Tigers @ Yankees
July 16, 1938

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Top 9 R H E
Tigers 5 12 1
Yankees 7 12 1
Top 9 R H E
Tigers 5 12 1
Yankees 7 12 1

Hank Greenberg Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .293
OBP .500 .411
At Bats 3 164
Hits 1 48
• Singles 0 23
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 1 15
Walks 1 33
RBI’s 1 27

Red Ruffing Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 3 0
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Yankee Stadium - July 16, 1938
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Out
Red Ruffing
Bill Dickey
Lou Gehrig
Joe Gordon
Red Rolfe
Frankie Crosetti
Jake Powell
Joe DiMaggio
Myril Hoag
Hank Greenberg
Rudy York

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 5 12 1 9
New York Yankees 7 12 1 6
Winning Pitcher Red Ruffing
Losing Pitcher Harry Eisenstat
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Joe Gordon
Attendance 17,796
Time of Game 1 hour 54 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Greenberg hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 York hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Walker scores.
Top 9 Gehringer hits a line drive into left field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Walker hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. Walker reaches second base with a double. Morgan scores.
Top 9 That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Morgan moves to third.
Top 9 Morgan hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. Morgan reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Billy Rogell pinch hits for Jake Wade. Rogell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Crosetti hits a fly ball into left field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ruffing hits a line drive into center field. Morgan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gordon hits a fly ball into left field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Christman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dickey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Fox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Greenberg hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 York hits a line drive towards first. Gehrig reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ross fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Dickey hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Gehrig moves to third.
Bottom 7 Gehrig hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hoag scores.
Bottom 7 Jake Wade now pitching. DiMaggio hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rolfe scores. Hoag moves to second.
Bottom 7 Hoag hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Crosetti scores. Rolfe moves to third.
Bottom 7 Rolfe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gordon scores. Crosetti moves to second.
Bottom 7 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gordon moves to third.
Bottom 7 Ruffing hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eisenstat fields it and throws to first for the out. Gordon moves to second.
Bottom 7 Gordon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruffing fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Walker 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 There goes Morgan. The throw from Dickey and he is out, Crosetti applying the tag.
Top 7 Morgan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ross fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer misplays the ball. That's an error on Gehringer.
Bottom 6 Gehrig hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Eisenstat 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 6 Ross hits a fly ball towards center. DiMaggio settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on DiMaggio. Greenberg scores. Fox scores. Two runs are unearned.
Top 6 Christman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruffing fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Fox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Greenberg moves to third. Fox moves to second.
Top 6 Greenberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 York hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 DiMaggio hits a popup, foul, towards first. Greenberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hoag hits a fly ball into center field. Morgan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rolfe hits a fly ball into left field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Walker 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 5 Morgan hits a fly ball into left field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ross fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Ruffing takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Gordon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Walker who is chasing the ball. Gordon reaches third base with a triple. Gehrig goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Powell hits a fly ball into center field. Morgan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dickey hits a fly ball into left field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gehrig hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Eisenstat strikes out.
Top 4 Ross hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Christman moves to third.
Top 4 Christman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Fox hits a fly ball into left field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Greenberg hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 DiMaggio hits a fly ball into left field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hoag hits a line drive towards short. Christman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rolfe hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 York hits a popup towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gehringer takes first base on ball four. Ross moves to third. Morgan moves to second.
Top 3 Walker hits a fly ball into right field. Hoag settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Eisenstat bunts towards the mound. Ruffing fields it and throws to first for the out. Ross moves to second.
Top 3 Ross hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Crosetti hits a fly ball into left field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ruffing hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ross fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Gordon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 There goes Powell. The throw from York and he is safe. Powell steals second.
Bottom 2 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Christman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 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.
Bottom 2 Gehrig 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 2 Christman hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Fox hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio who is chasing the ball. Fox reaches third base with a triple.
Top 2 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 York hits a fly ball into left field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ross fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Hoag hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Rolfe hits a popup towards first. Greenberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Crosetti hits a fly ball into left field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gehringer hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gordon reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Walker hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Morgan hits a line drive towards third. Rolfe reaches out and makes the catch for the out.