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Tigers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
June 17, 1939
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers, played on June 17, 1939 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | June 17, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 17, 1939 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bobo Newsom |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Red Ruffing |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 18,599 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Red Ormsby 1B: Bill Summers 2B: (none) 3B: Bill Grieve |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Barney McCosky | Center Fielder |
| Earl Averill | Left Fielder |
| Charlie Gehringer | Second Baseman |
| Hank Greenberg | First Baseman |
| Pinky Higgins | Third Baseman |
| Pete Fox | Right Fielder |
| Frank Croucher | Shortstop |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Catcher |
| Bobo Newsom | Pitcher |
| Del Baker | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frankie Crosetti | Shortstop |
| Red Rolfe | Third Baseman |
| Tommy Henrich | Right Fielder |
| Joe DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Bill Dickey | Catcher |
| George Selkirk | Left Fielder |
| Joe Gordon | Second Baseman |
| Babe Dahlgren | First Baseman |
| Red Ruffing | Pitcher |
| Joe McCarthy | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
June 17, 1939
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Ruffing
McCosky hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Ruffing
Averill hits a fly ball into right field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehringer vs. Ruffing
Gehringer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dickey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greenberg vs. Ruffing
Greenberg hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. Greenberg reaches second base with a double. McCosky moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Higgins vs. Ruffing
Higgins takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Fox vs. Ruffing
Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruffing fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Newsom
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins juggles the ball. That's an error on Higgins. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Newsom
Rolfe hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henrich vs. Newsom
Henrich hits a fly ball into left field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Newsom
DiMaggio hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Croucher vs. Ruffing
Croucher hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. Croucher reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tebbetts vs. Ruffing
Tebbetts hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Newsom vs. Ruffing
There's a wild pitch. Croucher moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Newsom vs. Ruffing
Newsom strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McCosky vs. Ruffing
McCosky hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Newsom
Dickey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Selkirk vs. Newsom
Selkirk takes first base on ball four. Dickey moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gordon vs. Newsom
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dahlgren vs. Newsom
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Dickey moves to third. Selkirk moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Ruffing vs. Newsom
Ruffing strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Crosetti vs. Newsom
Crosetti hits a popup towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Ruffing
Averill hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Ruffing
Gehringer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greenberg vs. Ruffing
Greenberg strikes out. There goes Gehringer. The throw from Dickey to second, and Gehringer is out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Newsom
Rolfe strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Newsom
Henrich takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Newsom
DiMaggio hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickey vs. Newsom
Dickey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Henrich moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Selkirk vs. Newsom
Selkirk takes first base on ball four. Dickey moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gordon vs. Newsom
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Ruffing
Higgins hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fox vs. Ruffing
There goes Higgins. The throw from Dickey and he is safe. Higgins steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fox vs. Ruffing
Fox hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Croucher vs. Ruffing
Croucher strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tebbetts vs. Ruffing
Tebbetts hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Newsom
Dahlgren hits a popup towards third. Higgins juggles the ball. That's an error on Higgins. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ruffing vs. Newsom
Ruffing hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crosetti vs. Newsom
Crosetti hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Newsom
There goes Dahlgren. The throw from Tebbetts and he is out, Croucher applying the tag. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsom vs. Ruffing
Newsom hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruffing fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Ruffing
McCosky hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Averill vs. Ruffing
Averill hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dahlgren fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehringer vs. Ruffing
Gehringer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Averill trying to get to second. Henrich throws the ball in to Crosetti who tags Averill for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Newsom
Rolfe hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Newsom
Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Newsom
DiMaggio hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenberg vs. Ruffing
Greenberg strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Ruffing
Higgins is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Ruffing
Fox hits a fly ball into right field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Newsom
Dickey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Selkirk vs. Newsom
Selkirk hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Tebbetts settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Newsom
Gordon hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dahlgren vs. Newsom
There goes Dickey. The throw from Tebbetts and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Dahlgren vs. Newsom
Dahlgren hits a fly ball into left field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Croucher vs. Ruffing
Croucher hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Ruffing
Tebbetts hits a fly ball into right field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsom vs. Ruffing
Newsom 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
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruffing vs. Newsom
Ruffing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Newsom
Crosetti takes first base on ball four. Crosetti moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rolfe vs. Newsom
Rolfe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Henrich vs. Newsom
Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Ruffing
McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruffing fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Ruffing
Averill hits a popup towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Ruffing
Gehringer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greenberg vs. Ruffing
Greenberg takes first base on ball four. Gehringer moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Higgins vs. Ruffing
Higgins takes first base on ball four. Greenberg moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Fox vs. Ruffing
Fox hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Newsom
DiMaggio hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Newsom
Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Greenberg scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dickey for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Newsom
Selkirk hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky. Selkirk reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gordon vs. Newsom
Gordon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dahlgren vs. Newsom
Dahlgren strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Croucher vs. Ruffing
Croucher strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Ruffing
Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newsom vs. Ruffing
Newsom strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruffing vs. Newsom
Ruffing hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crosetti vs. Newsom
Crosetti bunts towards the mound. Newsom fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Newsom
Rolfe hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky. Rolfe reaches second base with a double. Crosetti moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Henrich vs. Newsom
Henrich hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Crosetti scores. Rolfe moves to third. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/17/1939 -- Detroit at New York (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
McCosky B, cf 4 0 2 0 Crosetti F, ss 4 1 0 0
Averill E, lf 4 0 0 0 Rolfe R, 3b 5 0 1 0
Gehringer C, 2b 4 0 3 0 Henrich T, rf 4 0 1 1
Greenberg H, 1b 3 0 1 0 DiMaggio J, cf 4 0 0 0
Higgins P, 3b 2 0 1 0 Dickey B, c 3 0 2 0
Fox P, rf 4 0 0 0 Selkirk G, lf 2 0 1 0
Croucher F, ss 4 0 1 0 Gordon J, 2b 3 0 0 0
Tebbetts B, c 4 0 0 0 Dahlgren B, 1b 4 0 1 0
Newsom B, p 4 0 0 0 Ruffing R, p 4 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 0 8 0 33 1 7 1
Detroit 000 000 000 -- 0
New York 000 000 001 -- 1
1 out when winning run was scored.
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Newsom B (L) 8.1 7 1 1 6 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Ruffing R (W) 9.0 8 0 0 3 7
E -- Higgins P 2, Tebbetts B 2
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- Detroit 9, New York 13
2B -- Greenberg H, Croucher F, Selkirk G, Rolfe R
SB -- Higgins P, Dickey B
CS -- Gehringer C, Dahlgren B
WP -- Ruffing R 2
T -- 2:30
A -- 18599
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