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Cincinnati Reds @ Chicago Cubs

1959-07-17 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 7748 · 2:07

Chicago Cubs defeated Cincinnati Redlegs 1–0. Art Ceccarelli earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
CHN	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	7

W: Art Ceccarelli L: Bob Purkey SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tony Venzon · 1B: Augie Donatelli · 2B: Ken Burkhart · 3B: Jocko Conlan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Johnny Temple	5	1	0	0
Vada Pinson	4	3	1	0
Gus Bell	4	0	1	0
Frank Robinson	1	0	3	0
Frank Thomas	4	0	0	0
Dutch Dotterer	4	0	0	1
Willie Jones	4	1	0	0
Eddie Kasko	3	1	1	0
Bob Purkey	3	0	0	0
Pete Whisenant	1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Taylor	4	0	2	0	0	0
Al Dark	3	0	1	0	1	0
Lee Walls	3	0	0	1	1	0
Ernie Banks	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bobby Thomson	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jim Marshall	2	0	0	0	1	0
George Altman	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sammy Taylor	3	0	1	0	0	0
Art Ceccarelli	3	1	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Purkey	8.0	7	3	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Art Ceccarelli	9.0	6	6	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Temple: 13
Vada Pinson: S8
Gus Bell: 7
Frank Robinson: 13

Bot 1

Tony Taylor: S9
Al Dark: 5/P
Lee Walls: 8
Ernie Banks: K/C

Top 2

Frank Thomas: 9
Dutch Dotterer: 8/8D
Willie Jones: D7
Eddie Kasko: W
Bob Purkey: 6/P

Bot 2

Bobby Thomson: S7
Jim Marshall: W.1-2
George Altman: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Sammy Taylor: 8

Top 3

Johnny Temple: 4/P
Vada Pinson: W
Gus Bell: 43.1-2
Frank Robinson: PB.2-3
Frank Robinson: W
Frank Thomas: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Art Ceccarelli: 13
Tony Taylor: 8
Al Dark: S4
Lee Walls: W.1-2
Ernie Banks: 2/FL

Top 4

Dutch Dotterer: K/C
Willie Jones: 53
Eddie Kasko: 63

Bot 4

Bobby Thomson: 9
Jim Marshall: 6/P
George Altman: 7

Top 5

Bob Purkey: 8
Johnny Temple: 8
Vada Pinson: D7
Gus Bell: W
Frank Robinson: W.2-3;1-2
Frank Thomas: 3/FL

Bot 5

Sammy Taylor: S6
Art Ceccarelli: 36(1)/FO/BG
Tony Taylor: S5/BG.1-2
Al Dark: W.2-3;1-2
Lee Walls: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Ernie Banks: 7

Top 6

Dutch Dotterer: 5/P
Willie Jones: 8
Eddie Kasko: S7
Bob Purkey: 2/FL

Bot 6

Bobby Thomson: S6
Jim Marshall: OA.1X2(2634)
Jim Marshall: 4/P
George Altman: 9

Top 7

Johnny Temple: D7
Vada Pinson: 63.2-2
Gus Bell: 43.2-3
Frank Robinson: W
Frank Thomas: 4/P

Bot 7

Sammy Taylor: 8
Art Ceccarelli: 31
Tony Taylor: 8

Top 8

Dutch Dotterer: 4/P
Willie Jones: 7/L
Eddie Kasko: 43

Bot 8

Al Dark: 7
Lee Walls: 53
Ernie Banks: D8
Bobby Thomson: 9

Top 9

Pete Whisenant: 8
Johnny Temple: 8
Vada Pinson: S9
Gus Bell: SB2
Gus Bell: 7