New York Yankees vs St. Louis Browns
September 16, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1940 at Sportsman's Park III. The St. Louis Browns defeated the New York Yankees 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 4, St. Louis Browns 16

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Gordon 2b 5 0 0 1
Rolfe 3b 4 1 0 0
Keller lf 4 0 0 0
DiMaggio cf 4 1 2 2
Selkirk rf 3 1 0 0
Dickey c 4 0 1 0
Dahlgren 1b 3 0 1 1
Crosetti ss 4 1 1 0
Russo p 0 0 0 0
  Hadley p 2 0 0 0
  Gomez p 0 0 0 0
  Chartak ph 1 0 0 0
  Sundra p 0 0 0 0
  Rosar ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 4 6 4
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Laabs cf 5 3 3 2
Lucadello 2b 5 3 3 5
Radcliff lf 4 2 2 2
Hoag rf 5 1 1 0
Clift 3b 3 1 1 0
McQuinn 1b 5 2 2 4
Berardino ss 3 1 1 1
  Strange ss 1 0 0 0
Swift c 5 1 1 0
Kennedy p 5 2 1 0
Totals 41 16 15 14
New York 100 100 101463
St. Louis 721 040 20x16152
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Russo  L(13-7) 0.1 4 5 5 1 0
  Hadley   4.2 9 9 7 2 2
  Gomez   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Sundra   2.0 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
15
16
14
5
4
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy  W(11-16) 9.0 6 4 3 3 5
Totals
9.0
6
4
3
3
5

  E–DiMaggio (6), Crosetti 2 (28), Lucadello (2), Clift (20).  PB–Swift (9).  2B–New York Dahlgren (21); Rosar (11), St. Louis Laabs (11); McQuinn (37).  3B–St. Louis Radcliff (9).  HR–New York DiMaggio (31,4th inning off Kennedy 0 on), St. Louis Laabs (10,3rd inning off Hadley 0 on); Lucadello 2 (2,1st inning off Russo 0 on,7th inning off Sundra 1 on); Radcliff (7,1st inning off Russo 0 on); McQuinn (16,2nd inning off Hadley 1 on).  HBP–Rolfe (2).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  U–Red Ormsby, Bill Summers, John Quinn.  T–1:51.  A–1,343.
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