New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
September 20, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1953 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 10, Boston Red Sox 8

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
McDougald 3b 5 1 4 0
Collins 1b 6 2 1 0
Mantle cf 4 2 2 2
Berra c 6 2 2 2
Bauer rf 3 2 1 1
Martin 2b 5 1 3 3
Noren lf 5 0 1 1
Rizzuto ss 2 0 1 0
  Miranda ss 0 0 0 0
  Mize ph 1 0 0 0
  Coleman ss 0 0 0 0
Ford p 3 0 0 0
  Sain p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 10 15 9
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Goodman 2b 5 1 3 1
Piersall rf 5 0 0 1
Williams lf 3 1 1 1
  Zarilla pr 0 1 0 0
  Delock p 0 0 0 0
  Baker ph 1 0 0 0
  Kinder p 0 0 0 0
Kell 3b 4 1 1 0
Gernert 1b 4 1 2 3
White c 5 0 2 1
Umphlett cf 4 1 2 1
Bolling ss 1 0 0 0
  Wilber ph 1 0 0 0
  Lepcio ss 3 1 1 0
McDermott p 0 0 0 0
  Flowers p 0 0 0 0
  Evers ph 1 0 0 0
  Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
  Consolo ph 0 1 0 0
  Olson lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 12 8
New York 301 105 00010151
Boston 101 006 0008122
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ford  W(18-5) 5.1 9 7 7 6 1
  Sain  SV(3) 3.2 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
6
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
McDermott  L(17-10) 2.2 4 4 3 5 0
  Flowers   1.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Sullivan   2.0 5 5 5 2 1
  Delock   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Kinder   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
15
10
9
8
1

  E–Collins (11), Bolling (24), Flowers (1).  DP–Boston 1. Goodman-Lepcio-Gernert.  2B–New York Berra (23,off Flowers); Rizzuto (21,off Sullivan), Boston Williams (5,off Ford); Umphlett (27,off Sain).  3B–Boston Goodman (5,off Ford).  HR–New York Mantle (21,1st inning off McDermott 1 on 1 out); Martin (15,6th inning off Sullivan 2 on 1 out), Boston Gernert (21,6th inning off Sain 2 on 2 out).  Team LOB–12.  Team–10.  U-HP–Charlie Berry, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–Grover Froese, 3B–Bill Summers.  T–2:59.  A–29,188.
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