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Indians
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
July 18, 1940
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians, played on July 18, 1940 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 18, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 18, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Al Milnar |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Spud Chandler |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 11,985 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 59 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Steve Basil 1B: Joe Rue 2B: (none) 3B: Harry Geisel |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ben Chapman | Right Fielder |
| Roy Weatherly | Center Fielder |
| Lou Boudreau | Shortstop |
| Hal Trosky | First Baseman |
| Jeff Heath | Left Fielder |
| Odell Hale | Third Baseman |
| Ray Mack | Second Baseman |
| Rollie Hemsley | Catcher |
| Al Milnar | Pitcher |
| Ossie Vitt | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frankie Crosetti | Shortstop |
| Red Rolfe | Third Baseman |
| Tommy Henrich | Right Fielder |
| Joe DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Buddy Rosar | Catcher |
| Joe Gordon | Second Baseman |
| Buster Mills | Left Fielder |
| Babe Dahlgren | First Baseman |
| Spud Chandler | Pitcher |
| Joe McCarthy | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
July 18, 1940
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Chandler
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chandler fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Chandler
Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Chandler
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Milnar
Crosetti hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Milnar
Rolfe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Crosetti moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Henrich vs. Milnar
Henrich bunts towards first. Trosky scoops it up and throws to first, with Mack covering, for the out. Crosetti moves to third. Rolfe moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
DiMaggio vs. Milnar
DiMaggio is walked intentionally. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rosar vs. Milnar
Rosar hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Milnar
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau misplays the ball. That's an error on Boudreau. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mills vs. Milnar
Mills hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dahlgren vs. Milnar
There goes Gordon. The throw from Hemsley and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Dahlgren vs. Milnar
Dahlgren hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Chandler
Trosky hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Chandler
Heath takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hale vs. Chandler
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chandler vs. Milnar
Chandler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Milnar
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale juggles the ball. That's an error on Hale. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Milnar
Rolfe hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Milnar
Henrich hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Milnar
DiMaggio hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mack vs. Chandler
Mack 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 -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemsley vs. Chandler
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Chandler
Soup Campbell pinch hits for Al Milnar.
Campbell 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 3
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosar vs. Andrews
Nate Andrews now pitching.
Rosar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Andrews
Gordon hits a popup, foul, towards first. Trosky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mills vs. Andrews
Mills takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dahlgren vs. Andrews
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Andrews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Chandler
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Chandler
Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chandler fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Chandler
Boudreau hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mills. Boudreau reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Trosky vs. Chandler
Trosky 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 4
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chandler vs. Andrews
Chandler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crosetti vs. Andrews
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Andrews
Rolfe hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Chapman. Rolfe reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Henrich vs. Andrews
Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Henrich for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Chandler
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chandler fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Chandler
Hale strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mack vs. Chandler
Mack hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemsley vs. Chandler
Hemsley 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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Indians, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Andrews
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosar vs. Andrews
Rosar hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Andrews
Gordon hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Mack reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Andrews vs. Chandler
Andrews takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Chandler
Chapman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Andrews moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Weatherly vs. Chandler
Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards second. Gordon scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Andrews moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boudreau vs. Chandler
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe juggles the ball. That's an error on Rolfe. Andrews scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trosky vs. Chandler
Trosky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boudreau moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Heath vs. Chandler
Heath hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boudreau scores. Trosky moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hale vs. Chandler
Hale hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 3 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mills vs. Andrews
Mills hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Andrews
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chandler vs. Andrews
Chandler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crosetti vs. Andrews
Crosetti hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Chandler moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rolfe vs. Andrews
There's a wild pitch. Chandler moves to third. Crosetti moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rolfe vs. Andrews
Rolfe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Chandler scores. Crosetti scores. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henrich vs. Andrews
Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 3 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mack vs. Chandler
Mack hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hemsley vs. Chandler
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dahlgren juggles the ball. That's an error on Dahlgren. Mack moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Chandler
Beau Bell pinch hits for Nate Andrews.
Bell hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Chandler scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bell for the out. Mack moves to third. Hemsley moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Chapman vs. Chandler
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mack scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Weatherly vs. Chandler
Weatherly hits a fly ball into left field. Mills settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 4 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Eisenstat
Harry Eisenstat now pitching. Frankie Pytlak now catching.
DiMaggio hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosar vs. Eisenstat
Rosar strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Eisenstat
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mills vs. Eisenstat
Mills hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dahlgren vs. Eisenstat
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 4 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Chandler
Boudreau hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mills. Boudreau reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Trosky vs. Chandler
Trosky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Boudreau moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Heath vs. Chandler
Heath takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hale vs. Chandler
There goes Heath. The throw from Rosar and he is safe. Heath steals second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hale vs. Chandler
Hale hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boudreau scores. Heath scores. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mack vs. Hadley
Bump Hadley now pitching.
Mack hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pytlak vs. Hadley
Pytlak hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 6 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hadley vs. Eisenstat
Hadley strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Eisenstat
Crosetti hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Eisenstat
Rolfe hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 6 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Hadley
Ken Keltner pinch hits for Harry Eisenstat.
Keltner hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Hadley
Chapman strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Hadley
Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/18/1940 -- Cleveland at New York
Cleveland AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Chapman B, rf 5 0 1 1 Crosetti F, ss 5 3 2 0
Weatherly R, cf 5 0 0 0 Rolfe R, 3b 5 2 4 4
Boudreau L, ss 4 2 2 0 Henrich T, rf 3 0 0 0
Trosky H, 1b 4 0 1 0 DiMaggio J, cf 3 2 1 1
Heath J, lf 2 1 1 1 Rosar B, c 4 1 1 4
Hale O, 3b 4 0 1 2 Gordon J, 2b 4 0 1 0
Mack R, 2b 4 2 2 1 Mills B, lf 3 0 1 0
Hemsley R, c 3 0 0 0 Dahlgren B, 1b 4 0 0 0
Pytlak F, c 1 0 0 0 Chandler S, p 1 1 0 0
Milnar A, p 0 0 0 0 Hadley B, p 1 0 0 0
Campbell S, ph 1 0 0 0
Andrews N, p 0 1 0 0
Bell B, ph 1 0 0 0
Eisenstat H, p 0 0 0 0
Keltner K, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 6 8 5 33 9 10 9
Cleveland 000 012 120 -- 6
New York 420 002 10x -- 9
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Milnar A (L) 2.0 4 6 5 1 0
Andrews N 4.0 3 2 2 3 0
Eisenstat H 2.0 3 1 1 0 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Chandler S (W) 7.1 8 6 3 3 1
Hadley B (S) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
E -- Boudreau L, Hemsley R, Hale O, Rolfe R, Dahlgren B
DP -- Cleveland 2, New York 2
LOB -- Cleveland 5, New York 5
2B -- Boudreau L 2, Rolfe R
HR -- Rosar B, Rolfe R, Mack R, DiMaggio J
SB -- Gordon J, Heath J
SH -- Henrich T
WP -- Andrews N
T -- 1:59
A -- 11985
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