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San Francisco Giants 6 Cincinnati Reds 5

May 4,1959

Visiting Team

San Francisco Giants (12-8)

Home Team

Cincinnati Reds (11-9)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Crosley Field

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

5,932

Time of Game

3:09

Umpires

[HP]: Frank Secory [1B]: Hal Dixon [2B]: Vinnie Smith [3B]: Frank Dascoli

San Francisco Giants 6 Cincinnati Reds 5

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8th inning: HP **Giants Manager Bill Rigney ejected by HP umpire Frank Secory**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
San Francisco Giants	SFN	12-8		0	1	0		1	0	0		0	0	4			6	11	0		2	2	3	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	11-9		0	0	0		2	1	0		0	0	2			5	10	1		4	4	8	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

San Francisco Giants - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Davenport	3b	25.260	R	5	1	1	3		0	0	.290		17	150
2	Willie Kirkland	lf	25.076	L	5	0	2	1		0	1	.200		6	127
3	Willie Mays	cf	27.363	R	5	0	1	0		0	2	.286		17	851
4	Orlando Cepeda	1b	21.229	R	4	1	2	1		0	0	.315		17	164
5	Felipe Alou	rf	23.357	R	4	1	2	1		0	0	.377		15	89
6	Daryl Spencer	2b	29.295	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.254		17	539
7	Andre Rodgers	ss	24.153	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.179		12	64
8	Bob Schmidt	c	26.012	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.239		17	143
	Jackie Brandt	ph-lf	25.006	R	1	1	0	0		0	0	.273		17	145
9	Mike McCormick	p	20.217	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.333		3	65
	Leon Wagner	ph	24.356	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.125		8	81
	Hank Sauer	ph	42.048	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		5	898
Totals

2B: Jim Davenport (3)

HR: Orlando Cepeda (6), Felipe Alou (5)

RBI: Jim Davenport 3 (7), Willie Kirkland (2), Orlando Cepeda (16), Felipe Alou (12)

SH: Mike McCormick (2)

Cincinnati Reds - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Johnny Temple	2b	31.269	R	3	0	2	0		2	0	.346		19	840
2	Vada Pinson	cf	20.266	L	5	0	0	0		0	2	.354		19	46
3	Frank Robinson	1b	23.246	R	5	1	1	1		0	0	.329		19	469
4	Frank Thomas	3b-lf	29.327	R	5	3	3	1		0	1	.324		19	746
5	Pete Whisenant	lf	29.141	R	2	1	1	2		2	0	.167		6	315
	Jerry Lynch	ph	28.291	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.286		16	354
6	Gus Bell	rf	30.170	L	4	0	2	1		1	0	.280		19	1128
7	Roy McMillan	ss	29.291	R	4	0	0	0		1	0	.266		19	1099
8	Ed Bailey	c	28.019	L	3	0	1	0		1	0	.235		16	464
9	Bob Purkey	p	29.294	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.167		5	112
Totals

Errors: Bob Purkey

2B: Johnny Temple (11), Gus Bell (3), Ed Bailey (4)

HR: Frank Robinson (6), Frank Thomas (3), Pete Whisenant (1)

RBI: Frank Robinson (24), Frank Thomas (12), Pete Whisenant 2 (2), Gus Bell (13)

HBP: Bob Purkey (1)

GDP: Roy McMillan (1)

San Francisco Giants - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Mike McCormick	L		7.0	7	3	3	7	4	2		4.76	1.65		4	70
2	Gordon Jones	R	W 1-0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.46		3	47
3	Al Worthington	R		0.2	3	2	2	0	1	1		5.40	1.63		8	162
4	Jack Sanford	R	SV 1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.82	0.98		5	79
Totals				0.0

WP: Mike McCormick (2)

HB: Gordon Jones (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mike McCormick (0-0-0), Gordon Jones (0-0-0), Al Worthington (0-0-0), Jack Sanford (0-0-0)

Cincinnati Reds - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Purkey	R	L 3-1	8.2	10	6	6	0	6	2		3.35	1.19		6	122
2	Bob Mabe	R		0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2.00	1.00		9	40
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Purkey (0-0-0), Bob Mabe (0-0-0)