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Yankees
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 7, 1938
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees, played on August 7, 1938 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 7, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 7, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Red Ruffing |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mel Harder |
| Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 56,242 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 33 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Eddie Rommel 1B: Bill Summers 2B: (none) 3B: Cal Hubbard |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frankie Crosetti | Shortstop |
| Red Rolfe | Third Baseman |
| Tommy Henrich | Right Fielder |
| Joe DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Lou Gehrig | First Baseman |
| George Selkirk | Left Fielder |
| Joe Gordon | Second Baseman |
| Joe Glenn | Catcher |
| Red Ruffing | Pitcher |
| Joe McCarthy | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lyn Lary | Shortstop |
| Roy Weatherly | Right Fielder |
| Frankie Pytlak | Catcher |
| Jeff Heath | Left Fielder |
| Earl Averill | Center Fielder |
| Hal Trosky | First Baseman |
| Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
| John Kroner | Second Baseman |
| Mel Harder | Pitcher |
| Ossie Vitt | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 7, 1938
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Harder
Crosetti is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Harder
Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kroner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Harder
Henrich hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Ruffing
Lary 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, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Ruffing
Weatherly hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of DiMaggio. Weatherly reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pytlak vs. Ruffing
Pytlak hits a popup towards first. Gehrig settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heath vs. Ruffing
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruffing fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Harder
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehrig vs. Harder
Gehrig hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Averill who is chasing the ball. Gehrig reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Selkirk vs. Harder
Selkirk hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pytlak settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gordon vs. Harder
Gordon strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Ruffing
Averill hits a fly ball into left field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Ruffing
Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Crosetti. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keltner vs. Ruffing
Keltner strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kroner vs. Ruffing
Kroner 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 3
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glenn vs. Harder
Glenn hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruffing vs. Harder
Ruffing takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crosetti vs. Harder
Crosetti hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Harder
Rolfe hits a fly ball into right field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harder vs. Ruffing
Harder takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lary vs. Ruffing
Lary bunts towards the mound. Ruffing fields it and throws to first for the out. Harder moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Weatherly vs. Ruffing
Weatherly hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pytlak vs. Ruffing
Pytlak hits a popup towards first. Gehrig settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Harder
Henrich strikes out. Pytlak drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Henrich out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Harder
DiMaggio hits a popup into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehrig vs. Harder
Gehrig hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Harder
Selkirk hits a popup, foul, towards third. Keltner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Harder
Gordon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pytlak settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Ruffing
Heath 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, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Ruffing
Averill hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Ruffing
Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruffing fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glenn vs. Harder
Glenn strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruffing vs. Harder
Ruffing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Harder
Crosetti takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Harder
Rolfe hits a line drive towards first. Trosky reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Ruffing
Keltner hits a fly ball into left field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kroner vs. Ruffing
Kroner strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harder vs. Ruffing
Harder strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Harder
Henrich hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Weatherly. Henrich reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
DiMaggio vs. Harder
DiMaggio hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gehrig vs. Harder
Gehrig hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kroner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Selkirk vs. Harder
Selkirk hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kroner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lary vs. Ruffing
Lary hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Ruffing
Weatherly hits a fly ball into left field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pytlak vs. Ruffing
Pytlak is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Harder
Gordon strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glenn vs. Harder
Glenn strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruffing vs. Harder
Ruffing strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Ruffing
Heath hits a line drive into right field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Ruffing
Averill hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Ruffing
Odell Hale pinch hits for Hal Trosky.
Hale takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keltner vs. Ruffing
Keltner hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Harder
Odell Hale now playing second base. John Kroner now playing first base.
Crosetti takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Harder
Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lary fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Crosetti moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Henrich vs. Harder
Henrich bunts towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. Crosetti moves to third. Rolfe moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
DiMaggio vs. Harder
DiMaggio is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gehrig vs. Harder
Gehrig hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pytlak settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Selkirk vs. Harder
Selkirk hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Averill. Selkirk reaches second base with a double. Crosetti scores. Rolfe scores. DiMaggio goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gordon vs. Harder
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kroner vs. Ruffing
Kroner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campbell vs. Ruffing
Bruce Campbell pinch hits for Mel Harder.
Campbell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kroner moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lary vs. Ruffing
Lary hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Weatherly vs. Ruffing
Weatherly hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pytlak vs. Ruffing
Pytlak takes first base on ball four. Kroner moves to third. Campbell moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Heath vs. Ruffing
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gehrig scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Heath for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glenn vs. Humphries
Johnny Humphries now pitching.
Glenn hits a fly ball into right field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruffing vs. Humphries
Ruffing hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crosetti vs. Humphries
Crosetti hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ruffing moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rolfe vs. Humphries
Rolfe hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Heath. Rolfe reaches second base with a double. Ruffing scores. Crosetti goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Henrich vs. Humphries
Henrich hits a popup towards short. Lary settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
DiMaggio vs. Humphries
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Humphries fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Ruffing
Averill strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Ruffing
Hale hits a fly ball into left field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Ruffing
Keltner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Rolfe. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kroner vs. Ruffing
Kroner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/7/1938 -- New York at Cleveland (D)
New York AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Crosetti F, ss 3 2 1 0 Lary L, ss 3 0 0 0
Rolfe R, 3b 5 1 2 2 Weatherly R, rf 4 0 1 0
Henrich T, rf 4 0 1 0 Pytlak F, c 3 0 0 0
DiMaggio J, cf 4 2 1 0 Heath J, lf 4 0 0 0
Gehrig L, 1b 4 1 2 2 Averill E, cf 4 0 0 0
Selkirk G, lf 4 0 1 3 Trosky H, 1b 2 0 0 0
Gordon J, 2b 4 0 0 0 Hale O, ph-2b 1 0 0 0
Glenn J, c 4 0 0 0 Keltner K, 3b 4 0 0 0
Ruffing R, p 3 1 1 0 Kroner J, 2b-1b 3 0 0 0
Harder M, p 1 0 0 0
Campbell B, ph 1 0 1 0
Humphries J, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 7 9 7 30 0 2 0
New York 000 200 032 -- 7
Cleveland 000 000 000 -- 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Ruffing R (W) 9.0 2 0 0 4 5
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Harder M (L) 8.0 6 5 5 4 7
Humphries J 1.0 3 2 2 0 0
E -- Crosetti F, Rolfe R
LOB -- New York 6, Cleveland 8
2B -- Weatherly R, Henrich T, Selkirk G, Rolfe R
3B -- Gehrig L
HR -- Gehrig L
SH -- Lary L, Henrich T
T -- 2:33
A -- 56242
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