Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Box Scores > 1940 > Jul 30, 1940, Yankees at Tigers Box Score and Play by Play

News: s-r blog:See League Trends with League Splits in Team Split Finders – Baseball-Reference.com

View a short video showing advanced box score features / click orange/red text for additional info

Scores
Standings
PHA
@CHW		1
3
BOS
@CLE		1
2
NYY
@DET		8
6
WSH
@SLB		4
0
PIT
@BRO		8
2
STL
@BSN		13
5
CIN
@NYG		6
3
CHC
@PHI		5
7
Tuesday, July 30, 1940,
, Briggs Stadium
Attendance: 14,845, Time of Game: 2:35
Yankees
8
48-43
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
 at Tigers
6
56-38
⇐ Lost 3 ⇒
W: Red Ruffing (10-7)
L: Hal Newhouser (8-7)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Yankees         0  0  1   1  0  4   2  0  0    8 10  0
Tigers          0  0  0   0  0  0   2  4  0    6 12  2

New York Yankees

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Frankie Crosetti SS 4 0 0 0 1 0 .198 .604 3 0
Red Rolfe 3B 4 1 0 0 1 0 .244 .688 3 2
Tommy Henrich RF 5 0 3 1 0 1 .320 1.004 2 1 2B
Joe DiMaggio CF 5 1 1 0 0 2 .336 1.034 3 0
Buddy Rosar C 5 2 1 0 0 0 .292 .826 2 0
Charlie Keller LF 4 1 1 0 1 1 .283 .981 4 1 2B
Joe Gordon 2B 3 1 1 1 1 0 .259 .801 4 5 SH
Babe Dahlgren 1B 4 1 2 3 0 1 .254 .703 6 0
Red Ruffing P 4 1 1 3 0 1 .069 .255 0 0 HR
   Johnny Murphy P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0
Team Totals 38 8 10 8 4 6 .263 .728 27 9
2B: T Henrich (15); C Keller (12).
HR: R Ruffing (1).
SH: J Gordon (4).
TB: R Ruffing 4; T Henrich 4; B Dahlgren 2; C Keller 2; B Rosar; J Gordon; J DiMaggio.
RBI: R Ruffing 3 (5); B Dahlgren 3 (37); T Henrich (28); J Gordon (65).
Team LOB: 8.
Fielding
DP: 3. J Gordon-B Dahlgren; C Keller-B Dahlgren; R Rolfe-J Gordon-B Dahlgren.

Detroit Tigers

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Dick Bartell SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 .253 .693 0 2 GDP
Barney McCosky CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 .352 .940 3 0
   Earl Averill CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .269 .679 0 0
Charlie Gehringer 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .308 .852 3 1
Hank Greenberg LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 .330 1.029 3 0 GDP
Rudy York 1B 4 2 3 3 0 0 .311 .993 8 0 2·HR
Pinky Higgins 3B 4 1 2 0 0 1 .286 .833 2 1
Pete Fox RF 4 2 3 2 0 0 .314 .771 0 0 HR
Billy Sullivan C 3 0 1 0 1 0 .296 .831 8 0
Hal Newhouser P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .211 .479 0 4
   Clay Smith P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0
   Bruce Campbell 1 0 0 1 0 0 .278 .811
   Tom Seats P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0
   Birdie Tebbetts 0 0 0 0 1 0 .282 .699
   Scat Metha 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 .417
Team Totals 35 6 12 6 3 1 .343 .995 27 8
HR: R York 2 (18); P Fox (2).
TB: R York 9; P Fox 6; P Higgins 2; B Sullivan; B McCosky; H Greenberg; D Bartell.
GIDP: D Bartell (6); H Greenberg (11).
RBI: R York 3 (72); P Fox 2 (21); B Campbell (29).
Team LOB: 5.
Fielding
E: H Greenberg (13); C Gehringer (11).

New York Yankees

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Red Ruffing, W (10-7) 7.2 12 6 6 2 1 3 3.85 33 30
Johnny Murphy, S (8) 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.78 5
Team Totals 9 12 6 6 3 1 3 6.00 38 30

Detroit Tigers

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Hal Newhouser, L (8-7) 6.2 10 8 6 3 4 1 4.02 35 27
Clay Smith 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.53 1
Tom Seats 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 3.89 7
Team Totals 9 10 8 6 4 6 1 6.00 43 27
Balks: H Newhouser (1).
WP: C Smith (1).
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Lou Kolls, 1B - Bill McGowan, 2B - (none), 3B - Eddie Rommel.
Time of Game: 2:35.
Attendance: 14,845.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

New York Yankees         Detroit Tigers
1 Frankie Crosetti SS 1 Dick Bartell SS
2 Red Rolfe 3B 2 Barney McCosky CF
3 Tommy Henrich RF 3 Charlie Gehringer 2B
4 Joe DiMaggio CF 4 Hank Greenberg LF
5 Buddy Rosar C 5 Rudy York 1B
6 Charlie Keller LF 6 Pinky Higgins 3B
7 Joe Gordon 2B 7 Pete Fox RF
8 Babe Dahlgren 1B 8 Billy Sullivan C
9 Red Ruffing P 9 Hal Newhouser P

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:DET194007300

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

In some cases, the results from play-by-play data will contradict results in the official record. The official record has many, many errors, but we have not undertaken to reconcile those errors. Pitch-by-pitch data should not be taken as completely accurate, though we believe it to be as accurate as is currently possible.

Box scores and play-by-play outputs produced by Sports Reference LLC. All Rights Reserved.