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Indians
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 18, 1944
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians, played on August 18, 1944 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 18, 1944 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 18, 1944 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mel Harder |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mel Queen |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 6,343 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 54 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ernie Stewart 1B: Bill McGowan 2B: (none) 3B: George Pipgras |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mickey Rocco | First Baseman |
| Oris Hockett | Center Fielder |
| Pat Seerey | Left Fielder |
| Lou Boudreau | Shortstop |
| Roy Cullenbine | Right Fielder |
| Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
| Norm Schlueter | Catcher |
| Rusty Peters | Second Baseman |
| Mel Harder | Pitcher |
| Lou Boudreau | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Snuffy Stirnweiss | Second Baseman |
| Bud Metheny | Right Fielder |
| Russ Derry | Left Fielder |
| Johnny Lindell | Center Fielder |
| Nick Etten | First Baseman |
| Frankie Crosetti | Shortstop |
| Oscar Grimes | Third Baseman |
| Mike Garbark | Catcher |
| Mel Queen | Pitcher |
| Joe McCarthy | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 18, 1944
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rocco vs. Queen
Rocco 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 -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hockett vs. Queen
Hockett is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seerey vs. Queen
Seerey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boudreau vs. Queen
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Harder
Stirnweiss hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metheny vs. Harder
Metheny hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rocco fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Derry vs. Harder
Derry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lindell vs. Harder
Lindell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cullenbine vs. Queen
Cullenbine hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keltner vs. Queen
Keltner takes first base on ball four. Cullenbine moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schlueter vs. Queen
Schlueter bunts towards third. Grimes fields it and throws to first for the out. Cullenbine moves to third. Keltner moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Peters vs. Queen
Peters hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cullenbine scores. Keltner moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Harder vs. Queen
Harder hits a fly ball into center field. Lindell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Harder
Etten hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Peters scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Harder
Crosetti is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. Harder
Grimes hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cullenbine. Grimes reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garbark vs. Harder
There's a wild pitch. Grimes moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Garbark vs. Harder
Garbark hits a fly ball into center field. Hockett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rocco vs. Queen
Rocco hits a fly ball into left field. Derry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hockett vs. Queen
Hockett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Seerey vs. Queen
Seerey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grimes fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boudreau vs. Queen
Boudreau hits a fly ball into center field. Lindell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Queen vs. Harder
Queen strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Harder
Stirnweiss hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metheny vs. Harder
Harder fires to first and has Stirnweiss trapped. There's the throw to Boudreau who tags Stirnweiss for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metheny vs. Harder
Metheny hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Peters scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cullenbine vs. Queen
Cullenbine hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Queen
Keltner hits a fly ball into right field. Metheny settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schlueter vs. Queen
Schlueter strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Queen
Peters hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stirnweiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Derry vs. Harder
Derry hits a fly ball into left field. Seerey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindell vs. Harder
Lindell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Harder
Etten hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Peters scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harder vs. Queen
Harder strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rocco vs. Queen
Rocco strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hockett vs. Queen
Hockett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Harder
Crosetti hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimes vs. Harder
Grimes hits a fly ball into left field. Seerey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garbark vs. Harder
Garbark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Crosetti moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Queen vs. Harder
Queen bunts towards the mound. Harder fields it and throws to first for the out. Crosetti moves to third. Garbark moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Stirnweiss vs. Harder
Stirnweiss hits a fly ball into left field. Seerey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seerey vs. Queen
Seerey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boudreau vs. Queen
Boudreau bunts towards the mound. Queen fields it and throws to first for the out. Seerey moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cullenbine vs. Queen
Seerey is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. Seerey moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cullenbine vs. Queen
Cullenbine hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Garbark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Keltner vs. Queen
Keltner hits a fly ball into right field. Metheny settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metheny vs. Harder
Metheny hits a fly ball into center field. Hockett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Derry vs. Harder
Derry strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindell vs. Harder
Lindell hits a fly ball into center field. Hockett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schlueter vs. Queen
Schlueter hits a fly ball into right field. Metheny settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Queen
Peters hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harder vs. Queen
Harder hits a fly ball into left field. Derry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rocco vs. Queen
Rocco hits a fly ball into right field. Metheny settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Harder
Etten hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Peters scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Harder
Crosetti hits a fly ball into center field. Hockett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. Harder
Grimes is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hockett vs. Queen
Hockett hits a fly ball into center field. Lindell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seerey vs. Queen
Seerey is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boudreau vs. Queen
Boudreau hits a fly ball into left field. Derry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cullenbine vs. Queen
Cullenbine strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garbark vs. Harder
Garbark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Harder
Hersh Martin pinch hits for Mel Queen.
Martin hits a popup towards first. Rocco settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stirnweiss vs. Harder
Stirnweiss hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Schlueter settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metheny vs. Harder
Metheny hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cullenbine. Metheny reaches second base with a double. Garbark moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Derry vs. Harder
Derry hits a fly ball into center field. Hockett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Turner
Jim Turner now pitching.
Keltner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grimes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schlueter vs. Turner
Schlueter takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peters vs. Turner
Peters hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindell vs. Harder
Lindell is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Harder
Etten hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Peters scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Harder
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/18/1944 -- Cleveland at New York (D)
Cleveland AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Rocco M, 1b 4 0 0 0 Stirnweiss S, 2b 4 0 2 0
Hockett O, cf 4 0 1 0 Metheny B, rf 4 0 1 0
Seerey P, lf 2 0 1 0 Derry R, lf 3 0 0 0
Boudreau L, ss 3 0 0 0 Lindell J, cf 4 0 0 0
Cullenbine R, rf 4 2 2 1 Etten N, 1b 4 0 0 0
Keltner K, 3b 3 0 0 0 Crosetti F, ss 4 0 1 0
Schlueter N, c 2 0 0 0 Grimes O, 3b 3 0 1 0
Peters R, 2b 4 0 1 1 Garbark M, c 3 0 2 0
Harder M, p 3 0 0 0 Queen M, p 1 0 0 0
Martin H, ph 1 0 0 0
Turner J, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
29 2 5 2 31 0 7 0
Cleveland 010 100 000 -- 2
New York 000 000 000 -- 0
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Harder M (W) 9.0 7 0 0 1 5
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Queen M (L) 8.0 5 2 2 2 5
Turner J 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
E -- Grimes O
DP -- Cleveland 1, New York 1
LOB -- Cleveland 6, New York 6
2B -- Grimes O, Metheny B
HR -- Cullenbine R
SH -- Schlueter N, Queen M, Boudreau L
HBP -- by Queen M (Seerey P)
WP -- Harder M
T -- 1:54
A -- 6343
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