Boston Red Sox (11) New York Yankees (6)

| 1959

Date of Game: Friday, August 14, 1959
Stadium: Yankee Stadium I

Boston Red Sox (AL)	New York Yankees (AL)
Record: 52-61	Record: 57-58
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Attendance: 38,624 Time of Game: 3:03

Game Notes:

Pete Runnels - 4 walks

Sammy White - 4 hits

Best at-bats

Gary Geiger HR in 8th inning (39.6)

Vic Wertz HR in 8th inning (36.82)

Elston Howard 3B in 3rd inning (26.73)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston Red Sox	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	11	14	2
New York Yankees	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	2

Boston Red Sox Batting Stats

Boston Red Sox	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Gary Geiger	cf-lf	22.132	5	1	2	1	1	1	.273	87	176	10	37	2
Pete Runnels	2b	31.199	2	1	0	0	4	1	.318	109	1164	5	43	4
Frank Malzone	3b	29.167	6	1	2	2	0	0	.284	113	443	17	75	4
Ted Williams	lf	40.349	3	1	0	0	2	1	.238	79	945	8	33	0
Mike Fornieles	p	27.209	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	33	229	0	1	0
Jackie Jensen	rf	32.158	5	2	2	1	0	0	.288	109	1237	24	83	13
Dick Gernert	1b	30.320	5	2	2	1	0	0	.266	96	676	9	34	1
Sammy White	c	31.038	5	1	4	1	0	0	.282	80	929	1	28	4
Don Buddin	ss	25.101	2	0	0	0	1	0	.236	110	356	8	40	5
Vic Wertz	ph	34.186	2	1	1	4	0	0	.290	69	1001	7	42	0
Jim Mahoney	ss	25.080	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	10	10	0	0	0
Tom Brewer	p	27.346	1	0	0	0	0	1	.109	36	224	0	3	2
Nelson Chittum	p	26.142	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	6	18	0	0	0
Pumpsie Green	ph	25.291	1	0	0	0	0	0	.328	18	18	0	3	3
Frank Baumann	p	26.044	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	18	46	0	3	0
Marty Keough	ph-cf	24.122	2	0	0	0	0	0	.238	74	152	6	23	3
Totals:			40	11	14	10	8	4	.350	1047	7624

New York Yankees Batting Stats

New York Yankees	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Norm Siebern	rf	26.019	5	1	1	0	0	1	.268	98	286	10	46	3
Tony Kubek	lf-cf	22.306	4	0	1	0	0	0	.278	92	357	4	38	3
Mickey Mantle	cf	27.299	2	2	0	0	2	0	.287	107	1181	22	59	18
Enos Slaughter	lf	43.109	1	0	0	0	0	0	.152	61	913	6	15	1
Yogi Berra	c	34.094	4	1	2	1	1	0	.281	98	1300	16	51	1
Elston Howard	1b	30.172	3	1	2	2	1	0	.279	88	496	14	54	0
Hector Lopez	3b	30.036	3	1	1	1	0	0	.278	108	640	15	67	3
Clete Boyer	3b	22.186	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	21	142	0	1	0
Gil McDougald	ss	31.087	4	0	0	0	0	1	.244	96	1147	4	24	0
Bobby Richardson	2b	23.361	4	0	1	0	0	0	.265	94	279	1	15	4
Whitey Ford	p	30.297	2	0	1	1	1	1	.235	23	215	1	6	0
Ryne Duren	p	30.173	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	35	92	0	0	0
Bobby Shantz	p	33.322	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	34	288	0	1	0
Johnny Blanchard	ph	26.169	1	0	1	0	0	0	.186	37	38	1	1	0
Jim Coates	p	27.010	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	27	29	0	0	0
Totals:			33	6	10	5	5	3	.303	1019	7403

Game Stats

2B: Yogi Berra (20), Nelson Chittum (1)
3B: Elston Howard (4), Sammy White (2)
HR: Gary Geiger (10), Vic Wertz (7)
RBIs: Yogi Berra (51), Whitey Ford (6), Gary Geiger (37), Dick Gernert (34), Elston Howard 2 (54), Jackie Jensen (83), Hector Lopez (67), Frank Malzone 2 (75), Vic Wertz 4 (42), Sammy White (28)
SH: Tony Kubek (9)
SF: Hector Lopez (3)
GDP: Hector Lopez (7), Frank Malzone (12), Bobby Richardson (3)

Boston Red Sox Pitching Stats

Boston Red Sox	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Tom Brewer	27.346	2.2	7	5	6	3	2	0	3.72	1.41	0	0	0	26	184
Nelson Chittum	26.142	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.22	0	0	0	6	19
Frank Baumann (W 4-2)	26.044	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	4.58	1.76	0	0	0	20	48
Mike Fornieles (Sv 7)	27.209	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.26	1.26	0	0	0	33	228
Pitching Totals:		9	10	5	6	5	3	0			0	0	0	85	479

New York Yankees Pitching Stats

New York Yankees	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Whitey Ford	30.297	7.1	7	5	4	6	3	0	3.10	1.41	0	0	0	25	232
Ryne Duren (L 2-5)	30.173	0.1	3	4	4	1	0	2	1.59	1.15	0	0	0	35	93
Bobby Shantz	33.322	0.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	2.53	1.08	0	0	0	32	263
Jim Coates	27.010	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.38	1.36	0	0	0	27	29
Pitching Totals:		9	14	11	10	8	4	2			0	0	0	119	617

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Tom Brewer 0-0-0; Nelson Chittum 0-0-0; Frank Baumann 0-0-0; Mike Fornieles 0-0-0; Whitey Ford 0-0-0; Ryne Duren 0-0-0; Bobby Shantz 0-0-0; Jim Coates 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Tom Brewer 18; Nelson Chittum 8; Frank Baumann 7; Mike Fornieles 7; Whitey Ford 34; Ryne Duren 5; Bobby Shantz 5; Jim Coates 4;
Time of Game: 3:03 Attendance: 38,624
Umpires: Home: Bill McKinley 1B Hank Soar 2B Nestor Chylak 3B Bill Summers

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