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New York Yankees @ Philadelphia Athletics

1947-09-20 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 6134 · 1:38

Philadelphia Athletics defeated New York Yankees 3–2. Dick Fowler earned the win. Sam Chapman went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Dick Fowler L: Bobo Newsom SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Joe Paparella · 1B: Art Passarella · 2B: (none) · 3B: Hal Weafer · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Snuffy Stirnweiss	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tommy Henrich	4	0	0	0	0	1
Yogi Berra	4	1	2	0	0	0
Joe DiMaggio	3	1	2	0	1	0
George McQuinn	4	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Johnson	4	0	1	1	0	0
Johnny Lindell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Rizzuto	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bobo Newsom	3	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Barney McCosky	4	0	2	0	0	0
Austin Knickerbocker	4	1	0	0	0	0
Sam Chapman	4	2	2	1	0	0
Ferris Fain	3	0	2	0	1	1
Hank Majeski	4	0	3	2	0	0
Pete Suder	4	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Joost	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Guerra	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Fowler	3	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobo Newsom	8.0	9	1	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Fowler	9.0	7	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Snuffy Stirnweiss: 8
Tommy Henrich: K
Yogi Berra: S8
Joe DiMaggio: S7.1-2
George McQuinn: S9.1-2;2-H
Billy Johnson: S8.1-2;2-H
Johnny Lindell: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Barney McCosky: S7
Austin Knickerbocker: 54(1)3/GDP
Sam Chapman: 43

Top 2

Phil Rizzuto: S7.BX2(76)
Bobo Newsom: 7
Snuffy Stirnweiss: 63

Bot 2

Ferris Fain: K/C
Hank Majeski: 8
Pete Suder: 63

Top 3

Tommy Henrich: 3/G
Yogi Berra: 43
Joe DiMaggio: W
George McQuinn: 9

Bot 3

Eddie Joost: 7
Mike Guerra: 2/FL
Dick Fowler: 7

Top 4

Billy Johnson: 8
Johnny Lindell: 63
Phil Rizzuto: 53

Bot 4

Barney McCosky: 4/L
Austin Knickerbocker: 4/L
Sam Chapman: S7
Ferris Fain: W.1-2
Hank Majeski: S9.1-2;2-H
Pete Suder: 43

Top 5

Bobo Newsom: 63
Snuffy Stirnweiss: 7
Tommy Henrich: 4

Bot 5

Eddie Joost: 2/FL
Mike Guerra: 6
Dick Fowler: 8

Top 6

Yogi Berra: 535
Joe DiMaggio: S6
George McQuinn: 8/L
Billy Johnson: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Barney McCosky: 9
Austin Knickerbocker: 13
Sam Chapman: HR/7
Ferris Fain: S6
Hank Majeski: S8.1-2
Pete Suder: 7

Top 7

Johnny Lindell: 3/FL
Phil Rizzuto: 2/FL
Bobo Newsom: K

Bot 7

Eddie Joost: 53
Mike Guerra: 63
Dick Fowler: 63

Top 8

Snuffy Stirnweiss: K/C
Tommy Henrich: 8
Yogi Berra: T9
Joe DiMaggio: 6/FL

Bot 8

Barney McCosky: S1
Austin Knickerbocker: 36(1)/FO
Sam Chapman: 8
Ferris Fain: D9.1-3
Hank Majeski: S8.2-3;3-H
Pete Suder: 7

Top 9

George McQuinn: 9
Billy Johnson: 63
Johnny Lindell: 31