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Yankees
@ Senators
Griffith Stadium
August 8, 1946
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Washington Senators and the New York Yankees, played on August 8, 1946 at Griffith Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 8, 1946 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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| Home Team |
Washington Senators
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 8, 1946 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Washington Senators |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bill Wight |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dutch Leonard |
| Ballpark | Griffith Stadium |
| City | Washington |
| State | DC |
| Attendance | 14,459 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 15 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Joe Paparella 1B: Bill Summers 2B: (none) 3B: Charlie Berry |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Snuffy Stirnweiss | Second Baseman |
| Billy Johnson | Third Baseman |
| Tommy Henrich | First Baseman |
| Joe DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Charlie Keller | Left Fielder |
| Aaron Robinson | Catcher |
| Johnny Lindell | Right Fielder |
| Phil Rizzuto | Shortstop |
| Bill Wight | Pitcher |
| Bill Dickey | Manager |
Washington Senators Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Gil Coan | Left Fielder |
| Joe Grace | Right Fielder |
| Jerry Priddy | Second Baseman |
| Mickey Vernon | First Baseman |
| Stan Spence | Center Fielder |
| Gil Torres | Third Baseman |
| Billy Hitchcock | Shortstop |
| Mike Guerra | Catcher |
| Dutch Leonard | Pitcher |
| Ossie Bluege | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Senators
Griffith Stadium
August 8, 1946
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Leonard
Stirnweiss hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Coan. Stirnweiss reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Leonard
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Grace settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Henrich vs. Leonard
Henrich hits a popup towards short. Hitchcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
DiMaggio vs. Leonard
DiMaggio strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coan vs. Wight
Coan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Henrich settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Wight
Grace hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Priddy vs. Wight
Priddy hits a fly ball into right field. Lindell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Leonard
Keller hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Priddy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Leonard
Robinson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Priddy reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindell vs. Leonard
Lindell hits a popup towards third. Torres settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vernon vs. Wight
Vernon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Keller. Vernon reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spence vs. Wight
Spence bunts towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. Vernon moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Senators, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Torres vs. Wight
Torres hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Vernon scores. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hitchcock vs. Wight
Hitchcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Senators, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Leonard
Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torres fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Senators, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wight vs. Leonard
Wight hits a popup towards short. Hitchcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Leonard
Stirnweiss bunts towards third. Torres fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Leonard
Johnson hits a popup towards short. Hitchcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 0 - Senators, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerra vs. Wight
Guerra hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Senators, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leonard vs. Wight
Leonard bunts towards first. Henrich scoops it up and throws to first, with Stirnweiss covering, for the out. Guerra moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Senators, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Coan vs. Wight
Coan strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grace vs. Wight
Grace takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Priddy vs. Wight
Priddy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 0 - Senators, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Leonard
Henrich strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Senators, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Leonard
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torres fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Leonard
Keller takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Leonard
Robinson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Spence. Robinson reaches second base with a double. Keller goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lindell vs. Leonard
Lindell hits a fly ball into left field. Coan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 1 - Senators, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vernon vs. Wight
Vernon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Senators, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spence vs. Wight
Spence hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Wight
Torres hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hitchcock vs. Wight
Hitchcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 1 - Senators, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Leonard
Rizzuto bunts towards first. Vernon fields the ball and throws to Leonard covering. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Senators, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wight vs. Leonard
Wight bunts towards the mound. Leonard fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Leonard. Rizzuto moves to third. Wight moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Senators, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Stirnweiss vs. Leonard
Stirnweiss hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rizzuto scores. Wight scores. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Senators, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Wade
Jake Wade now pitching.
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Grace settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Senators, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henrich vs. Wade
Henrich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stirnweiss moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Senators, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
DiMaggio vs. Wade
DiMaggio takes first base on ball four. Henrich moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Senators, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Keller vs. Wade
Keller strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Robinson vs. Wade
Robinson takes first base on ball four. Stirnweiss scores. Henrich moves to third. DiMaggio moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lindell vs. Wade
Lindell hits a fly ball into right field. Grace settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 4 - Senators, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerra vs. Wight
Guerra hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Senators, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wade vs. Wight
Wade hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wight fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Senators, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coan vs. Wight
Coan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Henrich fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 4 - Senators, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Wade
Rizzuto hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Priddy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Senators, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wight vs. Wade
Wight hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hitchcock scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Wade
Stirnweiss hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Priddy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 4 - Senators, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Wight
Grace hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Senators, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Priddy vs. Wight
Priddy hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vernon vs. Wight
Vernon hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 4 - Senators, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Wade
Johnson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Senators, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Wade
Henrich takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Senators, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Wade
DiMaggio takes first base on ball four. Henrich moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Senators, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Keller vs. Wade
Keller strikes out. There goes Henrich. The throw from Guerra and Henrich is out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 4 - Senators, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spence vs. Wight
Spence hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Senators, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Wight
Torres hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hitchcock vs. Wight
Hitchcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 4 - Senators, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Wade
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Priddy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Senators, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindell vs. Wade
Lindell hits a line drive to right field. That will be extra bases. Grace chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Hitchcock. Hitchcock fumbles the ball. That's a triple and an error on Hitchcock. Lindell moves all the way to home. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Senators, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Wade
Rizzuto hits a fly ball into left field. Coan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wight vs. Wade
Wight is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 5 - Senators, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerra vs. Wight
Guerra takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Senators, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yost vs. Wight
Eddie Yost pinch hits for Jake Wade.
Yost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Senators, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coan vs. Wight
Coan hits a fly ball into right field. Lindell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grace vs. Wight
Grace hits a ball on the ground towards first. Henrich scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grace for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 5 - Senators, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Masterson
Walt Masterson now pitching.
Stirnweiss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stirnweiss for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Senators, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Masterson
Johnson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Grace who is chasing the ball. Johnson reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Senators, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Henrich vs. Masterson
Henrich takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Senators, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
DiMaggio vs. Masterson
Masterson fires to first and picks off Henrich. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
DiMaggio vs. Masterson
DiMaggio takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Keller vs. Masterson
Keller hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Grace who is chasing the ball. Keller reaches third base with a triple. Johnson scores. DiMaggio goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Robinson vs. Masterson
Robinson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lindell vs. Masterson
Gus Niarhos pinch runs for Aaron Robinson.
Lindell takes first base on ball four. Niarhos moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rizzuto vs. Masterson
Rizzuto hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Keller scores. Niarhos scores. Lindell moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Senators, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wight vs. Masterson
Wight strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 9 - Senators, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Priddy vs. Wight
Gus Niarhos now catching.
Priddy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Senators, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vernon vs. Wight
Vernon hits a line drive towards third. Johnson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Senators, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spence vs. Wight
Spence hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lindell who is chasing the ball. Spence reaches third base with a triple. Priddy goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Senators, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Torres vs. Wight
Torres hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Spence scores. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Senators, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hitchcock vs. Wight
Hitchcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/8/1946, game 1 -- New York at Washington (D)
New York AB R H RBI Washington AB R H RBI
Stirnweiss S, 2b 5 1 3 2 Coan G, lf 4 0 0 0
Johnson B, 3b 5 1 1 0 Grace J, rf 3 0 0 0
Henrich T, 1b 3 0 1 0 Priddy J, 2b 4 1 1 0
DiMaggio J, cf 2 1 0 0 Vernon M, 1b 4 1 1 0
Keller C, lf 4 2 1 2 Spence S, cf 3 1 1 1
Robinson A, c 3 0 1 2 Torres G, 3b 4 0 1 2
Niarhos G, pr-c 0 1 0 0 Hitchcock B, ss 4 0 0 0
Lindell J, rf 4 1 1 0 Guerra M, c 2 0 2 0
Rizzuto P, ss 5 1 2 2 Leonard D, p 0 0 0 0
Wight B, p 4 1 0 0 Wade J, p 1 0 0 0
Yost E, ph 1 0 0 0
Masterson W, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 9 10 8 30 3 6 3
New York 000 130 014 -- 9
Washington 010 000 002 -- 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Wight B (W) 9.0 6 3 3 2 1
Washington IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard D (L)* 4.0 5 4 2 1 2
Wade J 4.0 2 1 1 4 4
Masterson W 1.0 3 4 4 4 1
* Pitched to 3 batters in 5th
E -- Leonard D, Hitchcock B
DP -- New York 1, Washington 1
LOB -- New York 9, Washington 4
2B -- Stirnweiss S, Vernon M, Robinson A
3B -- Lindell J, Johnson B, Keller C, Spence S
CS -- Henrich T
SH -- Spence S, Leonard D, Wight B
T -- 2:15
A -- 14459
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