New York Yankees 2 – 8 Detroit Tigers
3 May 1959 · DET04
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Three-Homer Game · 3 | Charlie Maxwell | 1 in 321 games |
| 24 | final score 8–2 | 1 in 85 games | |
| 5 | 6 strikeouts | Don Mossi | 1 in 12 pitcher-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Detroit Tigers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 8 | 10 | 2 |
Box score
New York Yankees batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clete Boyer | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gil McDougald | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hank Bauer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bill Skowron | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elston Howard | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Siebern | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tony Kubek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Don Larsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enos Slaughter | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Richardson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Kucks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Marv Throneberry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Carey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Yogi Berra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 35 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
New York Yankees pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Maas | 0.1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Johnny Kucks | 3.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Jim Coates | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Zach Monroe | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Detroit Tigers batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Yost | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | HR |
| Bobo Osborne | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Maxwell | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 HR |
| Al Kaline | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Doby | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rocky Bridges | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Red Wilson | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Bolling | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Mossi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 34 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
Detroit Tigers pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Mossi | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |