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Red Sox
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 15, 1940
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 15, 1940 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 15, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red 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 | August 15, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Joe Heving |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Tiny Bonham |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 7,344 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 55 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Summers 1B: George Pipgras 2B: (none) 3B: Red Ormsby |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dom DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Doc Cramer | Left Fielder |
| Lou Finney | First Baseman |
| Ted Williams | Right Fielder |
| Jimmie Foxx | Catcher |
| Joe Cronin | Shortstop |
| Jim Tabor | Third Baseman |
| Bobby Doerr | Second Baseman |
| Joe Heving | Pitcher |
| Joe Cronin | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Joe Gordon | Second Baseman |
| Red Rolfe | Third Baseman |
| Tommy Henrich | Right Fielder |
| Joe DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Charlie Keller | Left Fielder |
| Bill Dickey | Catcher |
| Babe Dahlgren | First Baseman |
| Frankie Crosetti | Shortstop |
| Tiny Bonham | Pitcher |
| Joe McCarthy | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 15, 1940
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Bonham
DiMaggio takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cramer vs. Bonham
Cramer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. DiMaggio moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Finney vs. Bonham
Finney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. DiMaggio moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Williams vs. Bonham
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Foxx vs. Bonham
Foxx hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cronin vs. Bonham
Cronin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tabor vs. Bonham
Tabor hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DiMaggio. Tabor reaches second base with a double. Cronin moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Doerr vs. Bonham
Doerr takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Heving vs. Bonham
Heving strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Heving
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Heving
Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Heving
Henrich hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Bonham
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Bonham
Cramer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Finney vs. Bonham
Finney hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Bonham
Williams hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Heving
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Heving
Keller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickey vs. Heving
Dickey takes first base on ball four. Keller moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dahlgren vs. Heving
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foxx vs. Bonham
Foxx hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cronin vs. Bonham
Cronin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Keller who is chasing the ball. Cronin reaches third base with a triple. Foxx goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Tabor vs. Bonham
Tabor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe juggles the ball. That's an error on Rolfe. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Doerr vs. Bonham
There goes Tabor. The throw from Dickey and he is safe. Tabor steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Doerr vs. Bonham
Doerr is walked intentionally. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Heving vs. Bonham
Heving hits a popup towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
DiMaggio vs. Bonham
DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cronin scores. Tabor scores. Doerr moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cramer vs. Hadley
Bump Hadley now pitching.
Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields it and throws to second for the out. Doerr moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Finney vs. Hadley
Finney hits a fly ball into right field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Heving
Crosetti is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hadley vs. Heving
There goes Crosetti. The throw from Foxx and he is safe. Crosetti steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hadley vs. Heving
Hadley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gordon vs. Heving
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin misplays the ball. That's an error on Cronin. Crosetti scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Heving
Rolfe takes first base on ball four. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Henrich vs. Heving
Henrich hits a popup towards first. Finney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
DiMaggio vs. Heving
DiMaggio hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Hadley
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dahlgren scoops it up and throws to first, with Hadley covering, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foxx vs. Hadley
Foxx is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cronin vs. Hadley
Cronin hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Heving
Keller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickey vs. Heving
Dickey hits a popup towards first. Finney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dahlgren vs. Heving
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground for a double play. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tabor vs. Hadley
Tabor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doerr vs. Hadley
Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Tabor moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heving vs. Hadley
Heving strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
DiMaggio vs. Hadley
DiMaggio takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cramer vs. Hadley
Cramer hits a line drive to left field. Keller throws towards the plate. Dickey fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Dickey. Tabor scores. DiMaggio moves to third. Cramer moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Finney vs. Hadley
Finney takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Williams vs. Hadley
Williams hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foxx vs. Hadley
Foxx hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Heving
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards first. Finney juggles the ball. That's an error on Finney. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mills vs. Heving
Buster Mills pinch hits for Bump Hadley.
Mills hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Heving
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cronin vs. Breuer
Marv Breuer now pitching.
Cronin is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tabor vs. Breuer
Tabor is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Breuer
Doerr is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Heving
Rolfe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henrich vs. Heving
Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards first. Finney fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Heving
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heving vs. Breuer
Heving hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Breuer
DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cramer vs. Breuer
Cramer bunts towards the right side of the infield. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. DiMaggio moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Finney vs. Breuer
Finney takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Breuer
Williams hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Heving
Keller hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Heving
Dickey hits a popup towards first. Finney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Heving
Dahlgren hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foxx vs. Breuer
Foxx hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cronin vs. Breuer
Cronin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tabor vs. Breuer
Tabor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. Cronin moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Doerr vs. Breuer
Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Heving
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Heving
George Selkirk pinch hits for Marv Breuer.
Selkirk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Heving
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heving vs. Murphy
Johnny Murphy now pitching.
Heving hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Murphy
DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cramer vs. Murphy
Cramer hits a fly ball into right field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Finney vs. Murphy
Finney 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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Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Heving
Rolfe hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Heving
Henrich strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 11 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Heving
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/15/1940 -- Boston at New York (D)
Boston AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
DiMaggio D, cf 4 2 3 2 Gordon J, 2b 4 0 0 0
Cramer D, lf 5 1 3 1 Rolfe R, 3b 3 0 1 0
Finney L, 1b 4 1 0 0 Henrich T, rf 4 0 0 0
Williams T, rf 4 2 1 4 DiMaggio J, cf 4 0 0 0
Foxx J, c 5 2 2 3 Keller C, lf 3 0 2 0
Cronin J, ss 5 1 3 1 Dickey B, c 2 0 0 0
Tabor J, 3b 5 2 2 0 Dahlgren B, 1b 3 0 0 0
Doerr B, 2b 3 0 0 0 Crosetti F, ss 2 1 0 0
Heving J, p 5 0 0 0 Bonham T, p 0 0 0 0
Hadley B, p 1 0 0 0
Mills B, ph 1 0 0 0
Breuer M, p 0 0 0 0
Selkirk G, ph 1 0 0 0
Murphy J, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 11 14 11 28 1 3 0
Boston 303 050 000 -- 11
New York 001 000 000 -- 1
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Heving J (W) 9.0 3 1 0 2 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham T (L) 2.1 8 6 5 4 1
Hadley B 2.2 3 5 5 2 2
Breuer M 3.0 2 0 0 1 3
Murphy J 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
E -- Rolfe R, Cronin J, Dickey B, Finney L
DP -- Boston 4, New York 1
LOB -- Boston 10, New York 3
2B -- Tabor J
3B -- Cronin J
HR -- Foxx J, Williams T
SB -- Tabor J, Crosetti F
SH -- Cramer D
HBP -- by Heving J (Crosetti F)
T -- 1:55
A -- 7344
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