New York Yankees vs Brooklyn Dodgers
October 7, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 7, 1949 at Ebbets Field. The New York Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 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, Brooklyn Dodgers 3

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rizzuto ss 4 0 0 1
Henrich 1b 3 0 0 0
Berra c 3 1 0 0
DiMaggio cf 4 0 0 0
Brown 3b 4 1 1 0
Woodling lf 3 1 1 0
Mapes rf 2 1 0 0
  Mize ph 1 0 1 2
  Bauer pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Coleman 2b 4 0 1 1
Byrne p 1 0 1 0
  Page p 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 5 4
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 2 1 1 1
Miksis 3b 4 0 1 0
Furillo rf 4 0 1 0
Robinson 2b 2 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 3 0 0 0
Olmo lf 4 1 1 1
Snider cf 4 0 0 0
Campanella c 4 1 1 1
Branca p 3 0 0 0
  Banta p 0 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
New York 001 000 003450
Brooklyn 000 100 002350
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Byrne   3.1 2 1 1 2 1
  Page  W (1-0) 5.2 3 2 2 2 4
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
4
5
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Branca  L (0-1) 8.2 4 4 4 4 6
  Banta   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
4
7

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Woodling (1,off Branca).  HR–Brooklyn Reese (1,4th inning off Byrne 0 on, 0 out); Olmo (1,9th inning off Page 0 on, 1 out); Campanella (1,9th inning off Page 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Reese (1,by Byrne).  HBP–Byrne (1,Reese).  U–Art Passarella (AL), Lou Jorda (NL), Cal Hubbard (AL), Beans Reardon (NL), Eddie Hurley (AL), George Barr (NL).  T–2:30.  A–32,788.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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