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White Sox 2 @ Yankees 5
Yankee Stadium
May 20, 1939

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox, played on May 20, 1939 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees beat the visiting White Sox with a score of 5 to 2.

Game Summary

DateMay 20, 1939 
Visiting Team
Chicago White Sox
R: 2 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 2
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 5 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 5
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 5
Winning PitcherOral Hildebrand  
Losing PitcherThornton Lee  
SaveJohnny Murphy  
Game Winning RBIRed Ruffing 

Game Info

DateMay 20, 1939 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamChicago White Sox 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherThornton Lee  
Home Starting PitcherOral Hildebrand  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance18,371 
Time of Game1 hour 56 minutes 
UmpiresHP: John Quinn
1B: Bill Grieve
2B: (none)
3B: Bill McGowan

Chicago White Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ollie Bejma  Second Baseman 
Joe Kuhel  First Baseman 
Gee Walker  Left Fielder 
Luke Appling  Shortstop 
Rip Radcliff  Right Fielder 
Mike Kreevich  Center Fielder 
Marv Owen  Third Baseman 
Ken Silvestri  Catcher 
Thornton Lee  Pitcher 
Jimmy Dykes  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Frankie Crosetti  Shortstop 
Red Rolfe  Third Baseman 
Tommy Henrich  Center Fielder 
Bill Dickey  Catcher 
Joe Gordon  Second Baseman 
Charlie Keller  Left Fielder 
Joe Gallagher  Right Fielder 
Babe Dahlgren  First Baseman 
Oral Hildebrand  Pitcher 
Joe McCarthy  Manager 

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White Sox 2 @ Yankees 5
Yankee Stadium
May 20, 1939

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/20/1939 -- Chicago at New York (D)

  Chicago            AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Bejma O, 2b           1  1  1  1   Crosetti F, ss        4  0  1  1   
Kuhel J, 1b           4  0  0  0   Rolfe R, 3b           4  1  2  0   
Walker G, lf          4  0  1  1   Henrich T, cf         4  1  1  0   
Appling L, ss         4  0  1  0   Dickey B, c           3  0  1  1   
Radcliff R, rf        4  0  0  0   Gordon J, 2b          4  0  1  1   
Kreevich M, cf        4  0  0  0   Keller C, lf          4  1  1  0   
Owen M, 3b            4  0  2  0   Gallagher J, rf       2  2  0  0   
Silvestri K, c        4  0  0  0   Dahlgren B, 1b        2  0  0  0   
Lee T, p              3  1  1  0   Hildebrand O, p       2  0  0  0   
Rigney J, p           0  0  0  0   Ruffing R, ph         1  0  1  2   
Rosenthal L, ph       1  0  0  0   Selkirk G, pr         0  0  0  0   
                                   Murphy J, p           0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     33  2  6  2                        30  5  8  5

Chicago          100 010 000 --  2
New York         001 000 22x --  5

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lee T (L)*            7.0  7  5  5  3  2
Rigney J              1.0  1  0  0  0  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hildebrand O (W)      7.0  6  2  2  2  3
Murphy J (S)          2.0  0  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 8th

E -- Crosetti F
DP -- Chicago 2
LOB -- Chicago 7, New York 5
2B -- Owen M, Gordon J
HR -- Bejma O
SH -- Bejma O
HBP -- by Lee T (Gallagher J)
T -- 1:56
A -- 18371

    

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