New York Yankees vs Philadelphia Athletics
April 14, 1920 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1920 at Shibe Park. The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Yankees 1, Philadelphia Athletics 3

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Gleich rf 4 0 0 0
Peckinpaugh ss 4 0 0 0
Pipp 1b 3 1 2 1
Ruth cf 4 0 2 0
Lewis lf 4 0 1 0
Meusel 3b 4 0 0 0
Pratt 2b 4 0 2 0
Ruel c 3 0 0 0
Shawkey p 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Witt cf 4 0 2 0
Strunk rf 2 0 0 0
Walker lf 4 1 3 0
Griffin 1b 3 1 1 0
Dugan 2b 4 0 0 0
Galloway ss 4 0 0 0
Dykes 3b 3 0 0 0
Perkins c 3 1 1 1
Perry p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 7 1
New York 100 000 000171
Philadelphia 000 010 02x371
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Shawkey  L(0-1) 8.0 7 3 1 1 6
Totals
8.0
7
3
1
1
6
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W(1-0) 9.0 7 1 1 1 6
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
6

  E–Ruth (1), Galloway (1).  DP–Philadelphia 2. Dugan-Galloway, Dykes-Griffin.  HR–New York Pipp (1,1st inning off Perry 0 on), Philadelphia Perkins (1,5th inning off Shawkey 0 on).  HBP–Shawkey (1).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Strunk (1); Griffin (1).  Team–6.  U–Bill Dinneen, Dick Nallin.
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