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Yankees
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
May 16, 1937
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the New York Yankees, played on May 16, 1937 at Shibe Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 16, 1937 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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| Home Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 16, 1937 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Red Ruffing |
| Home Starting Pitcher | George Caster |
| Ballpark | Shibe Park |
| City | Philadelphia |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 7 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Harry Geisel 1B: Bill Summers 2B: (none) 3B: Charles Johnston |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frankie Crosetti | Shortstop |
| Red Rolfe | Third Baseman |
| Tommy Henrich | Left Fielder |
| Joe DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Lou Gehrig | First Baseman |
| George Selkirk | Right Fielder |
| Bill Dickey | Catcher |
| Tony Lazzeri | Second Baseman |
| Red Ruffing | Pitcher |
| Joe McCarthy | Manager |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lou Finney | Center Fielder |
| Billy Werber | Third Baseman |
| Wally Moses | Right Fielder |
| Bob Johnson | Left Fielder |
| Chubby Dean | First Baseman |
| Earle Brucker | Catcher |
| Skeeter Newsome | Shortstop |
| Bill Cissell | Second Baseman |
| George Caster | Pitcher |
| Connie Mack | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
May 16, 1937
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Caster
Crosetti strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Caster
Rolfe hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Caster
Henrich hits a popup towards short. Newsome settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Ruffing
Finney hits a fly ball into left field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Ruffing
Werber takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moses vs. Ruffing
Moses hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Werber moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Johnson vs. Ruffing
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Werber scores. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dean vs. Ruffing
There goes Moses. The throw from Dickey and he is safe. Moses steals second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dean vs. Ruffing
Dean takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brucker vs. Ruffing
Brucker hits a fly ball into right field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Caster
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Caster fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehrig vs. Caster
Gehrig hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Caster scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gehrig for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Caster
Selkirk takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickey vs. Caster
Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Caster fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Ruffing
Newsome hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cissell vs. Ruffing
Cissell takes first base on ball four. Newsome moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Caster vs. Ruffing
Caster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Newsome scores. Cissell moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Finney vs. Ruffing
Finney hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruffing fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Werber vs. Ruffing
Werber hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lazzeri vs. Caster
Lazzeri hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ruffing vs. Caster
Ruffing strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crosetti vs. Caster
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cissell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Ruffing
Moses hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Ruffing
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dean vs. Ruffing
Dean hits a fly ball towards right. Selkirk catches it and throws to first to double up Johnson. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Caster
Rolfe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henrich vs. Caster
Henrich hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cissell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Caster
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Newsome. Rolfe moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gehrig vs. Caster
Gehrig hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moses. Gehrig reaches second base with a double. Rolfe scores. DiMaggio goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Selkirk vs. Caster
Selkirk hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dean scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Selkirk for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dickey vs. Caster
Dickey hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brucker vs. Ruffing
Brucker hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Ruffing
Newsome hits a fly ball into left field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cissell vs. Ruffing
Cissell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Caster vs. Ruffing
Caster hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lazzeri vs. Caster
Lazzeri strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruffing vs. Caster
Ruffing takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crosetti vs. Caster
There goes Ruffing. The throw from Brucker and he is out, Cissell applying the tag. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Caster
Crosetti strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Ruffing
Finney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Ruffing
Werber hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Ruffing
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Caster
Rolfe hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Caster
Henrich hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Caster
DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. DiMaggio reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gehrig vs. Caster
Gehrig strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Selkirk vs. Caster
Selkirk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. DiMaggio scores. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickey vs. Caster
Dickey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Dickey reaches second base with a double. Selkirk goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lazzeri vs. Caster
Lazzeri hits a fly ball into center field. Finney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Ruffing
Johnson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dickey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dean vs. Ruffing
Dean hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brucker vs. Ruffing
Brucker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruffing vs. Caster
Ruffing hits a fly ball into center field. Finney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Caster
Crosetti is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Caster
Rolfe hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moses. Rolfe reaches second base with a double. Crosetti moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Henrich vs. Caster
Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dean fields the ball and throws to Caster covering. Safe. Henrich is thrown out after the base hit. Crosetti scores. Rolfe scores. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Caster
DiMaggio hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsome vs. Ruffing
Newsome hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cissell vs. Ruffing
Cissell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caster vs. Ruffing
Caster hits a fly ball into left field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Ruffing
Finney hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dickey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehrig vs. Caster
Gehrig strikes out. Brucker drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Gehrig out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Caster
Selkirk hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickey vs. Caster
Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cissell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lazzeri vs. Caster
Lazzeri strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Werber vs. Ruffing
Werber hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Ruffing
Moses hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Ruffing
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruffing vs. Caster
Ruffing takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crosetti vs. Caster
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dean fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Caster
Rolfe strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henrich vs. Caster
Henrich hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Finney who is chasing the ball. Henrich reaches third base with a triple. Crosetti goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
DiMaggio vs. Caster
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Werber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 8 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dean vs. Ruffing
Dean hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brucker vs. Ruffing
Brucker hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Selkirk. Brucker reaches second base with a double. Dean goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Newsome vs. Murphy
Johnny Murphy now pitching.
Newsome hits a fly ball into right field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cissell vs. Murphy
Cissell strikes out. Dickey drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Cissell out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rothrock vs. Murphy
Jack Rothrock pinch hits for George Caster.
Rothrock hits a popup towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/16/1937 -- New York at Philadelphia (D)
New York AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI
Crosetti F, ss 4 2 0 0 Finney L, cf 4 0 0 0
Rolfe R, 3b 4 2 1 0 Werber B, 3b 3 1 0 0
Henrich T, lf 5 1 3 4 Moses W, rf 4 0 1 0
DiMaggio J, cf 5 2 1 0 Johnson B, lf 3 0 0 1
Gehrig L, 1b 4 0 1 2 Dean C, 1b 3 1 2 0
Selkirk G, rf 3 1 2 1 Brucker E, c 4 0 1 1
Dickey B, c 4 0 1 1 Newsome S, ss 4 1 1 0
Lazzeri T, 2b 4 0 1 0 Cissell B, 2b 2 1 1 1
Ruffing R, p 2 0 0 0 Caster G, p 3 0 1 1
Murphy J, p 0 0 0 0 Rothrock J, ph 1 0 0 0
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35 8 10 8 31 4 7 4
New York 000 203 201 -- 8
Philadelphia 110 000 101 -- 4
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Ruffing R (W)* 8.0 7 4 4 5 0
Murphy J (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Caster G (L) 9.0 10 8 7 4 8
* Pitched to 2 batters in 9th
E -- Newsome S
DP -- New York 3, Philadelphia 1
LOB -- New York 5, Philadelphia 5
2B -- Gehrig L, DiMaggio J, Dickey B, Rolfe R, Brucker E
3B -- Henrich T
HR -- Henrich T, Cissell B
SB -- Moses W
HBP -- by Caster G (Crosetti F)
T -- 2:07
A -- 0
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