New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
July 31, 1931 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1931 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 4, Boston Red Sox 1

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Byrd cf 5 1 1 0
Sewell 3b 3 1 2 1
Ruth lf 4 1 2 2
Gehrig 1b 4 0 0 0
Chapman rf 4 0 1 1
Lary ss 4 0 0 0
Dickey c 4 0 1 0
Lazzeri 2b 3 0 2 0
Gomez p 4 1 1 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Rothrock lf 3 0 0 0
Rhyne ss 4 0 0 0
Miller 3b 4 0 1 0
Webb rf 4 0 1 0
Van Camp 1b 2 1 0 0
Oliver cf 1 0 0 0
Berry c 4 0 2 1
  Reeves pr 0 0 0 0
Warstler 2b 3 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph 1 0 1 0
  Russell pr 0 0 0 0
MacFayden p 3 0 0 0
  Ruel ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
New York 000 030 0104100
Boston 000 100 000151
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Gomez  W(11-6) 9.0 5 1 1 6 9
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
6
9
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
MacFayden  L(9-8) 9.0 10 4 4 2 3
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
3

  E–MacFayden (1).  DP–New York 1. Sewell-Dickey-Sewell-Gehrig, Boston 1. Miller-Warstler-Van Camp.  2B–New York Ruth 2 (21), Boston Webb (48); Berry (12).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Oliver (4).  Team–9.  SB–Oliver (3).  U–Harry Geisel, Bill Dinneen, George Hildebrand.
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