Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
September 15, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1939 at Yankee Stadium I. The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 3, New York Yankees 10
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McCosky cf 4 0 0 0
Averill lf 4 0 0 0
Gehringer 2b 3 0 0 0
Greenberg 1b 4 1 1 0
Higgins 3b 4 1 1 1
Fox rf 3 0 2 0
Kress ss 4 0 0 1
Tebbetts c 3 0 1 0
  Parsons c 0 0 0 0
Rowe p 1 0 0 0
  McKain p 1 1 1 1
  McCoy ph 1 0 0 0
  Giebell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Crosetti ss 6 1 4 0
Rolfe 3b 6 0 2 2
Keller rf 5 0 1 2
DiMaggio cf 3 1 0 0
Dickey c 2 2 0 0
Selkirk lf 4 2 1 1
Gordon 2b 5 1 3 2
Dahlgren 1b 2 1 0 0
Sundra p 4 2 2 3
Totals 37 10 13 10
Detroit 010 010 001–360
New York 013 030 21x–10131
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rowe  L(8-11) 2.2 5 4 4 3 0
  McKain   4.1 5 5 5 7 2
  Giebell   1.0 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
13
10
10
11
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Sundra  W(10-0) 9.0 6 3 3 2 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
1
  E–Crosetti (23).  DP–New York 2. Crosetti-Gordon-Dahlgren, Crosetti-Gordon-Dahlgren.  2B–Detroit Greenberg (40); Higgins (22), New York Rolfe (43); Gordon 2 (29); Sundra (5).  HR–Detroit McKain (2,5th inning off Sundra 0 on).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Keller (8).  Team–15.  U–George Pipgras, Red Ormsby, Harry Geisel.  T–2:07.  A–10,538.
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