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Tigers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 31, 1942
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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 August 31, 1942 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 31, 1942 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 31, 1942 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Virgil Trucks |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Atley Donald |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 7,013 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 58 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Grieve 1B: Cal Hubbard 2B: (none) 3B: Joe Rue |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jimmy Bloodworth | Second Baseman |
| Doc Cramer | Center Fielder |
| Barney McCosky | Left Fielder |
| Rudy York | First Baseman |
| Rip Radcliff | Right Fielder |
| Don Ross | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Lipon | Shortstop |
| Dixie Parsons | Catcher |
| Virgil Trucks | Pitcher |
| Del Baker | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Phil Rizzuto | Shortstop |
| Buddy Hassett | First Baseman |
| George Selkirk | Right Fielder |
| Joe DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Charlie Keller | Left Fielder |
| Joe Gordon | Second Baseman |
| Bill Dickey | Catcher |
| Jerry Priddy | Third Baseman |
| Atley Donald | Pitcher |
| Joe McCarthy | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 31, 1942
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bloodworth vs. Donald
Bloodworth hits a ball on the ground towards third. Priddy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Donald
Cramer 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 -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Donald
McCosky 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 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Trucks
Rizzuto hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hassett vs. Trucks
Hassett hits a fly ball into left field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Trucks
Selkirk hits a line drive towards short. Lipon reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Donald
York hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Radcliff vs. Donald
Radcliff hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gordon reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ross vs. Donald
Ross hits a ball on the ground towards third. Priddy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Trucks
DiMaggio hits a popup towards third. Ross settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Trucks
Keller strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Trucks
Gordon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickey vs. Trucks
There goes Gordon. The throw from Parsons and he is safe. Gordon steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dickey vs. Trucks
Dickey hits a line drive into right field. Radcliff picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Radcliff. Gordon scores. Dickey moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Priddy vs. Trucks
Priddy hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lipon vs. Donald
Lipon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Parsons vs. Donald
There goes Lipon. The throw from Dickey and he is out, Rizzuto applying the tag. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parsons vs. Donald
Parsons hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trucks vs. Donald
Trucks strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Donald vs. Trucks
Donald hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Radcliff. Donald reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rizzuto vs. Trucks
Rizzuto hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Donald moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hassett vs. Trucks
Hassett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Donald scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Selkirk vs. Trucks
Selkirk takes first base on ball four. Hassett moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
DiMaggio vs. Trucks
DiMaggio hits a fly ball into right field. Radcliff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hassett moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Keller vs. Trucks
There's a wild pitch. Hassett scores. Selkirk moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keller vs. Trucks
Keller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Selkirk scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Trucks
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bloodworth vs. Donald
Bloodworth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Donald
Cramer 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, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Donald
McCosky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
York vs. Donald
There's a wild pitch. McCosky moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
York vs. Donald
York hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Henshaw
Roy Henshaw now pitching.
Dickey hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Priddy vs. Henshaw
Priddy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Donald vs. Henshaw
Donald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rizzuto vs. Henshaw
Rizzuto hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hassett vs. Henshaw
Hassett hits a popup, foul, towards third. Ross settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Radcliff vs. Donald
Radcliff hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Donald fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ross vs. Donald
Ross strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lipon vs. Donald
Lipon hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hassett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Henshaw
Selkirk hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Henshaw
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lipon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Henshaw
Keller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Henshaw
Gordon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Henshaw
Dickey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Priddy vs. Henshaw
Priddy strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parsons vs. Donald
Parsons strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Donald
Ned Harris pinch hits for Roy Henshaw.
Harris takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bloodworth vs. Donald
Bloodworth strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cramer vs. Donald
Cramer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Donald vs. Manders
Hal Manders now pitching.
Donald hits a popup towards short. Lipon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Manders
Rizzuto hits a fly ball into left field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hassett vs. Manders
Hassett hits a popup towards short. Lipon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Donald
McCosky hits a fly ball into right field. Selkirk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
York vs. Donald
York hits a popup, foul, towards third. Priddy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Radcliff vs. Donald
Radcliff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hassett scoops it up and throws to first, with Donald covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Manders
Selkirk hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DiMaggio vs. Manders
DiMaggio hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keller vs. Manders
Keller takes first base on ball four. Selkirk moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gordon vs. Manders
Gordon strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dickey vs. Manders
Dickey hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ross vs. Donald
Ross hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Donald fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lipon vs. Donald
Lipon hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gordon reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parsons vs. Donald
Parsons hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Priddy vs. Manders
Priddy strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Donald vs. Manders
Donald hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Manders fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Manders
Rizzuto hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hassett vs. Manders
Hassett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rizzuto moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Selkirk vs. Manders
Selkirk hits a popup towards short. Lipon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manders vs. Donald
Manders hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gehringer vs. Donald
Charlie Gehringer pinch hits for Jimmy Bloodworth.
Gehringer hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cramer vs. Donald
Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Donald fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Donald. Manders moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCosky vs. Donald
There's a wild pitch. Manders moves to third. Cramer moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
McCosky vs. Donald
McCosky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Manders scores. Cramer moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
York vs. Donald
York hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it and throws to second for the out. Cramer scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Radcliff vs. Donald
Radcliff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hassett fields the ball and throws to Donald covering. Safe. York moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ross vs. Donald
Ross hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. York scores. Radcliff moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lipon vs. Murphy
Johnny Murphy now pitching.
Lipon hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hassett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/31/1942 -- Detroit at New York (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Bloodworth J, 2b 3 0 0 0 Rizzuto P, ss 5 1 2 2
Gehringer C, ph 1 0 0 0 Hassett B, 1b 5 1 2 1
Cramer D, cf 4 1 0 0 Selkirk G, rf 4 1 1 0
McCosky B, lf 4 0 2 1 DiMaggio J, cf 4 0 0 0
York R, 1b 4 1 0 1 Keller C, lf 3 1 2 1
Radcliff R, rf 4 0 1 0 Gordon J, 2b 3 2 1 2
Ross D, 3b 4 0 1 1 Dickey B, c 4 0 2 1
Lipon J, ss 4 0 1 0 Priddy J, 3b 4 0 1 0
Parsons D, c 3 0 0 0 Donald A, p 4 2 1 0
Trucks V, p 1 0 0 0 Murphy J, p 0 0 0 0
Henshaw R, p 0 0 0 0
Harris N, ph 0 0 0 0
Manders H, p 1 1 1 0
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33 3 6 3 36 8 12 7
Detroit 000 000 003 -- 3
New York 013 220 00x -- 8
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Trucks V (L) 3.0 4 4 4 2 1
Henshaw R 2.0 5 4 4 0 1
Manders H 3.0 3 0 0 1 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Donald A (W) 8.2 6 3 0 1 4
Murphy J (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Radcliff R, Donald A
LOB -- Detroit 4, New York 7
2B -- Donald A
HR -- Rizzuto P, Gordon J
SB -- Gordon J
CS -- Lipon J
WP -- Trucks V, Donald A 2
T -- 1:58
A -- 7013
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