New York Yankees vs Chicago White Sox
July 28, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 1940 at Comiskey Park I. The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White 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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New York Yankees 10, Chicago White Sox 9

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Crosetti ss 5 0 0 0
Rolfe 3b 5 0 0 0
Henrich rf 4 1 0 0
DiMaggio cf 5 3 3 4
Keller lf 5 3 3 4
Dickey c 5 1 4 0
Gordon 2b 5 0 2 1
Dahlgren 1b 3 1 1 1
Russo p 1 1 0 0
  Hildebrand p 2 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 10 13 10
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Webb 2b 6 3 5 3
Kreevich cf 5 1 1 0
Kuhel 1b 3 1 1 2
Solters lf 4 0 1 2
Wright rf 5 0 1 1
Appling ss 5 1 3 0
Tresh c 5 1 1 0
Kennedy 3b 5 2 1 1
Lyons p 3 0 1 0
  Rosenthal ph 1 0 0 0
  Dietrich p 0 0 0 0
  Silvestri ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 9 15 9
New York 014 000 21210131
Chicago 100 040 0229151
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Russo   4.2 8 5 5 1 4
  Hildebrand  W(1-1) 2.2 4 2 0 3 0
  Murphy  SV(7) 1.2 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
9
7
4
5
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lyons  L(7-5) 8.0 11 8 8 3 3
  Dietrich   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
10
10
3
3

  E–Rolfe (14), Kreevich (3).  2B–Chicago Webb (4).  3B–New York Gordon (6), Chicago Kuhel (5).  HR–New York DiMaggio 2 (20,3rd inning off Lyons 2 on,9th inning off Dietrich 0 on); Keller 3 (20,3rd inning off Lyons 0 on,7th inning off Lyons 1 on,9th inning off Dietrich 0 on); Dahlgren (9,8th inning off Lyons 0 on), Chicago Webb (1,5th inning off Russo 1 on).  Team LOB–6.  Team–11.  SB–Appling (2); Kennedy (2).  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Eddie Rommel, 2B–George Pipgras, 3B–Red Ormsby.
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