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Indians
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 22, 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 August 22, 1940 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 22, 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 | August 22, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Al Milnar |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Marius Russo |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 12,732 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 50 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Summers 1B: Steve Basil 2B: Bill Grieve 3B: Eddie Rommel |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ben Chapman | Left Fielder |
| Roy Weatherly | Center Fielder |
| Lou Boudreau | Shortstop |
| Hal Trosky | First Baseman |
| Beau Bell | Right Fielder |
| Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
| Ray Mack | Second Baseman |
| Rollie Hemsley | Catcher |
| Al Milnar | Pitcher |
| Ossie Vitt | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Joe Gordon | Second Baseman |
| Red Rolfe | Third Baseman |
| Tommy Henrich | Right Fielder |
| Joe DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| George Selkirk | Left Fielder |
| Bill Dickey | Catcher |
| Babe Dahlgren | First Baseman |
| Frankie Crosetti | Shortstop |
| Marius Russo | Pitcher |
| Joe McCarthy | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 22, 1940
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Russo
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, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Russo
Weatherly hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Russo
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trosky vs. Russo
Trosky is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Russo
Bell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Milnar
Gordon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hemsley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Milnar
Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rolfe for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Milnar
Henrich hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Milnar
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Russo
Keltner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mack vs. Russo
Mack hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Keltner moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hemsley vs. Russo
Hemsley hits a line drive towards short. Crosetti catches it and throws to first to double up Mack. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Milnar vs. Russo
Milnar 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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Indians, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Milnar
Selkirk takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickey vs. Milnar
Dickey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Selkirk moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Dahlgren vs. Milnar
Dahlgren hits a popup towards first. Trosky settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Crosetti vs. Milnar
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Milnar fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Milnar. Selkirk scores. Dickey moves to third. Crosetti moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Russo vs. Milnar
Russo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dickey scores. Crosetti moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gordon vs. Milnar
Gordon hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Crosetti scores. Russo moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rolfe vs. Milnar
Rolfe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Russo moves to third. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Henrich vs. Milnar
Henrich hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky fields it and throws to home to get Russo. Gordon moves to third. Rolfe moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
DiMaggio vs. Milnar
DiMaggio hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Milnar
Selkirk takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickey vs. Milnar
Dickey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Eisenstat
Harry Eisenstat now pitching.
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eisenstat fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 1 - Yankees, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Russo
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Russo
Weatherly 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, 1 - Yankees, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Russo
Boudreau hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 1 - Yankees, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Zuber
Bill Zuber now pitching.
Crosetti hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Chapman. Crosetti reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Russo vs. Zuber
Russo bunts in front of the plate. Hemsley fields it and throws to first for the out. Crosetti moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gordon vs. Zuber
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Crosetti scores. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Zuber
Rolfe hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 1 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Russo
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 -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Russo
Bell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Russo
Keltner hits a fly ball into left field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mack vs. Russo
Mack strikes out. Dickey drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Mack out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Zuber
Oscar Grimes now playing first base. Frankie Pytlak now catching.
Henrich hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pytlak settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Zuber
DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Weatherly. DiMaggio reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Selkirk vs. Zuber
Selkirk hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dickey vs. Zuber
Dickey is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pytlak vs. Russo
Pytlak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zuber vs. Russo
Zuber hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Russo
Chapman hits a fly ball into right field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Zuber
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Zuber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Zuber
Crosetti hits a fly ball into left field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russo vs. Zuber
Russo strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Russo
Weatherly hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Russo
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Russo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. Russo
Grimes is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Zuber
Gordon hits a line drive into left field. Chapman picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Chapman. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rolfe vs. Zuber
Rolfe bunts towards the right side of the infield. Mack fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gordon moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Henrich vs. Zuber
Henrich takes first base on ball four. Rolfe moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
DiMaggio vs. Zuber
DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gordon scores. Rolfe scores. Henrich moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Selkirk vs. Zuber
Selkirk hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Weatherly. Selkirk reaches second base with a double. Henrich scores. DiMaggio moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 14
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Dickey vs. Zuber
Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. DiMaggio scores. Selkirk moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Dahlgren vs. Zuber
Dahlgren hits a line drive towards short. Boudreau reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Crosetti vs. Zuber
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Russo
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Russo
Keltner hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mack vs. Russo
Mack takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pytlak vs. Russo
Pytlak hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Russo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russo vs. Zuber
Rusty Peters now playing shortstop. Soup Campbell now playing right field. Odell Hale now playing third base.
Russo strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Zuber
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hale fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Zuber
Rolfe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henrich vs. Zuber
Henrich hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zuber vs. Russo
Zuber hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dahlgren scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Zuber for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Russo
Chapman hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Russo
Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Zuber
DiMaggio hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Zuber
Selkirk strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Zuber
Dickey hits a popup towards first. Grimes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Russo
Peters hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimes vs. Russo
Grimes hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campbell vs. Russo
Campbell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dahlgren fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hale vs. Russo
Hale hits a fly ball into right field. Henrich 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 8/22/1940 -- Cleveland at New York
Cleveland AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Chapman B, lf 4 0 0 0 Gordon J, 2b 5 2 1 2
Weatherly R, cf 4 1 1 1 Rolfe R, 3b 4 2 2 0
Boudreau L, ss 3 0 1 0 Henrich T, rf 4 3 1 1
Peters R, ss 1 0 1 0 DiMaggio J, cf 5 2 3 6
Trosky H, 1b 2 0 0 0 Selkirk G, lf 3 2 1 1
Grimes O, 1b 2 0 0 0 Dickey B, c 5 2 2 3
Bell B, rf 3 1 1 1 Dahlgren B, 1b 4 0 0 0
Campbell S, rf 1 0 0 0 Crosetti F, ss 4 2 1 1
Keltner K, 3b 3 0 1 0 Russo M, p 3 0 1 1
Hale O, 3b 1 0 0 0
Mack R, 2b 2 0 1 0
Hemsley R, c 1 0 0 0
Pytlak F, c 2 0 0 0
Milnar A, p 1 0 0 0
Eisenstat H, p 0 0 0 0
Zuber B, p 2 0 0 0
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32 2 6 2 37 15 12 15
Cleveland 100 100 000 -- 2
New York 191 004 00x -- 15
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Milnar A (L) 1.2 6 10 2 2 0
Eisenstat H 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Zuber B 6.0 6 5 5 2 4
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Russo M (W) 9.0 6 2 2 1 3
E -- Milnar A, Mack R, Chapman B
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- Cleveland 4, New York 3
2B -- Crosetti F, DiMaggio J, Selkirk G
HR -- Weatherly R, Henrich T, DiMaggio J, Dickey B, Bell B
SH -- Russo M
T -- 1:50
A -- 12732
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