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Yankees 18 @ Athletics 4
Shibe Park
August 12, 1939

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the New York Yankees, played on August 12, 1939 at Shibe Park. The home team Athletics were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 18 to 4.

Game Summary

DateAugust 12, 1939 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 18 H: 17 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 18
Hits: 17
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Philadelphia Athletics
R: 4 H: 10 E: 4 LOB: 12
Runs: 4
Hits: 10
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 12
Winning PitcherSteve Sundra  
Losing PitcherBob Joyce  
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Game Winning RBIBabe Dahlgren 

Game Info

DateAugust 12, 1939 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night 
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamPhiladelphia Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherOral Hildebrand  
Home Starting PitcherBob Joyce  
BallparkShibe Park 
CityPhiladelphia 
StatePA 
Attendance8,000 
Time of Game0 hours 
UmpiresHP: John Quinn
1B: Bill McGowan
2B: (none)
3B: Bill Grieve

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Frankie Crosetti  Shortstop 
Red Rolfe  Third Baseman 
Charlie Keller  Right Fielder 
Joe DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Bill Dickey  Catcher 
George Selkirk  Left Fielder 
Joe Gordon  Second Baseman 
Babe Dahlgren  First Baseman 
Oral Hildebrand  Pitcher 
Joe McCarthy  Manager 

Philadelphia Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dick Siebert  First Baseman 
Wally Moses  Right Fielder 
Bob Johnson  Center Fielder 
Frankie Hayes  Catcher 
Eric Tipton  Left Fielder 
Joe Gantenbein  Second Baseman 
Skeeter Newsome  Shortstop 
Dario Lodigiani  Third Baseman 
Bob Joyce  Pitcher 
Earle Mack  Manager 

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Yankees 18 @ Athletics 4
Shibe Park
August 12, 1939

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/12/1939 -- New York at Philadelphia

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI
Crosetti F, ss        1  1  1  1   Siebert D, 1b         5  1  2  1   
Rolfe R, 3b           6  2  3  1   Moses W, rf           4  1  0  0   
Keller C, rf          5  3  3  2   Johnson B, cf         3  0  1  0   
DiMaggio J, cf        4  1  1  1   Hayes F, c            4  0  1  0   
Dickey B, c           4  1  0  0   Brucker E, c          1  0  1  0   
Rosar B, c            0  0  0  0   Tipton E, lf          4  1  1  0   
Selkirk G, lf         6  2  2  2   Gantenbein J, 2b      2  1  1  2   
Gordon J, 2b          5  3  2  2   Ambler W, 2b          2  0  1  0   
Dahlgren B, 1b        6  4  4  6   Newsome S, ss         3  0  1  0   
Hildebrand O, p       2  1  1  1   Lodigiani D, 3b       3  0  0  1   
Sundra S, p           3  0  0  0   Joyce B, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Dean C, p             1  0  0  0   
                                   Potter N, p           1  0  0  0   
                                   Collins E, ph         1  0  0  0   
                                   Nelson L, p           1  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     42 18 17 16                        35  4 10  4

New York         061 231 500 -- 18
Philadelphia     022 000 000 --  4

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hildebrand O          2.2  5  4  4  3  2
Sundra S (W)          6.1  5  0  0  3  2

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Joyce B (L)           1.1  7  6  5  2  0
Dean C                1.2  1  1  1  0  1
Potter N              3.0  6  6  5  3  1
Nelson L              3.0  3  5  4  2  1

E -- Lodigiani D, Tipton E, Newsome S, Ambler W
DP -- Philadelphia 1
LOB -- New York 9, Philadelphia 12
2B -- Gordon J, Tipton E, Newsome S, Rolfe R 2
3B -- Keller C
HR -- Gordon J, Siebert D, Dahlgren B 2
SH -- Crosetti F, Sundra S
SF -- Lodigiani D, Gantenbein J, Crosetti F
HBP -- by Potter N (Crosetti F), by Nelson L (DiMaggio J)
PB -- Hayes F
A -- 8000

    

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