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Yankees
@ Indians
League Park
May 20, 1940
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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 May 20, 1940 at League Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 20, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 20, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Spud Chandler |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Al Smith |
| Ballpark | League Park |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 7,000 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 5 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: George Moriarty 1B: Cal Hubbard 2B: Eddie Rommel 3B: Joe Rue |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill Knickerbocker | Shortstop |
| Red Rolfe | Third Baseman |
| Tommy Henrich | Right Fielder |
| Joe DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Buddy Rosar | Catcher |
| Buster Mills | Left Fielder |
| Joe Gordon | Second Baseman |
| Babe Dahlgren | First Baseman |
| Spud Chandler | Pitcher |
| Joe McCarthy | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lou Boudreau | Shortstop |
| Roy Weatherly | Center Fielder |
| Ben Chapman | Right Fielder |
| Hal Trosky | First Baseman |
| Jeff Heath | Left Fielder |
| Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
| Rollie Hemsley | Catcher |
| Ray Mack | Second Baseman |
| Al Smith | Pitcher |
| Ossie Vitt | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Indians
League Park
May 20, 1940
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knickerbocker vs. Smith
Knickerbocker hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hemsley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Smith
Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Smith
Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Henrich for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Chandler
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Chandler
Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Chandler
Chapman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trosky vs. Chandler
Trosky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Chapman moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heath vs. Chandler
Heath hits a popup towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Smith
DiMaggio hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosar vs. Smith
Rosar hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mills vs. Smith
Mills hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Weatherly. Mills reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gordon vs. Smith
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Chandler
Keltner hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemsley vs. Chandler
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mack vs. Chandler
Mack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Chandler
Bill Dickey now catching.
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mack moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boudreau vs. Chandler
Boudreau hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Smith
Dahlgren hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chandler vs. Smith
Chandler hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hemsley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knickerbocker vs. Smith
Knickerbocker hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Chandler
Weatherly hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dickey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Chandler
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chandler fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Chandler
Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dahlgren scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Trosky for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Smith
Rolfe hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Smith
Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops it up and throws to first, with Smith covering, for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Smith
DiMaggio takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickey vs. Smith
Dickey hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Chandler
Heath hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Chandler
Keltner hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of DiMaggio. Keltner reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hemsley vs. Chandler
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chandler fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mack vs. Chandler
Mack hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hemsley moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Chandler
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Knickerbocker scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mills vs. Smith
Mills hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Smith
Gordon hits a popup, foul, towards third. Keltner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Smith
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Chandler
Boudreau hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of DiMaggio, who is chasing the ball. Boudreau reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Weatherly vs. Chandler
Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Knickerbocker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Boudreau scores. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Chandler
Chapman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Weatherly moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Trosky vs. Hadley
Bump Hadley now pitching.
Trosky hits a popup towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heath vs. Hadley
The ball gets by Dickey for a passed ball. Weatherly moves to third. Chapman moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Heath vs. Hadley
Heath is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Keltner vs. Hadley
Keltner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Henrich. Keltner reaches second base with a double. Weatherly scores. Chapman scores. Heath moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hemsley vs. Hadley
Hemsley is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mack vs. Hadley
Mack hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Smith vs. Hadley
Smith hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mills. Smith reaches second base with a double. Heath scores. Keltner scores. Hemsley moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Boudreau vs. Hadley
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hadley vs. Smith
Hadley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knickerbocker vs. Smith
Knickerbocker hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Smith
Rolfe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henrich vs. Smith
Henrich hits a popup towards third. Keltner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Hadley
Weatherly hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Hadley
Chapman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trosky vs. Hadley
There goes Chapman. The throw from Dickey and he is safe. Chapman steals second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Trosky vs. Hadley
Trosky takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heath vs. Hadley
There's a wild pitch. Chapman moves to third. Trosky moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Heath vs. Hadley
Heath hits a fly ball towards left field. Mills fields the ball and throws to home. Dickey drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Dickey. Chapman scores. Trosky scores. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Hadley
Keltner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hemsley vs. Hadley
Hemsley hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Henrich. Hemsley reaches second base with a double. Keltner goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mack vs. Hadley
Frankie Pytlak pinch runs for Rollie Hemsley.
Mack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Knickerbocker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Smith
Frankie Pytlak now catching.
DiMaggio takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickey vs. Smith
Dickey hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mills vs. Smith
Mills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Hadley
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hadley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Hadley
Boudreau hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio who is chasing the ball. Boudreau reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Weatherly vs. Hadley
Weatherly takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Chapman vs. Donald
Atley Donald now pitching.
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Smith
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Smith
Dahlgren hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Donald vs. Smith
Donald hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Donald for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Donald
Trosky strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Donald
Heath hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Donald
Keltner hits a popup towards short. Knickerbocker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pytlak vs. Donald
Pytlak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knickerbocker vs. Smith
Knickerbocker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Smith
Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Knickerbocker moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Henrich vs. Smith
Henrich hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
DiMaggio vs. Smith
DiMaggio takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dickey vs. Smith
Dickey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Chapman. Dickey reaches second base with a double. Knickerbocker scores. DiMaggio goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mills vs. Smith
Mills hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/20/1940 -- New York at Cleveland
New York AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Knickerbocker B, ss 4 1 1 0 Boudreau L, ss 5 1 2 0
Rolfe R, 3b 3 0 0 0 Weatherly R, cf 4 1 1 1
Henrich T, rf 4 0 0 0 Chapman B, rf 5 2 3 0
DiMaggio J, cf 1 1 0 0 Trosky H, 1b 4 1 1 0
Rosar B, c 1 0 0 0 Heath J, lf 4 3 2 3
Dickey B, c 3 0 1 2 Keltner K, 3b 5 2 3 2
Mills B, lf 4 0 1 0 Hemsley R, c 3 0 1 1
Gordon J, 2b 3 0 0 0 Pytlak F, pr-c 1 0 0 0
Dahlgren B, 1b 3 0 0 0 Mack R, 2b 4 0 2 0
Chandler S, p 1 0 0 0 Smith A, p 4 0 2 2
Hadley B, p 1 0 0 0
Donald A, p 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
29 2 3 2 39 10 17 9
New York 000 000 002 -- 2
Cleveland 000 153 01x -- 10
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Chandler S (L)* 4.0 10 4 4 0 0
Hadley B 2.1 6 5 5 4 0
Donald A 1.2 1 1 1 0 1
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Smith A (W) 9.0 3 2 2 4 0
* Pitched to 3 batters in 5th
E -- Dickey B
DP -- New York 2, Cleveland 1
LOB -- New York 4, Cleveland 9
2B -- Mills B, Keltner K 2, Smith A, Hemsley R, Dickey B
3B -- Boudreau L 2
HR -- Heath J 2
SB -- Chapman B
WP -- Hadley B
PB -- Dickey B
T -- 2:05
A -- 7000
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