Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
May 31, 1923 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1923 at Yankee Stadium I. The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox 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)
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Boston Red Sox 1, New York Yankees 8

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell ss 2 0 1 0
Walters c 3 0 0 0
  Reichle ph 0 0 0 0
  Picinich c 0 0 0 0
Menosky cf 2 0 1 1
Burns 1b 4 0 1 0
Harris lf 4 0 0 0
Flagstead rf 4 0 1 0
Shanks 2b 4 0 1 0
McMillan 3b 3 0 0 0
Murray p 1 0 0 0
  O'Doul p 2 1 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Witt cf 5 0 0 0
Dugan 3b 5 2 2 1
Ruth rf 3 2 2 1
Pipp 1b 3 1 1 1
Meusel lf 4 0 2 1
Bengough c 4 0 0 1
Ward 2b 5 1 3 1
Scott ss 4 1 1 1
  McNally ss 1 0 1 0
Shawkey p 5 1 2 1
Totals 39 8 14 8
Boston 000 000 010155
New York 000 620 00x8141
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Murray  L(2-4) 3.1 6 4 4 3 1
  O'Doul   4.2 8 4 4 2 1
Totals
8.0
14
8
8
5
2
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Shawkey  W(5-3) 9.0 5 1 1 7 5
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
7
5

  E–Mitchell (7), Harris (3), Shanks 2 (6), McMillan (11), Pipp (4).  DP–Boston 1. Menosky-Shanks, New York 2. Bengough-Ward, Dugan-Ward.  2B–New York Ruth 2 (12).  3B–New York Scott (1).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Witt (6).  HBP–Pipp (2).  Team–14.  CS–Mitchell 2 (4); Burns (4).  U–Pants Rowland, George Moriarty, George Hildebrand.  T–2:10.  A–12,000.
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