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Yankees
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
April 21, 1938
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, played on April 21, 1938 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | April 21, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 21, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Atley Donald |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Johnny Marcum |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 9,000 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 18 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Summers 1B: Joe Rue 2B: (none) 3B: John Quinn |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frankie Crosetti | Shortstop |
| Red Rolfe | Third Baseman |
| George Selkirk | Left Fielder |
| Lou Gehrig | First Baseman |
| Bill Dickey | Catcher |
| Tommy Henrich | Right Fielder |
| Myril Hoag | Center Fielder |
| Joe Gordon | Second Baseman |
| Atley Donald | Pitcher |
| Joe McCarthy | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Doc Cramer | Center Fielder |
| Joe Vosmik | Left Fielder |
| Jimmie Foxx | First Baseman |
| Joe Cronin | Shortstop |
| Pinky Higgins | Third Baseman |
| Ben Chapman | Right Fielder |
| Bobby Doerr | Second Baseman |
| Gene Desautels | Catcher |
| Johnny Marcum | Pitcher |
| Joe Cronin | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
April 21, 1938
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Marcum
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Marcum
Rolfe hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Desautels settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Selkirk vs. Marcum
Selkirk hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Crosetti moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gehrig vs. Marcum
Gehrig strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Dickey vs. Marcum
There go the runners. The throw from Desautels to Cronin covering second. The throw back to home, and Crosetti is out at the plate. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Donald
Cramer is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vosmik vs. Donald
Vosmik hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foxx vs. Donald
Foxx strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Marcum
Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Foxx scoops it up and throws to first, with Marcum covering, for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Marcum
Henrich hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Hoag vs. Marcum
Hoag bunts towards third. Higgins fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Henrich moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gordon vs. Marcum
Gordon strikes out. There goes Henrich. Here's the throw, and he's safe. There goes Hoag. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Donald vs. Marcum
Donald hits a fly ball into left field. Vosmik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cronin vs. Donald
Cronin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Higgins vs. Donald
There goes Cronin. The throw from Dickey and he is out, Gordon applying the tag. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Donald
Higgins hits a fly ball into center field. Hoag settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Donald
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Marcum
Crosetti hits a line drive towards short. Cronin reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Marcum
Rolfe hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Marcum
Selkirk hits a ball on the ground towards first. Foxx scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Selkirk for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Donald
Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Donald fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Desautels vs. Donald
Desautels takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marcum vs. Donald
Marcum takes first base on ball four. Desautels moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cramer vs. Donald
Cramer takes first base on ball four. Desautels moves to third. Marcum moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Vosmik vs. Donald
Vosmik hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Desautels scores. Marcum moves to third. Cramer moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Foxx vs. Donald
Foxx hits a fly ball into center field. Hoag settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Marcum scores. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cronin vs. Donald
Cronin hits a line drive into center field. Hoag settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehrig vs. Marcum
Gehrig hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Marcum fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Marcum
Dickey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henrich vs. Marcum
Henrich hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hoag vs. Marcum
Hoag hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Dickey moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gordon vs. Marcum
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Donald
Higgins strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Donald
Chapman hits a fly ball into center field. Hoag settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Donald
Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Donald vs. Marcum
Donald hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crosetti vs. Marcum
Crosetti hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Vosmik. Crosetti reaches second base with a double. Donald moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rolfe vs. Marcum
Rolfe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Selkirk vs. Marcum
Selkirk hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Donald scores. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gehrig vs. Marcum
Gehrig hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Crosetti moves to third. Rolfe moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Dickey vs. Marcum
Dickey is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Henrich vs. Marcum
Henrich hits a popup, foul, towards first. Foxx settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Desautels vs. Donald
Desautels strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marcum vs. Donald
Marcum strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Donald
Cramer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vosmik vs. Donald
Vosmik takes first base on ball four. Cramer moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Foxx vs. Donald
Foxx takes first base on ball four. Cramer moves to third. Vosmik moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cronin vs. Donald
Cronin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoag vs. Marcum
Hoag hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Marcum
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Donald vs. Marcum
Donald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Donald
Higgins hits a popup towards first. Gehrig settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Donald
Chapman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doerr vs. Donald
Doerr hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Desautels vs. Donald
Desautels hits a fly ball into center field. Hoag settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Marcum
Crosetti hits a popup towards short. Cronin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Marcum
Rolfe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Selkirk vs. Marcum
Selkirk hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Desautels fields it and throws to first for the out. Rolfe moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gehrig vs. Marcum
Gehrig hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marcum vs. Donald
Marcum 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, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Donald
Cramer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vosmik vs. Donald
Vosmik hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Hoag who is chasing the ball. Vosmik reaches third base with a triple. Cramer goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Foxx vs. Stine
Lee Stine now pitching.
Foxx hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cronin vs. Stine
Cronin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Higgins vs. Stine
Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Marcum
Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henrich vs. Marcum
Henrich hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Dickey moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hoag vs. Marcum
Babe Dahlgren pinch runs for Bill Dickey.
Hoag hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gordon vs. Marcum
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ruffing vs. Marcum
Red Ruffing pinch hits for Lee Stine.
Ruffing strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Beggs
Joe Glenn now catching. Joe Beggs now pitching.
Chapman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doerr vs. Beggs
Doerr bunts towards first. Gehrig scoops it up and throws to first, with Gordon covering, for the out. Chapman moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Desautels vs. Beggs
Desautels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Chapman moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Marcum vs. Beggs
Marcum 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 9
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Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Marcum
Crosetti hits a popup towards short. Cronin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Marcum
Rolfe hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Cramer. Rolfe reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Selkirk vs. Marcum
Selkirk hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Chapman. Selkirk reaches second base with a double. Rolfe scores. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gehrig vs. Marcum
Gehrig hits a fly ball into left field. Vosmik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Glenn vs. Marcum
Glenn hits a fly ball into left field. Vosmik 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 4/21/1938 -- New York at Boston (D)
New York AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Crosetti F, ss 5 0 2 0 Cramer D, cf 1 1 1 0
Rolfe R, 3b 4 1 2 0 Vosmik J, lf 3 0 2 2
Selkirk G, lf 5 0 2 2 Foxx J, 1b 3 0 0 1
Gehrig L, 1b 5 0 0 0 Cronin J, ss 2 0 0 0
Dickey B, c 3 0 2 0 Higgins P, 3b 4 0 0 0
Dahlgren B, pr 0 0 0 0 Chapman B, rf 2 0 0 0
Glenn J, c 1 0 0 0 Doerr B, 2b 3 0 0 0
Henrich T, rf 4 0 2 0 Desautels G, c 3 1 0 0
Hoag M, cf 4 0 2 0 Marcum J, p 3 1 0 0
Gordon J, 2b 4 0 0 0
Donald A, p 3 1 1 0
Stine L, p 0 0 0 0
Ruffing R, ph 1 0 0 0
Beggs J, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 2 13 2 24 3 3 3
New York 000 010 001 -- 2
Boston 002 000 10x -- 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Donald A (L) 6.1 3 3 3 8 4
Stine L 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Beggs J 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Marcum J (W) 9.0 13 2 2 2 3
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- New York 12, Boston 9
2B -- Crosetti F, Rolfe R, Selkirk G
3B -- Vosmik J
SB -- Hoag M, Henrich T
CS -- Crosetti F, Cronin J
SH -- Doerr B
HBP -- by Donald A (Cramer D)
T -- 2:18
A -- 9000
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