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Athletics
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
April 24, 1951
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Athletics, played on April 24, 1951 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 24, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
|
| Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 24, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bobby Shantz |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Eddie Lopat |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 8,742 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 48 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Johnny Stevens 1B: Jim Duffy 2B: Bill Summers 3B: Bill Grieve |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie Joost | Shortstop |
| Wally Moses | Right Fielder |
| Elmer Valo | Left Fielder |
| Sam Chapman | Center Fielder |
| Ferris Fain | First Baseman |
| Kermit Wahl | Third Baseman |
| Ed Samcoff | Second Baseman |
| Joe Tipton | Catcher |
| Bobby Shantz | Pitcher |
| Jimmy Dykes | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mickey Mantle | Right Fielder |
| Jerry Coleman | Second Baseman |
| Yogi Berra | Catcher |
| Joe DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| Jackie Jensen | Left Fielder |
| Johnny Mize | First Baseman |
| Billy Johnson | Third Baseman |
| Phil Rizzuto | Shortstop |
| Eddie Lopat | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
April 24, 1951
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. Lopat
Joost hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Lopat
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman misplays the ball. That's an error on Coleman. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Valo vs. Lopat
Valo hits a popup, foul, towards third. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Lopat
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Shantz
Mantle hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Shantz
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berra vs. Shantz
Berra takes first base on ball four. Coleman moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
DiMaggio vs. Shantz
DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Coleman scores. Berra moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Jensen vs. Shantz
Jensen hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Berra scores. DiMaggio moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mize vs. Shantz
Mize hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. DiMaggio scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Shantz
Johnson takes first base on ball four. Mize moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rizzuto vs. Shantz
Rizzuto hits a fly ball into left field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fain vs. Lopat
Fain takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wahl vs. Lopat
Wahl hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Samcoff vs. Lopat
Samcoff hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lopat fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopat vs. Shantz
Lopat hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Samcoff settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Shantz
Mantle strikes out on a pitch way out of the strike zone. And the ball gets by Tipton, who chases it to the backstop. Mantle reaches first on the wild pitch. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coleman vs. Shantz
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Samcoff fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mantle moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Berra vs. Shantz
Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Samcoff fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tipton vs. Lopat
Tipton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jensen throws the ball in to Rizzuto who tags Tipton trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shantz vs. Lopat
Shantz hits a fly ball into left field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. Lopat
Joost takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moses vs. Lopat
Moses is hit by the pitch. Joost moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Valo vs. Lopat
Barney McCosky pinch runs for Wally Moses.
Valo takes first base on ball four. Joost moves to third. McCosky moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Chapman vs. Lopat
Chapman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Shantz
Barney McCosky now playing right field.
DiMaggio hits a fly ball into right field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Shantz
Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shantz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mize vs. Shantz
Shantz fires to first and has Jensen trapped. There's the throw to Joost who tags Jensen for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Shantz
Mize hits a fly ball into right field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fain vs. Lopat
Fain hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wahl vs. Lopat
Wahl hits a fly ball into right field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Samcoff vs. Lopat
Samcoff takes first base on ball four. Fain moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tipton vs. Lopat
Tipton strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Shantz vs. Lopat
Shantz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lopat fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Shantz
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Joost scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Shantz
Rizzuto hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Tipton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopat vs. Shantz
Lopat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Samcoff scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joost vs. Lopat
Joost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Lopat
McCosky hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Valo vs. Lopat
Valo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Shantz
Mantle strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Shantz
Coleman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of McCosky. Coleman reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Berra vs. Shantz
Berra is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
DiMaggio vs. Shantz
DiMaggio hits a line drive towards third. Wahl catches it and throws to second to double up Coleman. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Lopat
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fain vs. Lopat
Fain hits a fly ball into right field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wahl vs. Lopat
Wahl hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Shantz
Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wahl fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mize vs. Shantz
Mize hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Samcoff scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Shantz
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Samcoff vs. Lopat
Samcoff hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tipton vs. Lopat
Tipton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shantz vs. Lopat
Shantz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Joost vs. Lopat
Joost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzuto vs. Shantz
Rizzuto hits a fly ball into left field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopat vs. Shantz
Lopat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Samcoff scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantle vs. Shantz
Mantle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wahl fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Lopat
Cliff Mapes now playing right field.
McCosky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Valo vs. Lopat
Valo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Lopat
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rizzuto fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Shantz
Coleman hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Shantz
Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fain scoops it up and throws to first, with Shantz covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DiMaggio vs. Shantz
DiMaggio hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fain vs. Lopat
Joe Collins now playing first base.
Fain hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lopat fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wahl vs. Lopat
Wahl strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Samcoff vs. Lopat
Samcoff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/24/1951 -- Philadelphia at New York (D)
Philadelphia AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Joost E, ss 3 0 0 0 Mantle M, rf 4 0 0 0
Moses W, rf 1 0 0 0 Mapes C, rf 0 0 0 0
McCosky B, pr-rf 2 0 1 0 Coleman J, 2b 4 1 3 0
Valo E, lf 3 0 0 0 Berra Y, c 2 1 0 0
Chapman S, cf 4 0 0 0 DiMaggio J, cf 4 1 1 1
Fain F, 1b 3 0 1 0 Jensen J, lf 3 0 1 1
Wahl K, 3b 4 0 0 0 Mize J, 1b 3 0 1 1
Samcoff E, 2b 3 0 0 0 Collins J, 1b 0 0 0 0
Tipton J, c 3 0 1 0 Johnson B, 3b 2 0 0 0
Shantz B, p 3 0 1 0 Rizzuto P, ss 3 0 0 0
Lopat E, p 3 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
29 0 4 0 28 3 6 3
Philadelphia 000 000 000 -- 0
New York 300 000 00x -- 3
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Shantz B (L) 8.0 6 3 3 2 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Lopat E (W) 9.0 4 0 0 4 3
E -- Coleman J, Shantz B
DP -- Philadelphia 2, New York 2
LOB -- Philadelphia 7, New York 4
2B -- Coleman J
HBP -- by Lopat E (Moses W), by Shantz B (Berra Y)
T -- 1:48
A -- 8742
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