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Yankees
@ Browns
Sportsman's Park
September 17, 1940
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Browns and the New York Yankees, played on September 17, 1940 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | September 17, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Browns
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 17, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | St. Louis Browns |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Atley Donald |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bill Trotter |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 1,607 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 58 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Summers 1B: John Quinn 2B: (none) 3B: Red Ormsby |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Joe Gordon | Second Baseman |
| Red Rolfe | Third Baseman |
| Charlie Keller | Left Fielder |
| Joe DiMaggio | Center Fielder |
| George Selkirk | Right Fielder |
| Bill Dickey | Catcher |
| Babe Dahlgren | First Baseman |
| Frankie Crosetti | Shortstop |
| Atley Donald | Pitcher |
| Joe McCarthy | Manager |
St. Louis Browns Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Joe Grace | Right Fielder |
| Don Heffner | Second Baseman |
| Rip Radcliff | Left Fielder |
| Wally Judnich | Center Fielder |
| Harlond Clift | Third Baseman |
| George McQuinn | First Baseman |
| Johnny Berardino | Shortstop |
| Bob Swift | Catcher |
| Bill Trotter | Pitcher |
| Fred Haney | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Browns
Sportsman's Park
September 17, 1940
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Trotter
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Heffner misplays the ball. That's an error on Heffner. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rolfe vs. Trotter
Rolfe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Keller vs. Trotter
Keller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gordon scores. Rolfe moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
DiMaggio vs. Trotter
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Berardino fields it and throws to second for the out. Rolfe scores. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Selkirk vs. Trotter
Selkirk hits a ball on the ground towards first. McQuinn fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickey vs. Trotter
Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Heffner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Donald
Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Donald fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heffner vs. Donald
Heffner hits a fly ball into center field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Radcliff vs. Donald
Radcliff hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Judnich vs. Donald
Judnich hits a fly ball into left field. Keller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Trotter
Dahlgren hits a fly ball into right field. Grace settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crosetti vs. Trotter
Crosetti takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Donald vs. Trotter
Donald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Berardino misplays the ball. That's an error on Berardino. Crosetti moves to third. Donald moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gordon vs. Trotter
Gordon hits a fly ball into left field. Radcliff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Crosetti scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rolfe vs. Trotter
Rolfe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Donald moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Keller vs. Trotter
Keller takes first base on ball four. Rolfe moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
DiMaggio vs. Bildilli
Emil Bildilli now pitching.
DiMaggio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Donald scores. Rolfe scores. Keller moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Selkirk vs. Bildilli
Selkirk hits a popup towards first. McQuinn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clift vs. Donald
Jake Powell now playing center field.
Clift strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McQuinn vs. Donald
McQuinn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berardino vs. Donald
Berardino hits a popup in front of the plate. Dickey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Bildilli
Dickey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dahlgren vs. Bildilli
Dahlgren hits a popup towards short. Berardino settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crosetti vs. Bildilli
Crosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Berardino fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Donald vs. Bildilli
Donald strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Swift vs. Donald
Swift strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bildilli vs. Donald
Bildilli hits a fly ball into center field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Donald
Grace takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heffner vs. Donald
Heffner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Bildilli
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Clift fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Bildilli
Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards first. McQuinn scoops it up and throws to first, with Bildilli covering, for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Bildilli
Keller strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Radcliff vs. Donald
Radcliff hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Judnich vs. Donald
Judnich hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clift vs. Donald
Clift strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McQuinn vs. Donald
McQuinn hits a fly ball into center field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Bildilli
Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bildilli fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Bildilli
Selkirk hits a popup towards first. McQuinn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Bildilli
Dickey hits a fly ball into center field. Judnich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berardino vs. Donald
Berardino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Swift vs. Donald
Swift hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Powell. Swift reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bildilli vs. Donald
Bildilli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Swift moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Grace vs. Donald
Grace hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dahlgren fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dahlgren vs. Bildilli
Dahlgren hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crosetti vs. Bildilli
Crosetti strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Donald vs. Bildilli
Donald hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Swift fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heffner vs. Donald
Heffner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosetti scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Radcliff vs. Donald
Radcliff takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Judnich vs. Donald
Judnich hits a popup into center field for a base hit. Radcliff moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clift vs. Donald
Clift strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McQuinn vs. Donald
McQuinn hits a fly ball into center field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Bildilli
Gordon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Radcliff. Gordon reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rolfe vs. Bildilli
Rolfe hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Grace. Rolfe reaches second base with a double. Gordon scores. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keller vs. Bildilli
Keller strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Powell vs. Bildilli
Powell hits a ball on the ground for a double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 6 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berardino vs. Donald
Berardino hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Donald
Fuzz White pinch hits for Bob Swift.
White 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 -
Yankees, 6 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cullenbine vs. Donald
Roy Cullenbine pinch hits for Emil Bildilli.
Cullenbine hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 6 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Selkirk vs. Coffman
George Susce now catching. Slick Coffman now pitching.
Selkirk takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickey vs. Coffman
Dickey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Selkirk moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dahlgren vs. Coffman
Dahlgren hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Grace fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Grace. Selkirk scores. Dickey goes all the way around to score. Dahlgren moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Crosetti vs. Coffman
Crosetti hits a popup towards short. Berardino settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Donald vs. Coffman
Donald hits a fly ball into left field. Radcliff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Dahlgren scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Coffman
Gordon strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 9 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Donald
Grace hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heffner vs. Donald
Heffner hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Radcliff vs. Donald
Radcliff 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
Top 9
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Yankees, 9 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rolfe vs. Whitehead
John Whitehead now pitching.
Rolfe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Heffner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Whitehead
Keller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Powell vs. Whitehead
Powell hits a fly ball into left field. Radcliff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Selkirk vs. Whitehead
Selkirk hits a fly ball into center field. Judnich settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 9 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Judnich vs. Donald
Judnich hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dahlgren settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clift vs. Donald
Clift hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McQuinn vs. Donald
McQuinn takes first base on ball four. Clift moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Berardino vs. Donald
Berardino strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Laabs vs. Donald
Chet Laabs pinch hits for George Susce.
Laabs takes first base on ball four. Clift moves to third. McQuinn moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hoag vs. Donald
Myril Hoag pinch hits for John Whitehead.
Hoag strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/17/1940 -- New York at St.Louis (D)
New York AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Gordon J, 2b 5 2 1 1 Grace J, rf 3 0 0 0
Rolfe R, 3b 5 2 3 1 Heffner D, 2b 4 0 0 0
Keller C, lf 4 0 2 1 Radcliff R, lf 3 0 2 0
DiMaggio J, cf 2 0 1 3 Judnich W, cf 4 0 1 0
Powell J, cf 3 0 0 0 Clift H, 3b 4 0 1 0
Selkirk G, rf 4 1 0 0 McQuinn G, 1b 3 0 0 0
Dickey B, c 3 1 1 0 Berardino J, ss 4 0 0 0
Dahlgren B, 1b 4 1 2 1 Swift B, c 2 0 1 0
Crosetti F, ss 3 1 0 0 White F, ph 1 0 0 0
Donald A, p 4 1 0 1 Susce G, c 0 0 0 0
Laabs C, ph 0 0 0 0
Trotter B, p 0 0 0 0
Bildilli E, p 2 0 1 0
Cullenbine R, ph 1 0 0 0
Coffman S, p 0 0 0 0
Whitehead J, p 0 0 0 0
Hoag M, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 9 10 8 32 0 6 0
New York 230 000 130 -- 9
St.Louis 000 000 000 -- 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Donald A (W) 9.0 6 0 0 4 6
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Trotter B (L) 1.2 3 5 1 2 0
Bildilli E 5.1 4 1 1 1 4
Coffman S 1.0 2 3 2 1 1
Whitehead J 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
E -- Heffner D, McQuinn G, Berardino J, Grace J
DP -- New York 1, St.Louis 2
LOB -- New York 5, St.Louis 9
2B -- Swift B, Gordon J, Rolfe R, Dahlgren B
T -- 1:58
A -- 1607
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