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Yankees
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
August 17, 1921
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees, played on August 17, 1921 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 17, 1921 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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| Home Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 17, 1921 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Shawkey |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Roy Wilkinson |
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 12,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 40 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Brick Owens 1B: Frank Wilson 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Elmer Miller | Center Fielder |
| Roger Peckinpaugh | Shortstop |
| Babe Ruth | Left Fielder |
| Home Run Baker | Third Baseman |
| Bob Meusel | Right Fielder |
| Wally Pipp | First Baseman |
| Aaron Ward | Second Baseman |
| Wally Schang | Catcher |
| Bob Shawkey | Pitcher |
| Miller Huggins | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ernie Johnson | Shortstop |
| Eddie Mulligan | Third Baseman |
| Eddie Collins | Second Baseman |
| Amos Strunk | Right Fielder |
| Bibb Falk | Left Fielder |
| Earl Sheely | First Baseman |
| Johnny Mostil | Center Fielder |
| Ray Schalk | Catcher |
| Roy Wilkinson | Pitcher |
| Kid Gleason | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
August 17, 1921
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Wilkinson
Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Falk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peckinpaugh vs. Wilkinson
Peckinpaugh hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mulligan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Wilkinson
Ruth hits a popup towards third. Mulligan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Shawkey
Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mulligan vs. Shawkey
Mulligan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Collins vs. Shawkey
Collins bunts towards the mound. Shawkey fields it and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to third. Mulligan moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Strunk vs. Shawkey
Strunk hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Pipp, and towards Ward, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Johnson scores. Mulligan moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Falk vs. Shawkey
Falk takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Sheely vs. Shawkey
Sheely hits a fly ball into right field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Wilkinson
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sheely scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Baker for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Wilkinson
Meusel hits a fly ball into center field. Mostil settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pipp vs. Wilkinson
Pipp hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ward vs. Wilkinson
Ward hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Collins fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mostil vs. Shawkey
Mostil hits a popup, foul, towards first. Pipp settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schalk vs. Shawkey
Schalk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilkinson vs. Shawkey
There goes Schalk. The throw from Schang and he is out, Peckinpaugh applying the tag. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilkinson vs. Shawkey
Wilkinson hits a popup in front of the plate. Schang settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schang vs. Wilkinson
Schang takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shawkey vs. Wilkinson
Shawkey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schang moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Miller vs. Wilkinson
There's a wild pitch. Schang scores. Shawkey moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Miller vs. Wilkinson
Miller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Shawkey scores. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peckinpaugh vs. Wilkinson
Peckinpaugh bunts towards the mound. Wilkinson fields it and throws to first for the out. Miller moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Ruth vs. Wilkinson
Ruth takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baker vs. Wilkinson
Baker takes first base on ball four. Miller moves to third. Ruth moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Meusel vs. McWeeny
Doug McWeeny now pitching.
Meusel takes first base on ball four. Miller scores. Ruth moves to third. Baker moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Pipp vs. McWeeny
Pipp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Collins scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Ruth scores. Baker moves to third. Meusel moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ward vs. McWeeny
Ward hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Mulligan, and into shallow left field. Ward reaches second base with a double. Baker scores. Meusel scores. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schang vs. McWeeny
Schang hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Ward trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 6 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Shawkey
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mulligan vs. Shawkey
Mulligan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh misplays the ball. That's an error on Peckinpaugh. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Collins vs. Shawkey
Collins hits a line drive to right field. That will be extra bases. Meusel chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards the plate. Schang fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Schang. Mulligan goes all the way around to score. Collins moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Strunk vs. Shawkey
Strunk hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ruth. Strunk reaches second base with a double. Collins scores. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Falk vs. Shawkey
Falk hits a fly ball into left field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sheely vs. Shawkey
Sheely hits a popup, foul, towards first. Pipp settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 6 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shawkey vs. McWeeny
Shawkey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. McWeeny
Miller bunts towards the mound. McWeeny fields it and throws to first for the out. Shawkey moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Peckinpaugh vs. McWeeny
Peckinpaugh hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Shawkey moves to third. Peckinpaugh moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Ruth vs. McWeeny
Ruth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Shawkey scores. Peckinpaugh moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Baker vs. McWeeny
Baker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Meusel vs. McWeeny
There goes Baker. The throw from McWeeny and he is out, Collins applying the tag. Peckinpaugh scores. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mostil vs. Shawkey
Mostil hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ward fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schalk vs. Shawkey
Schalk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baker fields it and throws to first for the out. Mostil moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ostergard vs. Shawkey
Red Ostergard pinch hits for Doug McWeeny.
Ostergard hits a fly ball into left field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Shawkey
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Wieneke
Jack Wieneke now pitching.
Meusel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pipp vs. Wieneke
Pipp bunts in front of the plate. Schalk fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Meusel moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ward vs. Wieneke
Ward hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Collins settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schang vs. Wieneke
Schang hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Collins fields it and throws to second for the out. Meusel moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Shawkey vs. Wieneke
Shawkey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Meusel scores. Schang moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Miller vs. Wieneke
Miller hits a popup towards third. Mulligan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 9 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mulligan vs. Shawkey
Mulligan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Shawkey
Collins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ward scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strunk vs. Shawkey
Strunk is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Falk vs. Shawkey
There's a wild pitch. Strunk moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Falk vs. Shawkey
Falk hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 9 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peckinpaugh vs. Wieneke
Hervey McClellan now playing second base.
Peckinpaugh takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Ruth vs. Wieneke
Ruth hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Wieneke
Baker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meusel vs. Wieneke
There goes Baker. The throw from Schalk and he is safe. Baker steals second. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Meusel vs. Wieneke
There's a wild pitch. Baker moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Meusel vs. Twombly
Cy Twombly now pitching.
Meusel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pipp vs. Twombly
Pipp takes first base on ball four. Meusel moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Ward vs. Twombly
Ward hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Twombly fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play. Meusel moves to third. Pipp moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Schang vs. Twombly
Schang takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Shawkey vs. Twombly
Shawkey hits a fly ball into right field. Strunk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 11 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sheely vs. Shawkey
Sheely hits a fly ball into left field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mostil vs. Shawkey
Mostil hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schalk vs. Shawkey
Schalk hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shawkey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 11 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Twombly
George Lees now catching.
Miller hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Falk. Miller reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Peckinpaugh vs. Twombly
Peckinpaugh strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Ruth vs. Twombly
Ruth hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mulligan fields it and throws to first for the out. Miller moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Baker vs. Twombly
Baker hits a fly ball into center field. Mostil settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 11 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Twombly vs. Shawkey
Twombly hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pipp scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Twombly for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Shawkey
Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 11 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mulligan vs. Shawkey
Mulligan strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/17/1921 -- New York at CHA (D)
New York AB R H RBI CHA AB R H RBI
Miller E, cf 4 1 2 1 Ernie Johnson, ss 4 1 1 0
Peckinpaugh R, ss 3 2 1 0 Joe Mulligan, 3b 4 1 1 0
Ruth B, lf 4 2 1 3 Eddie Collins, 2b 2 1 1 1
Baker H, 3b 3 1 1 0 Harvey McClellan, 2b 0 0 0 0
Meusel B, rf 1 2 0 1 Amos Strunk, rf 2 0 1 2
Pipp W, 1b 3 0 2 1 Bibb Falk, lf 2 0 0 0
Ward A, 2b 4 0 1 2 Earl Sheely, 1b 3 0 0 0
Schang W, c 2 1 1 0 Johnny Mostil, cf 3 0 1 0
Shawkey B, p 4 2 3 1 Ray Schalk, c 3 0 1 0
George Lees, c 0 0 0 0
Roy Wilkinson, p 1 0 0 0
Doug McWeeny, p 0 0 0 0
Red Ostergard, ph 1 0 0 0
Jack Wieneke, p 0 0 0 0
Cy Twombly, p 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
28 11 12 9 26 3 6 3
New York 006 212 0 -- 11
CHA 102 000 0 -- 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Shawkey B (W) 7.0 6 3 2 1 1
CHA IP H R ER BB SO
Roy Wilkinson (L) 2.1 3 5 5 3 0
Doug McWeeny 1.2 4 3 3 2 0
Jack Wieneke* 1.0 4 3 3 2 0
Cy Twombly 2.0 1 0 0 3 1
* Pitched to 3 batters in 6th
E -- Peckinpaugh R, Schang W
DP -- CHA 1
LOB -- New York 8, CHA 5
2B -- Ward A, Eddie Collins, Amos Strunk, Miller E
HR -- Ruth B
SB -- Baker H
CS -- Ray Schalk
SH -- Eddie Collins, Peckinpaugh R, Miller E
HBP -- by Shawkey B (Amos Strunk)
WP -- Roy Wilkinson, Shawkey B, Jack Wieneke
T -- 1:40
A -- 12000
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