Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
September 30, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 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."

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Boston Red Sox 4, New York Yankees 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Nonnenkamp cf 5 0 1 0
Finney 1b 4 0 0 1
Williams rf 4 1 1 0
Cronin ss 3 0 2 0
  Berger pr,ss 1 1 0 0
Doerr 2b 4 1 2 1
Vosmik lf 4 0 2 0
Tabor 3b 4 0 0 0
Peacock c 4 0 1 2
Bagby p 2 1 1 0
  Cramer ph 1 0 0 0
  Dickman p 0 0 0 0
  Lefebvre ph 1 0 0 0
  Heving p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Crosetti ss 5 2 1 0
Rolfe 3b 4 0 2 0
Keller rf 4 0 0 0
DiMaggio cf 4 1 2 0
Dickey c 3 1 2 2
Selkirk lf 3 0 0 0
Gordon 2b 3 1 1 0
Dahlgren 1b 3 0 0 0
Pearson p 1 0 1 0
  Powell ph 1 0 0 0
  Murphy p 2 0 1 1
Totals 33 5 10 3
Boston 001 001 0204103
New York 001 021 10x5101
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bagby  L(5-5) 5.0 8 3 3 2 4
  Dickman   2.0 1 2 1 1 2
  Heving   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
4
4
6
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Pearson   4.0 4 1 1 1 4
  Murphy  W(3-6) 5.0 6 3 3 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
6

  E–Nonnenkamp (1), Cronin (30), Peacock (10), Gordon (28).  DP–Boston 2. Doerr-Cronin-Finney, Tabor-Finney.  2B–Boston Nonnenkamp (2); Williams (44).  HR–New York Dickey (24,7th inning off Dickman 0 on).  SH–Finney (5).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  U–John Quinn, Bill Grieve, Harry Geisel.  T–1:55.  A–7,501.
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