Boston Red Sox vs Washington Senators
September 28, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1939 at Griffith Stadium. The Washington Senators 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 1, Washington Senators 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Carey 2b 4 0 0 0
Nonnenkamp cf 4 0 1 0
Finney 1b 4 0 1 0
Williams rf 4 0 0 0
Vosmik lf 4 1 1 0
Tabor 3b 4 0 2 1
Berger ss 3 0 1 0
Peacock c 3 0 0 0
Ostermueller p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Leip 2b 3 1 2 2
Lewis 3b 4 1 0 0
West cf 4 0 1 1
Wright lf 4 0 2 1
Travis ss 4 1 1 0
Bloodworth rf 4 1 2 0
Vernon 1b 4 1 2 0
Ferrell c 4 1 2 2
Leonard p 3 0 1 0
Totals 34 6 13 6
Boston 010 000 000160
Washington 003 001 02x6130
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Ostermueller  L(11-7) 8.0 13 6 6 2 2
Totals
8.0
13
6
6
2
2
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  W(20-8) 9.0 6 1 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
0
4

  E–None.  PB–Ferrell (19).  2B–Boston Vosmik (29).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Leip (1); Leonard (13).  Team–8.  CS–Leip (1).  U–Bill McGowan, Joe Rue, Red Ormsby.  T–1:30.  A–5,000.
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