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Tigers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
July 21, 1940
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers, played on July 21, 1940 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 21, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 21, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Fred Hutchinson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Marv Breuer |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 13 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Steve Basil 1B: Joe Rue 2B: (none) 3B: Harry Geisel |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Fox | Right Fielder |
| Barney McCosky | Center Fielder |
| Charlie Gehringer | Second Baseman |
| Hank Greenberg | Left Fielder |
| Rudy York | First Baseman |
| Pinky Higgins | Third Baseman |
| Billy Sullivan | Catcher |
| Red Kress | Shortstop |
| Fred Hutchinson | Pitcher |
| Del Baker | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frankie Crosetti | Shortstop |
| Red Rolfe | Third Baseman |
| Tommy Henrich | Center Fielder |
| Charlie Keller | Right Fielder |
| Bill Dickey | Catcher |
| George Selkirk | Left Fielder |
| Joe Gordon | Second Baseman |
| Babe Dahlgren | First Baseman |
| Marv Breuer | Pitcher |
| Joe McCarthy | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
July 21, 1940
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Breuer
Fox hits a popup towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Breuer
McCosky hits a fly ball into right field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Breuer
Gehringer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greenberg vs. Breuer
Greenberg hits a fly ball into right field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Hutchinson
Crosetti hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Hutchinson
Rolfe hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henrich vs. Hutchinson
Henrich hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Hutchinson
Keller hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Hutchinson
Dickey hits a popup in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Breuer
York hits a fly ball into left field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Breuer
Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Breuer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Breuer
Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards second. Gordon picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Gordon. Sullivan moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kress vs. Breuer
Kress strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Hutchinson
Selkirk hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Hutchinson
Gordon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Hutchinson
Dahlgren hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenberg. Dahlgren reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Breuer vs. Hutchinson
Breuer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hutchinson fields it and has Dahlgren trapped. There's the throw to Gehringer and over to Higgins, who tags Dahlgren for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crosetti vs. Hutchinson
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hutchinson vs. Breuer
Hutchinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fox vs. Breuer
Fox hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dickey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCosky vs. Breuer
McCosky 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 -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehringer vs. Breuer
Gehringer hits a fly ball into center field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. McKain
Archie McKain now pitching.
Rolfe hits a popup towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. McKain
Henrich hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keller vs. McKain
The ball gets by Sullivan for a passed ball. Henrich moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keller vs. McKain
Keller strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dickey vs. McKain
Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenberg vs. Breuer
Greenberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
York vs. Breuer
York hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Higgins vs. Breuer
Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sullivan vs. Breuer
Sullivan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Higgins moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kress vs. Breuer
Kress hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. McKain
Selkirk hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with McKain covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. McKain
Gordon strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. McKain
Dahlgren hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Breuer vs. McKain
Breuer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKain vs. Breuer
McKain strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Breuer
Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Breuer
McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dahlgren fields the ball and throws to Breuer covering. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehringer vs. Breuer
Gehringer hits a fly ball into left field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. McKain
Crosetti hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. McKain
Rolfe hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. McKain
Henrich strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greenberg vs. Breuer
Greenberg hits a popup towards the mound. Breuer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Breuer
York hits a fly ball into center field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Breuer
Higgins 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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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. McKain
Keller hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. McKain
Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. McKain
Selkirk strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Breuer
Sullivan strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kress vs. Breuer
Kress hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKain vs. Breuer
McKain takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fox vs. Breuer
Fox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McKain moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCosky vs. Breuer
McCosky hits a fly ball into center field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. McKain
Gordon hits a popup towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. McKain
Dahlgren hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Breuer vs. McKain
Breuer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McKain fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gehringer vs. Breuer
Gehringer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greenberg vs. Breuer
Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
York vs. Breuer
York strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Higgins vs. Breuer
Higgins hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Greenberg moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sullivan vs. Breuer
Sullivan hits a popup in front of the plate. Dickey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. McKain
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. McKain
Rolfe hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. McKain
Henrich hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Fox. Henrich reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keller vs. McKain
Keller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McKain fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Averill vs. Breuer
Earl Averill pinch hits for Red Kress.
Averill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campbell vs. Breuer
Bruce Campbell pinch hits for Archie McKain.
Campbell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Breuer
Fox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCosky vs. Breuer
McCosky hits a fly ball into center field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehringer vs. Breuer
Gehringer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Keller. Gehringer reaches second base with a double. Fox moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Greenberg vs. Hadley
Bump Hadley now pitching.
Greenberg is walked intentionally. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
York vs. Hadley
York hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Higgins vs. Hadley
Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Crosetti. Fox scores. Gehringer scores. Greenberg moves to third. Higgins moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Sullivan vs. Hadley
Sullivan 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 9
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Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Benton
Dick Bartell now playing shortstop. Al Benton now pitching.
Dickey hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Benton
Selkirk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Benton
Gordon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/21/1940, game 1 -- Detroit at New York (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Fox P, rf 5 1 2 0 Crosetti F, ss 4 1 1 0
McCosky B, cf 5 0 1 0 Rolfe R, 3b 4 0 0 0
Gehringer C, 2b 5 1 3 0 Henrich T, cf 4 1 3 2
Greenberg H, lf 4 0 1 0 Keller C, rf 4 0 0 0
York R, 1b 5 0 0 0 Dickey B, c 4 0 0 0
Higgins M, 3b 5 0 2 2 Selkirk G, lf 4 0 0 0
Sullivan B, c 5 0 2 0 Gordon J, 2b 4 1 1 1
Kress R, ss 3 0 0 0 Dahlgren B, 1b 3 0 2 0
Averill E, ph 1 1 1 0 Breuer M, p 3 0 0 0
Bartell D, ss 0 0 0 0 Hadley B, p 0 0 0 0
Hutchinson F, p 1 0 1 0
McKain A, p 1 0 0 0
Campbell B, ph 1 1 1 2
Benton A, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
41 4 14 4 34 3 7 3
Detroit 000 000 004 -- 4
New York 210 000 000 -- 3
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Hutchinson F 2.0 4 3 3 0 0
McKain A (W) 6.0 3 0 0 0 4
Benton A (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Breuer M (L) 8.1 13 4 4 1 4
Hadley B 0.2 1 0 0 1 0
E -- Gordon J, Crosetti F
LOB -- Detroit 12, New York 4
2B -- Dahlgren B, Henrich T, Gehringer C
HR -- Henrich T, Gordon J, Campbell B
PB -- Sullivan B
T -- 2:13
A -- 0
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