October 9, 1959
The Milwaukee Braves are the 1959 World Series Champions! Milwaukee did the impossible, coming back from 3 games down in the Series and then winning 4 in a row. They came from behind in the 9th inning of Game 5 to stay alive, won Game 6 handily, then came back from a 4-0 deficit in Game 7 to win it all.
Warren Spahn got the start for Milwaukee. Jim Perry got the start for Cleveland. The Indian's Vic Power homered off of Spahn in the bottom of the 1st for a 1-0 Cleveland lead. In the 3rd inning Spahn gave up back-to-back homers. A 2-run shot by Minnie Minoso followed by a solo blast from Rocky Colavito giving Cleveland a 4-0 lead. Milwaukee scored a run in the 5th and the game went into the 7th inning with the Indians holding a 4-1 lead.
In the top of the 7th Milwaukee got 3 straight singles from Lee Maye, Del Crandall and Felix Mantilla scoring a run. Now 4-2, Frank Torre pinch hit for Spahn and that was all for Perry. Joe Gordon brought in lefty Don Ferrarese to pitch to him but Fred Haney replaced Torre with Bobby Avila. Avila grounded out moving the runners up to 2nd and 3rd. Bobby Locke replaced Ferrarese on the mound and he hit pinch-hitter Andy Pafko. Johnny Logan came up next and he delivered a 2-run single tying the game up at 4-4. Eddie Mathews reached on an error to load the bases again. Gordon decided to stick with Locke with Hank Aaron coming up. Aaron hit a medium deep flyball to Minoso in left and after making the catch, Minoso threw Pafko out at the plate for a double play. But the score was now tied 4-4.
In the top of the 8th, Milwaukee scratched out a run on a hit, walk and SacFly by Del Crandall for a 5-4 lead. Cleveland failed to score in the bottom of the 8th. In the top of the 9th Johnny Logan connected for a solo homer and after an out, Aaron smashed a solo shot for a commanding 7-4 Milwaukee lead.
Don McMahon came in to pitch the bottom of the 9th for the Braves. He gave up a single before getting the final out of a 7-4 victory and a World Series Championship for Milwaukee.
BOXSCORE: 1959 Milwaukee Braves At 1959 Cleveland Indians 10/9/1959
Braves AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG
B.Bruton CF 3 0 1 0 .250 J.Piersall CF 4 0 0 0 .280
C-A.Pafko PH,CF 1 0 0 0 .250 V.Power 2B 3 2 2 1 .500
J.Logan SS 5 1 2 3 .344 M.Minoso LF 4 1 1 2 .370
E.Mathews 3B 5 0 0 0 .222 R.Colavito RF 4 1 2 1 .286
H.Aaron RF 5 1 1 1 .367 T.Francona 1B 4 0 1 0 .417
J.Adcock 1B 4 1 0 0 .233 W.Held SS 4 0 0 0 .138
L.Maye LF 4 2 3 0 .375 G.Strickland 3B 4 0 1 0 .391
D.Crandall C 3 1 1 1 .308 D.Brown C 2 0 0 0 .333
F.Mantilla 2B 4 1 2 1 .286 D-E.Valo PH 1 0 0 0 .000
W.Spahn P 1 0 1 1 .167 E-E.Fitz Gerald C 0 0 0 0 .167
A-F.Torre PH 0 0 0 0 .250 G-C.Tanner PH 1 0 1 0 .500
B-B.Avila PH 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Perry P 2 0 0 0 .333
J.Jay P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Ferrarese P 0 0 0 0 ----
F-C.Wise PH 1 0 0 0 .500 B.Locke P 1 0 1 01.000
C.Willey P 0 0 0 0 .000 H.Score P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Pizarro P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Brodowski P 0 0 0 0 ----
D.McMahon P 0 0 0 0 ---- H-B.Martin PH 1 0 0 0 .333
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 37 7 11 7 Totals 35 4 9 4
A-Pinch Hit For Spahn In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Torre In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Bruton In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Brown In 7th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Valo In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Jay In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Fitz Gerald In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Brodowski In 9th Inning
Braves.......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 - 7 11 0
Indians......... 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 2
Braves (4-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
W.Spahn 6 5 4 4 0 8 3 5.31
J.Jay WIN(1-0) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.00
C.Willey HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.87
J.Pizarro HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
D.McMahon SAVE(2nd) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Totals 9 9 4 4 0 9 3
Indians (3-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Perry 6 7 4 4 0 2 0 3.46
D.Ferrarese HOLD(2nd) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.75
B.Locke LOSS(0-1) BS(1st) 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 3.60
H.Score 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
D.Brodowski 0 1/3 1 1 1 0 1 1 4.50
Totals 9 11 7 7 1 4 2
ATTENDANCE- 73,311 DATE- Friday, October 9th 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:19
LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 7 Indians: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 0 Indians: 1
ERRORS- W.Held-2
DOUBLES- L.Maye(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Logan(1st), H.Aaron(2nd), V.Power(1st), M.Minoso(2nd),
R.Colavito(3rd)
RBIs- J.Logan-3(4th), H.Aaron(7th), D.Crandall(5th), F.Mantilla(4th), W.Spahn,
V.Power(8th), M.Minoso-2(8th), R.Colavito(5th)
CAUGHT STEALING- G.Strickland
SACRIFICE HITS- W.Spahn
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Crandall
WALKS- J.Adcock
HIT BY PITCH- A.Pafko, V.Power
STRIKE OUTS- J.Adcock-2, F.Mantilla-2, R.Colavito, T.Francona-2, W.Held-2,
G.Strickland, D.Brown, J.Perry-2
2-out RBI- M.Minoso-2, R.Colavito, W.Spahn, H.Aaron
RLISP 2-out- J.Logan-2
TEAM RISP- Braves: 3 for 11 Indians: 0 for 0
Johnny Logan slammed a homerun and had 3 RBI at Cleveland Stadium where the
Milwaukee Braves beat the Cleveland Indians by the score of 7 to 4.
The game was won by Milwaukee when they scored a run in the top of the 8th
inning. Joe Adcock drew a walk. Lee Maye followed and he stroked a
base-hit. Del Crandall then hit a sacrifice fly scoring the run. Milwaukee
totaled 11 hits on the afternoon.
The victory was credited to Joey Jay(1-0) who went 1 inning, allowing no runs.
Jay got relief help from Don McMahon who gained credit for his 2nd save.
Bobby Locke(0-1) suffered the loss in relief. CONDENSED PLAY LOG TOP 1- Bruton-L, Logan-F, Mathews-E-SS, Aaron-F BOT 1- Piersall-P, Power-HR, Minoso-F, Colavito-Si, Francona-K TOP 2- Adcock-G, Maye-P, Crandall-P BOT 2- Held-K, Strickland-K, Brown-K TOP 3- Mantilla-Si, Spahn-Sac, Bruton-L, Logan-P BOT 3- Perry-K, Piersall-G, Power-HBP, Minoso-HR, Colavito-HR, Francona-Si Held-G TOP 4- Mathews-G, Aaron-L, Adcock-L BOT 4- Strickland-P, Brown-G, Perry-K TOP 5- Maye-Do, Crandall-G, Mantilla-K, Spahn-Si, Bruton-Si, Logan-P BOT 5- Piersall-F, Power-F, Minoso-G TOP 6- Mathews-L, Aaron-G, Adcock-K BOT 6- Colavito-K, Francona-G, Held-K TOP 7- Maye-Si, Crandall-Si, Mantilla-Si, Avila-G, Pafko-HBP, Logan-Si Mathews-E-SS, Aaron-F-DP BOT 7- Strickland-Si, CS(Strickland), Valo-G, Locke-Si, Piersall-P TOP 8- Adcock-W, Maye-Si, Crandall-SF, Mantilla-K, Wise-F BOT 8- Power-Si, Minoso-F, Colavito-Force, Francona-K TOP 9- Pafko-P, Logan-HR, Mathews-G, Aaron-HR, Adcock-K
BOT 9- Held-F, Strickland-P, Tanner-Si, Martin-F