New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
September 28, 1923 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1923 at Fenway Park. 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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New York Yankees 24, Boston Red Sox 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Witt cf 4 3 2 0
  Haines cf 2 1 0 1
McNally 3b 1 1 1 0
  Dugan 3b 5 2 3 2
Ruth lf 6 4 5 3
Gehrig 1b 7 3 4 4
Meusel rf 2 0 0 0
  Smith rf 4 2 3 1
Ward 2b 3 2 1 1
  Gazella 2b 2 1 1 1
Schang c 6 2 5 5
Scott ss 1 0 0 0
  Johnson ss 6 2 2 2
Jones p 6 1 3 1
Totals 55 24 30 21
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell ss 5 0 1 0
Picinich c 5 0 1 0
Donahue rf 4 1 0 0
Burns 1b 4 1 2 0
  Reichle 1b 1 0 0 0
Menosky lf 4 1 1 2
Collins cf 4 1 3 1
Shanks 3b 4 0 1 1
McMillan 2b 4 0 2 0
Ehmke p 2 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 0 0 0
  Blethen p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 11 4
New York 401 0111 23224302
Boston 000 300 0104113
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W(21-8) 9.0 11 4 4 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
1
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ehmke  L(20-17) 6.0 21 17 16 4 6
  Blethen   3.0 9 7 6 2 1
Totals
9.0
30
24
22
6
7

  E–Gehrig 2 (3), Picinich (15), Collins (9), McMillan (34).  DP–New York 1. Schang-Scott.  PB–Picinich (4).  2B–New York Witt (17); Ruth 2 (44); Gehrig 3 (4); Smith (6); Schang (8), Boston Burns (44); Menosky (8); Shanks (19).  HR–New York Ruth (38,6th inning off Ehmke 2 on); Ward (10,3rd inning off Ehmke 0 on).  SH–Schang (7).  Team LOB–11.  Team–9.  SB–Haines (1); Smith (3).  CS–Picinich (5).  U–Tommy Connolly, Bill Dinneen, Pants Rowland.  T–2:54.  A–3,000.
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