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New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers

1938-08-03 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · 11 innings · Att: 20000 · 3:12

New York Yankees defeated Detroit Tigers 10–7. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 11th. Johnny Murphy earned the win. Red Ruffing went 3-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
NYA	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	10	17
DET	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	7	15

W: Johnny Murphy L: Harry Eisenstat SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Moriarty · 1B: Lou Kolls · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Grieve · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Crosetti	5	1	2	0	1	1
Red Rolfe	5	1	3	1	1	0
Tommy Henrich	5	1	1	0	1	0
Joe DiMaggio	6	2	3	2	0	0
Lou Gehrig	4	1	2	1	2	0
Bill Dickey	6	0	1	2	0	0
George Selkirk	5	0	0	0	1	1
Joe Gordon	5	3	2	2	1	0
Red Ruffing	3	1	3	2	0	0
Johnny Murphy	2	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jo-Jo White	5	0	1	0	1	0
Billy Rogell	6	1	0	0	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	5	2	3	1	1	0
Hank Greenberg	5	3	3	1	1	1
Pete Fox	6	1	2	1	0	1
Chet Morgan	5	0	1	0	1	1
Rudy York	5	0	2	2	1	1
Mark Christman	5	0	2	2	1	0
Al Benton	3	0	0	0	0	3
Harry Eisenstat	2	0	1	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Ruffing	8.0	11	4	5
Johnny Murphy	3.0	4	2	3

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elden Auker	1.1	4	3	0
Al Benton	5.0	5	4	1
Harry Eisenstat	4.2	8	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: S8
Red Rolfe: S9.1-2
Tommy Henrich: W.2-3;1-2
Joe DiMaggio: 31.3-H;2-3;1-2
Lou Gehrig: 43.3-H;2-3
Bill Dickey: 43

Bot 1

Jo-Jo White: W
Billy Rogell: 6/P
Charlie Gehringer: 8
Hank Greenberg: K

Top 2

George Selkirk: 9
Joe Gordon: W
Red Ruffing: S9.1-3
Frankie Crosetti: W.1-2
Red Rolfe: S9.3-H;2-3;1-2
Tommy Henrich: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Pete Fox: S9
Chet Morgan: S8.1-2
Rudy York: K+SB3;SB2
Mark Christman: S8.3-H;2-3
Al Benton: K
Jo-Jo White: 43

Top 3

Joe DiMaggio: 9
Lou Gehrig: W
Bill Dickey: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Billy Rogell: 31
Charlie Gehringer: W
Hank Greenberg: S.1-2
Pete Fox: S.2-H;1-2
Chet Morgan: 7
Rudy York: D.2-H;1-3
Mark Christman: IW
Al Benton: K

Top 4

George Selkirk: 3/G
Joe Gordon: S
Red Ruffing: 13/SH.1-2
Frankie Crosetti: 5/FL

Bot 4

Jo-Jo White: 5
Billy Rogell: 8
Charlie Gehringer: 43

Top 5

Red Rolfe: W
Tommy Henrich: 46(1)/FO
Joe DiMaggio: 4
Lou Gehrig: W.1-2
Bill Dickey: 46(1)/FO

Bot 5

Hank Greenberg: S
Pete Fox: 53.1-2
Chet Morgan: 13
Rudy York: S.2-H
Mark Christman: 46(1)/FO

Top 6

George Selkirk: W
Joe Gordon: 54(1)/FO.B-2(E4/TH)
Red Ruffing: HR.2-H
Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Rolfe: 63

Bot 6

Al Benton: K/C
Jo-Jo White: S
Billy Rogell: 54(1)/FO.B-2(E4/TH)
Charlie Gehringer: S.2-H(UR);BX2(86)

Top 7

Tommy Henrich: 7
Joe DiMaggio: S
Lou Gehrig: S.1-2
Bill Dickey: D.2-H;1-3
George Selkirk: FC.3XH(42);2-3
Joe Gordon: 8

Bot 7

Hank Greenberg: 43
Pete Fox: 43
Chet Morgan: W
Rudy York: 63

Top 8

Red Ruffing: S
Frankie Crosetti: 4/FL
Red Rolfe: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Mark Christman: 63
Harry Eisenstat: S
Jo-Jo White: 7
Billy Rogell: 9

Top 9

Tommy Henrich: S
Joe DiMaggio: D.1-H
Lou Gehrig: 43.2-3
Bill Dickey: FC.3XH(126)
George Selkirk: K

Bot 9

Charlie Gehringer: D
Hank Greenberg: S.2-H
Pete Fox: K
Chet Morgan: K/C
Rudy York: W.1-2
Mark Christman: S.2-H;1-3(E8);B-2
Harry Eisenstat: K

Top 10

Joe Gordon: 2/FL
Johnny Murphy: K
Frankie Crosetti: S
Red Rolfe: S.1-2
Tommy Henrich: 8

Bot 10

Jo-Jo White: 8
Billy Rogell: 43
Charlie Gehringer: D
Hank Greenberg: IW
Pete Fox: 6

Top 11

Joe DiMaggio: S
Lou Gehrig: S.1-3
Bill Dickey: 9/F.3-H
George Selkirk: 4
Joe Gordon: HR.1-H
Johnny Murphy: 53

Bot 11

Chet Morgan: 63
Rudy York: 9
Mark Christman: 4

Notes & reviews

Yankees Knickerbocker, not in game, ejected by HP umpire Moriarty for bench jockeying

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