smith, J.Hicks-2,
       J.McAnany
STRIKE OUTS- E.Yost, F.Bolling, T.Lepcio, J.Bunning, L.Aparicio, B.Goodman-2,
             T.Kluszewski, S.Lollar, J.Hicks, B.Phillips
GIDP- G.Harris-2, S.Lollar
2-out RBI- E.Torgeson, J.McAnany
RLISP 2-out- T.Kluszewski-2, L.Aparicio-2, C.Maxwell, E.Yost-2
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 4 for 9  White Sox: 2 for 15
 
Ted Kluszewski had 2 base hits at Comiskey Park as the Chicago White Sox
pulled off a dramatic comeback beating the Detroit Tigers by the count of 7
to 6.
 
Chicago came up with the deciding runs in the 9th inning plating 2 runs on 3
base hits.  Nellie Fox led off and got things going when he reached on an
error.  Fox next to the plate and he lined a base-hit.  Billy Goodman
followed, but he was set down on strikes.  Kluszewski was up next and he
doubled which scored a run.  Sherm Lollar came to the plate and was walked
intentionally.  Al Smith kept things alive and stroked a single to load the
bases.  Joe Hicks got his turn next, but he was a strikeout victim.  Jim
McAnany then drew a walk making Chicago the victors to the delight of the
home town faithful.  Even though they scored in 5 different innings, Detroit
was not able to pull off the win.  
 
The win went to Barry Latman(8-9) who allowed 1 run in 1 inning. Pete
Burnside(2-4) was hit with the loss in relief.  He pitched 2/3 of an inning
giving up 3 hits and 1 walk.
 

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Cleveland CLA           87  60  .592 ----     3    85  62 .578   89  65 .578
1959 Chicago CHA             83  65  .561  4.5          91  57 .615   94  60 .610
1959 Detroit DEA             82  65  .558  5.0          72  75 .490   76  78 .494
1959 Boston BOA              72  75  .490 15.0          70  77 .476   75  79 .487
1959 New York NYA            70  77  .476 17.0          74  73 .503   79  75 .513
1959 Baltimore BAA           70  77  .476 17.0          71  76 .483   74  80 .481
1959 Kansas City KCA         69  77  .473 17.5          63  83 .432   66  88 .429
1959 Washington WAA          55  92  .374 32.0          62  85 .422   63  91 .409