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New York Yankees 5 Cleveland Indians 8

July 23,1959

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (47-47)

Home Team

Cleveland Indians (52-39)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Cleveland Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

50,766

Time of Game

3:02

Umpires

[HP]: Bill Summers [1B]: Bill McKinley [2B]: Hank Soar [3B]: Nestor Chylak

New York Yankees 5 Cleveland Indians 8

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3rd inning: NP **Jim Baxes struck on the left cheekbone by Mickey Mantle's**
3rd inning: NP **windblown popfly in short CF**
6th inning: NP **Tito Francona pulled thigh muscle and came up lame**
8th inning: D9.1XH(92) **Hector Lopez hesitated rounding 3B**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
New York Yankees	NYA	47-47		3	1	0		0	0	0		0	1	0			5	10	2		4	4	8	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Cleveland Indians	CLE	52-39		0	0	0		0	0	7		0	1	x			8	14	3		2	2	2	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

New York Yankees - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bobby Richardson	2b	23.338	R	4	0	0	0		1	0	.274		73	258
2	Norm Siebern	lf	25.362	L	5	1	1	0		0	2	.274		84	272
3	Mickey Mantle	cf	27.276	B	4	2	2	1		0	0	.298		86	1160
4	Elston Howard	1b	30.150	R	4	1	1	2		0	0	.259		70	478
5	Hector Lopez	3b	30.015	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.281		91	623
6	Hank Bauer	rf	36.357	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.248		68	1184
7	Yogi Berra	c	34.072	L	4	0	3	0		0	0	.278		78	1280
8	Fritz Brickell	ss	24.126	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.250		12	14
9	Ralph Terry	p	23.195	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.132		22	83
	Enos Slaughter	ph	43.087	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.162		51	903
	Johnny Blanchard	ph	26.147	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.176		26	27
Totals

Errors: Hector Lopez, Fritz Brickell

2B: Mickey Mantle (17), Yogi Berra 2 (14)

HR: Elston Howard (10)

RBI: Mickey Mantle (53), Elston Howard 2 (39), Hector Lopez (59)

Cleveland Indians - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Woodie Held	ss	27.120	R	4	1	1	0		1	1	.249		85	282
2	Vic Power	1b	31.264	R	4	1	1	1		1	0	.304		91	746
3	Minnie Minoso	lf	33.236	R	5	1	1	4		0	0	.289		88	1263
4	Tito Francona	cf	25.261	L	4	1	3	0		0	0	.400		64	386
	Jim Piersall	pr-cf	29.251	R	0	1	0	0		1	0	.233		61	976
5	Rocky Colavito	rf	25.347	R	4	1	2	0		1	1	.284		91	470
6	George Strickland	3b	33.194	R	4	1	3	2		1	0	.268		77	821
7	Jim Baxes	2b	31.018	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.264		46	46
	Granny Hamner	2b	32.088	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.222		45	1098
8	Ed Fitz Gerald	c	35.063	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.213		40	566
	Jim Perry	p	23.266	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.273		28	28
	Elmer Valo	ph	38.140	L	0	0	0	1		0	0	.200		11	830
	Mudcat Grant	p	23.344	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	.162		22	74
	Russ Nixon	ph-c	24.154	L	4	1	2	0		0	0	.164		44	216
Totals

Errors: Jim Baxes, Ed Fitz Gerald 2

2B: Rocky Colavito (17)

HR: Minnie Minoso (15)

RBI: Vic Power (42), Minnie Minoso 4 (60), George Strickland 2 (34), Elmer Valo (2)

SF: Elmer Valo (2)

GDP: Russ Nixon (7)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ralph Terry	R		5.2	8	3	3	1	1	0		4.21	1.40		22	89
2	Eli Grba	R	L 1-1	0.0	4	4	4	2	0	1		4.35	1.65		4	4
3	Art Ditmar	R		0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0		4.01	1.20		26	201
4	Jim Bronstad	R		2.0	2	1	1	2	1	0		5.28	1.62		15	15
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ralph Terry (0-0-0), Eli Grba (0-0-0), Art Ditmar (0-0-0), Jim Bronstad (0-0-0)

Cleveland Indians - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Smith	L		2.0	5	3	3	0	2	1		10.50	2.00		5	22
2	Jim Perry	R	W 5-2	4.0	1	0	0	1	1	0		3.16	1.17		28	28
3	Mudcat Grant	R	SV 1	3.0	4	1	1	0	1	0		4.22	1.43		21	64
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Smith (0-0-0), Jim Perry (0-0-0), Mudcat Grant (0-0-0)