New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
August 27, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1939 at Briggs Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers 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 13, Detroit Tigers 3

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Crosetti ss 4 3 3 2
Rolfe 3b 4 1 2 2
Keller rf 5 1 2 1
DiMaggio cf 5 1 1 1
Dickey c 4 2 1 1
Selkirk lf 5 2 2 2
Gordon 2b 4 1 0 0
Dahlgren 1b 5 1 1 2
Ruffing p 5 1 0 0
Totals 41 13 12 11
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McCosky cf 4 1 1 0
Averill lf 4 0 0 0
Gehringer 2b 4 1 1 1
York 1b 0 0 0 0
  Cullenbine ph,1b 4 0 1 1
Fox rf 4 1 1 1
Higgins 3b 4 0 1 0
Rogell ss 3 0 0 0
Tebbetts c 2 0 1 0
Rowe p 2 0 1 0
  Coffman p 0 0 0 0
  McCoy ph 1 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
New York 100 000 210013120
Detroit 200 000 001374
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ruffing  W(20-4) 9.0 7 3 3 1 4
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rowe  L(7-10) 7.1 10 11 9 3 0
  Coffman   0.2 2 2 0 1 0
  Thomas   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
13
9
4
0

  E–Higgins 2 (30), Rogell (15), Rowe (2).  DP–New York 2. Ruffing-Crosetti-Dahlgren, Crosetti-Gordon-Dahlgren, Detroit 1. Higgins-Gehringer-Cullenbine.  2B–New York Crosetti (19); DiMaggio (26); Selkirk (12); Dahlgren (13), Detroit Gehringer (19).  HR–New York Crosetti (8,1st inning off Rowe 0 on 0 out); Rolfe (13,8th inning off Rowe 1 on); Dickey (19,7th inning off Rowe 0 on), Detroit Fox (6,9th inning off Ruffing 0 on).  Team LOB–5.  Team–3.  SB–Fox (14).  U–Bill Summers, George Pipgras, Steve Basil.  T–1:48.  A–47,966.
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