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New York Yankees @ Philadelphia Athletics

1939-05-15 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 5000 · 2:00

New York Yankees defeated Philadelphia Athletics 3–0. Wes Ferrell earned the win and Johnny Murphy picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Wes Ferrell L: Buck Ross SV: Johnny Murphy

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frankie Crosetti	2	0	0	1	2	2
Red Rolfe	5	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Henrich	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bill Dickey	4	1	1	0	0	0
Charlie Keller	3	0	1	0	1	0
George Selkirk	3	0	2	1	1	1
Joe Gordon	4	1	1	0	0	0
Babe Dahlgren	4	1	2	0	0	0
Wes Ferrell	3	0	1	1	0	1
Johnny Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Dee Miles	4	1	0	0
Joe Gantenbein	4	0	0	0
Sam Chapman	4	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	3	2	1	0
Nick Etten	4	1	0	0
Bill Nagel	3	1	0	0
Frankie Hayes	2	0	2	0
Skeeter Newsome	2	0	0	0
Buck Ross	1	0	0	1
Chubby Dean	1	0	1	0
Lynn Nelson	1	0	0	0
Earle Brucker	1	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wes Ferrell	7.0	5	3	1
Johnny Murphy	2.0	0	1	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Buck Ross	5.0	4	2	2
Chubby Dean	4.0	5	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: W
Red Rolfe: 3
Tommy Henrich: 5
Bill Dickey: 9

Bot 1

Dee Miles: 8
Joe Gantenbein: 6
Sam Chapman: 53

Top 2

Charlie Keller: 6
George Selkirk: W
Joe Gordon: 46(1)/FO
Babe Dahlgren: CS2(26)

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: S
Nick Etten: 64(1)/FO
Bill Nagel: S.1-2
Frankie Hayes: W.2-3;1-2
Skeeter Newsome: 6
Buck Ross: K

Top 3

Babe Dahlgren: T
Wes Ferrell: 53
Frankie Crosetti: 7/SF.3-H
Red Rolfe: 6

Bot 3

Dee Miles: 3
Joe Gantenbein: 3
Sam Chapman: 53

Top 4

Tommy Henrich: S
Bill Dickey: 46(1)/FO
Charlie Keller: 46(1)/FO
George Selkirk: K

Bot 4

Bob Johnson: D
Nick Etten: OA.2X3(25)#
Nick Etten: S
Bill Nagel: 13/SH.1-2
Frankie Hayes: W
Skeeter Newsome: 8

Top 5

Joe Gordon: D
Babe Dahlgren: WP.2-3
Babe Dahlgren: 6
Wes Ferrell: D.3-H
Frankie Crosetti: PB.2-3#
Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Rolfe: 6

Bot 5

Chubby Dean: W
Dee Miles: S.1-2
Joe Gantenbein: 2
Sam Chapman: 5
Bob Johnson: FC5.2X3(5);1-2

Top 6

Tommy Henrich: 143
Bill Dickey: 8
Charlie Keller: S
George Selkirk: S.1-2
Joe Gordon: 6

Bot 6

Nick Etten: 3
Bill Nagel: 7
Frankie Hayes: 3

Top 7

Babe Dahlgren: S
Wes Ferrell: CS2(26)
Wes Ferrell: K
Frankie Crosetti: K

Bot 7

Lynn Nelson: E4/G
Chubby Dean: 64(1)3/GDP
Dee Miles: 63

Top 8

Red Rolfe: 13
Tommy Henrich: K
Bill Dickey: S3/G
Charlie Keller: W.1-2
George Selkirk: S.1-2;2-H
Joe Gordon: 7

Bot 8

Joe Gantenbein: 31
Sam Chapman: 4
Bob Johnson: W
Nick Etten: 13

Top 9

Babe Dahlgren: 6
Johnny Murphy: 63
Frankie Crosetti: W
Red Rolfe: 43

Bot 9

Bill Nagel: 63
Frankie Hayes: 7
Earle Brucker: K