New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians
July 20, 1929 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1929 at League Park IV. The Cleveland Indians 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)
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New York Yankees 4, Cleveland Indians 8

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Combs cf 4 0 0 0
Robertson 3b 3 1 1 0
Gehrig 1b 3 1 1 0
Byrd rf 3 0 2 1
Lazzeri 2b 4 2 2 2
Meusel lf 4 0 0 0
Bengough c 4 0 1 1
Durocher ss 3 0 1 0
Pennock p 2 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Lary ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Morgan rf 3 1 0 1
Sewell J. 3b 3 1 2 0
Averill cf 4 1 2 0
Fonseca 1b 3 1 2 4
Falk lf 3 0 0 0
Hodapp 2b 4 1 1 0
Gardner ss 4 2 1 0
Sewell L. c 4 1 1 1
Shaute p 4 0 1 2
Totals 32 8 10 8
New York 000 013 000482
Cleveland 113 003 00x8101
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Pennock  L(5-5) 5.0 8 7 7 2 2
  Moore   1.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Johnson   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Wells   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
8
7
3
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Shaute  W(8-5) 9.0 8 4 4 2 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
2

  E–Byrd (2), Moore (1), L. Sewell (10).  DP–New York 1. Byrd-Gehrig, Cleveland 2. J. Sewell-Hodapp-Fonseca, J. Sewell-Hodapp-Fonseca.  2B–New York Gehrig (18); Byrd (5); Lazzeri (17), Cleveland Fonseca (27); Hodapp (1).  3B–Cleveland Averill (6); L. Sewell (2).  HR–New York Lazzeri (10,6th inning off Shaute 1 on), Cleveland Fonseca (5,3rd inning off Pennock 2 on).  SH–Byrd (3); Fonseca (10).  Team LOB–3.  Team–4.  CS–Morgan (2); J. Sewell (3).  U–Bill McGowan, Roy Van Graflan, Tommy Connolly.  T–2:03.  A–28,000.
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