Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
September 7, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1939 at Yankee Stadium I. The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox 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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Boston Red Sox 2, New York Yankees 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cramer cf 2 1 0 0
Finney rf 3 1 0 0
Foxx 1b 3 0 0 0
Cronin ss 3 0 0 1
Vosmik lf 4 0 1 0
Tabor 3b 4 0 1 0
Doerr 2b 4 0 1 0
Peacock c 3 0 0 0
Ostermueller p 1 0 0 0
  Lefebvre p 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 3 1
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Crosetti ss 4 1 3 1
Rolfe 3b 3 0 0 0
Keller rf 3 1 1 1
DiMaggio cf 3 1 2 1
Dickey c 3 0 1 1
Gordon 2b 4 0 0 0
Powell lf 4 1 1 0
Dahlgren 1b 4 0 2 0
Pearson p 1 1 1 1
  Hildebrand p 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 11 5
Boston 000 200 000231
New York 211 100 00x5113
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ostermueller  L(11-4) 2.1 7 4 4 1 1
  Lefebvre   5.2 4 1 1 2 2
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
3
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Pearson  W(11-5) 5.0 1 2 2 5 1
  Hildebrand  SV(2) 4.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
6
3

  E–Doerr (16), Crosetti 2 (20), Rolfe (16).  DP–Boston 2. Finney-Peacock-Cronin, Tabor-Doerr-Foxx, New York 4. Pearson-Crosetti-Dahlgren, Crosetti-Gordon-Dahlgren, Gordon-Dahlgren, Rolfe-Gordon-Dahlgren.  2B–Boston Doerr (23), New York Crosetti 2 (21).  3B–New York Pearson (1).  HR–New York DiMaggio (27,1st inning off Ostermueller 0 on).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Keller (6); Pearson (5).  Team–7.  SB–Powell (1).  U–George Pipgras, Steve Basil, Bill Summers.  T–1:52.  A–9,379.
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