Cleveland Indians vs New York Yankees
May 23, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1939 at Yankee Stadium I. The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 3, New York Yankees 7

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Chapman cf 5 0 0 0
Pytlak c 4 1 3 1
Campbell rf 4 1 3 1
Heath lf 4 0 0 0
Trosky 1b 4 0 0 0
Keltner 3b 4 0 3 1
Grimes ss 4 0 0 0
Shilling 2b 4 0 0 0
Allen p 2 0 1 0
  Humphries p 0 0 0 0
  Solters ph 1 1 1 0
  Zuber p 0 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 11 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Crosetti ss 4 0 0 0
Rolfe 3b 4 1 1 1
Henrich cf 3 2 1 1
Dickey c 2 2 1 1
Keller lf 3 1 1 1
Gordon 2b 4 1 2 3
Gallagher rf 4 0 1 0
  Powell rf 0 0 0 0
Dahlgren 1b 4 0 1 0
Donald p 3 0 1 0
Totals 31 7 9 7
Cleveland 001 001 1003111
New York 200 005 00x791
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Allen  L(0-2) 5.0 8 7 7 3 1
  Humphries   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Zuber   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
4
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Donald  W(3-0) 9.0 11 3 3 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
0
2

  E–Allen (3), Keller (1).  DP–Cleveland 3. Grimes-Shilling-Trosky, Heath-Trosky-Shilling-Pytlak, Keltner-Shilling-Trosky, New York 1. Crosetti-Dahlgren.  2B–Cleveland Pytlak (2); Campbell (2); Keltner (5); Solters (3).  3B–Cleveland Pytlak (2).  HR–New York Rolfe (3,6th inning off Allen 0 on); Henrich (3,1st inning off Allen 0 on); Dickey (4,1st inning off Allen 0 on); Gordon (5,6th inning off Allen 2 on).  Team LOB–7.  Team–4.  U-HP–Lou Kolls, 1B–Steve Basil, 2B–Joe Rue, 3B–Harry Geisel.  T–2:08.  A–10,000.
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