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Scores
Standings
WSH
@BOS		1
9
WSH
@BOS		6
3		 
(8)
CHW
@CLE		0
2
CHW
@CLE		3
0
SLB
@DET		11
7
NYY
@PHA		9
12
NYY
@PHA		21
0		 
(8)
BSN
@BRO		13
6
BSN
@BRO		8
2
PIT
@CHC		4
5
PHI
@NYG		2
11
PHI
@NYG		2
6
CIN
@STL		2
4
CIN
@STL		3
4
Sunday, August 13, 1939,
, Shibe Park
Attendance: 34,570, Time of Game: 2:05
Second game of doubleheader, see First game.
Yankees
21
73-33
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
 at Athletics
0
37-70
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
W: Red Ruffing (17-4)
L: Cotton Pippen (2-9)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -    -  -  -
Yankees         0  5  5   2  1  5   0  3   21 23  0
Athletics       0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0    0  3  3

New York Yankees

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Frankie Crosetti SS 6 1 1 0 1 0 .214 .593 0 2
Red Rolfe 3B 4 2 2 2 2 0 .314 .841 2 2 2B
Charlie Keller RF 6 1 2 2 0 1 .338 .900 2 0
Joe DiMaggio CF 5 3 4 5 0 0 .395 1.126 3 0 2·HR,SH
Bill Dickey C 6 3 4 0 0 0 .320 .938 5 0 2B
George Selkirk LF 2 2 2 2 0 0 .320 1.039 2 0 3B,HBP
   Tommy Henrich LF 3 2 1 1 0 0 .277 .801 2 0 SB
Joe Gordon 2B 5 2 1 2 1 0 .299 .892 4 0
Babe Dahlgren 1B 4 4 2 4 2 0 .247 .736 4 1 2·HR
Red Ruffing P 6 1 4 3 0 0 .344 .768 0 1
Team Totals 47 21 23 21 6 1 .489 1.385 24 6
2B: B Dickey (16); R Rolfe (32).
3B: G Selkirk (4).
HR: J DiMaggio 2 (16); B Dahlgren 2 (13).
SH: J DiMaggio (5).
HBP: G Selkirk (6).
TB: J DiMaggio 10; B Dahlgren 8; B Dickey 5; R Ruffing 4; G Selkirk 4; R Rolfe 3; C Keller 2; J Gordon; F Crosetti; T Henrich.
RBI: J DiMaggio 5 (74); B Dahlgren 4 (73); R Ruffing 3 (18); R Rolfe 2 (52); C Keller 2 (42); G Selkirk 2 (74); J Gordon 2 (79); T Henrich (54).
Team LOB: 10.
Baserunning
SB: T Henrich (7, -1st base off  POCS).

Philadelphia Athletics

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Wally Moses RF 1 0 1 0 1 0 .310 .784 1 0
   Dee Miles RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .303 .737 2 0
Skeeter Newsome SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .235 .590 1 3 SH
Bob Johnson LF 1 0 0 0 1 1 .352 1.043 0 0
   Eric Tipton LF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .235 .644 1 0
Earle Brucker C 3 0 1 0 0 0 .280 .799 2 0 3B
Dick Siebert 1B 2 0 1 0 1 0 .302 .783 8 0 2B
Sam Chapman CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .249 .748 3 1
Wayne Ambler 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .217 .566 4 2
   Eddie Collins 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .200 1 1
Joe Gantenbein 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .283 .730 1 2
Cotton Pippen P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .120 .361 0 0
   Nels Potter P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .409 0 2
Team Totals 26 0 3 0 3 5 .115 .438 24 11
2B: D Siebert (16).
3B: E Brucker (1).
SH: S Newsome (9).
TB: E Brucker 3; D Siebert 2; W Moses.
Team LOB: 6.
Fielding
E: E Collins (1); W Moses (4); J Gantenbein (20).

New York Yankees

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Red Ruffing, W (17-4) 8 3 0 0 3 5 0 2.49 30 78
Team Totals 8 3 0 0 3 5 0 0.00 30 78

Philadelphia Athletics

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Cotton Pippen, L (2-9) 2 6 6 6 2 1 0 5.82 14 19
Nels Potter 6 17 15 9 4 0 4 6.72 41
Team Totals 8 23 21 15 6 1 4 16.88 55 19
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: N Potter (4).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Bill Grieve, 1B - John Quinn, 2B - (none), 3B - Bill McGowan.
Time of Game: 2:05.
Attendance: 34,570.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

New York Yankees         Philadelphia Athletics
1 Frankie Crosetti SS 1 Wally Moses RF
2 Red Rolfe 3B 2 Skeeter Newsome SS
3 Charlie Keller RF 3 Bob Johnson LF
4 Joe DiMaggio CF 4 Earle Brucker C
5 Bill Dickey C 5 Dick Siebert 1B
6 George Selkirk LF 6 Sam Chapman CF
7 Joe Gordon 2B 7 Wayne Ambler 2B
8 Babe Dahlgren 1B 8 Joe Gantenbein 3B
9 Red Ruffing P 9 Cotton Pippen P

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