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New York Yankees @ St. Louis Browns

1939-07-20 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 3100 · 1:59

New York Yankees defeated St. Louis Browns 2–1. Red Ruffing earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	13
SLA	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4

W: Red Ruffing L: Bob Harris SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

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

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Don Heffner	3	0	0	0	1
Joe Grace	4	1	1	0	0
George McQuinn	2	0	1	0	2
Harlond Clift	3	0	0	1	0
Myril Hoag	4	0	0	0	0
Billy Sullivan	4	0	1	0	0
Hal Spindel	3	0	1	0	0
Johnny Berardino	3	0	0	0	0
Bob Harris	3	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Ruffing	9.0	4	3	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Harris	9.0	13	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frankie Crosetti: K
Red Rolfe: 7
Tommy Henrich: 5/L

Bot 1

Don Heffner: 13
Joe Grace: 8
George McQuinn: W
Harlond Clift: 4

Top 2

Joe DiMaggio: T
Bill Dickey: S.3-H
George Selkirk: 96(1)/FO
Joe Gordon: CS2(243)
Joe Gordon: S
Babe Dahlgren: K/C

Bot 2

Myril Hoag: 63
Billy Sullivan: 5/L
Hal Spindel: S
Johnny Berardino: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Red Ruffing: S
Frankie Crosetti: SB2
Frankie Crosetti: WP.2-3
Frankie Crosetti: 63
Red Rolfe: 43
Tommy Henrich: 9

Bot 3

Bob Harris: 8
Don Heffner: W
Joe Grace: 6
George McQuinn: W.1-2
Harlond Clift: 7

Top 4

Joe DiMaggio: 53
Bill Dickey: 8
George Selkirk: 3/G

Bot 4

Myril Hoag: 4
Billy Sullivan: 9
Hal Spindel: 4

Top 5

Joe Gordon: S
Babe Dahlgren: 46(1)/FO.B-3(E6/TH)
Red Ruffing: 8/SF.3-H(UR)
Frankie Crosetti: K

Bot 5

Johnny Berardino: 63
Bob Harris: 63
Don Heffner: 9

Top 6

Red Rolfe: 7
Tommy Henrich: 9
Joe DiMaggio: S
Bill Dickey: 6/FL

Bot 6

Joe Grace: D
George McQuinn: S.2-3
Harlond Clift: 7/SF.3-H
Myril Hoag: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 7

George Selkirk: S
Joe Gordon: 13.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: SB3
Babe Dahlgren: K
Red Ruffing: S.3XH(16)

Bot 7

Billy Sullivan: S
Hal Spindel: PO1(25)
Hal Spindel: 5
Johnny Berardino: 9

Top 8

Frankie Crosetti: S
Red Rolfe: 9/L
Tommy Henrich: 6
Joe DiMaggio: S.1-2
Bill Dickey: S.2-3;1-2
George Selkirk: 7

Bot 8

Bob Harris: 63
Don Heffner: 43
Joe Grace: 8

Top 9

Joe Gordon: S
Babe Dahlgren: 54(1)3/GDP
Red Ruffing: W
Frankie Crosetti: S.1-2
Red Rolfe: 3/G

Bot 9

George McQuinn: 63
Harlond Clift: 9
Myril Hoag: E5
Billy Sullivan: 6