New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
August 28, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 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 18, Detroit Tigers 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Crosetti ss 4 3 1 1
Rolfe 3b 5 4 2 1
Keller rf 4 4 3 2
DiMaggio cf 4 3 3 8
Dickey c 6 1 2 2
  Rosar c 0 0 0 0
Selkirk lf 5 2 1 1
Gordon 2b 6 1 3 0
Dahlgren 1b 5 0 3 1
Russo p 5 0 1 1
Totals 44 18 19 17
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McCosky cf 3 1 1 0
Averill lf 3 0 1 0
Gehringer 2b 2 1 0 0
  McCoy 2b 1 0 0 0
Higgins 3b 3 0 1 0
Fox rf 4 0 0 0
Cullenbine 1b 4 0 0 0
Rogell ss 2 0 0 0
  Croucher ph,ss 1 0 1 1
Tebbetts c 2 0 0 0
  Parsons c 0 0 0 0
Bridges p 0 0 0 0
  Benton p 2 0 0 0
  Bell ph 1 0 0 0
  Coffman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 4 1
New York 205 102 13418190
Detroit 000 100 100243
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Russo  W(4-3) 9.0 4 2 1 5 4
Totals
9.0
4
2
1
5
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bridges  L(16-5) 2.0 4 6 6 3 2
  Benton   6.0 12 8 6 4 1
  Coffman   1.0 3 4 3 1 0
Totals
9.0
19
18
15
8
3

  E–Gehringer (9), Rogell (16), Croucher (22).  DP–New York 3. Gordon-Crosetti-Dahlgren, Gordon-Dahlgren-Crosetti, Russo-Crosetti-Dahlgren, Detroit 4. Gehringer-Rogell, Rogell-Gehringer-Cullenbine, Gehringer-Rogell-Cullenbine, Croucher-Cullenbine.  PB–Parsons (1).  2B–New York Rolfe (38); Selkirk (13); Dahlgren 2 (15).  HR–New York Keller (6,1st inning off Bridges 1 on); DiMaggio 2 (22,3rd inning off Bridges 3 on,9th inning off Coffman 2 on).  Team LOB–7.  Team–4.  U–George Pipgras, Steve Basil, Bill Summers.  T–2:03.  A–14,281.
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