Philadelphia Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
September 28, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1940 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 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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Philadelphia Athletics 4, Boston Red Sox 16

Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Moses rf 5 1 3 0
Chapman cf 5 1 1 0
Valo lf 3 1 2 0
Hayes c 3 1 1 2
Siebert 1b 3 0 0 0
McCoy 2b 3 0 0 1
Gantenbein 3b 3 0 0 0
Wallaesa ss 4 0 0 1
Dean p 3 0 1 0
  Miles ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 5 2 4 4
Cramer rf 6 1 1 0
Williams lf 4 4 4 2
  Spence lf 0 0 0 0
Foxx 1b 4 1 2 3
  Lupien pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Cronin ss 5 1 3 3
  Carey pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Doerr 2b 4 0 0 0
Tabor 3b 4 1 0 1
  Gelbert 3b 0 0 0 0
Peacock c 5 2 3 2
Heving p 5 2 2 1
Totals 42 16 19 16
Philadelphia 000 200 200482
Boston 100 217 14x16192
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Dean  L(6-13) 8.0 19 16 14 5 1
Totals
8.0
19
16
14
5
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Heving  W(12-7) 9.0 8 4 3 4 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
4
1

  E–McCoy (35), Wallaesa (2), Foxx (10), Heving (4).  DP–Philadelphia 2. McCoy-Wallaesa-Siebert, Gantenbein-McCoy-Siebert, Boston 3. Heving-Doerr-Foxx, Heving-Doerr-Foxx, Foxx-Cronin.  2B–Philadelphia Moses 2 (41); Hayes (23), Boston Williams (43); Foxx (29).  3B–Boston Foxx (3).  HR–Boston DiMaggio (7,5th inning off Dean 0 on).  SH–Siebert (7).  Team LOB–7.  Team–7.  SB–Valo 2 (2).  U–George Moriarty, Eddie Rommel, Bill McGowan.
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