New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians
September 11, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 1940 at Cleveland Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Yankees 3, Cleveland Indians 1

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Gordon 2b 2 2 1 0
Rolfe 3b 4 0 1 1
Selkirk rf 4 0 0 0
DiMaggio cf 4 1 2 1
Keller lf 4 0 0 0
Dickey c 4 0 0 0
Dahlgren 1b 4 0 1 1
Crosetti ss 2 0 0 0
Bonham p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Chapman rf 4 0 0 0
Weatherly cf 4 1 2 0
Heath lf 4 0 0 0
Boudreau ss 4 0 1 1
Bell 1b 4 0 0 0
Keltner 3b 3 0 1 0
Mack 2b 3 0 0 0
Hemsley c 3 0 1 0
Feller p 2 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 0 0
  Dobson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
New York 010 001 010350
Cleveland 001 000 000152
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham  W(6-2) 9.0 5 1 1 0 5
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
0
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Feller  L(24-9) 8.0 5 3 3 2 4
  Dobson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
2
4

  E–Keltner 2 (19).  2B–New York DiMaggio (21).  3B–New York Gordon (9), Cleveland Boudreau (9).  HBP–Crosetti (10).  Team LOB–4.  Team–4.  U-HP–Bill McGowan, 1B–Steve Basil, 2B–Bill Grieve, 3B–Eddie Rommel.
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