New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
July 17, 1929 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1929 at Navin Field. The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 8, Detroit Tigers 9

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Combs cf 4 0 2 1
Robertson 3b 4 0 1 2
Gehrig 1b 4 1 0 0
Ruth lf 4 1 1 1
  Durst lf 2 0 1 0
Lazzeri 2b 5 2 2 2
Meusel rf 4 2 1 0
Bengough c 5 1 1 2
Durocher ss 5 0 2 0
Hoyt p 5 1 1 0
  Pipgras p 0 0 0 0
  Heimach p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 8 12 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Johnson lf 5 2 3 0
Rice cf 5 2 1 0
Gehringer 2b 6 0 1 2
Heilmann rf 4 2 2 2
Alexander 1b 5 2 4 2
McManus 3b 5 0 2 1
Phillips c 3 0 0 0
Schuble ss 3 0 0 0
  Hargrave ph 1 0 0 0
  Wuestling ss 1 0 0 0
Whitehill p 2 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Yde ph 1 0 1 0
  Prudhomme p 0 0 0 0
  Fothergill ph 1 0 0 0
  Stoner p 0 0 0 0
  Sorrell p 0 1 0 0
Totals 42 9 14 7
New York 023 003 000 08124
Detroit 100 101 104 19142
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hoyt   8.2 12 8 4 4 2
  Pipgras  L(10-8) 0.2 1 1 1 1 1
  Heimach   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Moore   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.1
14
9
5
6
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Whitehill   6.0 10 8 7 6 3
  Smith   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Prudhomme   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Stoner   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Sorrell  W(12-5) 1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
10.0
12
8
7
9
5

  E–Combs 2 (10), Bengough (1), Hoyt (2), Alexander 2 (8).  DP–New York 2. Combs-Gehrig, Lazzeri-Durocher-Gehrig.  2B–Detroit Johnson (31); Rice (19); Gehringer (34); Heilmann (31); Alexander (25); McManus (22).  3B–New York Lazzeri (5); Meusel (3), Detroit Heilmann (5); McManus (5).  HR–New York Ruth (22,3rd inning off Whitehill 0 on); Lazzeri (9,6th inning off Whitehill 1 on).  Team LOB–13.  Team–11.  SB–Ruth (5); Johnson (10).  CS–Durst (2).  U–Bill Dinneen, Red Ormsby, Dick Nallin.  T–2:54.  A–9,500.
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