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Detroit Tigers @ New York Yankees

1939-06-17 · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 18599 · 2:30

New York Yankees defeated Detroit Tigers 1–0. Red Ruffing earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Red Ruffing L: Bobo Newsom SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Red Ormsby · 1B: Bill Summers · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Grieve · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Barney McCosky	4	2	0	0
Earl Averill	4	0	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	3	0	0
Hank Greenberg	3	1	1	2
Pinky Higgins	2	1	2	1
Pete Fox	4	0	0	0
Frank Croucher	4	1	0	2
Birdie Tebbetts	4	0	0	0
Bobo Newsom	4	0	0	2

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Crosetti	4	1	0	0	1	0
Red Rolfe	5	0	1	0	0	1
Tommy Henrich	4	0	1	1	1	0
Joe DiMaggio	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Dickey	3	0	2	0	1	0
George Selkirk	2	0	1	0	2	0
Joe Gordon	3	0	0	0	1	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	0	1	0	0	1
Red Ruffing	4	0	1	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobo Newsom	8.1	7	6	3

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Ruffing	9.0	8	3	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Barney McCosky: S
Earl Averill: 9/F
Charlie Gehringer: 2/FL
Hank Greenberg: D.1-3
Pinky Higgins: W
Pete Fox: 13

Bot 1

Frankie Crosetti: E5/G
Red Rolfe: 8/F
Tommy Henrich: 7/F
Joe DiMaggio: 8/F

Top 2

Frank Croucher: D
Birdie Tebbetts: 8/F
Bobo Newsom: WP.2-3
Bobo Newsom: K
Barney McCosky: 4/P

Bot 2

Bill Dickey: W
George Selkirk: W.1-2
Joe Gordon: 8/F
Babe Dahlgren: S.2-3;1-2
Red Ruffing: K
Frankie Crosetti: 5/P

Top 3

Earl Averill: 5/FL
Charlie Gehringer: S
Hank Greenberg: K+CS2(24)/DP

Bot 3

Red Rolfe: K
Tommy Henrich: W
Joe DiMaggio: 9/F
Bill Dickey: S.1-3
George Selkirk: W.1-2
Joe Gordon: 54(1)/FO

Top 4

Pinky Higgins: S
Pete Fox: SB2
Pete Fox: 3/P
Frank Croucher: K
Birdie Tebbetts: 8/F

Bot 4

Babe Dahlgren: E5/P
Red Ruffing: 4/FL
Frankie Crosetti: 8/F
Red Rolfe: CS2(26)

Top 5

Bobo Newsom: 13
Barney McCosky: S
Earl Averill: 36(1)/FO
Charlie Gehringer: S9.1X3(96)

Bot 5

Red Rolfe: 8/F
Tommy Henrich: 43
Joe DiMaggio: 8/F

Top 6

Hank Greenberg: K
Pinky Higgins: K/C
Pete Fox: 9/F

Bot 6

Bill Dickey: S
George Selkirk: 2/FL
Joe Gordon: 9/F
Babe Dahlgren: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Babe Dahlgren: 7/F

Top 7

Frank Croucher: 5/FL
Birdie Tebbetts: 9/F
Bobo Newsom: 43

Bot 7

Red Ruffing: 63
Frankie Crosetti: W+E2.B-2
Red Rolfe: 4/P
Tommy Henrich: 43

Top 8

Barney McCosky: 13
Earl Averill: 5/P
Charlie Gehringer: S
Hank Greenberg: W+WP.1-3
Pinky Higgins: W.1-2
Pete Fox: 5/FL

Bot 8

Joe DiMaggio: 9/F
Bill Dickey: 3/G
George Selkirk: D
Joe Gordon: W
Babe Dahlgren: K

Top 9

Frank Croucher: K
Birdie Tebbetts: 63
Bobo Newsom: K

Bot 9

Red Ruffing: S
Frankie Crosetti: 16(1)/FO/BG
Red Rolfe: D.1-3
Tommy Henrich: S.3-H;2-3

Notes & reviews

Newsome constantly protested about Ormsby's decisions.
Dahlgren went fr 2B when Tebbets dropped the ball.
McCoskey overran 2B.

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