St. Louis Browns vs New York Yankees
May 5, 1938 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1938 at Yankee Stadium I. The New York Yankees defeated the St. Louis Browns and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Browns 10, New York Yankees 12

St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
West cf 5 0 1 0
Clift 3b 4 2 2 0
Kress ss 3 0 0 1
Mills B. lf 3 0 1 1
McQuinn 1b 5 2 2 0
Bell rf 4 3 2 2
Sullivan c 4 2 2 2
Heffner 2b 3 0 0 0
  Mazzera ph 1 1 1 1
  Hughes 2b 0 0 0 0
Linke p 1 0 0 0
  Tietje p 1 0 0 0
  Mills L. p 1 0 0 0
  Allen ph 1 0 1 3
  Bonetti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 10 12 10
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Crosetti ss 4 1 1 0
Rolfe 3b 2 2 0 0
Henrich rf 4 2 2 2
DiMaggio cf 5 2 3 4
Dickey c 3 1 0 1
Gehrig 1b 4 2 2 0
Hoag lf 5 1 3 0
Knickerbocker 2b 5 1 3 3
Sundra p 4 0 1 0
  Murphy p 1 0 1 2
Totals 37 12 16 12
St. Louis 011 102 04110120
New York 213 400 02x12163
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Linke  L(1-1) 2.2 5 6 6 4 2
  Tietje   1.2 5 4 4 1 1
  Mills   2.2 2 0 0 4 2
  Bonetti   1.0 4 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
16
12
12
9
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Sundra  W(1-0) 7.1 9 8 7 4 3
  Murphy  SV(3) 1.2 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
10
9
5
3

  E–DiMaggio (2), Gehrig (2), Hoag (1).  DP–St. Louis 1. Kress-Heffner-McQuinn, New York 3. Crosetti-Gehrig, Knickerbocker-Crosetti-Gehrig, Crosetti-Knickerbocker-Gehrig.  2B–St. Louis Bell (5), New York Gehrig (5); Knickerbocker (4); Murphy (1).  3B–St. Louis Allen (1), New York DiMaggio (1); Knickerbocker (1).  HR–St. Louis Bell (1,6th inning off Sundra 1 on); Sullivan (1,2nd inning off Sundra 0 on), New York Henrich (3,1st inning off Linke 1 on); DiMaggio (3,4th inning off Tietje 1 on).  SH–Kress (2).  Team LOB–5.  Team–10.  U–Bill Grieve, Steve Basil, Harry Geisel.  T–2:31.  A–7,281.
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