St. Louis Cardinals (5) Chicago Cubs (1)

| 1959

Date of Game: Saturday, May 23, 1959
Stadium: Wrigley Field

St. Louis Cardinals (NL)	Chicago Cubs (NL)
Record: 17-21	Record: 20-19
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Attendance: 7,763 Time of Game: 2:24

Game Notes:
None listed
Best at-bats

Ken Boyer HR in 4th inning (30.52)

Joe Cunningham 1B in 6th inning (9.55)

Stan Musial 1B in 6th inning (9.37)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis Cardinals	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	5	7	0
Chicago Cubs	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0

St. Louis Cardinals Batting Stats

St. Louis Cardinals	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Don Blasingame	2b	27.068	4	1	2	0	0	0	.267	36	487	0	5	4
Gino Cimoli	cf-rf	29.156	3	1	0	0	1	0	.307	35	359	3	22	1
Stan Musial	1b	38.183	3	1	2	1	0	0	.255	29	1119	3	16	0
Curt Flood	pr-cf	21.125	1	1	0	0	0	1	.175	27	156	1	2	0
Ken Boyer	3b	28.003	3	1	1	2	1	0	.324	36	596	9	27	4
Bill White	lf	25.115	2	0	0	0	0	0	.314	31	177	4	21	0
Ray Jablonski	ph	32.157	1	0	0	0	0	0	.130	17	636	1	1	0
Bobby Gene Smith	lf	24.360	1	0	0	0	0	1	.227	27	148	1	6	0
Joe Cunningham	rf-1b	27.270	3	0	1	2	1	0	.338	31	353	1	12	1
Hal Smith	c	27.357	4	0	1	0	0	0	.256	35	287	5	18	2
Lee Tate	ss	27.066	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	13	23	0	1	0
Larry Jackson	p	27.356	3	0	0	0	0	0	.167	13	181	0	0	0
Totals:			32	5	7	5	3	3	.219	330	4522

Chicago Cubs Batting Stats

Chicago Cubs	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Tony Taylor	2b	23.156	4	0	0	0	0	0	.277	35	172	1	8	6
Jim Marshall	1b	27.364	4	0	0	0	0	0	.204	25	134	3	9	0
Irv Noren	cf	34.175	4	1	2	0	0	1	.286	11	957	0	0	0
Ernie Banks	ss	28.112	4	0	1	1	0	0	.288	40	701	10	40	0
Walt Moryn	lf	33.041	3	0	0	0	0	0	.254	40	501	5	10	0
Bobby Thomson	rf	35.211	2	0	0	0	1	0	.209	30	1068	4	16	0
Earl Averill	c	27.257	3	0	0	0	0	1	.204	21	80	3	11	0
Randy Jackson	3b	33.102	3	0	1	0	0	1	.250	12	779	1	5	0
Dave Hillman	p	31.252	1	0	0	0	0	0	.100	10	87	0	0	0
Dale Long	ph	33.106	1	0	0	0	0	0	.269	30	526	5	11	0
Bob Porterfield	p	35.287	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	9	245	0	0	0
Seth Morehead	p	24.281	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4	64	0	0	0
George Altman	ph	26.064	1	0	0	0	0	0	.211	33	33	3	10	0
Elmer Singleton	p	40.331	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	8	36	0	0	0
Totals:			30	1	4	1	1	3	.133	308	5383

Game Stats

2B: Irv Noren (2)
3B: Don Blasingame (3)
HR: Ken Boyer (9)
RBIs: Ernie Banks (40), Ken Boyer 2 (27), Joe Cunningham 2 (12), Stan Musial (16)

St. Louis Cardinals Pitching Stats

St. Louis Cardinals	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Larry Jackson (W 3-4)	27.356	9	4	1	1	1	3	0	2.87	1.23	0	0	0	11	183
Pitching Totals:		9	4	1	1	1	3	0			0	0	0	11	183

Chicago Cubs Pitching Stats

Chicago Cubs	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Dave Hillman (L 2-3)	31.252	5	2	2	2	0	0	1	3.84	1.03	0	0	0	9	86
Bob Porterfield	35.287	0.1	2	3	3	2	0	0	7.00	2.00	0	0	0	9	252
Seth Morehead	24.281	2.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	6.60	1.47	0	0	0	5	66
Elmer Singleton	40.331	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	3.27	1.27	0	0	0	8	35
Pitching Totals:		9	7	5	5	3	3	1			0	0	0	31	439

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Jackson 0-0-0; Dave Hillman 0-0-0; Bob Porterfield 0-0-0; Seth Morehead 0-0-0; Elmer Singleton 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Larry Jackson 31; Dave Hillman 17; Bob Porterfield 5; Seth Morehead 9; Elmer Singleton 4;
Time of Game: 2:24 Attendance: 7,763
Umpires: Home: Tony Venzon 1B Augie Donatelli 2B Jocko Conlan 3B Ken Burkhart

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