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1939 World Series (4-0): New York Yankees (106-45) over Cincinnati Reds (97-57)


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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 4, 1939 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     1  4  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  1     2  6  0

    PITCHERS: CIN - Derringer
              NYY - Ruffing

               WP - Red Ruffing
	       LP - Paul Derringer
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CIN - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 58,541

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 5, 1939 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  2  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  3    1  0  0    0  0  x     4  9  0

    PITCHERS: CIN - Walters
              NYY - Pearson

               WP - Monte Pearson
	       LP - Bucky Walters
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CIN - none
              NYY - Dahlgren

  ATTENDANCE: 59,791

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 7, 1939 at Crosley Field (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             2  0  2    0  3  0    0  0  0     7  5  1
    Cincinnati Reds              1  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     3 10  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Gomez, Hadley (2)
              CIN - Thompson, Grissom (5), Moore (7)

               WP - Bump Hadley
	       LP - Junior Thompson
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Dickey, DiMaggio, Keller (2)
              CIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 32,723

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 8, 1939 at Crosley Field (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  2    3     7  7  1
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  0    0  0  0    3  1  0    0     4 11  4

    PITCHERS: NYY - Hildebrand, Sundra (5), Murphy (7)
              CIN - Derringer, Walters (8)

               WP - Johnny Murphy
	       LP - Bucky Walters
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Dickey, Keller
              CIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 32,794

Series Batting Stats

New York Yankees Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Frankie Crosetti 4 16 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 .063 .167 .063 .229 0 0 152 656 109 153 10 56 11 .233 .647
Babe Dahlgren 4 14 2 3 2 0 1 2 0 4 .214 .214 .571 .786 0 0 144 531 71 125 15 89 2 .235 .689
Bill Dickey 4 15 2 4 0 0 2 5 1 2 .267 .313 .667 .979 0 0 128 480 98 145 24 105 5 .302 .915
Joe DiMaggio 4 16 3 5 0 0 1 3 1 1 .313 .353 .500 .853 0 0 120 462 108 176 30 126 3 .381 1.119
Lefty Gomez 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 26 73 3 11 0 4 0 .151 .383
Joe Gordon 4 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 0 0 151 567 92 161 28 111 11 .284 .876
Bump Hadley 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 26 62 3 11 0 3 1 .177 .437
Oral Hildebrand 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 21 44 5 8 0 5 0 .182 .405
Charlie Keller 4 16 8 7 1 1 3 6 1 2 .438 .471 1.188 1.658 0 0 111 398 87 133 11 83 6 .334 .947
Johnny Murphy 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 38 11 1 2 0 1 0 .182 .539
Monte Pearson 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 22 53 9 17 0 7 0 .321 .794
Red Rolfe 4 16 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 0 0 152 648 139 213 14 80 7 .329 .899
Red Ruffing 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 44 114 12 35 1 20 1 .307 .689
George Selkirk 4 12 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 .167 .333 .250 .583 0 0 128 418 103 128 21 101 12 .306 .969
Steve Sundra 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 24 49 7 13 0 6 0 .265 .675
Totals 39 131 20 27 4 1 7 18 9 20 .206 .257 .412 .669 0 0 152 5300 967 1521 166 72 .287 .825

Cincinnati Reds Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SB CS G AB R H HR RBI SB BA OPS
Wally Berger 4 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 97 329 36 85 14 44 1 .258 .778
Nino Bongiovanni 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 66 159 17 41 0 16 0 .258 .593
Frenchy Bordagaray 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 122 19 24 0 12 3 .197 .506
Harry Craft 4 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .091 .182 0 0 134 502 58 129 13 67 5 .257 .701
Paul Derringer 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0 0 38 110 10 23 0 17 0 .209 .453
Lonny Frey 4 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .056 .000 .056 0 0 125 484 95 141 11 55 5 .291 .840
Lee Gamble 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 72 221 24 59 0 14 5 .267 .612
Ival Goodman 4 15 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 .333 .375 .400 .775 1 0 124 470 85 152 7 84 2 .323 .916
Lee Grissom 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 47 5 4 0 1 0 .085 .285
Willard Hershberger 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 63 174 23 60 0 32 1 .345 .803
Ernie Lombardi 4 14 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 .214 .267 .214 .481 0 0 130 450 43 129 20 85 0 .287 .829
Frank McCormick 4 15 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 .400 .400 .467 .867 0 0 156 630 99 209 18 128 1 .332 .869
Whitey Moore 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 42 61 4 6 0 2 0 .098 .242
Billy Myers 4 12 2 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 .333 .429 .500 .929 0 0 151 509 79 143 9 56 4 .281 .762
Al Simmons 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 0 0 *102 351 39 96 7 44 0 .274 .734
Gene Thompson 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0 0 42 48 3 11 0 1 0 .229 .479
Bucky Walters 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 40 120 16 39 1 16 1 .325 .790
Billy Werber 4 16 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 .250 .333 .250 .583 0 1 147 599 115 173 5 57 15 .289 .777
Totals 47 133 8 27 3 1 0 8 6 22 .203 .243 .241 .483 1 1 156 5378 767 1493 98 46 .278 .748

New York Yankees Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Lefty Gomez 1 1 9.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 1 0 1 3.000 26 26 3.41 12 8 0 198.0 173 84 102 1.298
Bump Hadley 1 0 2.25 1 0 0 0 8.0 7 2 3 2 1.250 26 18 2.98 12 6 2 154.0 132 85 65 1.409
Oral Hildebrand 1 1 0.00 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 3 0.500 21 15 3.06 10 4 2 126.2 102 41 50 1.129
Johnny Murphy 1 0 2.70 1 0 0 0 3.1 5 1 0 2 1.500 38 0 4.40 3 6 19 61.1 57 28 30 1.386
Monte Pearson 1 1 0.00 1 0 0 1 9.0 2 0 1 8 0.333 22 20 4.49 12 5 0 146.1 151 70 76 1.510
Red Ruffing 1 1 1.00 1 0 0 1 9.0 4 1 1 4 0.556 28 28 2.93 21 7 0 233.1 211 75 95 1.226
Steve Sundra 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2.2 4 0 1 2 1.875 24 11 2.76 11 1 0 120.2 110 56 27 1.376
Totals 7 4 1.22 4 0 0 2 37.0 27 5 6 22 0.892 152 152 3.310 106 45 1348.2 1208 567 565 1.316

Cincinnati Reds Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams
Playoff Series Stats Regular Season Stats
G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO WHIP G GS ERA W L SV IP H BB SO WHIP
Paul Derringer 2 2 2.35 0 1 0 1 15.1 9 4 3 9 0.783 38 35 2.93 25 7 0 301.0 321 35 128 1.183
Lee Grissom 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 1 0 0.750 33 21 4.10 9 7 0 153.2 145 56 53 1.308
Whitey Moore 1 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 2 0.000 42 24 3.45 13 12 3 187.2 177 95 81 1.449
Gene Thompson 1 1 13.50 0 1 0 0 4.2 5 7 4 3 1.929 42 11 2.54 13 5 2 152.1 130 55 87 1.214
Bucky Walters 2 1 4.91 0 2 0 1 11.0 13 6 1 6 1.273 39 36 2.29 27 11 0 319.0 250 109 137 1.125
Totals 7 4 4.33 0 4 0 2 35.1 27 17 9 20 1.019 156 156 3.270 97 57 1403.2 1340 499 637 1.310

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