Philadelphia Athletics vs New York Yankees
April 20, 1932 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1932 at Yankee Stadium I. The New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Athletics 3, New York Yankees 8

Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Bishop 2b 4 0 1 1
  Williams 2b 1 0 1 1
Haas cf 4 0 1 0
Cochrane c 5 1 2 1
Simmons lf 4 0 0 0
Foxx 1b 4 0 1 0
Miller rf 4 1 2 0
Dykes 3b 2 0 0 0
McNair ss 4 1 1 0
Grove p 1 0 0 0
  Roettger ph 0 0 0 0
  Cramer pr 0 0 0 0
  Earnshaw p 0 0 0 0
  Heving ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Byrd cf 3 0 0 0
Lary ss 3 4 2 1
Ruth rf 3 2 2 3
  Combs lf 0 0 0 0
Gehrig 1b 2 0 1 0
Chapman lf,rf 4 0 0 1
Crosetti 3b 4 0 0 0
Dickey c 4 1 2 1
Lazzeri 2b 4 0 1 0
Gomez p 4 1 1 0
Totals 31 8 9 6
Philadelphia 000 100 101391
New York 102 010 31x890
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Grove  L(1-1) 6.0 6 4 4 3 4
  Earnshaw   2.0 3 4 3 2 0
Totals
8.0
9
8
7
5
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Gomez  W(2-0) 9.0 9 3 3 4 9
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
4
9

  E–Cochrane (1).  DP–New York 1. Lary-Gehrig.  PB–Cochrane (1).  2B–Philadelphia Foxx (2); McNair (2).  HR–Philadelphia Cochrane (3,4th inning off Gomez 0 on), New York Lary (1,1st inning off Grove 0 on); Ruth (4,3rd inning off Grove 1 on); Dickey (2,8th inning off Earnshaw 0 on).  SH–Haas (1); Byrd (1).  Team LOB–9.  Team–5.  SB–Chapman (2).  CS–Gehrig (1).  U–George Hildebrand, George Moriarty, Bill Dinneen.
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