New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
September 8, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1940 at Fenway Park. The New York Yankees 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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New York Yankees 9, Boston Red Sox 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Gordon 2b 4 3 4 1
Rolfe 3b 6 2 2 1
Selkirk rf 4 1 1 0
DiMaggio cf 2 1 1 1
Keller lf 4 1 1 1
Rosar c 4 1 1 0
Dahlgren 1b 4 0 2 2
Crosetti ss 4 0 0 1
Chandler p 5 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 12 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 4 0 0 0
Cramer rf 5 1 2 0
Foxx c 4 1 1 1
Williams lf 4 0 2 0
Cronin ss 4 0 0 0
Doerr 2b 4 2 2 2
Finney 1b 4 0 1 0
Gelbert 3b 3 0 0 0
  Spence ph 1 0 0 1
  Carey 3b 0 0 0 0
Fleming p 1 0 0 0
  Ostermueller p 2 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Bagby p 0 0 0 0
  Peacock ph 1 0 0 0
  Dickman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 8 4
New York 102 200 0409123
Boston 012 000 010482
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Chandler  W(8-6) 9.0 8 4 4 3 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Fleming   2.2 5 3 3 3 2
  Ostermueller  L(4-8) 4.1 6 4 4 4 3
  Johnson   0.1 1 2 2 3 0
  Bagby   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Dickman   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
11
7

  E–Rolfe (21), DiMaggio (5), Chandler (2), Cramer (11), Gelbert (9).  DP–Boston 2. Cronin-Doerr-Finney, Dickman-Cronin-Finney.  PB–Foxx (5).  2B–New York Gordon (25); Rolfe (23), Boston Foxx (27); Williams (41).  3B–New York Gordon (8).  HR–New York Gordon (25,1st inning off Fleming 0 on 0 out), Boston Doerr (20,2nd inning off Chandler 0 on).  Team LOB–12.  Team–9.  U–Cal Hubbard, George Moriarty, Eddie Rommel.  T–2:48.  A–33,800.
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