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Yankees
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 6, 1940
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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 August 6, 1940 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 6, 1940 |
|---|---|
| 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 | August 6, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Spud Chandler |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Earl Johnson |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 7,600 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 16 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lou Kolls 1B: Joe Rue 2B: (none) 3B: Bill McGowan |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill Knickerbocker | Third Baseman |
| Tommy Henrich | Right Fielder |
| Charlie Keller | Left Fielder |
| Joe DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Joe Gordon | Second Baseman |
| Buddy Rosar | Catcher |
| Babe Dahlgren | First Baseman |
| Frankie Crosetti | Shortstop |
| Spud Chandler | Pitcher |
| Joe McCarthy | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dom DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Doc Cramer | Left Fielder |
| Joe Cronin | Shortstop |
| Jimmie Foxx | Catcher |
| Ted Williams | Right Fielder |
| Lou Finney | First Baseman |
| Jim Tabor | Third Baseman |
| Bobby Doerr | Second Baseman |
| Earl Johnson | Pitcher |
| Joe Cronin | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
August 6, 1940
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knickerbocker vs. Johnson
Knickerbocker is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Johnson
Henrich hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Doerr reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Johnson
Keller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Johnson
DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Keller moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gordon vs. Johnson
Gordon strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Chandler
DiMaggio takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cramer vs. Chandler
Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knickerbocker fields it and throws to first for the out. DiMaggio moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cronin vs. Chandler
Cronin hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rosar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Foxx vs. Chandler
Foxx strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosar vs. Dickman
Emerson Dickman now pitching.
Rosar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Dickman
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Dickman
Crosetti is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Chandler
Williams hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Chandler
Finney hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tabor vs. Chandler
Tabor strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chandler vs. Dickman
Chandler hits a line drive into left field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knickerbocker vs. Dickman
Knickerbocker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Dickman
Henrich hits a popup towards short. Cronin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Chandler
Doerr hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickman vs. Chandler
Dickman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dahlgren fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Chandler
DiMaggio strikes out. The throw from Rosar to pick off Dickman, and he's out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Dickman
Keller hits a popup towards first. Finney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Dickman
DiMaggio hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Dickman
Gordon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosar vs. Dickman
Rosar hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cramer. Rosar reaches second base with a double. Gordon moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Dahlgren vs. Dickman
Dahlgren is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Crosetti vs. Dickman
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. Rosar scores. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Dickman
Crosetti takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chandler vs. Heving
Joe Heving now pitching.
Chandler strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Chandler
Cramer hits a fly ball into right field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cronin vs. Chandler
Cronin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foxx vs. Chandler
Foxx hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Chandler
Williams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Keller. Williams reaches second base with a double. Cronin goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Finney vs. Chandler
Finney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams scores. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tabor vs. Chandler
Tabor hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Keller. Tabor reaches second base with a double. Finney moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Doerr vs. Chandler
Doerr is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Heving vs. Chandler
Heving hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chandler fields it and throws to home to get Finney. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knickerbocker vs. Heving
Knickerbocker hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Heving
Henrich hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cramer. Henrich reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keller vs. Heving
Keller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Heving fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
DiMaggio vs. Heving
DiMaggio is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gordon vs. Heving
Gordon hits a popup, foul, towards first. Finney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Chandler
DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. DiMaggio reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cramer vs. Chandler
Cramer hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cronin vs. Chandler
Cronin hits a line drive towards third. Knickerbocker catches it and throws to second to double up DiMaggio. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosar vs. Heving
Rosar hits a popup towards third. Tabor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Heving
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Heving
Crosetti 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, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foxx vs. Chandler
Foxx hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rosar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Chandler
Williams hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Henrich. Williams reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Finney vs. Chandler
Finney hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Keller. Finney reaches second base with a double. Williams scores. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tabor vs. Chandler
Tabor hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Finney moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Doerr vs. Chandler
Doerr is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Heving vs. Chandler
There goes Doerr. The throw from Rosar and he is safe. Doerr steals second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Heving vs. Chandler
Heving hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knickerbocker fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chandler vs. Heving
Chandler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knickerbocker vs. Heving
Knickerbocker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Heving
Henrich hits a line drive to right field. That will be extra bases. Williams chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Cronin. Cronin fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Cronin. Henrich moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Keller vs. Heving
Keller hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Chandler
DiMaggio takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cramer vs. Chandler
Cramer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. DiMaggio moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cronin vs. Chandler
Cronin hits a line drive into left field. That will be extra bases. Keller fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Keller. DiMaggio scores. Cramer goes all the way around to score. Cronin moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Foxx vs. Donald
Atley Donald now pitching.
Foxx hits a fly ball towards right field. Henrich makes the catch and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Henrich. Cronin scores. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Donald
Williams 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, 3 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Donald
Finney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tabor vs. Donald
Tabor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Finney moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
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
Top 8
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Heving
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Heving
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosar vs. Heving
Rosar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Heving
Red Rolfe pinch hits for Babe Dahlgren.
Rolfe hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heving vs. Donald
Tommy Henrich now playing first base. George Selkirk now playing right field.
Heving hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Donald
DiMaggio takes first base on ball four. Heving moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cramer vs. Donald
Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knickerbocker fields it and throws to first for the out. Heving moves to third. DiMaggio moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cronin vs. Donald
Cronin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Heving scores. DiMaggio scores. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foxx vs. Donald
Foxx hits a line drive towards second. Gordon catches it and tags Cronin out, for the double play. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Heving
Stan Spence now playing right field.
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mills vs. Heving
Buster Mills pinch hits for Atley Donald.
Mills is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knickerbocker vs. Heving
Knickerbocker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/6/1940 -- New York at Boston (D)
New York AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Knickerbocker B, 3b 5 0 0 0 DiMaggio D, cf 2 2 1 0
Henrich T, rf-1b 4 0 2 0 Cramer D, lf 5 1 1 0
Keller C, lf 4 0 1 0 Cronin J, ss 5 2 3 3
DiMaggio J, cf 3 1 2 1 Foxx J, c 5 0 0 0
Gordon J, 2b 4 1 1 0 Williams T, rf 4 2 2 1
Rosar B, c 4 1 2 0 Spence S, rf 0 0 0 0
Dahlgren B, 1b 3 0 0 0 Finney L, 1b 4 0 3 2
Rolfe R, ph 1 0 0 0 Tabor J, 3b 4 0 2 0
Selkirk G, rf 0 0 0 0 Doerr B, 2b 2 0 1 0
Crosetti F, ss 3 0 0 0 Johnson E, p 0 0 0 0
Chandler S, p 3 0 0 0 Dickman E, p 1 0 0 0
Donald A, p 0 0 0 0 Heving J, p 3 1 1 0
Mills B, ph 1 0 0 0
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35 3 8 1 35 8 14 6
New York 000 300 000 -- 3
Boston 000 201 32x -- 8
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Chandler S (L)* 6.0 10 6 6 4 3
Donald A 2.0 4 2 2 1 0
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson E 1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Dickman E 2.2 3 3 3 1 2
Heving J (W) 5.1 3 0 0 1 2
* Pitched to 3 batters in 7th
E -- Cronin J, Keller C, Henrich T
DP -- New York 3
LOB -- New York 7, Boston 8
2B -- Rosar B, Williams T 2, Tabor J, Henrich T 2, DiMaggio D, Finney L, Cronin J
HR -- DiMaggio J
SB -- Rosar B, Gordon J, Doerr B
CS -- Dickman E
WP -- Dickman E
T -- 2:16
A -- 7600
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