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Tigers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
June 9, 1954
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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 9, 1954 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | June 9, 1954 |
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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 9, 1954 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
Home Team | New York Yankees |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | George Zuverink |
Home Starting Pitcher | Whitey Ford |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
City | New York |
State | NY |
Attendance | 8,788 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 17 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Johnny Stevens 1B: Eddie Rommel 2B: Larry Napp 3B: Red Flaherty |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Frank Bolling | Second Baseman |
Bill Tuttle | Center Fielder |
Bob Nieman | Left Fielder |
Ray Boone | Third Baseman |
Walt Dropo | First Baseman |
Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
Harvey Kuenn | Shortstop |
Red Wilson | Catcher |
George Zuverink | Pitcher |
Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
Name | Position |
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Irv Noren | Right Fielder |
Phil Rizzuto | Shortstop |
Mickey Mantle | Center Fielder |
Yogi Berra | Catcher |
Gene Woodling | Left Fielder |
Eddie Robinson | First Baseman |
Bobby Brown | Third Baseman |
Jerry Coleman | Second Baseman |
Whitey Ford | Pitcher |
Casey Stengel | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Tigers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
June 9, 1954
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Ford
Bolling hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Ford
Tuttle hits a fly ball into right field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nieman vs. Ford
Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown 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: ---
Noren vs. Zuverink
Noren hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Noren for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Zuverink
Rizzuto strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Zuverink
Mantle hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman 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: ---
Boone vs. Ford
Boone hits a fly ball into right field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dropo vs. Ford
Dropo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Ford
Kaline hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuenn vs. Ford
Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dropo moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wilson vs. Ford
Ford fires to first and picks off Kuenn. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Zuverink
Berra hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Zuverink
Woodling takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Zuverink
Robinson hits a popup towards first. Dropo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Zuverink
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Kuenn fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Morgan
Tom Morgan now pitching.
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zuverink vs. Morgan
Zuverink hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Zuverink for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Morgan
Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morgan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Zuverink
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Zuverink
Morgan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Noren vs. Zuverink
Noren hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rizzuto vs. Zuverink
Rizzuto strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Morgan
Tuttle is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nieman vs. Morgan
Nieman strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boone vs. Morgan
Boone strikes out. There goes Tuttle. The throw from Berra to second, and Tuttle is out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Zuverink
Mantle hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Zuverink
Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Zuverink covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Zuverink
Woodling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Zuverink
Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Woodling moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Zuverink
Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Woodling scores. Robinson moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Coleman vs. Zuverink
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dropo vs. Morgan
Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Morgan
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Morgan
Kuenn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woodling. Kuenn reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wilson vs. Morgan
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Zuverink
Morgan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Noren vs. Zuverink
Noren hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rizzuto vs. Zuverink
Rizzuto hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mantle vs. Zuverink
Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zuverink vs. Morgan
Zuverink hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Morgan
Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bolling for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Morgan
Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Zuverink
Berra hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Zuverink
Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Zuverink covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Zuverink
Robinson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Zuverink
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Delsing vs. Morgan
Jim Delsing pinch hits for Bob Nieman.
Delsing takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boone vs. Morgan
Boone hits a fly ball into right field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Belardi vs. Morgan
Wayne Belardi pinch hits for Walt Dropo.
Belardi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Delsing moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hatfield vs. Morgan
Fred Hatfield pinch hits for Al Kaline.
Hatfield hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hatfield for the out. Delsing scores. Belardi moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kuenn vs. Morgan
Kuenn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Belardi trying to get to home. Noren throws the ball in to Berra who tags Belardi who's trying to score from second, for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Zuverink
Jim Delsing now playing left field. Wayne Belardi now playing first base. Don Lund now playing right field.
Coleman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morgan vs. Zuverink
Morgan bunts towards the mound. Zuverink fields it and throws to first for the out. Coleman moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Noren vs. Zuverink
Noren hits a fly ball into left field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rizzuto vs. Zuverink
Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn misplays the ball. That's an error on Kuenn. Coleman moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mantle vs. Zuverink
Mantle takes first base on ball four. Rizzuto moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Berra vs. Zuverink
Berra hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Delsing. Berra reaches second base with a double. Coleman scores. Rizzuto scores. Mantle goes all the way around to score. Three runs are unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Woodling vs. Zuverink
Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pesky vs. Morgan
Johnny Pesky pinch hits for Red Wilson.
Pesky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
House vs. Morgan
Frank House pinch hits for George Zuverink.
House hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Morgan
Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morgan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Herbert
Frank House now catching. Ray Herbert now pitching.
Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Herbert
Brown takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Coleman vs. Herbert
Coleman is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Morgan vs. Herbert
Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Belardi fields it and throws to short to get the runner. They've got him in a rundown. Robinson is attempting to score. Here's the throw home. He's out at the plate. Brown moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Noren vs. Herbert
Noren takes first base on ball four. Brown moves to third. Morgan moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rizzuto vs. Herbert
Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Morgan
Gil McDougald now playing third base.
Tuttle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Delsing vs. Morgan
Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Tuttle moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boone vs. Morgan
Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Belardi vs. Morgan
Belardi strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 6/9/1954 -- Detroit at New York (D) Detroit AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI Bolling F, 2b 4 0 0 0 Noren I, rf 4 0 0 0 Tuttle B, cf 3 0 1 0 Rizzuto P, ss 5 1 0 0 Nieman B, lf 2 0 0 0 Mantle M, cf 3 1 0 0 Delsing J, ph-lf 1 1 0 0 Berra Y, c 4 0 1 3 Boone R, 3b 4 0 0 0 Woodling G, lf 3 1 1 0 Dropo W, 1b 2 0 1 0 Robinson E, 1b 4 1 3 1 Belardi W, ph-1b 2 0 1 0 Brown B, 3b 3 0 1 1 Kaline A, rf 2 0 0 0 McDougald G, 3b 0 0 0 0 Hatfield F, ph 1 0 0 1 Coleman J, 2b 3 1 0 0 Lund D, rf 0 0 0 0 Ford W, p 0 0 0 0 Kuenn H, ss 3 0 3 0 Morgan T, p 3 0 2 0 Wilson R, c 2 0 0 0 Pesky J, ph 1 0 0 0 Herbert R, p 0 0 0 0 Zuverink G, p 2 0 0 0 House F, ph-c 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 30 1 6 1 32 5 8 5 Detroit 000 000 100 -- 1 New York 000 101 30x -- 5 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Zuverink G (L) 7.0 7 5 2 3 2 Herbert R 1.0 1 0 0 2 1 New York IP H R ER BB SO Ford W 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 Morgan T (W) 7.0 4 1 1 1 3 E -- Kuenn H DP -- New York 1 LOB -- Detroit 4, New York 9 2B -- Kuenn H, Berra Y HR -- Robinson E CS -- Tuttle B SH -- Morgan T HBP -- by Morgan T (Tuttle B) T -- 2:17 A -- 8788
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