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Tigers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
May 19, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 19, 1959 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 19, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 19, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Don Mossi |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Whitey Ford |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 19,057 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 47 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill McKinley 1B: Hank Soar 2B: Nestor Chylak 3B: Bill Summers |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Yost | Third Baseman |
| Harvey Kuenn | Right Fielder |
| Charlie Maxwell | Left Fielder |
| Al Kaline | Center Fielder |
| Gail Harris | First Baseman |
| Rocky Bridges | Shortstop |
| Red Wilson | Catcher |
| Frank Bolling | Second Baseman |
| Don Mossi | Pitcher |
| Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Clete Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Gil McDougald | Second Baseman |
| Mickey Mantle | Center Fielder |
| Elston Howard | First Baseman |
| Yogi Berra | Catcher |
| Hank Bauer | Right Fielder |
| Norm Siebern | Left Fielder |
| Tony Kubek | Shortstop |
| Whitey Ford | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
May 19, 1959
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Ford
Yost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuenn vs. Ford
There's a wild pitch. Yost moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kuenn vs. Ford
Kuenn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maxwell vs. Ford
Maxwell strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kaline vs. Ford
Kaline takes first base on ball four. Yost moves to third. Kuenn moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Harris vs. Ford
Harris hits a line drive into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Yost tags and scores. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bridges vs. Ford
Bridges hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kuenn scores. Kaline moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wilson vs. Ford
Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kaline scores. Bridges moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bolling vs. Ford
Bolling hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Siebern. Bolling reaches second base with a double. Bridges scores. Wilson moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mossi vs. Ditmar
Art Ditmar now pitching.
Mossi strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Mossi
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDougald vs. Mossi
McDougald hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mantle vs. Mossi
Mantle hits a line drive into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Howard vs. Mossi
Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Berra vs. Mossi
Berra 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 2
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Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Ditmar
Yost hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuenn vs. Ditmar
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Howard fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Howard. Yost moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maxwell vs. Ditmar
Maxwell bunts towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Yost moves to third. Kuenn moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kaline vs. Ditmar
Kaline takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Harris vs. Ditmar
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ditmar fields it and throws to home to get Yost. Kuenn moves to third. Kaline moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bridges vs. Ditmar
Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Mossi
Bauer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Bauer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Siebern vs. Mossi
Siebern hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bauer scores. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kubek vs. Mossi
There goes Siebern. The throw from Wilson and he is safe. Siebern steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kubek vs. Mossi
Kubek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Siebern scores. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ditmar vs. Mossi
Ditmar strikes out. There goes Kubek. The throw from Wilson to second, and Kubek is out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Mossi
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Ditmar
Wilson hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bolling vs. Ditmar
Bolling hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mossi vs. Ditmar
Mossi strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yost vs. Ditmar
Yost strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. Mossi
McDougald hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Mossi
Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Mossi
Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berra vs. Mossi
Berra hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howard moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bauer vs. Mossi
Bauer hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Ditmar
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. Ditmar
Maxwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Ditmar
Kaline takes first base on ball four. Maxwell moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harris vs. Ditmar
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first, with Ditmar covering, for the out. Maxwell moves to third. Kaline moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bridges vs. Ditmar
Bridges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Maxwell scores. Kaline scores. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Ditmar
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebern vs. Mossi
Siebern hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kubek vs. Mossi
Kubek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mossi fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ditmar vs. Mossi
Ditmar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bridges fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Ditmar
Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mossi vs. Ditmar
Mossi hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Ditmar
Yost is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuenn vs. Ditmar
Kuenn takes first base on ball four. Yost moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maxwell vs. Ditmar
Maxwell hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Mossi
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mossi fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. Mossi
McDougald hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Mossi
Mantle hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Ditmar
Kaline hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, 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 -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Ditmar
Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Mossi
Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Mossi
Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harris scoops it up and throws to first, with Mossi covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bauer vs. Mossi
Bauer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Siebern vs. Mossi
Siebern hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bauer moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kubek vs. Mossi
Kubek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bauer scores. Siebern moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Skowron vs. Mossi
Bill Skowron pinch hits for Art Ditmar.
Skowron hits a fly ball into right field. Kuenn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Sturdivant
Tom Sturdivant now pitching.
Wilson hits a line drive towards third. Boyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Sturdivant
Bolling hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mossi vs. Sturdivant
Mossi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Mossi
Boyer strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDougald vs. Mossi
McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Mossi
Mantle hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howard vs. Mossi
Howard hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yost vs. Sturdivant
Yost strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Sturdivant
Kuenn hits a popup towards short. Kubek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. Sturdivant
Maxwell hits a line drive into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Mossi
Berra takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bauer vs. Mossi
Bauer hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Siebern vs. Mossi
Siebern hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kubek vs. Mossi
Kubek hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Bolling reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Sturdivant
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kubek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Sturdivant
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Sturdivant
Bridges strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Mossi
Andy Carey pinch hits for Tom Sturdivant.
Carey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
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 -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDougald vs. Mossi
McDougald hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mantle vs. Mossi
Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bridges fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/19/1959 -- Detroit at New York (N)
Detroit AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Yost E, 3b 4 1 2 0 Boyer C, 3b 5 0 1 0
Kuenn H, rf 3 1 0 0 McDougald G, 2b 5 0 1 0
Maxwell C, lf 4 1 1 0 Mantle M, cf 5 0 1 0
Kaline A, cf 2 2 0 0 Howard E, 1b 4 0 1 0
Harris G, 1b 4 0 0 1 Berra Y, c 3 0 1 0
Bridges R, ss 5 1 2 3 Bauer H, rf 3 2 1 0
Wilson R, c 4 0 2 1 Siebern N, lf 4 1 3 1
Bolling F, 2b 4 0 1 1 Kubek T, ss 4 0 2 2
Mossi D, p 4 0 0 0 Ford W, p 0 0 0 0
Ditmar A, p 2 0 0 0
Skowron B, ph 1 0 0 0
Sturdivant T, p 0 0 0 0
Carey A, ph 1 0 1 0
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34 6 8 6 37 3 12 3
Detroit 400 200 000 -- 6
New York 020 001 000 -- 3
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Mossi D (W) 9.0 12 3 3 2 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Ford W (L) 0.2 4 4 4 2 1
Ditmar A 5.1 4 2 2 3 3
Sturdivant T 3.0 0 0 0 0 2
E -- Howard E
DP -- Detroit 2
LOB -- Detroit 9, New York 9
2B -- Bolling F, Bauer H
SB -- Siebern N
CS -- Kubek T
SH -- Maxwell C
SF -- Harris G
HBP -- by Ditmar A (Yost E)
WP -- Ford W
T -- 2:47
A -- 19057
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