New York Yankees vs Chicago White Sox
May 4, 1929 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1929 at Comiskey Park I. The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White 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 11, Chicago White Sox 9

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Combs cf 5 2 3 0
Koenig 3b 4 0 0 0
Ruth lf 5 3 3 4
Gehrig 1b 4 4 4 4
Meusel rf 5 1 3 2
Lazzeri 2b 5 0 1 1
Durocher ss 5 0 1 0
Dickey c 5 0 0 0
Hoyt p 3 1 1 0
  Moore p 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 11 16 11
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Metzler lf 4 2 2 1
Kerr 2b 4 1 1 0
Kamm 3b 5 1 1 2
Clancy 1b 4 0 0 1
Hoffman cf 4 2 3 0
Watwood rf 4 1 1 1
Cissell ss 5 1 2 2
Crouse c 4 1 1 0
Faber p 1 0 0 0
  McKain p 1 0 0 0
  Dugan p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 11 7
New York 010 140 40111162
Chicago 102 005 0019114
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hoyt   5.2 8 8 6 4 1
  Moore  W(2-0) 3.1 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
9
7
5
1
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Faber   4.2 8 6 6 1 5
  McKain  L(0-1) 1.2 4 3 3 0 1
  Dugan   2.2 4 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
11
11
1
7

  E–Dickey (1), Hoyt (1), Metzler (2), Kamm (1), Clancy (1), Hoffman (1).  2B–New York Combs 2 (4); Ruth (1); Lazzeri (3), Chicago Watwood (2).  HR–New York Ruth (3,7th inning off McKain 1 on); Gehrig 3 (6,2nd inning off Faber 0 on,7th inning off McKain 0 on,9th inning off Dugan 0 on); Meusel (1,7th inning off Dugan 0 on), Chicago Cissell (1,3rd inning off Hoyt 1 on).  SH–Koenig (1); Clancy (2); Faber (1).  Team LOB–6.  Team–8.  U–Bill Guthrie, George Moriarty, George Hildebrand.
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