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White Sox 6 @ Red Sox 3
Fenway Park
May 17, 1939

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox, played on May 17, 1939 at Fenway Park. The home team Red Sox were bested by the visiting White Sox with a score of 6 to 3.

Game Summary

DateMay 17, 1939 
Visiting Team
Chicago White Sox
R: 6 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 3
Runs: 6
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 3
Home Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 3 H: 5 E: 2 LOB: 4
Runs: 3
Hits: 5
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 4
Winning PitcherBill Dietrich  
Losing PitcherJack Wilson  
SaveClint Brown  
Game Winning RBIRip Radcliff 

Game Info

DateMay 17, 1939 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamChicago White Sox 
Home TeamBoston Red Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherBill Dietrich  
Home Starting PitcherJack Wilson  
BallparkFenway Park 
CityBoston 
StateMA 
Attendance5,200 
Time of Game2 hours 5 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lou Kolls
1B: Joe Rue
2B: (none)
3B: Harry Geisel

Chicago White Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ollie Bejma  Second Baseman 
Joe Kuhel  First Baseman 
Gee Walker  Left Fielder 
Luke Appling  Shortstop 
Hank Steinbacher  Right Fielder 
Larry Rosenthal  Center Fielder 
Marv Owen  Third Baseman 
Mike Tresh  Catcher 
Bill Dietrich  Pitcher 
Jimmy Dykes  Manager 

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Doc Cramer  Center Fielder 
Lou Finney  First Baseman 
Joe Vosmik  Left Fielder 
Joe Cronin  Shortstop 
Ted Williams  Right Fielder 
Jim Tabor  Third Baseman 
Bobby Doerr  Second Baseman 
Gene Desautels  Catcher 
Jack Wilson  Pitcher 
Joe Cronin  Manager 

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White Sox 6 @ Red Sox 3
Fenway Park
May 17, 1939

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/17/1939 -- Chicago at Boston (D)

  Chicago            AB  R  H RBI    Boston             AB  R  H RBI
Bejma O, 2b           5  1  2  2   Cramer D, cf          5  1  1  0   
Kuhel J, 1b           4  1  1  1   Finney L, 1b          4  0  0  0   
Walker G, lf          5  1  1  2   Vosmik J, lf          3  1  1  0   
Appling L, ss         2  0  0  0   Cronin J, ss          4  1  1  3   
Steinbacher H, rf     4  0  0  0   Williams T, rf        3  0  0  0   
Rosenthal L, cf       4  0  0  0   Tabor J, 3b           4  0  1  0   
Owen M, 3b            4  1  1  0   Doerr B, 2b           4  0  0  0   
Tresh M, c            4  1  1  0   Desautels G, c        4  0  0  0   
Dietrich B, p         3  0  0  0   Wilson J, p           3  0  0  0   
Radcliff R, ph        1  1  1  1   Heving J, p           0  0  0  0   
Brown C, p            0  0  0  0   Nonnenkamp R, ph      1  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  6  7  6                        35  3  5  3

Chicago          000 201 000 3 --  6
Boston           000 300 000 0 --  3

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Dietrich B (W)        9.0  4  3  3  2  4
Brown C (S)           1.0  1  0  0  0  0

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wilson J (L)          9.1  7  6  6  2  2
Heving J              0.2  0  0  0  0  1

E -- Finney L, Tabor J
DP -- Boston 2
LOB -- Chicago 3, Boston 4
2B -- Cramer D
HR -- Walker G, Cronin J, Bejma O
SB -- Vosmik J
SF -- Kuhel J
T -- 2:05
A -- 5200

    

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