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Yankees 16 @ Tigers 7
Briggs Stadium
September 14, 1940

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees, played on September 14, 1940 at Briggs Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 16 to 7.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 14, 1940 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 16 H: 16 E: 2 LOB: 5
Runs: 16
Hits: 16
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 7 H: 10 E: 2 LOB: 11
Runs: 7
Hits: 10
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 11
Winning PitcherMarv Breuer  
Losing PitcherBobo Newsom  
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Game Winning RBIBill Dickey 

Game Info

DateSeptember 14, 1940 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherSpud Chandler  
Home Starting PitcherBobo Newsom  
BallparkBriggs Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance56,697 
Time of Game2 hours 51 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Cal Hubbard
1B: Eddie Rommel
2B: George Pipgras
3B: George Moriarty

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Joe Gordon  Second Baseman 
Red Rolfe  Third Baseman 
George Selkirk  Right Fielder 
Joe DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Charlie Keller  Left Fielder 
Bill Dickey  Catcher 
Babe Dahlgren  First Baseman 
Frankie Crosetti  Shortstop 
Spud Chandler  Pitcher 
Joe McCarthy  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dick Bartell  Shortstop 
Barney McCosky  Center Fielder 
Charlie Gehringer  Second Baseman 
Hank Greenberg  Left Fielder 
Rudy York  First Baseman 
Bruce Campbell  Right Fielder 
Pinky Higgins  Third Baseman 
Billy Sullivan  Catcher 
Bobo Newsom  Pitcher 
Del Baker  Manager 

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Yankees 16 @ Tigers 7
Briggs Stadium
September 14, 1940

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 9/14/1940 -- New York at Detroit (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Gordon J, 2b          5  4  3  2   Bartell D, ss         4  1  1  0   
Rolfe R, 3b           6  1  2  3   Croucher F, ss        1  0  0  0   
Selkirk G, rf         4  2  1  1   McCosky B, cf         4  1  2  1   
DiMaggio J, cf        5  1  4  3   Stainback T, cf       1  0  0  0   
Keller C, lf          4  1  0  0   Gehringer C, 2b       4  1  2  0   
Dickey B, c           3  2  1  3   Meyer D, 2b           0  1  0  0   
Dahlgren B, 1b        5  2  2  0   Greenberg H, lf       4  2  2  3   
Crosetti F, ss        5  1  1  1   York R, 1b            4  1  2  2   
Chandler S, p         0  0  0  0   Campbell B, rf        3  0  0  1   
Breuer M, p           4  2  2  0   Higgins M, 3b         5  0  0  0   
                                   Sullivan B, c         4  0  0  0   
                                   Newsom B, p           2  0  1  0   
                                   McKain A, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Seats T, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Fox P, ph             1  0  0  0   
                                   Bob Uhle, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Trout D, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Averill E, ph         1  0  0  0   
                                   Smith C, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Tebbetts B, ph        1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41 16 16 13                        39  7 10  7

New York         000 524 500 -- 16
Detroit          400 010 020 --  7

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Chandler S            0.1  4  4  4  0  0
Breuer M (W)          8.2  6  3  3  6  3

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Newsom B (L)          4.2  7  7  6  2  4
McKain A              1.0  4  4  4  3  0
Seats T               0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Bob Uhle*             0.0  4  5  4  2  0
Trout D               1.0  0  0  0  0  1
Smith C               2.0  1  0  0  0  2
  * Pitched to 6 batters in 7th

E -- Sullivan B 2, Rolfe R, Dahlgren B
DP -- Detroit 1
LOB -- New York 5, Detroit 11
2B -- Bartell D, McCosky B, Gehringer C, DiMaggio J 2, York R, Breuer M
3B -- Selkirk G
HR -- York R, Gordon J 2, Dickey B, Greenberg H
CS -- DiMaggio J, Dickey B
WP -- Bob Uhle
PB -- Dickey B
T -- 2:51
A -- 56697

    

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