Yankees @ Tigers
July 31, 1940

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Bottom 11 R H E
Yankees 6 8 2
Tigers 6 13 3
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Yankees 6 8 2
Tigers 7 14 3

Hank Greenberg Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .344
OBP .400 .407
At Bats 4 180
Hits 1 62
• Singles 1 32
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 1 18
RBI’s 0 39

Lefty Gomez Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 1 0
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Briggs Stadium - July 31, 1940
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Single
Lefty Gomez
Bill Dickey
Babe Dahlgren
Joe Gordon
Red Rolfe
Frankie Crosetti
Charlie Keller
Joe DiMaggio
Tommy Henrich
Hank Greenberg
Charlie Gehringer
Bruce Campbell

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 6 8 2 5
Detroit Tigers 7 14 3 11
Winning Pitcher Archie McKain
Losing Pitcher Lefty Gomez
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Hank Greenberg
Attendance 13,169
Time of Game 2 hours 50 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Greenberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Campbell scores. Gehringer moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Gehringer takes first base on ball four. Campbell moves to second.
Bottom 11 Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dahlgren fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 11 McKain takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Dahlgren hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Gordon strikes out.
Top 11 Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Croucher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Tebbetts hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Fox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Gomez, and towards Rolfe, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Keller hits a fly ball into center field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Frank Croucher now playing shortstop. Archie McKain now pitching. Henrich hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 York hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Greenberg takes first base on ball four. Sullivan moves to third. Campbell moves to second.
Bottom 9 Lefty Gomez now pitching. Gehringer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Campbell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Metha scores. Sullivan moves to second.
Bottom 9 Scat Metha pinch runs for Earl Averill. Billy Sullivan pinch hits for Dick Bartell. Sullivan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Metha moves to second.
Bottom 9 Earl Averill pinch hits for Tommy Bridges. Averill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Johnny Murphy now pitching. Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Crosetti hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 George Selkirk pinch hits for Spud Chandler. Selkirk hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 There goes Gordon. The throw from Tebbetts and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 9 Dahlgren hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Gordon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Fox hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gordon reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Higgins hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Henrich who is chasing the ball. Higgins reaches third base with a triple. Gehringer scores. Greenberg scores. York goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 York is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Greenberg hits a line drive into left field. Keller picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Keller. Gehringer moves to third. Greenberg moves to second.
Bottom 8 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dahlgren fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Campbell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Bartell hits a line drive into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Dickey hits a fly ball into center field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Keller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. DiMaggio scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell misplays the ball. That's an error on Bartell. DiMaggio moves to second.
Top 8 Henrich hits a line drive into center field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rolfe is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Bridges is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Tebbetts hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Crosetti strikes out.
Top 7 Chandler takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 There goes Gordon. The throw from Tebbetts and he is out, Bartell applying the tag.
Top 7 Gordon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 York hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Greenberg hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gehringer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Keller is called out on strikes.
Top 6 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bridges hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Tebbetts hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dahlgren scores. Crosetti moves to second.
Top 5 Crosetti takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Chandler bunts towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with Gehringer covering, for the out. Dahlgren moves to third.
Top 5 Dahlgren hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Fox. Dahlgren reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 York takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Dickey hits a popup towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Keller strikes out.
Bottom 3 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chandler fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Campbell hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 DiMaggio strikes out.
Top 3 Henrich is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Rolfe takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Crosetti strikes out.
Bottom 2 Bartell hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bridges 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. Fox scores.
Bottom 2 Tebbetts hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fox moves to third.
Bottom 2 Fox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Chandler strikes out.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Dahlgren moves to second.
Top 2 Dahlgren hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Gordon hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Dickey hits a line drive into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Keller strikes out.
Bottom 1 Higgins is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 York hits a line drive into left field. Keller picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Keller. Campbell scores. Gehringer moves to third. York moves to second.
Bottom 1 Greenberg hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gehringer takes first base on ball four. Campbell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Campbell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 DiMaggio strikes out.
Top 1 Henrich hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rolfe strikes out.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Crosetti scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Tebbetts fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Tebbetts. Crosetti moves to third.
Top 1 Crosetti hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Fox. Crosetti reaches second base with a double.