New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
August 29, 1937 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1937 at Navin Field. The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 7, Detroit Tigers 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Crosetti ss 4 1 1 0
Rolfe 3b 5 1 1 1
DiMaggio cf 5 1 2 0
Gehrig 1b 5 1 2 3
Dickey c 5 0 1 0
Powell lf 3 1 0 0
Hoag rf 4 1 2 2
Heffner 2b 4 0 1 0
Ruffing p 3 1 3 0
Totals 38 7 13 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Walker lf 4 0 1 0
Fox rf 4 0 2 0
Gehringer 2b 5 0 1 0
Greenberg 1b 3 1 2 1
York c 4 1 1 0
Laabs cf 4 1 1 1
Owen 3b 4 0 1 1
Gelbert ss 3 0 0 0
Bridges p 0 0 0 0
  Tebbetts ph 1 0 0 0
  Wade p 2 1 1 0
  Goslin ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 3
New York 302 000 0027131
Detroit 010 200 1004103
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ruffing  W(17-4) 9.0 10 4 3 4 6
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
4
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bridges  L(12-8) 3.0 8 5 5 2 2
  Wade   6.0 5 2 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
6
2
3

  E–Hoag (6), Walker (13), Owen (6), Gelbert (4).  DP–New York 1. Crosetti-Heffner-Gehrig.  2B–New York DiMaggio (29), Detroit Gehringer (30).  3B–Detroit York (3).  HR–New York Gehrig (30,1st inning off Bridges 2 on); Hoag (2,3rd inning off Bridges 1 on), Detroit Greenberg (29,4th inning off Ruffing 0 on); Laabs (8,4th inning off Ruffing 0 on).  SH–Crosetti (11).  Team LOB–7.  Team–8.  CS–Heffner (4).  U–Harry Geisel, Steve Basil, Bill Summers.  T–2:12.  A–40,750.
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