Welcome to our redesigned site
The redesign was done to make the web experience more user friendly, as well as to make the mobile and desktop versions more compatible. We hope you find the site an improved experience. We always welcome your input, so let us know what you think. Play ball!
Lineups and Summary (back to top)
White Sox
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 15, 1928
(No Comments)
The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox, played on August 15, 1928 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 15, 1928 |
---|---|
Visiting Team |
Chicago White Sox
|
Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 15, 1928 |
---|---|
Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Chicago White Sox |
Home Team | New York Yankees |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Red Faber |
Home Starting Pitcher | George Pipgras |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
City | New York |
State | NY |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 2 hours 5 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Brick Owens 1B: Harry Geisel 2B: (none) 3B: Bill McGowan |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
---|---|
Johnny Mostil | Center Fielder |
Karl Swanson | Second Baseman |
Alex Metzler | Right Fielder |
Bibb Falk | Left Fielder |
Willie Kamm | Third Baseman |
Bud Clancy | First Baseman |
Bill Cissell | Shortstop |
Buck Crouse | Catcher |
Red Faber | Pitcher |
Lena Blackburne | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
Name | Position |
---|---|
Earle Combs | Center Fielder |
Mark Koenig | Shortstop |
Babe Ruth | Right Fielder |
Lou Gehrig | First Baseman |
Bob Meusel | Left Fielder |
Tony Lazzeri | Second Baseman |
Joe Dugan | Third Baseman |
Benny Bengough | Catcher |
George Pipgras | Pitcher |
Miller Huggins | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
White Sox
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 15, 1928
Top 1
-
White Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mostil vs. Pipgras
Mostil hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gehrig settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Swanson vs. Pipgras
Swanson is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzler vs. Pipgras
Metzler hits a fly ball into right field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
-
White Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Combs vs. Faber
Combs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Koenig vs. Faber
Koenig hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cissell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ruth vs. Faber
Ruth hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Swanson catches it and throws to first to double up Koenig. View Play
Top 2
-
White Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Falk vs. Pipgras
Falk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kamm vs. Pipgras
Kamm hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bengough settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clancy vs. Pipgras
Clancy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
-
White Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehrig vs. Faber
Gehrig takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meusel vs. Faber
Meusel hits a popup towards short. Cissell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lazzeri vs. Faber
Lazzeri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cissell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
-
White Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cissell vs. Pipgras
Cissell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crouse vs. Pipgras
Crouse hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dugan fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Dugan. Cissell moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Faber vs. Pipgras
Faber hits a line drive to left field. Meusel throws towards the infield. Pipgras fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Pipgras. Cissell scores. Crouse moves to third. Faber moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mostil vs. Pipgras
Mostil hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Combs who is chasing the ball. Mostil reaches third base with a triple. Crouse scores. Faber scores. View Play -
White Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Swanson vs. Pipgras
Swanson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mostil scores. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metzler vs. Pipgras
Metzler is hit by the pitch. Swanson moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Falk vs. Johnson
Hank Johnson now pitching.
Falk hits a line drive into right field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kamm vs. Johnson
Kamm hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clancy vs. Johnson
Clancy hits a fly ball into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
-
White Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dugan vs. Faber
Dugan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bengough vs. Faber
Bengough hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clancy fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Faber
Johnson hits a line drive towards first. Clancy catches it and steps on first to double up Bengough. View Play
Top 4
-
White Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cissell vs. Johnson
Cissell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crouse vs. Johnson
Crouse hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Faber vs. Johnson
Faber hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mostil vs. Johnson
Mostil hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Swanson vs. Johnson
Swanson hits a popup towards short. Koenig settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metzler vs. Johnson
Metzler hits a popup towards short. Koenig settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
-
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Combs vs. Faber
Combs hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kamm settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koenig vs. Faber
Koenig hits a fly ball into center field. Mostil settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Faber
Ruth hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehrig vs. Faber
Gehrig hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meusel vs. Faber
Meusel hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Crouse settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Crouse. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meusel vs. Faber
Meusel hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kamm settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
-
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Falk vs. Johnson
Falk hits a fly ball into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kamm vs. Johnson
Kamm hits a fly ball into right field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clancy vs. Johnson
Clancy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cissell vs. Johnson
Cissell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
-
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lazzeri vs. Faber
Lazzeri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cissell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dugan vs. Faber
Dugan hits a line drive towards short. Cissell reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bengough vs. Faber
Bengough hits a fly ball into right field. Metzler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
-
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crouse vs. Johnson
Crouse hits a fly ball into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Faber vs. Johnson
Faber hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mostil vs. Johnson
Mostil hits a popup in front of the plate. Bengough settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Swanson vs. Johnson
Swanson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
-
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Faber
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Faber picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Faber. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Combs vs. Faber
Combs hits a fly ball into center field. Mostil settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Johnson tags and moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Koenig vs. Faber
Koenig hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kamm settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ruth vs. Faber
Ruth takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gehrig vs. Faber
Gehrig hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Ruth moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Meusel vs. Faber
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kamm fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Top 7
-
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzler vs. Johnson
Metzler hits a popup towards short. Koenig settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Falk vs. Johnson
Falk hits a fly ball into center field. Combs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kamm vs. Johnson
Kamm hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Meusel who is chasing the ball. Kamm reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Clancy vs. Johnson
Clancy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gehrig scoops it up and throws to first, with Johnson covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
-
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lazzeri vs. Faber
Lazzeri hits a fly ball into left field. Falk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dugan vs. Faber
Dugan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickey vs. Faber
Bill Dickey pinch hits for Benny Bengough.
Dickey strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heimach vs. Faber
Fred Heimach pinch hits for Hank Johnson.
Heimach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cissell misplays the ball. That's an error on Cissell. Dugan moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Combs vs. Faber
Combs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dugan scores. There goes Heimach trying to get to third. Mostil throws the ball in to Kamm, who tags Heimach for the out. View Play
Top 8
-
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cissell vs. Moore
Bill Dickey now catching. Wilcy Moore now pitching.
Cissell hits a line drive towards the mound. Moore reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crouse vs. Moore
Crouse hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Faber vs. Moore
Faber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koenig scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
-
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koenig vs. Faber
Koenig hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ruth vs. Faber
Ruth hits a fly ball into center field. Mostil settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehrig vs. Faber
Gehrig hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clancy fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meusel vs. Faber
Meusel hits a fly ball into center field. Mostil settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
-
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mostil vs. Moore
Mostil takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Swanson vs. Moore
Swanson bunts towards the mound. Moore fields it and throws to first for the out. Mostil moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Metzler vs. Moore
Metzler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mostil moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Falk vs. Moore
Falk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mostil scores. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kamm vs. Moore
There goes Falk. The throw from Dickey and he is safe. Falk steals second. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kamm vs. Moore
Kamm hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dugan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
-
White Sox, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lazzeri vs. Faber
Lazzeri hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Crouse settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dugan vs. Faber
Dugan hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Mostil is chasing the ball. Dugan rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Faber
Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Faber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 8 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Faber
Gene Robertson pinch hits for Wilcy Moore.
Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Swanson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Audio Play-by-Play (back to top)
Click the button below to listen to the audio play-by-play.
If the player above doesn’t work for you, please check to make sure that your speakers are not muted, especially if your device has a hardware "silence switch".
If that does not resolve the issue, please download the MP3 file below to play the game audio directly.
Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/15/1928 -- Chicago at New York (D) Chicago AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI Mostil J, cf 4 2 2 2 Combs E, cf 2 0 1 1 Swanson K, 2b 4 0 1 1 Koenig M, ss 4 0 1 0 Metzler A, rf 4 0 0 0 Ruth B, rf 3 1 1 1 Falk B, lf 5 0 1 1 Gehrig L, 1b 3 0 2 1 Kamm W, 3b 5 0 1 0 Meusel B, lf 4 0 0 0 Clancy B, 1b 3 0 0 0 Lazzeri T, 2b 4 0 0 0 Cissell B, ss 3 2 1 0 Dugan J, 3b 3 2 2 1 Crouse B, c 4 2 1 2 Bengough B, c 2 0 0 0 Faber R, p 4 2 2 2 Dickey B, ph-c 2 0 0 0 Pipgras G, p 0 0 0 0 Johnson H, p 2 1 1 0 Heimach F, ph 1 0 0 0 Moore W, p 0 0 0 0 Robertson G, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 8 9 8 31 4 8 4 Chicago 004 201 001 -- 8 New York 000 101 101 -- 4 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Faber R (W) 9.0 8 4 4 4 1 New York IP H R ER BB SO Pipgras G (L)* 2.0 3 4 3 1 1 Johnson H 5.0 5 3 3 1 0 Moore W 2.0 1 1 1 1 0 * Pitched to 6 batters in 3rd E -- Dugan J, Pipgras G, Crouse B, Faber R, Cissell B DP -- Chicago 3 LOB -- Chicago 6, New York 5 3B -- Mostil J, Kamm W HR -- Crouse B, Ruth B, Faber R, Dugan J SB -- Falk B SH -- Swanson K SF -- Combs E HBP -- by Pipgras G (Metzler A) T -- 2:05 A -- 0
More Complete Baseball-Reference Box Score