Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
June 12, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 1940 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."

"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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Detroit Tigers 5, New York Yankees 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bartell ss 4 2 1 2
McCosky cf 4 1 1 0
Gehringer 2b 5 0 1 0
Greenberg lf 4 1 1 1
York 1b 4 0 1 1
Campbell rf 3 0 0 0
Higgins 3b 3 0 0 0
Sullivan c 3 0 1 0
Newsom p 1 1 1 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 0 0
  Benton p 0 0 0 0
  McKain p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Crosetti ss 5 1 2 0
Rolfe 3b 4 2 2 0
Keller rf 4 2 2 4
DiMaggio cf 4 0 2 1
Selkirk lf 2 1 1 0
Dickey c 3 0 1 0
Gordon 2b 4 1 0 1
Dahlgren 1b 4 0 2 0
Breuer p 0 0 0 0
  Mills ph 1 0 0 1
  Hadley p 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 12 7
Detroit 220 100 000570
New York 022 000 30x7121
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Newsom   3.0 5 4 4 2 1
  Benton  L(2-3) 3.0 6 3 3 1 1
  McKain   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
3
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Breuer   2.0 5 4 4 0 1
  Hadley  W(2-1) 7.0 2 1 1 5 5
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
5
6

  E–Selkirk (5).  DP–Detroit 1. Gehringer-Bartell-York, New York 1. Dahlgren-Crosetti-Dahlgren.  2B–Detroit Gehringer (8), New York Crosetti (5); DiMaggio (6).  3B–Detroit Greenberg (3); York (4), New York Keller (7).  HR–Detroit Bartell (3,2nd inning off Breuer 1 on), New York Keller (7,7th inning off Benton 2 on).  SH–Benton (2); Selkirk (1); Hadley (2).  Team LOB–7.  Team–7.  U–Lou Kolls, Eddie Rommel, Red Ormsby.  T–2:02.  A–10,036.
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