New York Yankees vs Philadelphia Athletics
August 12, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1939 at Shibe Park. The New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 18, Philadelphia Athletics 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Crosetti ss 1 1 1 1
Rolfe 3b 6 2 3 1
Keller rf 5 3 3 2
DiMaggio cf 4 1 1 1
Dickey c 4 1 0 0
  Rosar c 0 0 0 0
Selkirk lf 6 2 2 2
Gordon 2b 5 3 2 2
Dahlgren 1b 6 4 4 6
Hildebrand p 2 1 1 0
  Sundra p 3 0 0 1
Totals 42 18 17 16
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Siebert 1b 5 1 2 1
Moses rf 4 1 0 0
Johnson cf 3 0 1 0
Hayes c 4 0 1 0
  Brucker c 1 0 1 0
Tipton lf 4 1 1 0
Gantenbein 2b 2 1 1 2
  Ambler 2b 2 0 1 0
Newsome ss 3 0 1 0
Lodigiani 3b 3 0 0 1
Joyce p 0 0 0 0
  Dean p 1 0 0 0
  Potter p 1 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Nelson p 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
New York 061 231 50018170
Philadelphia 022 000 0004104
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hildebrand   2.2 5 4 4 3 2
  Sundra  W(6-0) 6.1 5 0 0 3 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
6
4
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Joyce  L(3-5) 1.1 7 6 5 2 0
  Dean   1.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Potter   3.0 6 6 5 3 1
  Nelson   3.0 3 5 4 2 1
Totals
9.0
17
18
15
7
3

  E–Tipton (3), Ambler (16), Newsome (14), Lodigiani (14).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Siebert.  PB–Hayes (7).  2B–New York Rolfe 2 (31); Gordon (24), Philadelphia Tipton (3); Newsome (9).  3B–New York Keller (4).  HR–New York Gordon (18,3rd inning off Dean 0 on); Dahlgren 2 (11,6th inning off Potter 0 on,7th inning off Nelson 3 on), Philadelphia Siebert (4,3rd inning off Hildebrand 0 on).  SH–Crosetti 2 (8); Sundra (2); Gantenbein (3); Lodigiani (3).  HBP–Crosetti (12); DiMaggio (2).  Team LOB–9.  Team–12.  U–John Quinn, Bill McGowan, Bill Grieve.  T–2:35.  A–4,000.
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