Chicago White Sox vs Los Angeles Dodgers
October 4, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 1959 at LA Memorial Coliseum. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Chicago White Sox 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

Chicago White Sox 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 4 0 2 0
Fox 2b 4 0 3 0
Landis cf 5 0 1 0
Kluszewski 1b 3 1 1 0
Lollar c 4 0 2 0
Goodman 3b 3 0 2 0
  Esposito pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Smith lf 4 0 0 0
Rivera rf 3 0 0 0
Donovan p 3 0 1 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
  Cash ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 12 0
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 3b 4 0 0 0
Neal 2b 4 1 2 1
Moon rf 4 0 0 0
Larker lf 2 1 0 0
Hodges 1b 2 0 1 0
Demeter cf 2 0 0 0
  Furillo ph 1 0 1 2
  Fairly pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Roseboro c 3 0 0 0
Wills ss 3 1 1 0
Drysdale p 2 0 0 0
  Sherry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 5 3
Chicago 000 000 0101120
Los Angeles 000 000 21x350
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Donovan  L (0-1) 6.2 2 2 2 2 5
  Staley  1.1 3.0 1 1 0 0 0
Totals
9.2
5
3
3
2
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale  W (1-0) 7.0 11 1 1 4 5
  Sherry  SV (2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
12
1
1
4
8

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1 Aparicio-Fox-Kluszewski, Los Angeles 3 Roseboro-Neal, Gilliam-Neal-Hodges, Wills-Neal-Hodges.  2B–Los Angeles Neal (1,off Staley).  HBP–Goodman (1,by Sherry).  IBB–Kluszewski (1,by Drysdale).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Sherry (1,off Staley).  Team–3.  SB–Landis (1,2nd base off Drysdale/Roseboro).  CS–Rivera (1,2nd base by Drysdale/Roseboro); Aparicio (1,2nd base by Drysdale/Roseboro); Fox (1,2nd base by Drysdale/Roseboro).  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Frank Dascoli.  T–2:33.  A–92,394.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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