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White Sox
@ Senators
Griffith Stadium
August 9, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Washington Senators and the Chicago White Sox, played on August 9, 1959 at Griffith Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 9, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Home Team |
Washington Senators
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 9, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Home Team | Washington Senators |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Early Wynn |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Tex Clevenger |
| Ballpark | Griffith Stadium |
| City | Washington |
| State | DC |
| Attendance | 17,472 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Umont 1B: Charlie Berry 2B: Jim Honochick 3B: Red Flaherty |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Luis Aparicio | Shortstop |
| Nellie Fox | Second Baseman |
| Jim Landis | Center Fielder |
| Earl Torgeson | First Baseman |
| Billy Goodman | Third Baseman |
| Al Smith | Left Fielder |
| Earl Battey | Catcher |
| Jim McAnany | Right Fielder |
| Early Wynn | Pitcher |
| Al Lopez | Manager |
Washington Senators Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ken Aspromonte | Second Baseman |
| Lenny Green | Right Fielder |
| Julio Becquer | First Baseman |
| Jim Lemon | Left Fielder |
| Bob Allison | Center Fielder |
| Clint Courtney | Catcher |
| Harmon Killebrew | Third Baseman |
| Zoilo Versalles | Shortstop |
| Tex Clevenger | Pitcher |
| Cookie Lavagetto | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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White Sox
@ Senators
Griffith Stadium
August 9, 1959
Top 1
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White Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Clevenger
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Clevenger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Clevenger
Fox takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Landis vs. Clevenger
Landis takes first base on ball four. Fox moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Torgeson vs. Clevenger
Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Becquer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Torgeson for the out. Fox moves to third. Landis moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Goodman vs. Clevenger
Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Becquer fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering. Clevenger drops the ball. Fox scores. Landis scores. Goodman moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Clevenger
Smith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Battey vs. Clevenger
Battey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aspromonte vs. Wynn
Aspromonte is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Wynn
Green hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Becquer vs. Wynn
Becquer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAnany vs. Clevenger
McAnany hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Courtney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Clevenger
Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles misplays the ball. That's an error on Versalles. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aparicio vs. Clevenger
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Wynn
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wynn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Wynn
Allison takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Courtney vs. Wynn
Courtney hits a fly ball towards center. Landis catches it and throws to first to double up Allison. View Play
Top 3
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White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Clevenger
Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landis vs. Clevenger
Landis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torgeson vs. Clevenger
Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Becquer fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Wynn
Killebrew is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Wynn
Versalles hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Battey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clevenger vs. Wynn
Clevenger hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Battey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Clevenger
Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Clevenger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Clevenger
Smith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Clevenger
Battey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McAnany vs. Clevenger
McAnany hits a ball on the ground towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aspromonte vs. Wynn
Aspromonte hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Wynn
Green hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Becquer vs. Wynn
Becquer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Wynn
Lemon hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Clevenger
Wynn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lemon. Wynn reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Aparicio vs. Clevenger
Aparicio bunts towards third. Killebrew fields it and throws to first for the out. Wynn moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Fox vs. Clevenger
Fox hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Green. Fox reaches second base with a double. Wynn scores. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Landis vs. Clevenger
Landis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Torgeson vs. Clevenger
Torgeson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fox scores. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. Clevenger
There goes Torgeson. The throw from Courtney and he is safe. Torgeson steals second. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Goodman vs. Clevenger
Goodman hits a popup, foul, towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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White Sox, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Wynn
Allison is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Courtney vs. Wynn
Courtney hits a fly ball into center field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Wynn
Killebrew hits a popup towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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White Sox, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Clevenger
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Battey vs. Clevenger
Battey hits a line drive towards short. Versalles reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAnany vs. Clevenger
McAnany hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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White Sox, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Versalles vs. Wynn
Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bertoia vs. Wynn
Reno Bertoia pinch hits for Tex Clevenger.
Bertoia hits a fly ball into right field. McAnany settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aspromonte vs. Wynn
Aspromonte takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Wynn
Green hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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White Sox, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Griggs
Hal Griggs now pitching.
Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Griggs
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aspromonte scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Griggs
Fox hits a fly ball into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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White Sox, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Becquer vs. Wynn
Becquer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Becquer for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Wynn
Lemon strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allison vs. Wynn
Allison hits a fly ball into right field. McAnany settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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White Sox, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landis vs. Griggs
Landis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torgeson vs. Griggs
There goes Landis. The throw from Courtney and he is safe. Landis steals second. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Torgeson vs. Griggs
Torgeson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Landis scores. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. Griggs
Goodman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Torgeson moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Griggs
Sammy Esposito pinch runs for Billy Goodman.
Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Green throws the ball in to Aspromonte who tags Smith trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Torgeson scores. Esposito moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Battey vs. Griggs
Battey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Green who is chasing the ball. Battey reaches third base with a triple. Esposito scores. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McAnany vs. Kemmerer
Russ Kemmerer now pitching.
McAnany hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Wynn vs. Kemmerer
Wynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Battey scores. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aparicio vs. Kemmerer
Aparicio hits a fly ball into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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White Sox, 8 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Courtney vs. Wynn
Sammy Esposito now playing third base.
Courtney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killebrew vs. Wynn
Killebrew hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Throneberry vs. Wynn
Faye Throneberry pinch hits for Zoilo Versalles.
Throneberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Courtney moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sievers vs. Wynn
Roy Sievers pinch hits for Russ Kemmerer.
Sievers hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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White Sox, 8 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Fischer
Bill Fischer now pitching. Billy Consolo now playing shortstop.
Fox hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Green. Fox reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Landis vs. Fischer
Landis bunts towards the mound. Fischer fields it and throws to first for the out. Fox moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Torgeson vs. Fischer
Torgeson hits a fly ball into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Fox tags and scores. View Play -
White Sox, 9 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Esposito vs. Fischer
Esposito hits a line drive towards the mound. Fischer reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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White Sox, 9 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aspromonte vs. Wynn
Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 9 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Wynn
Green hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 9 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Becquer vs. Wynn
There's a wild pitch. Green moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 9 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Becquer vs. Wynn
Becquer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 9 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lemon vs. Wynn
Lemon is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 9 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Allison vs. Wynn
Allison hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/9/1959, game 2 -- Chicago at Washington (D)
Chicago AB R H RBI Washington AB R H RBI
Aparicio L, ss 4 0 0 0 Aspromonte K, 2b 3 0 1 0
Fox N, 2b 4 3 2 1 Green L, rf 4 0 1 0
Landis J, cf 2 2 1 0 Becquer J, 1b 3 0 0 0
Torgeson E, 1b 4 1 2 3 Lemon J, lf 4 0 0 0
Goodman B, 3b 4 0 1 0 Allison B, cf 3 0 0 0
Esposito S, pr-3b 1 1 0 0 Courtney C, c 3 0 1 0
Smith A, lf 3 0 1 1 Killebrew H, 3b 3 0 0 0
Battey E, c 4 1 2 1 Versalles Z, ss 2 0 0 0
McAnany J, rf 4 0 0 0 Throneberry F, ph 1 0 0 0
Wynn E, p 4 1 2 1 Consolo B, ss 0 0 0 0
Clevenger T, p 1 0 0 0
Bertoia R, ph 1 0 0 0
Griggs H, p 0 0 0 0
Kemmerer R, p 0 0 0 0
Sievers R, ph 1 0 0 0
Fischer B, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 9 11 7 29 0 3 0
Chicago 200 020 041 -- 9
Washington 000 000 000 -- 0
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Wynn E (W) 9.0 3 0 0 3 5
Washington IP H R ER BB SO
Clevenger T (L) 6.0 5 4 2 3 0
Griggs H 1.1 4 4 4 1 0
Kemmerer R 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Fischer B 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
E -- Clevenger T, Versalles Z
DP -- Chicago 1, Washington 2
LOB -- Chicago 5, Washington 5
2B -- Wynn E, Fox N 2
3B -- Battey E
SB -- Torgeson E, Landis J
SH -- Aparicio L, Landis J
SF -- Torgeson E
WP -- Wynn E
T -- 2:27
A -- 17472
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