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Indians
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 23, 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 23, 1940 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 23, 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 23, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Al Smith |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Steve Sundra |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 14,171 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 50 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Steve Basil 1B: Bill Grieve 2B: Eddie Rommel 3B: Bill Summers |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ben Chapman | Right Fielder |
| Roy Weatherly | Center Fielder |
| Lou Boudreau | Shortstop |
| Hal Trosky | First Baseman |
| Jeff Heath | Left Fielder |
| Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
| Ray Mack | Second Baseman |
| Rollie Hemsley | Catcher |
| Al Smith | 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 |
| Steve Sundra | Pitcher |
| Joe McCarthy | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 23, 1940
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Sundra
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Sundra, and towards Gordon, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Sundra
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, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Sundra
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sundra fields it 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: ---
Gordon vs. Smith
Gordon 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. Smith
Rolfe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gordon moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Henrich vs. Smith
Henrich hits a fly ball for a double play. Gordon scores. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Smith
DiMaggio hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Sundra
Trosky takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Sundra
Heath 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 -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keltner vs. Sundra
Keltner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Heath moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mack vs. Sundra
Mack hits a ball on the ground towards second. Gordon scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Smith
Selkirk hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Selkirk for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Smith
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. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Smith
Dahlgren hits a line drive to left field. The ball gets by Heath. Weatherly fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Weatherly. Dahlgren moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Crosetti vs. Smith
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemsley vs. Sundra
Hemsley hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Sundra
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Sundra
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundra vs. Smith
Sundra is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Smith
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Smith
Rolfe hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Sundra
Weatherly hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boudreau vs. Sundra
Boudreau strikes out. There goes Weatherly. The throw from Dickey to Crosetti, and Weatherly is out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Sundra
Trosky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Sundra
Heath hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Sundra
Keltner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Smith
Henrich hits a popup towards third. Keltner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Smith
DiMaggio hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Smith
Selkirk hits a fly ball into right field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Smith
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. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mack vs. Sundra
Mack hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemsley vs. Sundra
Hemsley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sundra fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Sundra
Smith 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, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Smith
Dahlgren hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Smith
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundra vs. Smith
Sundra is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Sundra
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sundra fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Sundra
Weatherly hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Sundra
Boudreau hits a fly ball into right field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Smith
Gordon hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Smith
Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Trosky juggles the ball. That's an error on Trosky. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henrich vs. Smith
Henrich hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Smith
DiMaggio hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Sundra
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, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Sundra
Heath hits a popup towards short. Crosetti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Sundra
Keltner 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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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Smith
Selkirk hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hemsley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Smith
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. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Smith
Dahlgren hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crosetti vs. Smith
Crosetti hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Heath. Crosetti reaches second base with a double. Dahlgren moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Sundra vs. Smith
Sundra hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dahlgren scores. Crosetti scores. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Smith
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mack vs. Sundra
Mack takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hemsley vs. Sundra
Hemsley hits a popup towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campbell vs. Sundra
Soup Campbell pinch hits for Al Smith.
Campbell hits a line drive towards short. Crosetti reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Sundra
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rolfe fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Allen
Johnny Allen now pitching.
Rolfe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henrich vs. Allen
Henrich takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Allen
DiMaggio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Henrich moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Selkirk vs. Allen
Selkirk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Henrich scores. DiMaggio moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Dickey vs. Allen
Dickey 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 9
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Indians, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Sundra
Weatherly hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Sundra
Boudreau hits a fly ball into right field. Henrich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trosky vs. Sundra
Trosky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Sundra
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dahlgren scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Heath for the out. Trosky moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Keltner vs. Sundra
Keltner hits a popup towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/23/1940 -- Cleveland at New York
Cleveland AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Chapman B, rf 4 0 0 0 Gordon J, 2b 4 1 1 0
Weatherly R, cf 4 1 2 1 Rolfe R, 3b 4 0 1 0
Boudreau L, ss 4 0 0 0 Henrich T, rf 3 1 0 1
Trosky H, 1b 3 1 2 0 DiMaggio J, cf 4 1 2 1
Heath J, lf 4 1 1 2 Selkirk G, lf 4 0 1 1
Keltner K, 3b 4 0 1 0 Dickey B, c 4 0 0 0
Mack R, 2b 2 0 0 0 Dahlgren B, 1b 3 1 2 0
Hemsley R, c 3 0 0 0 Crosetti F, ss 3 1 1 0
Smith A, p 2 0 0 0 Sundra S, p 3 0 1 2
Campbell S, ph 1 0 0 0
Allen J, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
31 3 6 3 32 5 9 5
Cleveland 000 200 001 -- 3
New York 100 100 21x -- 5
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Smith A (L) 7.0 7 4 4 0 2
Allen J 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Sundra S (W) 9.0 6 3 3 2 2
E -- Weatherly R, Trosky H
DP -- Cleveland 2, New York 2
LOB -- Cleveland 3, New York 4
2B -- Crosetti F
HR -- Heath J, DiMaggio J, Weatherly R
CS -- Weatherly R
T -- 1:50
A -- 14171
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