Washington Senators vs Boston Red Sox
April 15, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1959 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Washington Senators 3, Boston Red Sox 7

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Bertoia 2b 3 0 1 1
Pearson cf 4 0 0 0
Sievers lf 4 0 0 0
Courtney c 4 0 0 0
  Kralick p 0 0 0 0
Allison rf 4 0 1 0
Zauchin 1b 4 1 2 0
Killebrew 3b 3 1 1 1
Aspromonte ss 3 1 1 0
Kemmerer p 1 0 0 0
  Plews ph 1 0 0 0
  Hyde p 0 0 0 0
  Porter c 1 0 1 1
Totals 32 3 7 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Buddin ss 2 0 1 0
Runnels 2b 4 0 1 1
Stephens cf 5 0 1 0
Jensen rf 4 2 2 0
Malzone 3b 4 1 2 0
Gernert 1b 3 1 1 1
Geiger lf 4 1 1 1
White c 4 1 1 0
Casale p 3 1 1 3
Totals 33 7 11 6
Washington 000 010 002371
Boston 020 014 00x7111
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Kemmerer  L (0-1) 6.0 9 7 6 2 3
  Hyde   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Kralick   1.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
8.0
11
7
6
4
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Casale  W (1-0) 9.0 7 3 3 6 5
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
6
5

  E–Killebrew (2), Malzone (1).  DP–Washington 2. Aspromonte-Zauchin, Kemmerer-Aspromonte-Zauchin, Boston 1. Runnels-Buddin-Gernert.  2B–Washington Zauchin (2,off Casale), Boston Malzone (1,off Kemmerer); Jensen (1,off Kemmerer)..  HR–Boston Casale (1,6th inning off Kemmerer 2 on 2 out).  SF–Killebrew (1,off Casale).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Casale (1,off Kemmerer).  HBP–Buddin (1,by Kemmerer).  Team–8.  SB–Bertoia (1,2nd base off Casale/White).  U-HP–Charlie Berry, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Red Flaherty, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–2:32.  A–3,498.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."