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Yankees 17 @ Indians 5
League Park
June 2, 1939

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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 June 2, 1939 at League Park. The home team Indians were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 17 to 5.

Game Summary

DateJune 2, 1939 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 17 H: 18 E: 2 LOB: 14
Runs: 17
Hits: 18
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 14
Home Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 5 H: 11 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 5
Hits: 11
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Winning PitcherAtley Donald  
Losing PitcherJohnny Allen  
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Game Winning RBITommy Henrich 

Game Info

DateJune 2, 1939 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamCleveland Indians 
Visiting Starting PitcherAtley Donald  
Home Starting PitcherJohnny Allen  
BallparkLeague Park 
CityCleveland 
StateOH 
Attendance8,000 
Time of Game2 hours 44 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Eddie Rommel
1B: George Moriarty
2B: (none)
3B: Cal Hubbard

New York Yankees Lineup 

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

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Frankie Pytlak  Catcher 
Bruce Campbell  Right Fielder 
Odell Hale  Second Baseman 
Jeff Heath  Left Fielder 
Ben Chapman  Center Fielder 
Ken Keltner  Third Baseman 
Oscar Grimes  First Baseman 
Skeeter Webb  Shortstop 
Johnny Allen  Pitcher 
Ossie Vitt  Manager 

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Yankees 17 @ Indians 5
League Park
June 2, 1939

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 6/2/1939 -- New York at Cleveland (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI
Crosetti F, ss        6  3  2  0   Pytlak F, c           4  1  2  0   
Rolfe R, 3b           3  2  2  0   Campbell B, rf        5  1  1  0   
Henrich T, cf         6  2  3  4   Hale O, 2b            3  1  1  1   
Dickey B, c           6  3  4  1   Heath J, lf           5  1  2  2   
Rosar B, c            1  0  0  0   Chapman B, cf         5  0  2  0   
Keller C, lf          4  4  3  1   Keltner K, 3b         4  0  0  0   
Selkirk G, rf         3  2  1  3   Grimes O, 1b          4  1  1  0   
Gordon J, 2b          3  1  1  3   Webb S, ss            4  0  1  0   
Dahlgren B, 1b        4  0  2  4   Allen J, p            0  0  0  0   
Donald A, p           6  0  0  0   Dobson J, p           1  0  0  0   
                                   Weatherly R, ph       0  0  0  0   
                                   Broaca J, p           1  0  0  0   
                                   Averill E, ph         1  0  1  1   
                                   Sullivan L, p         0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     42 17 18 16                        37  5 11  4

New York         700 250 030 -- 17
Cleveland        100 000 310 --  5

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Donald A (W)          9.0 11  5  3  5  1

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Allen J (L)*          0.0  4  7  7  3  0
Dobson J              5.0  8  7  7  4  1
Broaca J              3.0  5  3  3  6  1
Sullivan L            1.0  1  0  0  1  0
  * Pitched to 7 batters in 1st

E -- Gordon J, Chapman B, Crosetti F
DP -- New York 2, Cleveland 1
LOB -- New York 14, Cleveland 11
2B -- Hale O, Keller C, Heath J, Chapman B
HR -- Henrich T, Selkirk G, Heath J
SF -- Dahlgren B, Hale O
HBP -- by Dobson J (Crosetti F)
WP -- Dobson J
Balk -- Donald A
T -- 2:44
A -- 8000

    

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