New York Yankees vs Chicago White Sox
June 23, 1931 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1931 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."
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New York Yankees 8, Chicago White Sox 6
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Combs cf 5 1 1 0
Lary ss 4 2 1 0
Ruth lf 4 2 1 2
Gehrig 1b 5 1 3 0
Chapman rf 4 1 1 2
Sewell 3b 5 1 3 3
Lazzeri 2b 4 0 0 0
Perkins c 5 0 3 1
Johnson p 3 0 0 0
  Dickey ph 1 0 0 0
  Weinert p 0 0 0 0
  Gomez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 13 8
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Simons cf,lf 4 1 2 0
Cissell ss 3 1 0 0
  Appling ph 1 0 0 1
Blue 1b 3 1 1 0
Fonseca lf,2b 5 1 1 2
Watwood rf 1 1 0 0
Kerr 2b 3 0 1 1
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 1
  Eichrodt cf 0 0 0 0
Jeffries 3b 3 0 1 0
Tate c 2 0 0 0
  Grube ph 1 1 1 0
Lyons p 0 0 0 0
  McKain p 2 0 0 0
  Caraway p 0 0 0 0
  Faber p 0 0 0 0
  Fothergill ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 7 5
New York 020 020 004–8131
Chicago 200 100 021–672
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W(7-3) 8.0 6 5 5 5 4
  Weinert   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Gomez  SV(2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
6
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lyons   1.1 3 2 2 1 0
  McKain  L(6-4) 7.0 8 4 4 0 1
  Caraway   0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Faber   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
3
1
  E–Lazzeri (6), Cissell (11), Kerr (8).  DP–Chicago 2. Fonseca-Kerr, Blue-Cissell-Blue.  2B–New York Chapman (11); Sewell 2 (6), Chicago Fonseca (17); Kerr (2); Grube (2).  3B–Chicago Blue (6).  HR–New York Ruth (14,5th inning off McKain 1 on).  HBP–Lary (4); Watwood (1); Fothergill (2).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Blue (4); Watwood (8); McKain (1).  Team–7.  SB–Jeffries (1).  CS–Kerr (1).  U–Bill McGowan, Red Ormsby, Dick Nallin.
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