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Tigers
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
August 29, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Detroit Tigers, played on August 29, 1959 at Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 29, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Athletics
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 29, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Kansas City Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Paul Foytack |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ray Herbert |
| Ballpark | Municipal Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 16,343 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 10 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jim Honochick 1B: Bill McKinley 2B: Frank Umont 3B: Charlie Berry |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Yost | Third Baseman |
| Bobo Osborne | First Baseman |
| Harvey Kuenn | Right Fielder |
| Al Kaline | Center Fielder |
| Charlie Maxwell | Left Fielder |
| Frank Bolling | Second Baseman |
| Lou Berberet | Catcher |
| Rocky Bridges | Shortstop |
| Paul Foytack | Pitcher |
| Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Russ Snyder | Center Fielder |
| Jerry Lumpe | Second Baseman |
| Dick Williams | Third Baseman |
| Bob Cerv | Left Fielder |
| Roger Maris | Right Fielder |
| Kent Hadley | First Baseman |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Joe DeMaestri | Shortstop |
| Ray Herbert | Pitcher |
| Harry Craft | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
August 29, 1959
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Herbert
Yost hits a popup, foul, towards third. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Osborne vs. Herbert
Osborne hits a fly ball into center field. Snyder settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Herbert
Kuenn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Foytack
Snyder bunts towards the mound. Foytack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Foytack
Lumpe hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Foytack
Williams hits a line drive into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Herbert
Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maxwell vs. Herbert
Maxwell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kaline moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bolling vs. Herbert
Bolling hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cerv. Bolling reaches second base with a double. Kaline scores. Maxwell moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Berberet vs. Herbert
Berberet hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bridges vs. Herbert
Bridges is walked intentionally. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Foytack vs. Herbert
Foytack strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Yost vs. Herbert
Yost takes first base on ball four. Maxwell scores. Bolling moves to third. Bridges moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Osborne vs. Herbert
Osborne hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Snyder. Osborne reaches second base with a double. Bolling scores. Bridges scores. Yost goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kuenn vs. Tsitouris
John Tsitouris now pitching.
Kuenn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maris. Kuenn reaches second base with a double. Osborne scores. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kaline vs. Tsitouris
Kaline hits a line drive to left field. Cerv throws towards DeMaestri. DeMaestri fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on DeMaestri. Kuenn scores. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maxwell vs. Tsitouris
Maxwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kaline moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bolling vs. Tsitouris
Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Foytack
Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Foytack fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Foytack
Maris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling misplays the ball. That's an error on Bolling. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hadley vs. Foytack
Hadley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Maris moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Foytack
Smith hits a line drive towards short. Bridges catches it and throws to second to double up Maris. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berberet vs. Tsitouris
Berberet hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Tsitouris
Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tsitouris fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foytack vs. Tsitouris
Foytack hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yost vs. Tsitouris
Yost hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Foytack
DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tsitouris vs. Foytack
Tsitouris 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 -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Foytack
Snyder hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lumpe vs. Foytack
Lumpe 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
Top 4
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Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Osborne vs. Tsitouris
Osborne strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Tsitouris
Kuenn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Tsitouris
There's a wild pitch. Kuenn moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kaline vs. Tsitouris
Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kuenn scores. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maxwell vs. Tsitouris
Maxwell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kaline moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 8 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bolling vs. Tsitouris
Bolling hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kaline tags and scores. Maxwell tags and moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Berberet vs. Tsitouris
Berberet strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Foytack
Williams hits a popup, foul, towards short. Bridges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Foytack
Cerv hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Foytack
Maris hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hadley vs. Foytack
Hadley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Osborne scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hadley for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Tsitouris
Bridges hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foytack vs. Tsitouris
Foytack bunts towards the mound. Tsitouris fields it and throws to first for the out. Bridges moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Yost vs. Tsitouris
Yost hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Osborne vs. Tsitouris
Osborne hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Foytack
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Foytack
DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Foytack fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tsitouris vs. Foytack
Tsitouris strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Tsitouris
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Tsitouris
Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. Tsitouris
Maxwell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bolling vs. Tsitouris
Bolling hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Foytack
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards first. Osborne scoops it up and throws to first, with Foytack covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Foytack
Lumpe hits a line drive into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Foytack
Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berberet vs. Tsitouris
Berberet hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Tsitouris
Bridges hits a popup, foul, towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foytack vs. Tsitouris
Foytack is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yost vs. Tsitouris
Yost strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Foytack
Johnny Groth now playing center field.
Cerv hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Foytack
Maris takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hadley vs. Foytack
Hadley hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Foytack
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeMaestri vs. Foytack
DeMaestri takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Morgan vs. Foytack
Joe Morgan pinch hits for John Tsitouris.
Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Osborne fields it and throws to second for the out. Smith moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Snyder vs. Foytack
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards first. Osborne scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Snyder for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Osborne vs. Coleman
Rip Coleman now pitching. Ray Jablonski now playing third base.
Osborne hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Coleman
Kuenn hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Snyder. Kuenn reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Groth vs. Coleman
Groth hits a line drive towards short. DeMaestri reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Maxwell vs. Coleman
Maxwell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Foytack
Coot Veal now playing shortstop.
Lumpe hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Foytack
Jablonski strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerv vs. Foytack
Cerv hits a fly ball into right field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Coleman
Bolling hits a fly ball into left field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berberet vs. Coleman
Berberet strikes out. Smith drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Berberet out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veal vs. Coleman
Veal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foytack vs. Coleman
Foytack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maris vs. Foytack
Maris 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 -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hadley vs. Foytack
Hadley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Foytack fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 9 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Foytack
Smith is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/29/1959 -- Detroit at Kansas City (N)
Detroit AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Yost E, 3b 4 1 0 1 Snyder R, cf 4 0 1 0
Osborne B, 1b 5 1 1 3 Lumpe J, 2b 4 0 0 0
Kuenn H, rf 5 2 3 1 Williams D, 3b 3 0 0 0
Kaline A, cf 4 2 3 1 Jablonski R, 3b 1 0 0 0
Groth J, cf 1 0 0 0 Cerv B, lf 4 1 1 1
Maxwell C, lf 4 1 3 0 Maris R, rf 3 1 0 0
Bolling F, 2b 4 1 1 2 Hadley K, 1b 4 1 2 2
Berberet L, c 5 0 0 0 Smith H, c 4 0 1 0
Bridges R, ss 3 1 1 0 DeMaestri J, ss 2 0 1 0
Veal C, ss 1 0 1 0 Herbert R, p 0 0 0 0
Foytack P, p 3 0 1 0 Tsitouris J, p 2 0 0 0
Morgan J, ph 1 0 0 0
Coleman R, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 9 14 8 32 3 6 3
Detroit 070 200 000 -- 9
Kansas City 000 100 200 -- 3
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Foytack P (W) 9.0 6 3 3 2 3
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Herbert R (L) 1.2 4 6 6 2 1
Tsitouris J 5.1 8 3 3 1 3
Coleman R 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
E -- DeMaestri J, Bolling F
DP -- Detroit 2
LOB -- Detroit 9, Kansas City 4
2B -- Bolling F, Osborne B, Kuenn H 2
HR -- Cerv B, Hadley K
SH -- Foytack P
SF -- Bolling F
HBP -- by Tsitouris J (Foytack P)
WP -- Tsitouris J
T -- 2:10
A -- 16343
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