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Detroit Tigers @ New York Yankees

1939-05-24 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 10875 · 2:07

Detroit Tigers defeated New York Yankees 6–1. Detroit Tigers put up 4 in the 5th. Dizzy Trout earned the win. Charlie Gehringer went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Dizzy Trout L: Wes Ferrell SV: (none)

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Barney McCosky	2	1	0	0	3	1
Dixie Walker	4	1	2	2	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	2	2	2	1	0
Hank Greenberg	4	1	1	0	1	2
Beau Bell	4	0	0	0	1	0
Red Kress	4	0	2	1	0	0
Billy Rogell	3	0	1	0	2	0
Birdie Tebbetts	5	0	1	1	0	1
Dizzy Trout	4	1	1	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Crosetti	4	0	1	0	0	0
Red Rolfe	4	1	1	0	1	0
Tommy Henrich	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Dickey	4	0	2	0	0	2
Charlie Keller	3	0	0	1	1	0
Joe Gordon	4	0	0	0	0	2
Joe Gallagher	3	0	1	0	1	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	0	1	0	0	1
Wes Ferrell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Sundra	1	0	1	0	0	0
George Selkirk	1	0	0	0	0	0
Red Ruffing	1	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dizzy Trout	9.0	7	4	6

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wes Ferrell	4.1	5	5	3
Steve Sundra	2.2	4	2	0
Bump Hadley	2.0	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Barney McCosky: W
Dixie Walker: 6(1)3/GDP
Charlie Gehringer: HR8/IPHR/L
Hank Greenberg: K

Bot 1

Frankie Crosetti: S
Red Rolfe: 46(1)/FO
Tommy Henrich: W.1-2
Bill Dickey: K+CS3(25)/DP

Top 2

Beau Bell: 53
Red Kress: S
Billy Rogell: 84(1)/FO
Birdie Tebbetts: 3/P

Bot 2

Charlie Keller: 53
Joe Gordon: 7/F/7D
Joe Gallagher: S
Babe Dahlgren: 9/F

Top 3

Dizzy Trout: 13
Barney McCosky: W
Dixie Walker: 9/F
Charlie Gehringer: 5/P

Bot 3

Wes Ferrell: 63
Frankie Crosetti: 63
Red Rolfe: S
Tommy Henrich: 8/F

Top 4

Hank Greenberg: W
Beau Bell: 5/P
Red Kress: SB2
Red Kress: 4/P
Billy Rogell: W
Birdie Tebbetts: WP.2-3;1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: K

Bot 4

Bill Dickey: K
Charlie Keller: 5/FL
Joe Gordon: K

Top 5

Dizzy Trout: S
Barney McCosky: K
Dixie Walker: HR/9.1-H
Charlie Gehringer: W
Hank Greenberg: D.1-3
Beau Bell: IW
Red Kress: 8/SF.3-H;2-3
Billy Rogell: W.1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: S.3-H;2-3;1-2
Dizzy Trout: 6(1)/FO

Bot 5

Joe Gallagher: 53
Babe Dahlgren: 63
Steve Sundra: D
Frankie Crosetti: 8/F

Top 6

Barney McCosky: 63
Dixie Walker: S
Charlie Gehringer: 5/FL
Hank Greenberg: 5/FL

Bot 6

Red Rolfe: W
Tommy Henrich: 9/F
Bill Dickey: S.1-3
Charlie Keller: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Joe Gordon: 8/F

Top 7

Beau Bell: 7/F
Red Kress: S
Billy Rogell: S.1-3
Birdie Tebbetts: SB2
Birdie Tebbetts: FC5.3XH(52);2-3
Dizzy Trout: 8/F

Bot 7

Joe Gallagher: W
Babe Dahlgren: K
George Selkirk: 6/P
Frankie Crosetti: 54(1)/FO

Top 8

Barney McCosky: W
Dixie Walker: 13/SH.1-2
Charlie Gehringer: S.2-H
Hank Greenberg: K
Beau Bell: 7/F

Bot 8

Red Rolfe: 9/L
Tommy Henrich: 8/F
Bill Dickey: S
Charlie Keller: WP.1-2
Charlie Keller: W
Joe Gordon: K

Top 9

Red Kress: 63
Billy Rogell: 9/F
Birdie Tebbetts: 9/F

Bot 9

Joe Gallagher: 2/FL
Babe Dahlgren: S
Red Ruffing: K
Frankie Crosetti: HP.1-2
Red Rolfe: 9/F

Notes & reviews

In addition to paid attendance 10,875, almost as many school kids also attended.
could be LDP. pbp 'hit into', but Walker officially has GDP
yes 84 saves E8/F

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