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Tigers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
September 14, 1939
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers, played on September 14, 1939 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 14, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 14, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bobo Newsom |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Atley Donald |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 10,938 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 14 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Harry Geisel 1B: George Pipgras 2B: (none) 3B: Red Ormsby |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Barney McCosky | Center Fielder |
| Earl Averill | Left Fielder |
| Charlie Gehringer | Second Baseman |
| Hank Greenberg | First Baseman |
| Pinky Higgins | Third Baseman |
| Pete Fox | Right Fielder |
| Red Kress | Shortstop |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Catcher |
| Bobo Newsom | Pitcher |
| Del Baker | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frankie Crosetti | Shortstop |
| Red Rolfe | Third Baseman |
| Charlie Keller | Right Fielder |
| Joe DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| George Selkirk | Left Fielder |
| Joe Gordon | Second Baseman |
| Buddy Rosar | Catcher |
| Babe Dahlgren | First Baseman |
| Atley Donald | Pitcher |
| Joe McCarthy | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
September 14, 1939
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Donald
McCosky hits a fly ball into right field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Donald
Averill strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Donald
Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Newsom
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Newsom
Rolfe hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keller vs. Newsom
Keller takes first base on ball four. Crosetti moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
DiMaggio vs. Newsom
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress throws to third for one, and Higgins throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Keller moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Selkirk vs. Newsom
Selkirk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenberg vs. Donald
Greenberg hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Donald
Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Donald
Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti misplays the ball. That's an error on Crosetti. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kress vs. Donald
Kress hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Fox moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tebbetts vs. Donald
Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Fox scores. Kress moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Newsom vs. Donald
Newsom hits a ball on the ground into center field. DiMaggio picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on DiMaggio. Kress scores. Tebbetts moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCosky vs. Donald
McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Newsom
Gordon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosar vs. Newsom
Rosar strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dahlgren vs. Newsom
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Donald vs. Newsom
Donald hits a fly ball into left field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Crosetti vs. Newsom
Crosetti strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Donald
Averill takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehringer vs. Donald
Gehringer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Averill moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Greenberg vs. Donald
Greenberg takes first base on ball four. Averill moves to third. Gehringer moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Higgins vs. Donald
Higgins hits a fly ball into right field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Fox vs. Donald
Fox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Averill scores. Gehringer moves to third. Greenberg moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kress vs. Donald
Kress hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. Kress reaches second base with a double. Gehringer scores. Greenberg scores. Fox goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tebbetts vs. Hildebrand
Oral Hildebrand now pitching.
There goes Kress. The throw from Rosar and he is out, Rolfe applying the tag. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Hildebrand
Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Newsom
Rolfe hits a fly ball into left field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Newsom
Keller takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Newsom
DiMaggio hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Selkirk vs. Newsom
Selkirk strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsom vs. Hildebrand
Newsom strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Hildebrand
McCosky hits a fly ball into left field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Hildebrand
Averill is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Newsom
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosar vs. Newsom
Rosar hits a fly ball into left field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Newsom
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Hildebrand
Gehringer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. Gehringer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Greenberg vs. Hildebrand
Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields it and has Gehringer trapped. There's the throw to Rolfe and over to Gordon, who tags Gehringer for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Higgins vs. Hildebrand
Higgins strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fox vs. Hildebrand
There goes Greenberg. The throw from Rosar and he is safe. Greenberg steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fox vs. Hildebrand
Fox is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hildebrand vs. Newsom
Hildebrand strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Newsom
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Newsom
There goes Crosetti. The throw from Tebbetts and he is safe. Crosetti steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rolfe vs. Newsom
Rolfe hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keller vs. Newsom
Keller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Newsom fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kress vs. Hildebrand
Kress hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. Kress reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tebbetts vs. Hildebrand
Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kress moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Newsom vs. Hildebrand
Hildebrand has Kress trapped off third. He fires to home, and Kress is out at the plate. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsom vs. Hildebrand
Newsom strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Newsom
DiMaggio strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Newsom
Selkirk takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Newsom
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosar vs. Newsom
Rosar strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Hildebrand
McCosky hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Hildebrand
Averill hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehringer vs. Hildebrand
Gehringer hits a fly ball into left field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greenberg vs. Hildebrand
Greenberg hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Newsom
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg scoops it up and throws to first, with Newsom covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hildebrand vs. Newsom
Hildebrand hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Newsom
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Newsom
Rolfe strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Hildebrand
Higgins hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rosar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Hildebrand
Fox hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kress vs. Hildebrand
Kress strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Newsom
Keller hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Newsom
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Newsom
Selkirk hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Hildebrand
Tebbetts is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsom vs. Hildebrand
Newsom hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Hildebrand
McCosky hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Hildebrand
Averill hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Newsom
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosar vs. Newsom
Rosar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Newsom
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henrich vs. Newsom
Tommy Henrich pinch hits for Oral Hildebrand.
Henrich hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky. Henrich reaches second base with a double. Dahlgren goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Crosetti vs. Newsom
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/14/1939 -- Detroit at New York (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
McCosky B, cf 5 0 2 0 Crosetti F, ss 5 0 3 0
Averill E, lf 4 1 0 0 Rolfe R, 3b 4 0 0 0
Gehringer C, 2b 4 1 2 0 Keller C, rf 2 0 0 0
Greenberg H, 1b 3 1 0 0 DiMaggio J, cf 4 0 0 0
Higgins P, 3b 4 0 0 0 Selkirk G, lf 3 0 0 0
Fox P, rf 4 2 1 1 Gordon J, 2b 3 0 0 0
Kress R, ss 4 1 3 3 Rosar B, c 4 0 0 0
Tebbetts B, c 4 0 1 1 Dahlgren B, 1b 4 1 2 0
Newsom B, p 4 0 1 0 Donald A, p 1 0 0 0
Hildebrand O, p 2 0 0 0
Henrich T, ph 1 0 1 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 6 10 5 33 1 6 1
Detroit 024 000 000 -- 6
New York 000 000 001 -- 1
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Newsom B (W) 9.0 6 1 1 4 7
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Donald A (L) 2.1 6 6 4 2 1
Hildebrand O 6.2 4 0 0 0 7
E -- Higgins P, Crosetti F, DiMaggio J
LOB -- Detroit 5, New York 9
2B -- Kress R 2, Gehringer C, Henrich T
SB -- Greenberg H, Crosetti F
CS -- Kress R
T -- 2:14
A -- 10938
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