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White Sox
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
June 4, 1940
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox, played on June 4, 1940 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | June 4, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 4, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Eddie Smith |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Red Ruffing |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 6,650 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 3 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: John Quinn 1B: Bill Grieve 2B: (none) 3B: Harry Geisel |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bob Kennedy | Third Baseman |
| Joe Kuhel | First Baseman |
| Mike Kreevich | Center Fielder |
| Taffy Wright | Right Fielder |
| Luke Appling | Shortstop |
| Larry Rosenthal | Left Fielder |
| Eric McNair | Second Baseman |
| Mike Tresh | Catcher |
| Eddie Smith | Pitcher |
| Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frankie Crosetti | Shortstop |
| Bill Knickerbocker | Third Baseman |
| Charlie Keller | Right Fielder |
| Joe DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Bill Dickey | Catcher |
| George Selkirk | Left Fielder |
| Joe Gordon | Second Baseman |
| Babe Dahlgren | First Baseman |
| Red Ruffing | Pitcher |
| Joe McCarthy | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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White Sox
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
June 4, 1940
Top 1
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White Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Ruffing
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knickerbocker fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuhel vs. Ruffing
Kuhel hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kreevich vs. Ruffing
Kreevich hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wright vs. Ruffing
Wright hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Appling vs. Ruffing
Appling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knickerbocker fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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White Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Smith
Crosetti hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Tresh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knickerbocker vs. Smith
Knickerbocker is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Smith
Keller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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White Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosenthal vs. Ruffing
Rosenthal hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Selkirk. Rosenthal reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McNair vs. Ruffing
McNair hits a fly ball into left field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tresh vs. Ruffing
Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruffing fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Ruffing
Smith hits a popup, foul, towards third. Knickerbocker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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White Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Smith
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Smith
Dickey hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Tresh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Smith
Selkirk is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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White Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Ruffing
Kennedy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuhel vs. Ruffing
Kuhel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dahlgren scoops it up and throws to first, with Ruffing covering, for the out. Kennedy moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kreevich vs. Ruffing
Kreevich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kennedy scores. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wright vs. Ruffing
Wright hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gordon catches it and throws to first to double up Kreevich. View Play
Bottom 3
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White Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Smith
Gordon hits a fly ball into right field. Wright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Smith
Dahlgren hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ruffing vs. Smith
Ruffing hits a fly ball into center field. Kreevich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crosetti vs. Smith
Crosetti hits a fly ball into center field. Kreevich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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White Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Appling vs. Ruffing
Appling hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosenthal vs. Ruffing
Rosenthal hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNair vs. Ruffing
McNair hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tresh vs. Ruffing
There goes McNair. The throw from Dickey and he is out, Crosetti applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 4
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White Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knickerbocker vs. Smith
Knickerbocker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Smith
Keller is called out on strikes. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Smith
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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White Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tresh vs. Ruffing
Tresh hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knickerbocker juggles the ball. That's an error on Knickerbocker. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Ruffing
Smith bunts towards third. Knickerbocker fields it and throws to first for the out. Tresh moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kennedy vs. Ruffing
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon misplays the ball. That's an error on Gordon. Tresh moves to third. View Play -
White Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kuhel vs. Ruffing
Kuhel hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kreevich vs. Ruffing
Kreevich hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wright vs. Ruffing
Wright hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Selkirk. Wright reaches second base with a double. Kreevich goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Appling vs. Ruffing
Appling 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 -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rosenthal vs. Ruffing
Rosenthal 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
Bottom 5
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White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Smith
Dickey hits a line drive into center field. Kreevich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Smith
Selkirk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McNair scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Smith
Gordon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dahlgren vs. Smith
Dahlgren hits a fly ball into center field. Kreevich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNair vs. Ruffing
McNair hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tresh vs. Ruffing
Tresh bunts towards the mound. Ruffing fields it and throws to first for the out. McNair moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Ruffing
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruffing fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kennedy vs. Ruffing
Kennedy hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruffing vs. Smith
Ruffing hits a fly ball into center field. Kreevich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Smith
Crosetti hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knickerbocker vs. Smith
Knickerbocker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuhel vs. Ruffing
Kuhel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kreevich vs. Ruffing
Kreevich hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wright vs. Ruffing
Wright hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Appling vs. Ruffing
Appling 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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White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Smith
Keller hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Tresh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Smith
DiMaggio hits a popup into center field, out of the reach of Kreevich. DiMaggio reaches second base with a double. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dickey vs. Smith
Dickey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wright. Dickey reaches second base with a double. DiMaggio scores. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Selkirk vs. Smith
Selkirk takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gordon vs. Smith
Gordon strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dahlgren vs. Smith
Dahlgren hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McNair settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosenthal vs. Hadley
Bump Hadley now pitching.
Rosenthal takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McNair vs. Hadley
McNair hits a fly ball into right field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tresh vs. Hadley
Tresh hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Hadley
Smith 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
Bottom 8
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White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mills vs. Smith
Buster Mills pinch hits for Bump Hadley.
Mills hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crosetti vs. Smith
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Appling fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knickerbocker vs. Smith
Knickerbocker hits a popup towards third. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Hildebrand
Oral Hildebrand now pitching.
Kennedy 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 -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuhel vs. Hildebrand
Kuhel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kreevich vs. Hildebrand
Kreevich hits a popup towards third. Knickerbocker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wright vs. Hildebrand
Wright hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kuhel moves to second. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Appling vs. Hildebrand
Appling hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Crosetti fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Smith
Keller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Smith
DiMaggio hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Smith
Dickey hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Tresh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Smith
Selkirk strikes out. View Play -
White Sox, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Smith
Gordon hits a fly ball into right field. Wright 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 6/4/1940 -- Chicago at New York (D)
Chicago AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Kennedy B, 3b 5 2 1 0 Crosetti F, ss 4 0 0 0
Kuhel J, 1b 4 2 2 4 Knickerbocker B, 3b 4 0 0 0
Kreevich M, cf 5 1 2 1 Keller C, rf 4 1 1 0
Wright T, rf 5 1 4 2 DiMaggio J, cf 4 2 2 2
Appling L, ss 5 0 0 0 Dickey B, c 4 0 1 1
Rosenthal L, lf 3 0 1 0 Selkirk G, lf 3 0 0 0
McNair E, 2b 4 0 2 0 Gordon J, 2b 4 0 1 0
Tresh M, c 3 1 0 0 Dahlgren B, 1b 3 0 1 0
Smith E, p 3 0 0 0 Ruffing R, p 2 0 0 0
Hadley B, p 0 0 0 0
Mills B, ph 1 0 1 0
Hildebrand O, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 7 12 7 33 3 7 3
Chicago 101 040 100 -- 7
New York 000 000 102 -- 3
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Smith E (W) 9.0 7 3 3 1 5
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Ruffing R (L) 7.0 11 7 3 0 0
Hadley B 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Hildebrand O 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
E -- Knickerbocker B, Gordon J
DP -- Chicago 1, New York 1
LOB -- Chicago 7, New York 4
2B -- Rosenthal L, Wright T, DiMaggio J, Dickey B
HR -- Kuhel J 2, Wright T, DiMaggio J
CS -- McNair E
SH -- Smith E, Tresh M
T -- 2:03
A -- 6650
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