Cleveland Indians vs New York Yankees
June 16, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 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 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Hemsley c 4 0 1 1
Campbell rf 4 1 1 1
Chapman cf 3 0 0 0
Heath lf 4 0 0 0
Trosky 1b 4 0 0 0
Keltner 3b 4 0 0 0
Grimes 2b,ss 4 1 2 0
Webb ss 3 1 2 1
  Pytlak pr 0 0 0 0
  Eisenstat p 0 0 0 0
  Solters ph 1 0 0 0
Milnar p 2 0 1 0
  Hale ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Crosetti ss 4 0 0 0
Rolfe 3b 4 1 1 1
Henrich rf 3 1 1 0
DiMaggio cf 4 0 1 1
Dickey c 3 0 0 0
Gordon 2b 4 1 1 0
Selkirk lf 3 1 1 0
Dahlgren 1b 4 0 1 1
Donald p 3 0 2 1
  Russo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 4
Cleveland 100 010 010–370
New York 020 020 00x–480
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Milnar  L(4-3) 7.0 8 4 4 3 3
  Eisenstat   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
3
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Donald  W(7-0) 7.2 6 3 3 1 0
  Russo  SV(1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
2
  E–None.  2B–Cleveland Grimes (7); Milnar (1), New York Henrich (8).  HR–Cleveland Campbell (4,1st inning off Donald 0 on); Webb (1,5th inning off Donald 0 on), New York Rolfe (4,5th inning off Milnar 0 on).  Team LOB–5.  Team–7.  U–Red Ormsby, Bill Summers.  T–1:52.  A–10,171.
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