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Yankees
@ Tigers
Briggs Stadium
August 18, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees, played on August 18, 1959 at Briggs Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 18, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 18, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Art Ditmar |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Don Mossi |
| Ballpark | Briggs Stadium |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 37,353 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 29 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Umont 1B: Charlie Berry 2B: Jim Honochick 3B: Red Flaherty |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Clete Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Bobby Richardson | Second Baseman |
| Mickey Mantle | Center Fielder |
| Yogi Berra | Catcher |
| Elston Howard | First Baseman |
| Hector Lopez | Left Fielder |
| Gil McDougald | Shortstop |
| Tony Kubek | Right Fielder |
| Art Ditmar | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Yost | Third Baseman |
| Frank Bolling | Second Baseman |
| Harvey Kuenn | Right Fielder |
| Al Kaline | Center Fielder |
| Charlie Maxwell | Left Fielder |
| Gail Harris | First Baseman |
| Lou Berberet | Catcher |
| Rocky Bridges | Shortstop |
| Don Mossi | Pitcher |
| Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Tigers
Briggs Stadium
August 18, 1959
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Mossi
Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Mossi
Richardson hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mantle vs. Mossi
Mantle strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berra vs. Mossi
Berra hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Richardson moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Howard vs. Mossi
Howard hits a line drive into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Ditmar
Yost hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Ditmar
Bolling hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Ditmar
Kuenn hits a line drive into left field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Mossi
Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDougald vs. Mossi
McDougald hits a line drive into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kubek vs. Mossi
Kubek hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Kaline who is chasing the ball. Kubek reaches third base with a triple. Lopez goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ditmar vs. Mossi
Ditmar hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Ditmar reaches second base with a double. Kubek scores. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boyer vs. Mossi
Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Richardson vs. Mossi
Richardson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Ditmar
Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maxwell vs. Ditmar
There goes Kaline. The throw from Berra and he is out, McDougald applying the tag. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. Ditmar
Maxwell strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Ditmar
Harris hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Mossi
Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berra vs. Mossi
Berra hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Mossi
Howard hits a line drive into right field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Mossi
Lopez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. Mossi
McDougald hits a popup towards short. Bridges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kubek vs. Mossi
Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mossi fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ditmar vs. Mossi
Ditmar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berberet vs. Ditmar
Berberet hits a fly ball into right field. Kubek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Ditmar
Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chrisley vs. Ditmar
Neil Chrisley pinch hits for Don Mossi.
Chrisley hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Sisler
Dave Sisler now pitching.
Boyer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Richardson vs. Sisler
Richardson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bridges misplays the ball. That's an error on Bridges. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mantle vs. Sisler
Mantle is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Berra vs. Sisler
Berra takes first base on ball four. Boyer moves to third. Richardson moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Howard vs. Sisler
Howard hits a popup, foul, towards first. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lopez vs. Sisler
Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Ditmar
Yost hits a line drive into left field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Ditmar
Bolling hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lopez. Bolling reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kuenn vs. Ditmar
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Howard scoops it up and throws to first, with Ditmar covering, for the out. Bolling moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kaline vs. Ditmar
Kaline takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Maxwell vs. Ditmar
Maxwell hits a popup towards short. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. Sisler
McDougald hits a popup, foul, towards first. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kubek vs. Sisler
Kubek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ditmar vs. Sisler
Ditmar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Ditmar
Harris strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berberet vs. Ditmar
Berberet hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bridges vs. Ditmar
Bridges strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zernial vs. Ditmar
Gus Zernial pinch hits for Dave Sisler.
Zernial strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Narleski
Ray Narleski now pitching.
Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Narleski
Richardson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Narleski
Mantle hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Ditmar
Yost is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bolling vs. Ditmar
Bolling hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuenn vs. Ditmar
Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yost moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kaline vs. Ditmar
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Narleski
Berra hits a popup, foul, towards first. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Narleski
Howard strikes out. Berberet drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Howard out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Narleski
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Narleski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. Ditmar
Maxwell strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Ditmar
Harris hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berberet vs. Ditmar
Berberet hits a line drive into right field. Kubek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lepcio vs. Ditmar
Ted Lepcio pinch hits for Rocky Bridges.
Lepcio hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. Narleski
Ted Lepcio now playing shortstop.
McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lepcio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kubek vs. Narleski
Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lepcio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ditmar vs. Narleski
Ditmar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Osborne vs. Ditmar
Bobo Osborne pinch hits for Ray Narleski.
Osborne hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Ditmar
Yost hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Ditmar
Bolling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuenn vs. Ditmar
Kuenn hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Mantle chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Richardson. Richardson fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Richardson. Bolling goes all the way around to score. Kuenn moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kaline vs. Ditmar
Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kuenn scores. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maxwell vs. Ford
Whitey Ford now pitching.
Maxwell hits a fly ball into right field. Kubek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Morgan
Tom Morgan now pitching.
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richardson vs. Morgan
Richardson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berberet settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Morgan
Mantle hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Ford
Hank Bauer now playing left field.
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Richardson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berberet vs. Ford
Berberet hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lepcio vs. Ford
Lepcio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Ford
Johnny Groth pinch hits for Tom Morgan.
Groth strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/18/1959 -- New York at Detroit (N)
New York AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Boyer C, 3b 4 0 0 0 Yost E, 3b 3 0 0 0
Richardson B, 2b 5 0 1 0 Bolling F, 2b 4 1 2 0
Mantle M, cf 5 1 1 0 Kuenn H, rf 4 1 2 1
Berra Y, c 3 1 2 2 Kaline A, cf 3 0 2 1
Howard E, 1b 4 0 0 0 Maxwell C, lf 4 0 0 0
Lopez H, lf 4 2 2 1 Harris G, 1b 4 0 1 0
Bauer H, lf 0 0 0 0 Berberet L, c 4 1 2 1
McDougald G, ss 4 0 0 0 Bridges R, ss 2 0 0 0
Kubek T, rf 4 1 3 1 Lepcio T, ph-ss 2 0 0 0
Ditmar A, p 4 0 1 1 Mossi D, p 0 0 0 0
Ford W, p 0 0 0 0 Chrisley N, ph 1 0 0 0
Sisler D, p 0 0 0 0
Zernial G, ph 1 0 0 0
Narleski R, p 0 0 0 0
Osborne B, ph 1 0 0 0
Morgan T, p 0 0 0 0
Groth J, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 5 10 5 34 3 9 3
New York 023 000 000 -- 5
Detroit 000 000 021 -- 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Ditmar A (W) 7.2 8 2 2 1 5
Ford W (S) 1.1 1 1 1 0 1
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Mossi D (L) 3.0 9 5 5 0 1
Sisler D 2.0 1 0 0 2 1
Narleski R 3.0 0 0 0 0 1
Morgan T 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Bridges R, Richardson B
DP -- New York 1, Detroit 1
LOB -- New York 7, Detroit 6
2B -- Ditmar A, Bolling F, Kuenn H
3B -- Kubek T
HR -- Berra Y, Lopez H, Berberet L
CS -- Kaline A
HBP -- by Ditmar A (Yost E)
T -- 2:29
A -- 37353
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