New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
July 9, 1938 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1938 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 11, Boston Red Sox 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Crosetti ss 5 3 3 0
Rolfe 3b 6 2 4 1
Hoag rf 3 0 1 2
  Henrich rf 3 1 1 2
DiMaggio cf 6 1 3 1
Gehrig 1b 2 0 0 1
Dickey c 6 0 1 0
Powell lf 4 1 1 1
Gordon 2b 4 3 3 2
Pearson p 1 0 0 0
  Murphy p 3 0 0 0
Totals 43 11 17 10
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cramer cf 5 1 0 0
Vosmik lf 5 2 2 1
Foxx 1b 3 1 1 1
Cronin ss 3 1 1 2
Higgins 3b 2 0 0 1
Chapman rf 4 0 0 1
Doerr 2b 4 1 2 0
Desautels c 4 0 2 0
Bagby p 1 0 0 0
  Ostermueller p 2 0 0 0
  Gaffke ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 8 6
New York 110 302 11211170
Boston 001 400 001682
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Pearson   3.2 5 5 5 6 1
  Murphy  W(5-0) 5.1 3 1 1 3 4
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
9
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bagby   3.1 6 5 4 4 2
  Ostermueller  L(5-2) 3.2 7 3 2 2 0
  Wagner   2.0 4 3 3 2 0
Totals
9.0
17
11
9
8
2

  E–Foxx (7), Ostermueller (2).  DP–New York 1. Crosetti-Gordon-Gehrig.  2B–New York Crosetti (19); DiMaggio (14), Boston Vosmik 2 (17); Foxx (15); Doerr (11).  3B–New York DiMaggio (6).  HR–New York Henrich (9,6th inning off Ostermueller 1 on); Powell (1,4th inning off Bagby 0 on); Gordon 2 (10,4th inning off Bagby 0 on,7th inning off Ostermueller 0 on), Boston Cronin (9,4th inning off Pearson 1 on).  Team LOB–13.  Team–10.  U–Bill Summers, Cal Hubbard, Joe Rue.  T–2:27.  A–17,000.
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