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Yankees
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
May 17, 1937
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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 May 17, 1937 at Shibe Park.
Game Summary
Date | May 17, 1937 |
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Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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Home Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 17, 1937 |
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Day of Week | Mon |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
Home Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Lefty Gomez |
Home Starting Pitcher | Bud Thomas |
Ballpark | Shibe Park |
City | Philadelphia |
State | PA |
Attendance | 7,860 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 14 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bill Summers 1B: Charles Johnston 2B: (none) 3B: Harry Geisel |
New York Yankees Lineup
Name | Position |
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Frankie Crosetti | Shortstop |
Red Rolfe | Third Baseman |
Tommy Henrich | Left Fielder |
Joe DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
Lou Gehrig | First Baseman |
George Selkirk | Right Fielder |
Bill Dickey | Catcher |
Tony Lazzeri | Second Baseman |
Lefty Gomez | Pitcher |
Joe McCarthy | Manager |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Ace Parker | Center Fielder |
Rusty Peters | Third Baseman |
Wally Moses | Right Fielder |
Bob Johnson | Left Fielder |
Chubby Dean | First Baseman |
Frankie Hayes | Catcher |
Skeeter Newsome | Shortstop |
Bill Cissell | Second Baseman |
Bud Thomas | Pitcher |
Connie Mack | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Yankees
@ Athletics
Shibe Park
May 17, 1937
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Thomas
Crosetti hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Thomas
Rolfe bunts towards the right side of the infield. Cissell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henrich vs. Thomas
Henrich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rolfe moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
DiMaggio vs. Nelson
Lynn Nelson now pitching.
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rolfe moves to third. Henrich moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gehrig vs. Nelson
Gehrig hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rolfe scores. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Selkirk vs. Nelson
Selkirk hits a line drive towards short. Newsome catches it and throws to first to double up DiMaggio. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parker vs. Gomez
Parker strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Gomez
Peters hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moses vs. Gomez
Moses strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Gomez
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Nelson
Dickey hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lazzeri vs. Nelson
Lazzeri hits a popup towards short. Newsome settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Nelson
Gomez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crosetti vs. Nelson
Crosetti hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Crosetti reaches second base with a double. Gomez moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rolfe vs. Nelson
Rolfe hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dean vs. Gomez
Dean takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hayes vs. Gomez
Hayes hits a fly ball into right field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newsome vs. Gomez
Newsome hits a popup towards first. Gehrig settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cissell vs. Gomez
Cissell strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Nelson
Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cissell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Nelson
DiMaggio takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehrig vs. Nelson
Gehrig takes first base on ball four. DiMaggio moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Selkirk vs. Nelson
Selkirk strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dickey vs. Nelson
Dickey hits a popup towards short. Newsome settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nelson vs. Gomez
Nelson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Parker vs. Gomez
Parker hits a line drive into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peters vs. Gomez
Peters hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nelson moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Moses vs. Gomez
Moses bunts towards third. Rolfe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Nelson scores. Peters moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Gomez
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dean vs. Gomez
Dean hits a line drive towards short. Crosetti reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lazzeri vs. Nelson
Lazzeri hits a popup, foul, towards third. Peters settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Nelson
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cissell misplays the ball. That's an error on Cissell. Gomez moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Crosetti vs. Nelson
Crosetti strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rolfe vs. Nelson
Rolfe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gomez moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Henrich vs. Nelson
Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cissell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Gomez
Hayes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newsome vs. Gomez
Newsome hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cissell vs. Gomez
There's a wild pitch. Newsome moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cissell vs. Gomez
Cissell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lazzeri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nelson vs. Gomez
Nelson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gehrig settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Nelson
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehrig vs. Nelson
Gehrig hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Selkirk vs. Nelson
Selkirk strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickey vs. Nelson
Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cissell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parker vs. Gomez
Parker hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Gomez
Peters hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Gomez
Moses 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
Top 6
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Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lazzeri vs. Nelson
Lazzeri strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Nelson
Gomez strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Nelson
Crosetti strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Gomez
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dean vs. Gomez
Dean bunts towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hayes vs. Gomez
Hayes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dean moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Newsome vs. Gomez
Newsome hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dickey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cissell vs. Gomez
Cissell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Nelson
Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Peters fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henrich vs. Nelson
Henrich hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Nelson
DiMaggio hits a fly ball into center field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehrig vs. Nelson
Gehrig hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rolfe moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Selkirk vs. Nelson
Selkirk hits a fly ball into center field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nelson vs. Gomez
Nelson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Parker vs. Gomez
Parker bunts towards the mound. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out. Nelson moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Peters vs. Gomez
Peters hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gehrig scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Peters for the out. Nelson moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Moses vs. Gomez
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Nelson
Dickey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cissell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lazzeri vs. Nelson
Lazzeri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Newsome scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Nelson
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cissell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Gomez
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dean vs. Gomez
Dean hits a popup towards first. Gehrig settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hayes vs. Gomez
Hayes hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newsome vs. Gomez
Newsome hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cissell vs. Gomez
There goes Newsome. The throw from Dickey and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Johnson scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cissell vs. Gomez
Cissell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. Cissell reaches second base with a double. Newsome scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nelson vs. Gomez
Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Nelson
Crosetti strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Nelson
Rolfe hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Nelson
Henrich hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/17/1937 -- New York at Philadelphia (D) New York AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI Crosetti F, ss 5 1 2 1 Parker A, cf 3 0 0 0 Rolfe R, 3b 5 1 3 0 Peters R, 3b 4 0 2 0 Henrich T, lf 5 0 1 0 Moses W, rf 4 0 1 1 DiMaggio J, cf 3 0 1 0 Johnson B, lf 4 1 2 0 Gehrig L, 1b 3 0 2 1 Dean C, 1b 3 0 0 0 Selkirk G, rf 4 0 0 0 Hayes F, c 3 0 1 0 Dickey B, c 4 0 0 0 Newsome S, ss 4 1 1 0 Lazzeri T, 2b 4 0 0 0 Cissell B, 2b 4 0 1 1 Gomez L, p 4 0 1 0 Thomas B, p 0 0 0 0 Nelson L, p 4 1 2 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37 2 10 2 33 3 10 2 New York 200 000 000 -- 2 Philadelphia 001 000 02x -- 3 New York IP H R ER BB SO Gomez L (L) 8.0 10 3 1 2 4 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO Thomas B* 0.0 3 2 2 0 0 Nelson L (W) 9.0 7 0 0 2 7 * Pitched to 3 batters in 1st E -- Cissell B 2, Dickey B DP -- Philadelphia 1 LOB -- New York 10, Philadelphia 9 2B -- Crosetti F, Cissell B HR -- Crosetti F SB -- Newsome S SH -- Parker A WP -- Gomez L T -- 2:14 A -- 7860
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