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Yankees
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
April 26, 1940
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, played on April 26, 1940 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
Date | April 26, 1940 |
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Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 26, 1940 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Monte Pearson |
Home Starting Pitcher | Emerson Dickman |
Ballpark | Fenway Park |
City | Boston |
State | MA |
Attendance | 23,200 |
Time of Game | 1 hour 58 minutes |
Umpires | HP: George Moriarty 1B: Joe Rue 2B: Cal Hubbard 3B: Eddie Rommel |
New York Yankees Lineup
Name | Position |
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Frankie Crosetti | Shortstop |
Red Rolfe | Third Baseman |
George Selkirk | Right Fielder |
Charlie Keller | Left Fielder |
Bill Dickey | Catcher |
Joe Gordon | Second Baseman |
Tommy Henrich | Center Fielder |
Babe Dahlgren | First Baseman |
Monte Pearson | Pitcher |
Joe McCarthy | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lou Finney | Right Fielder |
Doc Cramer | Center Fielder |
Ted Williams | Left Fielder |
Jimmie Foxx | First Baseman |
Joe Cronin | Shortstop |
Bobby Doerr | Second Baseman |
Jim Tabor | Third Baseman |
Johnny Peacock | Catcher |
Emerson Dickman | Pitcher |
Joe Cronin | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Yankees
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
April 26, 1940
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Dickman
Crosetti hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Dickman
Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Dickman
Selkirk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keller vs. Dickman
Keller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Pearson
Finney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cramer vs. Pearson
Cramer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Finney moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Williams vs. Pearson
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pearson has Finney trapped. There's the throw to Dickey and over to Rolfe, who tags Finney for the out. Cramer moves to third. Williams moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Foxx vs. Pearson
Foxx is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cronin vs. Pearson
Cronin takes first base on ball four. Cramer scores. Williams moves to third. Foxx moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Doerr vs. Pearson
Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe juggles the ball. That's an error on Rolfe. Williams scores. Foxx scores. Cronin moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tabor vs. Pearson
Tabor hits a popup into right field for a base hit. Cronin moves to third. Doerr moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Peacock vs. Pearson
Peacock hits a fly ball into center field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cronin scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dickman vs. Pearson
Dickman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dickey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Dickman
Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Dickman
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Dickman
Henrich is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Pearson
Finney hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pearson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Pearson
Cramer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Pearson
Williams takes first base on ball four. Cramer moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Foxx vs. Pearson
Foxx hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Dickman
Dahlgren takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pearson vs. Dickman
Pearson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crosetti vs. Dickman
Crosetti hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Dickman
Rolfe hits a popup towards short. Cronin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cronin vs. Pearson
Cronin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Keller. Cronin reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Doerr vs. Pearson
There's a wild pitch. Cronin moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Doerr vs. Pearson
Doerr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cronin scores. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tabor vs. Pearson
Tabor takes first base on ball four. Doerr moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Peacock vs. Pearson
Peacock bunts towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. Doerr moves to third. Tabor moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Dickman vs. Pearson
Dickman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to home to get Doerr. Tabor moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Finney vs. Pearson
Finney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Dickman
Selkirk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keller vs. Dickman
Keller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr misplays the ball. That's an error on Doerr. Selkirk moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dickey vs. Dickman
Dickey hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gordon vs. Dickman
Gordon strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Henrich vs. Dickman
Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Pearson
Cramer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Henrich. Cramer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Pearson
Williams strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Foxx vs. Pearson
Foxx hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Selkirk. Foxx reaches second base with a double. Cramer scores. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cronin vs. Pearson
Cronin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Doerr vs. Chandler
Spud Chandler now pitching.
Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe throws to second for one, and Gordon throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Foxx scores. Doerr moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tabor vs. Chandler
Tabor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Dickman
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin misplays the ball. That's an error on Cronin. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chandler vs. Dickman
Chandler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickman fields it and throws to first for the out. Dahlgren moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Crosetti vs. Dickman
Crosetti hits a fly ball towards left. Williams catches it and throws to second to double up Dahlgren. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peacock vs. Chandler
Peacock 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 -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickman vs. Chandler
Dickman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Chandler
Finney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Dickman
Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Foxx scoops it up and throws to first, with Dickman covering, for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Dickman
Selkirk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Dickman
Keller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickey vs. Dickman
Dickey hits a popup towards short. Cronin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Chandler
Buddy Rosar now catching.
Cramer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Chandler
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foxx vs. Chandler
Foxx hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Dickman
Gordon hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Dickman
Henrich strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Dickman
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cronin vs. Chandler
Cronin hits a fly ball into right field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Chandler
Doerr hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tabor vs. Chandler
Tabor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peacock vs. Chandler
There goes Tabor. The throw from Rosar and he is safe. Tabor steals second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Peacock vs. Chandler
Peacock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tabor scores. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickman vs. Chandler
Dickman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knickerbocker vs. Dickman
Bill Knickerbocker pinch hits for Spud Chandler.
Knickerbocker hits a popup, foul, towards first. Foxx settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Dickman
Crosetti hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Dickman
Rolfe hits a popup towards short. Cronin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Grissom
Lee Grissom now pitching.
Finney hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Grissom
Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Grissom
Williams 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
Top 9
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Dickman
Selkirk hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Selkirk reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keller vs. Dickman
Keller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Selkirk moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rosar vs. Dickman
Rosar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Selkirk scores. Keller moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gordon vs. Dickman
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin fields it and throws to second for the out. Keller moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Henrich vs. Dickman
Henrich hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Dahlgren vs. Dickman
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/26/1940 -- New York at Boston (D) New York AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI Crosetti F, ss 4 0 1 0 Finney L, rf 5 0 1 0 Rolfe R, 3b 4 0 0 0 Cramer D, cf 5 2 4 0 Selkirk G, rf 4 1 3 0 Williams T, lf 4 1 0 0 Keller C, lf 4 0 2 0 Foxx J, 1b 3 2 1 1 Dickey B, c 3 0 0 0 Cronin J, ss 2 2 1 1 Rosar B, c 1 0 1 1 Doerr B, 2b 4 0 2 2 Gordon J, 2b 4 0 0 0 Tabor J, 3b 3 1 1 0 Henrich T, cf 4 0 0 0 Peacock J, c 3 0 1 2 Dahlgren B, 1b 3 0 0 0 Dickman E, p 4 0 0 0 Pearson M, p 1 0 0 0 Chandler S, p 1 0 0 0 Knickerbocker B, ph 1 0 0 0 Grissom L, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 1 7 1 33 8 11 6 New York 000 000 001 -- 1 Boston 401 200 10x -- 8 New York IP H R ER BB SO Pearson M (L) 3.1 8 7 5 5 1 Chandler S 3.2 3 1 1 0 0 Grissom L 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Dickman E (W) 9.0 7 1 1 1 3 E -- Rolfe R, Doerr B, Gordon J, Cronin J DP -- New York 2, Boston 2 LOB -- New York 7, Boston 7 2B -- Cronin J, Cramer D, Foxx J, Selkirk G SB -- Tabor J SH -- Peacock J WP -- Pearson M T -- 1:58 A -- 23200
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