New York Yankees vs Chicago White Sox
August 22, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 1939 at Comiskey Park I. The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 14, Chicago White Sox 5

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Crosetti ss 6 2 2 2
Rolfe 3b 5 2 2 1
Keller rf 5 1 2 2
DiMaggio cf 6 1 3 2
Dickey c 6 0 0 0
Selkirk lf 4 2 1 0
Gordon 2b 3 3 1 2
Dahlgren 1b 5 2 2 2
Russo p 4 1 1 3
Totals 44 14 14 14
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Hayes 2b 4 0 0 0
Kuhel 1b 3 0 1 0
Kreevich cf 4 1 1 0
Walker lf 4 1 1 0
Appling ss 4 1 2 0
Rosenthal rf 3 1 0 2
McNair 3b 3 1 2 2
Schlueter c 2 0 0 1
Dietrich p 0 0 0 0
  Owen ph 1 0 0 0
  Marcum p 1 0 0 0
  Bejma ph 1 0 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 7 5
New York 122 000 13514141
Chicago 020 300 000573
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Russo  W(3-3) 9.0 7 5 3 1 5
Totals
9.0
7
5
3
1
5
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dietrich   3.0 4 5 5 3 0
  Marcum  L(5-7) 5.0 5 4 4 3 3
  Brown   1.0 5 5 4 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
14
13
6
3

  E–Crosetti (16), Kuhel (10), Appling (32), Marcum (1).  DP–New York 2. DiMaggio-Crosetti-Dahlgren, Gordon-Crosetti-Dahlgren.  2B–New York Crosetti (15).  3B–New York Rolfe (6); Keller (5); Russo (1).  HR–New York Crosetti (6,1st inning off Dietrich 0 on 0 out); Rolfe (12,7th inning off Marcum 0 on); DiMaggio (19,8th inning off Marcum 1 on); Gordon (20,3rd inning off Dietrich 1 on); Dahlgren (14,2nd inning off Dietrich 1 on), Chicago McNair (7,4th inning off Russo 1 on).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Rosenthal (9); Schlueter (1).  Team–1.  CS–Kuhel (3).  U-HP–George Pipgras, 1B–Steve Basil, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Bill Grieve.  T–2:22.  A–50,000.
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