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New York Yankees @ Washington Senators

1939-09-23 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 8000 · 1:49

New York Yankees defeated Washington Senators 7–1. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 7th. Monte Pearson earned the win. Joe DiMaggio went 1-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	7	11
WS1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5

W: Monte Pearson L: Dutch Leonard SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Joe Rue · 1B: Red Ormsby · 2B: (none) · 3B: Harry Geisel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Crosetti	5	0	0	0	0	0
Red Rolfe	4	2	2	0	1	0
Charlie Keller	3	1	1	2	1	0
Joe DiMaggio	5	1	1	2	0	0
Bill Dickey	3	1	0	0	1	0
George Selkirk	4	1	2	0	0	1
Joe Gordon	3	0	2	0	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	3	0	1	2	0	0
Monte Pearson	4	1	2	0	0	1

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Sam West	3	1	1	1	0
Buddy Lewis	4	0	0	0	0
Cecil Travis	4	0	1	0	1
Taffy Wright	3	0	0	1	0
Jimmy Bloodworth	4	0	1	0	0
Mickey Vernon	2	0	1	1	0
Tony Giuliani	3	0	0	0	0
Elmer Gedeon	2	0	0	1	1
Dutch Leonard	2	0	1	0	0
Hal Quick	1	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Monte Pearson	9.0	5	4	2

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dutch Leonard	8.0	11	2	2
Bill Holland	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: 53
Red Rolfe: T
Charlie Keller: 7/SF.3-H
Joe DiMaggio: 8

Bot 1

Sam West: T
Buddy Lewis: 8/F.3XH(8E2)(NR)(UR)
Cecil Travis: S
Taffy Wright: W.1-2
Jimmy Bloodworth: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Bill Dickey: 8
George Selkirk: S
Joe Gordon: S.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: 53.2-3;1-2
Monte Pearson: 53

Bot 2

Mickey Vernon: W
Tony Giuliani: 64(1)3/GDP
Elmer Gedeon: W
Dutch Leonard: 8

Top 3

Frankie Crosetti: 7
Red Rolfe: 31
Charlie Keller: 13

Bot 3

Sam West: W
Buddy Lewis: 7
Cecil Travis: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Joe DiMaggio: 63
Bill Dickey: W
George Selkirk: 7
Joe Gordon: S.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: D.2-H;1-3
Monte Pearson: K/C

Bot 4

Taffy Wright: 43
Jimmy Bloodworth: S
Mickey Vernon: S.1-3
Tony Giuliani: FC.3XH(12);1-2
Elmer Gedeon: K

Top 5

Frankie Crosetti: 7
Red Rolfe: S
Charlie Keller: 9
Joe DiMaggio: 8

Bot 5

Dutch Leonard: S
Sam West: 64(1)/FO
Buddy Lewis: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Bill Dickey: 9
George Selkirk: K/C
Joe Gordon: 6

Bot 6

Cecil Travis: E6
Taffy Wright: 5/FL
Jimmy Bloodworth: CS2(24)
Jimmy Bloodworth: 13

Top 7

Babe Dahlgren: 43
Monte Pearson: D
Frankie Crosetti: 9
Red Rolfe: W
Charlie Keller: S.2-H;1-3
Joe DiMaggio: PB.3-H;1-2
Joe DiMaggio: HR.2-H
Bill Dickey: 7

Bot 7

Mickey Vernon: 9
Tony Giuliani: 6
Elmer Gedeon: 9

Top 8

George Selkirk: S
Joe Gordon: WP.1-2
Joe Gordon: 13/SH.2-3
Babe Dahlgren: 8/SF.3-H
Monte Pearson: S
Frankie Crosetti: 13

Bot 8

Hal Quick: 5/FL
Sam West: 9
Buddy Lewis: 8

Top 9

Red Rolfe: 4/L
Charlie Keller: W
Joe DiMaggio: 14(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Cecil Travis: K
Taffy Wright: 9
Jimmy Bloodworth: 3/FL