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Yankees 12 @ Tigers 6
Briggs Stadium
July 20, 1941

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees, played on July 20, 1941 at Briggs Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 12 to 6.

Game Summary

DateJuly 20, 1941 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 12 H: 19 E: 2 LOB: 14
Runs: 12
Hits: 19
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 14
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 6 H: 14 E: 3 LOB: 17
Runs: 6
Hits: 14
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 17
Winning PitcherJohnny Murphy  
Losing PitcherAl Benton  
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Game Winning RBICharlie Keller 

Game Info

DateJuly 20, 1941 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherMarv Breuer  
Home Starting PitcherTommy Bridges  
BallparkBriggs Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance28,000 
Time of Game4 hours 5 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Steve Basil
1B: Eddie Rommel
2B: (none)
3B: Harry Geisel

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Sturm  First Baseman 
Red Rolfe  Third Baseman 
Tommy Henrich  Right Fielder 
Joe DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Charlie Keller  Left Fielder 
Bill Dickey  Catcher 
Joe Gordon  Second Baseman 
Phil Rizzuto  Shortstop 
Marv Breuer  Pitcher 
Joe McCarthy  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Tuck Stainback  Center Fielder 
Barney McCosky  Left Fielder 
Pinky Higgins  Third Baseman 
Bruce Campbell  Right Fielder 
Rudy York  First Baseman 
Charlie Gehringer  Second Baseman 
Birdie Tebbetts  Catcher 
Frank Croucher  Shortstop 
Tommy Bridges  Pitcher 
Del Baker  Manager 

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Yankees 12 @ Tigers 6
Briggs Stadium
July 20, 1941

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         Game of 7/20/1941 -- New York at Detroit (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Sturm J, 1b           7  2  2  2   Stainback T, cf       9  0  1  0   
Rolfe R, 3b           8  3  4  1   McCosky B, lf         7  2  2  0   
Henrich T, rf         9  1  1  3   Higgins P, 3b         5  2  2  3   
DiMaggio J, cf        8  2  4  3   Campbell B, rf        7  0  1  0   
Keller C, lf          8  2  2  2   York R, 1b            6  0  0  1   
Dickey B, c           7  0  0  1   Gehringer C, 2b       4  1  3  1   
Gordon J, 2b          8  0  2  0   Tebbetts B, c         7  0  2  1   
Rizzuto P, ss         7  1  4  0   Perry B, pr           0  0  0  0   
Breuer M, p           1  0  0  0   Croucher F, ss        7  0  3  0   
Branch N, p           2  0  0  0   Bridges T, p          1  0  0  0   
Murphy J, p           2  1  0  0   Radcliff R, ph        1  1  0  0   
                                   Benton A, p           4  0  0  0   
                                   Gorsica J, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Sullivan B, ph        1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     67 12 19 12                        59  6 14  6

New York         003 010 002 000 000 06 -- 12
Detroit          010 030 002 000 000 00 --  6

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Breuer M              4.2  7  4  4  1  1
Branch N              3.2  3  2  2  5  1
Murphy J (W)          8.2  4  0  0  7  5

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Bridges T             5.0  6  4  3  4  1
Benton A (L)         11.2 11  7  7  4  3
Gorsica J             0.1  2  1  1  0  0

E -- Bridges T, Stainback T, Keller C, Benton A, Henrich T
DP -- New York 4, Detroit 2
LOB -- New York 14, Detroit 17
2B -- Gehringer C, Tebbetts B, DiMaggio J 3, Keller C, Sturm J, Rolfe R
HR -- DiMaggio J, Higgins P, Keller C, Henrich T
SH -- Breuer M, Benton A, Higgins P, Murphy J
T -- 4:05
A -- 28000

    

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