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Indians
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
May 25, 1939
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians, played on May 25, 1939 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
Date | May 25, 1939 |
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Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 25, 1939 |
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Day of Week | Thu |
Day / Night | |
Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Feller |
Home Starting Pitcher | Elden Auker |
Ballpark | Fenway Park |
City | Boston |
State | MA |
Attendance | 5,600 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 5 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bill Grieve 1B: Bill McGowan 2B: (none) 3B: John Quinn |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Ben Chapman | Center Fielder |
Rollie Hemsley | Catcher |
Bruce Campbell | Right Fielder |
Jeff Heath | Left Fielder |
Hal Trosky | First Baseman |
Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
Odell Hale | Second Baseman |
Oscar Grimes | Shortstop |
Bob Feller | Pitcher |
Ossie Vitt | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Doc Cramer | Center Fielder |
Joe Vosmik | Left Fielder |
Jimmie Foxx | First Baseman |
Joe Cronin | Shortstop |
Jim Tabor | Third Baseman |
Bobby Doerr | Second Baseman |
Ted Williams | Right Fielder |
Gene Desautels | Catcher |
Elden Auker | Pitcher |
Joe Cronin | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Indians
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
May 25, 1939
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Auker
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemsley vs. Auker
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Auker
Campbell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Auker
Heath hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cramer. Heath reaches second base with a double. Campbell moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Trosky vs. Auker
Trosky hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Campbell scores. Heath scores. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keltner vs. Auker
Keltner takes first base on ball four. Trosky moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hale vs. Auker
Hale hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Trosky scores. Keltner moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grimes vs. Auker
Grimes takes first base on ball four. Keltner moves to third. Hale moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Feller vs. Auker
Feller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Auker fields it and throws to home to get Keltner. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Feller
Cramer hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vosmik vs. Feller
Vosmik hits a popup, foul, towards first. Trosky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foxx vs. Feller
Foxx takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cronin vs. Feller
Cronin strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Auker
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemsley vs. Auker
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Auker
Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tabor vs. Feller
Tabor strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Feller
Doerr hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Feller
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hale fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Desautels vs. Feller
Desautels hits a popup towards short. Grimes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Auker
Heath hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trosky vs. Auker
Trosky hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Vosmik. Trosky reaches second base with a double. There goes Heath trying to get to home. Vosmik throws the ball in to Cronin who relays the ball to Desautels, who tags Heath, who came all the way from first, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keltner vs. Auker
Keltner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hale vs. Auker
Hale hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Trosky scores. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimes vs. Auker
Grimes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Auker vs. Feller
Auker strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Feller
Cramer hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vosmik vs. Feller
Vosmik takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foxx vs. Feller
Foxx takes first base on ball four. Vosmik moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cronin vs. Feller
Cronin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cronin for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Feller vs. Auker
Feller hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Auker
Chapman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hemsley vs. Auker
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Auker fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Auker. Chapman goes all the way around to score. Hemsley moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Campbell vs. Auker
Campbell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hemsley scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Dickman
Emerson Dickman now pitching.
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards first. Foxx fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tabor vs. Feller
Tabor strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Feller
Doerr strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Feller
Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Dickman
Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Dickman
Keltner hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Dickman
Hale takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimes vs. Dickman
Grimes hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Feller vs. Dickman
Feller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 7 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Desautels vs. Feller
Desautels strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickman vs. Feller
Dickman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner juggles the ball. That's an error on Keltner. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cramer vs. Feller
Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grimes misplays the ball. That's an error on Grimes. Dickman moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Vosmik vs. Feller
Vosmik hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hale fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 7 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Dickman
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemsley vs. Dickman
Hemsley hits a popup towards short. Cronin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Dickman
Campbell hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 7 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foxx vs. Feller
Foxx strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cronin vs. Feller
Cronin strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tabor vs. Feller
Tabor hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 7 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Dickman
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Dickman
Trosky hits a popup towards short. Cronin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Dickman
Keltner hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Dickman
Hale hits a popup, foul, towards short. Cronin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Feller
Doerr hits a popup towards short. Grimes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Feller
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Desautels vs. Feller
Desautels takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickman vs. Feller
Dickman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dickman for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. Dickman
Grimes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Feller vs. Dickman
There's a wild pitch. Grimes moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Feller vs. Dickman
Feller strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Chapman vs. Dickman
Chapman strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hemsley vs. Dickman
Hemsley strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Feller
Cramer hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vosmik vs. Feller
Vosmik strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foxx vs. Feller
Foxx takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cronin vs. Feller
Cronin hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Dickman
Campbell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Dickman
Heath hits a fly ball into left field. Vosmik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trosky vs. Dickman
Trosky hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 10 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Dickman
Keltner hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 11 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Dickman
Hale hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 11 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. Dickman
Grimes hits a popup towards first. Foxx settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 11 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tabor vs. Feller
Tabor strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 11 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Feller
Doerr hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 11 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Feller
Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/25/1939 -- Cleveland at Boston Cleveland AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI Chapman B, cf 5 1 1 0 Cramer D, cf 4 0 0 0 Hemsley R, c 5 1 0 0 Vosmik J, lf 3 0 0 0 Campbell B, rf 5 2 3 1 Foxx J, 1b 1 0 0 0 Heath J, lf 5 1 2 0 Cronin J, ss 4 0 0 0 Trosky H, 1b 5 3 3 4 Tabor J, 3b 4 0 0 0 Keltner K, 3b 4 3 3 3 Doerr B, 2b 4 0 1 0 Hale O, 2b 4 0 2 2 Williams T, rf 4 0 0 0 Grimes O, ss 4 0 1 0 Desautels G, c 2 0 0 0 Feller B, p 4 0 0 0 Auker E, p 1 0 0 0 Dickman E, p 2 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 41 11 15 10 29 0 1 0 Cleveland 301 210 103 -- 11 Boston 000 000 000 -- 0 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Feller B (W) 9.0 1 0 0 5 10 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Auker E (L) 3.1 9 6 4 2 0 Dickman E 5.2 6 5 5 1 3 E -- Auker E, Keltner K, Grimes O DP -- Cleveland 1, Boston 1 LOB -- Cleveland 6, Boston 7 2B -- Heath J, Trosky H HR -- Keltner K 3, Trosky H WP -- Dickman E T -- 2:05 A -- 5600
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