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New York Yankees @ Philadelphia Athletics

1937-05-16 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 38278 · 2:07

New York Yankees defeated Philadelphia Athletics 8–4. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 6th. Red Ruffing earned the win and Johnny Murphy picked up the save. Tommy Henrich went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	0	1	8	10
PHA	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	7

W: Red Ruffing L: George Caster SV: Johnny Murphy

Umpires — HP: Harry Geisel · 1B: Bill Summers · 2B: (none) · 3B: Charles Johnston · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Crosetti	4	2	0	0	0	2
Red Rolfe	4	2	1	0	1	1
Tommy Henrich	5	1	3	4	0	0
Joe DiMaggio	5	2	1	0	0	0
Lou Gehrig	4	0	1	2	0	2
George Selkirk	3	1	2	1	1	0
Bill Dickey	4	0	1	1	0	0
Tony Lazzeri	4	0	1	0	0	2
Red Ruffing	2	0	0	0	2	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Finney	4	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Werber	3	1	0	0	1	0
Wally Moses	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	3	0	0	1	1	0
Chubby Dean	3	1	2	0	1	0
Earle Brucker	4	0	1	1	0	0
Skeeter Newsome	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Cissell	2	1	1	1	2	1
George Caster	3	0	1	1	0	0
Jack Rothrock	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Ruffing	8.0	7	5	0
Johnny Murphy	1.0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Caster	9.0	10	4	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Rolfe: 7
Tommy Henrich: 6

Bot 1

Lou Finney: 7
Billy Werber: W
Wally Moses: S8.1-3
Bob Johnson: 8/F.3-H
Chubby Dean: SB2
Chubby Dean: W
Earle Brucker: 9

Top 2

Joe DiMaggio: 13
Lou Gehrig: 1/G
George Selkirk: W
Bill Dickey: 13

Bot 2

Skeeter Newsome: S9
Bill Cissell: W.1-2
George Caster: S8.1-3;2-H
Lou Finney: 16(1)3/GDP.3-3
Billy Werber: 43

Top 3

Tony Lazzeri: S9
Red Ruffing: K
Frankie Crosetti: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Wally Moses: 8
Bob Johnson: W
Chubby Dean: 9(B)3(1)/FDP

Top 4

Red Rolfe: W
Tommy Henrich: 4
Joe DiMaggio: FC6.1-3(E6);B-1
Lou Gehrig: D9.3-H(UR);1-H
George Selkirk: 3/G
Bill Dickey: 7

Bot 4

Earle Brucker: 8
Skeeter Newsome: 7
Bill Cissell: W
George Caster: 8

Top 5

Tony Lazzeri: K
Red Ruffing: W
Frankie Crosetti: OA.1X2(24)
Frankie Crosetti: K

Bot 5

Lou Finney: 63
Billy Werber: 5/FL
Wally Moses: 43

Top 6

Red Rolfe: 7
Tommy Henrich: HR/9
Joe DiMaggio: D7
Lou Gehrig: K
George Selkirk: S7.2-H
Bill Dickey: D7.1-H
Tony Lazzeri: 8

Bot 6

Bob Johnson: 2/FL
Chubby Dean: S8
Earle Brucker: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Red Ruffing: 8
Frankie Crosetti: HP
Red Rolfe: D9.1-3
Tommy Henrich: S3.2-H;3-H;BX2(364)
Joe DiMaggio: 7

Bot 7

Skeeter Newsome: 5/FL
Bill Cissell: HR/7
George Caster: 7
Lou Finney: 2/FL

Top 8

Lou Gehrig: K23
George Selkirk: S9
Bill Dickey: 46(1)/FO
Tony Lazzeri: K

Bot 8

Billy Werber: 53
Wally Moses: 8
Bob Johnson: 9

Top 9

Red Ruffing: W
Frankie Crosetti: 36(1)/FO
Red Rolfe: K
Tommy Henrich: T8.1-H
Joe DiMaggio: 53

Bot 9

Chubby Dean: S9
Earle Brucker: D9.1-H
Skeeter Newsome: 9
Bill Cissell: K23
Jack Rothrock: 5