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White Sox 5 @ Yankees 6
Yankee Stadium
May 16, 1941

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox, played on May 16, 1941 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees beat the visiting White Sox with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 16, 1941 
Visiting Team
Chicago White Sox
R: 5 H: 7 E: 0 LOB: 3
Runs: 5
Hits: 7
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 3
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 6 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 5
Runs: 6
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 5
Winning PitcherJohnny Murphy  
Losing PitcherThornton Lee  
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Game Winning RBIRed Ruffing 

Game Info

DateMay 16, 1941 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamChicago White Sox 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherThornton Lee  
Home Starting PitcherMarv Breuer  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance5,616 
Time of Game1 hour 52 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Red Ormsby
1B: Cal Hubbard
2B: (none)
3B: Bill Grieve

Chicago White Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Knickerbocker  Second Baseman 
Luke Appling  Shortstop 
Joe Kuhel  First Baseman 
Taffy Wright  Right Fielder 
Dario Lodigiani  Third Baseman 
Mike Kreevich  Center Fielder 
Myril Hoag  Left Fielder 
Mike Tresh  Catcher 
Thornton Lee  Pitcher 
Jimmy Dykes  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Frenchy Bordagaray  Right Fielder 
Red Rolfe  Third Baseman 
Charlie Keller  Left Fielder 
Joe DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Joe Gordon  Second Baseman 
Buddy Rosar  Catcher 
Frankie Crosetti  Shortstop 
Johnny Sturm  First Baseman 
Marv Breuer  Pitcher 
Joe McCarthy  Manager 

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White Sox 5 @ Yankees 6
Yankee Stadium
May 16, 1941

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/16/1941 -- Chicago at New York (D)

  Chicago            AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Knickerbocker B, 2b   4  1  1  1   Bordagaray F, rf      4  0  0  0   
Appling L, ss         4  1  1  1   Rolfe R, 3b           4  1  1  0   
Kuhel J, 1b           3  1  0  0   Keller C, lf          4  1  1  2   
Wright T, rf          4  0  0  1   DiMaggio J, cf        4  2  2  1   
Lodigiani D, 3b       4  0  1  0   Gordon J, 2b          3  1  1  1   
Kreevich M, cf        4  0  2  1   Rosar B, c            3  1  2  0   
Hoag M, lf            4  0  1  0   Dickey B, c           0  0  0  0   
Tresh M, c            4  1  1  0   Crosetti F, ss        2  0  1  0   
Lee T, p              2  1  0  0   Sturm J, 1b           3  0  0  1   
                                   Ruffing R, ph         1  0  1  1   
                                   Breuer M, p           2  0  0  0   
                                   Murphy J, p           1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     33  5  7  4                        31  6  9  6

Chicago          000 005 000 --  5
New York         211 000 002 --  6
  0 outs when winning run was scored.

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lee T (L)             8.0  9  6  6  4  5

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Breuer M              5.2  7  5  5  2  4
Murphy J (W)          3.1  0  0  0  0  1

E -- Crosetti F
DP -- Chicago 1, New York 2
LOB -- Chicago 3, New York 5
2B -- Rosar B, Knickerbocker B
3B -- DiMaggio J, Gordon J
HR -- Keller C, DiMaggio J
SB -- Kreevich M
WP -- Breuer M
T -- 1:52
A -- 5616

    

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