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Indians
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
June 16, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians, played on June 16, 1959 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | June 16, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 16, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Cal McLish |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ted Wills |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 16,656 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 22 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Larry Napp 1B: John Rice 2B: Eddie Rommel 3B: Johnny Stevens |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ray Webster | Second Baseman |
| Vic Power | First Baseman |
| Woodie Held | Shortstop |
| Rocky Colavito | Right Fielder |
| Minnie Minoso | Left Fielder |
| George Strickland | Third Baseman |
| Jim Piersall | Center Fielder |
| Dick Brown | Catcher |
| Cal McLish | Pitcher |
| Joe Gordon | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Buddin | Shortstop |
| Pete Runnels | Second Baseman |
| Gene Stephens | Left Fielder |
| Dick Gernert | First Baseman |
| Jackie Jensen | Right Fielder |
| Frank Malzone | Third Baseman |
| Marty Keough | Center Fielder |
| Pete Daley | Catcher |
| Ted Wills | Pitcher |
| Pinky Higgins | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
June 16, 1959
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Webster vs. Wills
Webster hits a popup, foul, towards third. Malzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Wills
Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Wills
Held strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. McLish
Buddin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Runnels vs. McLish
Runnels hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Buddin moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stephens vs. McLish
Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Webster fields it and throws to second for the out. Buddin moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gernert vs. McLish
Gernert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Strickland fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Wills
Colavito hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Wills
Minoso takes first base on ball four. Colavito moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Strickland vs. Wills
Strickland strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Piersall vs. Wills
Piersall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Wills
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. McLish
Jensen hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Jensen reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Malzone vs. McLish
There goes Jensen. The throw from Brown and he is safe. Jensen steals third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Malzone vs. McLish
Malzone strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Keough vs. McLish
Keough hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McLish fields it and throws to home to get Jensen. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Daley vs. McLish
There goes Keough. The throw from Brown and he is safe. Keough steals second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Daley vs. McLish
Daley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McLish vs. Wills
McLish hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Webster vs. Wills
Webster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Wills
Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. McLish
Wills strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. McLish
Buddin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Runnels vs. McLish
Runnels is hit by the pitch. Buddin moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stephens vs. McLish
Stephens hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gernert vs. McLish
Gernert strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Wills
Held hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Wills
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wills fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Wills
Minoso hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. McLish
Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McLish fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. McLish
Malzone strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keough vs. McLish
Keough hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Wills
Strickland hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piersall vs. Wills
Piersall hits a line drive towards short. Buddin reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Wills
Brown hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McLish vs. Wills
McLish hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Webster vs. Wills
Webster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Wills
Power hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Webster moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Held vs. Wills
Held hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Daley vs. McLish
Daley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McLish fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. McLish
Wills strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. McLish
Buddin hits a popup towards third. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Wills
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Wills
Minoso hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Wills
Strickland hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piersall vs. Wills
Piersall hits a fly ball into center field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. McLish
Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Webster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephens vs. McLish
Stephens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gernert vs. McLish
Gernert hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. McLish
Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Wills
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wills fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McLish vs. Wills
McLish hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wills fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Webster vs. Wills
Webster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. McLish
Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Held scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keough vs. McLish
Keough hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. McLish
Vic Wertz pinch hits for Pete Daley.
Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with McLish covering, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. McLish
Ted Williams pinch hits for Ted Wills.
Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Buddin vs. McLish
Bobby Avila pinch runs for Ted Williams.
McLish fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on McLish. Avila moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Buddin vs. McLish
Avila is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Wall
Murray Wall now pitching. Sammy White now catching.
Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Wall
Held hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. Wall
Colavito hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Held moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Minoso vs. Wall
There's a wild pitch. Held moves to third. Colavito moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Minoso vs. Wall
Minoso is walked intentionally. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Strickland vs. Wall
Strickland hits a fly ball into center field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Held tags and scores. Colavito tags and moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Piersall vs. Wall
Piersall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. McLish
Buddin hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. McLish
Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Webster misplays the ball. That's an error on Webster. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stephens vs. McLish
Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McLish fields it and throws to first for the out. Runnels moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gernert vs. McLish
Gernert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Strickland fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Wall
Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McLish vs. Wall
McLish bunts towards the mound. Wall fields it and throws to first for the out. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Webster vs. Wall
Webster hits a fly ball into center field. Keough settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Power vs. Wall
Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stephens throws the ball in to Runnels who tags Power, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Brown scores. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. McLish
Jensen hits a line drive into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. McLish
Malzone hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Malzone reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keough vs. McLish
Keough hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. McLish
White strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/16/1959 -- Cleveland at Boston (N)
Cleveland AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Webster R, 2b 5 0 1 0 Buddin D, ss 2 0 0 0
Power V, 1b 5 0 2 1 Runnels P, 2b 3 0 1 0
Held W, ss 4 1 1 0 Stephens G, lf 4 0 1 0
Colavito R, rf 4 0 2 0 Gernert D, 1b 4 0 0 0
Minoso M, lf 2 0 0 0 Jensen J, rf 4 0 1 0
Strickland G, 3b 3 1 2 1 Malzone F, 3b 4 0 1 0
Piersall J, cf 4 0 0 0 Keough M, cf 4 1 1 1
Brown D, c 4 2 2 2 Daley P, c 2 0 0 0
McLish C, p 3 0 0 0 Wertz V, ph 1 0 0 0
White S, c 1 0 0 0
Wills T, p 2 0 0 0
Williams T, ph 1 0 1 0
Avila B, pr 0 0 0 0
Wall M, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 4 10 4 32 1 6 1
Cleveland 000 020 011 -- 4
Boston 000 000 100 -- 1
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
McLish C (W) 9.0 6 1 1 2 6
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Wills T (L) 7.0 6 2 2 1 2
Wall M 2.0 4 2 2 1 0
E -- McLish C, Webster R
DP -- Cleveland 1
LOB -- Cleveland 7, Boston 7
2B -- Jensen J, Malzone F
HR -- Brown D, Keough M
SB -- Jensen J, Keough M
SH -- McLish C
SF -- Strickland G
HBP -- by McLish C (Runnels P)
WP -- Wall M
T -- 2:22
A -- 16656
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