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Yankees
@ Indians
League Park
August 23, 1941
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees, played on August 23, 1941 at League Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 23, 1941 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 23, 1941 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Lefty Gomez |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Chubby Dean |
| Ballpark | League Park |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 7,500 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 58 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ernie Stewart 1B: Bill Summers 2B: (none) 3B: Joe Rue |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frankie Crosetti | Third Baseman |
| Phil Rizzuto | Shortstop |
| Tommy Henrich | Center Fielder |
| Charlie Keller | Left Fielder |
| Joe Gordon | Second Baseman |
| Jerry Priddy | First Baseman |
| Frenchy Bordagaray | Right Fielder |
| Ken Silvestri | Catcher |
| Lefty Gomez | Pitcher |
| Joe McCarthy | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rusty Peters | Shortstop |
| Gee Walker | Left Fielder |
| Roy Weatherly | Center Fielder |
| Jeff Heath | Right Fielder |
| Oscar Grimes | Second Baseman |
| Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
| Beau Bell | First Baseman |
| Gene Desautels | Catcher |
| Chubby Dean | Pitcher |
| Roger Peckinpaugh | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Indians
League Park
August 23, 1941
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Dean
Crosetti hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rizzuto vs. Dean
Rizzuto hits a fly ball into left field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henrich vs. Dean
Henrich hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Desautels settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keller vs. Dean
There goes Crosetti. The throw from Desautels and he is out, Peters applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Gomez
Peters hits a fly ball into center field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Gomez
Walker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weatherly vs. Gomez
Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards first. Priddy fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Dean
Keller takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Dean
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Priddy vs. Dean
Priddy hits a ball on the ground towards second. Grimes scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Gomez
Heath hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimes vs. Gomez
Grimes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon misplays the ball. That's an error on Gordon. Heath moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Keltner vs. Gomez
Keltner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Gomez
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Crosetti fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bordagaray vs. Dean
Bordagaray hits a popup, foul, towards third. Keltner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Silvestri vs. Dean
Silvestri hits a fly ball into left field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Dean
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Desautels vs. Gomez
Desautels takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dean vs. Gomez
Dean bunts towards the mound. Gomez fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Gomez. Desautels moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Peters vs. Gomez
Peters hits a fly ball into right field. Bordagaray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Desautels moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Walker vs. Gomez
Walker hits a fly ball into center field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Desautels scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weatherly vs. Gomez
Weatherly hits a fly ball into right field. Bordagaray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Dean
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peters scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Dean
Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peters fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Peters. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henrich vs. Dean
Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Rizzuto moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Keller vs. Dean
Keller takes first base on ball four. Rizzuto moves to third. Henrich moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gordon vs. Dean
Gordon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rizzuto scores. Henrich moves to third. Keller moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Priddy vs. Dean
Priddy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Henrich scores. Keller scores. Gordon moves to third. Priddy moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bordagaray vs. Dean
Bordagaray is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Silvestri vs. Dean
Silvestri strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gomez vs. Dean
Gomez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Gomez
Heath hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimes vs. Gomez
Grimes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Heath moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Keltner vs. Gomez
Keltner bunts towards first. Priddy fields it and throws to third for the out. Grimes moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Gomez
Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Desautels vs. Gomez
Desautels hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Dean
Crosetti takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rizzuto vs. Dean
Rizzuto bunts towards third. Keltner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Crosetti moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Henrich vs. Dean
Henrich bunts towards the mound. Dean fields it and throws to first for the out. Crosetti moves to third. Rizzuto moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Keller vs. Dean
Keller hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Heath. Keller reaches second base with a double. Crosetti scores. Rizzuto scores. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gordon vs. Brown
Clint Brown now pitching.
Gordon hits a fly ball into left field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Priddy vs. Brown
Priddy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Keller scores. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bordagaray vs. Brown
Bordagaray hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Priddy moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Silvestri vs. Brown
Silvestri hits a fly ball into right field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Gomez
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Gomez
Peters hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Gomez
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Brown
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grimes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Brown
Crosetti takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rizzuto vs. Brown
Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Crosetti moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Henrich vs. Brown
Henrich hits a popup towards short. Peters settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Keller vs. Brown
Keller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Gomez
Weatherly bunts towards third. Crosetti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Gomez
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. Gomez
Grimes hits a popup towards short. Rizzuto settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Brown
Gordon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Priddy vs. Brown
Priddy hits a line drive towards first. Bell catches it and steps on first to double up Gordon. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bordagaray vs. Brown
Bordagaray hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peters scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Gomez
Keltner hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Gomez
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Desautels vs. Gomez
Desautels hits a line drive towards third. Crosetti reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Silvestri vs. Brown
Silvestri hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Heath. Silvestri reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gomez vs. Brown
Gomez bunts towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. Silvestri moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Crosetti vs. Brown
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. Silvestri scores. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Brown
Rizzuto hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Gomez
Lou Boudreau pinch hits for Clint Brown.
Boudreau takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peters vs. Gomez
Peters hits a fly ball into center field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Gomez
Walker hits a fly ball into center field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weatherly vs. Gomez
Weatherly takes first base on ball four. Boudreau moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heath vs. Gomez
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Gromek
Steve Gromek now pitching.
Henrich hits a popup in front of the plate. Desautels settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Gromek
Keller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grimes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Gromek
Gordon strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. Gomez
Grimes hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Henrich who is chasing the ball. Grimes reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Keltner vs. Gomez
Keltner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bell vs. Gomez
Bell is hit by the pitch. Keltner moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Campbell vs. Murphy
Johnny Murphy now pitching. Soup Campbell pinch hits for Gene Desautels.
Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Grimes scores. Keltner moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rosenthal vs. Murphy
Larry Rosenthal pinch hits for Steve Gromek.
Rosenthal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/23/1941 -- New York at Cleveland (D)
New York AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Crosetti F, 3b 3 1 1 1 Peters R, ss 4 0 0 0
Rizzuto P, ss 5 2 2 0 Walker G, lf 4 0 1 1
Henrich T, cf 4 1 0 0 Weatherly R, cf 3 0 1 0
Keller C, lf 3 2 1 2 Heath J, rf 4 0 2 0
Gordon J, 2b 4 0 1 1 Grimes O, 2b 4 1 2 0
Priddy J, 1b 4 0 2 3 Keltner K, 3b 3 0 0 0
Bordagaray F, rf 3 0 1 0 Bell B, 1b 3 0 0 0
Silvestri K, c 4 1 1 0 Desautels G, c 2 1 0 0
Gomez L, p 3 0 0 0 Campbell S, ph 1 0 0 0
Murphy J, p 0 0 0 0 Dean C, p 1 0 0 0
Brown C, p 1 0 0 0
Boudreau L, ph 0 0 0 0
Gromek S, p 0 0 0 0
Rosenthal L, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 7 9 7 31 2 6 1
New York 000 330 010 -- 7
Cleveland 001 000 001 -- 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Gomez L (W)* 8.0 6 2 1 4 0
Murphy J (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Dean C (L) 4.1 5 6 3 4 2
Brown C 3.2 4 1 1 2 0
Gromek S 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 3 batters in 9th
E -- Gordon J, Gomez L, Peters R
DP -- New York 4, Cleveland 2
LOB -- New York 7, Cleveland 7
2B -- Keller C, Silvestri K
3B -- Grimes O
CS -- Crosetti F
SH -- Henrich T, Gomez L
HBP -- by Gomez L (Bell B)
T -- 1:58
A -- 7500
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