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Yankees
@ Browns
Sportsman's Park
May 16, 1943
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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 May 16, 1943 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 16, 1943 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Browns
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 16, 1943 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | St. Louis Browns |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Atley Donald |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Johnny Niggeling |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 20,425 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 1 minute |
| Umpires | HP: George Pipgras 1B: Hal Weafer 2B: (none) 3B: Joe Rue |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Snuffy Stirnweiss | Shortstop |
| Roy Weatherly | Center Fielder |
| Charlie Keller | Left Fielder |
| Joe Gordon | Second Baseman |
| Nick Etten | First Baseman |
| Bill Dickey | Catcher |
| Billy Johnson | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Lindell | Right Fielder |
| Atley Donald | Pitcher |
| Joe McCarthy | Manager |
St. Louis Browns Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tony Criscola | Left Fielder |
| Harlond Clift | Third Baseman |
| Chet Laabs | Center Fielder |
| Mike Chartak | Right Fielder |
| Vern Stephens | Shortstop |
| George McQuinn | First Baseman |
| Rick Ferrell | Catcher |
| Don Heffner | Second Baseman |
| Johnny Niggeling | Pitcher |
| Luke Sewell | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Browns
Sportsman's Park
May 16, 1943
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Niggeling
Stirnweiss hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Criscola. Stirnweiss reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Weatherly vs. Niggeling
Weatherly hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Keller vs. Niggeling
Keller hits a popup towards short. Stephens settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gordon vs. Niggeling
The ball gets by Ferrell for a passed ball. Stirnweiss moves to third. Weatherly moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gordon vs. Niggeling
Gordon is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Etten vs. Niggeling
Etten hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Heffner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Stirnweiss scores. Weatherly moves to third. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Dickey vs. Niggeling
Dickey is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Johnson vs. Niggeling
Johnson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 1 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Criscola vs. Donald
Criscola hits a ball on the ground towards first. Etten scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Criscola for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clift vs. Donald
Clift hits a popup, foul, towards first. Etten settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Laabs vs. Donald
Laabs strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 1 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindell vs. Niggeling
Lindell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Laabs. Lindell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Donald vs. Niggeling
Donald bunts towards third. Clift fields it and throws to first for the out. Lindell moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Stirnweiss vs. Niggeling
Stirnweiss hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Laabs. Stirnweiss reaches second base with a double. Lindell scores. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Weatherly vs. Niggeling
Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards first. McQuinn scoops it up and throws to first, with Niggeling covering, for the out. Stirnweiss moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Keller vs. Niggeling
Keller hits a ball on the ground towards first. McQuinn scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Keller for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chartak vs. Donald
Chartak strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephens vs. Donald
Stephens strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McQuinn vs. Donald
McQuinn strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Niggeling
Gordon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Heffner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Niggeling
Etten hits a popup towards third. Clift settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Niggeling
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 3
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Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ferrell vs. Donald
Ferrell hits a fly ball into right field. Lindell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heffner vs. Donald
Heffner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Niggeling vs. Donald
Niggeling 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 4
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Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Niggeling
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lindell vs. Niggeling
Lindell hits a fly ball into right field. Chartak settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Donald vs. Niggeling
Donald hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Heffner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stirnweiss vs. Niggeling
Stirnweiss hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Chartak. Stirnweiss reaches second base with a double. Johnson moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Weatherly vs. Niggeling
Weatherly hits a popup, foul, towards third. Clift settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Criscola vs. Donald
Criscola hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clift vs. Donald
Clift takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Laabs vs. Donald
There's a wild pitch. Clift moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Laabs vs. Donald
Laabs hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Chartak vs. Donald
Chartak hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephens vs. Donald
Stephens is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 2 - Browns, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Niggeling
Keller strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Niggeling
Gordon strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Niggeling
Etten hits a fly ball into left field. Criscola settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 2 - Browns, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McQuinn vs. Donald
McQuinn strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ferrell vs. Donald
Ferrell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stirnweiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heffner vs. Donald
Heffner strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 2 - Browns, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickey vs. Niggeling
Dickey hits a fly ball into center field. Laabs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Niggeling
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Chartak settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindell vs. Niggeling
Lindell hits a ball on the ground towards first. McQuinn scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lindell for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 2 - Browns, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Niggeling vs. Donald
Niggeling hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Criscola vs. Donald
Criscola 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, 2 - Browns, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clift vs. Donald
Clift 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 7
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Yankees, 2 - Browns, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Donald vs. Niggeling
Donald hits a fly ball into center field. Laabs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stirnweiss vs. Niggeling
Stirnweiss hits a fly ball into left field. Criscola settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weatherly vs. Niggeling
Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards first. McQuinn scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Weatherly for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 2 - Browns, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Laabs vs. Donald
Laabs hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chartak vs. Donald
Chartak hits a ball on the ground towards first. Etten fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stephens vs. Donald
Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stirnweiss fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 2 - Browns, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Niggeling
Keller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Niggeling
Gordon bunts towards third. Clift fields it and throws to first for the out. Keller moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 2 - Browns, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Etten vs. Niggeling
Etten hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Keller scores. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Browns, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickey vs. Niggeling
Dickey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niggeling fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 3 - Browns, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McQuinn vs. Donald
McQuinn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lindell. McQuinn reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Browns, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ferrell vs. Donald
Ferrell bunts towards the mound. Donald fields it and throws to first for the out. McQuinn moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Browns, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Schultz vs. Donald
Joe Schultz pinch hits for Don Heffner.
Schultz hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dickey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Browns, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Byrnes vs. Donald
Milt Byrnes pinch hits for Johnny Niggeling.
Byrnes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson juggles the ball. That's an error on Johnson. McQuinn scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Browns, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Criscola vs. Donald
Criscola hits a popup towards short. Stirnweiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 3 - Browns, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Caster
Mike Kreevich now playing left field. Don Gutteridge now playing second base. George Caster now pitching.
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Browns, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lindell vs. Caster
Lindell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Browns, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Metheny vs. Caster
Bud Metheny pinch hits for Atley Donald.
Metheny hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Caster fields it and throws to third for the out. Lindell moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Browns, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stirnweiss vs. Caster
Stirnweiss hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gutteridge settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Browns, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Weatherly vs. Caster
Weatherly hits a ball on the ground towards first. McQuinn scoops it up and throws to first, with Caster covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 3 - Browns, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clift vs. Murphy
Johnny Murphy now pitching.
Clift hits a fly ball into center field. Weatherly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Browns, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Laabs vs. Murphy
Laabs 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, 3 - Browns, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chartak vs. Murphy
Chartak strikes out. View Play
Top 10
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Yankees, 3 - Browns, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keller vs. Caster
Keller strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Browns, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Caster
Gordon strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Browns, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Etten vs. Caster
Etten hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Browns, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickey vs. Caster
Dickey takes first base on ball four. Etten moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Browns, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Caster
Johnson hits a popup, foul, towards first. McQuinn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Yankees, 3 - Browns, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stephens vs. Murphy
Stephens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Browns, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McQuinn vs. Murphy
Mark Christman pinch runs for Vern Stephens.
McQuinn bunts towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. Christman moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Browns, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ferrell vs. Murphy
Ferrell is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Browns, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baker vs. Murphy
Floyd Baker pinch hits for Don Gutteridge.
Baker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Christman scores. Ferrell moves to second. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/16/1943, game 2 -- New York at St.Louis (D)
New York AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Stirnweiss S, ss 5 1 3 1 Criscola T, lf 4 0 0 0
Weatherly R, cf 5 0 1 0 Kreevich M, lf 0 0 0 0
Keller C, lf 5 1 1 0 Clift H, 3b 3 1 0 0
Gordon J, 2b 3 0 0 0 Laabs C, cf 4 0 1 0
Etten N, 1b 5 0 2 2 Chartak M, rf 4 1 1 2
Dickey B, c 3 0 0 0 Stephens V, ss 4 0 1 0
Johnson B, 3b 3 0 0 0 Christman M, pr 0 1 0 0
Lindell J, rf 4 1 2 0 McQuinn G, 1b 3 1 1 0
Donald A, p 2 0 0 0 Ferrell R, c 2 0 0 0
Metheny B, ph 1 0 0 0 Heffner D, 2b 2 0 0 0
Murphy J, p 0 0 0 0 Schultz J, ph 1 0 0 0
Gutteridge D, 2b 0 0 0 0
Baker F, ph 1 0 1 1
Niggeling J, p 2 0 0 0
Byrnes M, ph 1 0 0 0
Caster G, p 0 0 0 0
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36 3 9 3 31 4 5 3
New York 110 000 010 0 -- 3
St.Louis 000 200 010 1 -- 4
1 out when winning run was scored.
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Donald A 8.0 3 3 2 1 7
Murphy J (L) 1.1 2 1 1 1 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Niggeling J 8.0 7 3 3 3 3
Caster G (W) 2.0 2 0 0 2 2
E -- Johnson B
DP -- New York 1, St.Louis 1
LOB -- New York 10, St.Louis 3
2B -- Stirnweiss S 3, Lindell J, McQuinn G
HR -- Chartak M
SH -- Donald A, Gordon J, Ferrell R, McQuinn G
WP -- Donald A
PB -- Ferrell R
T -- 2:01
A -- 20425
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