New York Yankees vs Brooklyn Dodgers
October 2, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1953 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers 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 2, Brooklyn Dodgers 3

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
McDougald 3b 4 0 1 1
  Noren ph 0 0 0 0
Collins 1b 5 0 0 0
Bauer rf 4 1 1 0
Berra c 1 0 1 0
Mantle cf 4 0 0 0
Woodling lf 4 0 1 1
Martin 2b 3 1 1 0
Rizzuto ss 3 0 1 0
  Bollweg ph 1 0 0 0
Raschi p 2 0 0 0
  Mize ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 0 1 0
Reese ss 4 0 1 0
Snider cf 3 1 1 0
Hodges 1b 2 0 1 0
Campanella c 4 1 1 1
Furillo rf 4 0 0 0
Robinson lf 4 1 3 1
  Thompson lf 0 0 0 0
Cox 3b 3 0 0 1
Erskine p 3 0 1 0
Totals 31 3 9 3
New York 000 010 010260
Brooklyn 000 011 01x390
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Raschi  L (0-1) 8.0 9 3 3 3 4
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
3
4
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine  W (1-0) 9.0 6 2 2 3 14
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
14

  E–None.  DP–New York 1 Rizzuto-Martin-Collins.  2B–Brooklyn Robinson (1,off Raschi).  HR–Brooklyn Campanella (1,8th inning off Raschi 0 on 1 out).  SH–Raschi (1,off Erskine); Cox (1,off Raschi).  HBP–Berra 2 (2,by Erskine 2).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  CS–Gilliam (1,2nd base by Raschi/Berra).  WP–Erskine (1).  HBP–Erskine 2 (2,Berra 2).  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Artie Gore, 2B–Bill Grieve, 3B–Bill Stewart.  T–3:00.  A–35,270.
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