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New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers

1948-09-16 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · 1:35

Detroit Tigers defeated New York Yankees 2–1. Fred Hutchinson earned the win. Joe DiMaggio went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Fred Hutchinson L: Vic Raschi SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill McGowan · 1B: Cal Hubbard · 2B: (none) · 3B: Joe Paparella · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Snuffy Stirnweiss	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Henrich	4	0	2	0	0	0
Yogi Berra	4	0	1	0	0	0
Joe DiMaggio	3	1	1	1	1	1
Bobby Brown	3	0	0	0	0	0
George McQuinn	4	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Rizzuto	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gus Niarhos	2	0	0	0	1	0
Vic Raschi	3	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Johnny Lipon	4	1	1	0	0
Eddie Mayo	4	0	1	0	1
Vic Wertz	4	0	0	1	1
Pat Mullin	4	1	1	0	1
Hoot Evers	3	0	1	0	0
Jimmy Outlaw	4	0	2	1	1
Sam Vico	3	0	0	0	1
Joe Ginsberg	3	0	2	0	0
Fred Hutchinson	2	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vic Raschi	8.1	8	0	5

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fred Hutchinson	9.0	4	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Snuffy Stirnweiss: 9
Tommy Henrich: S8
Yogi Berra: S9.1-2
Joe DiMaggio: 8
Bobby Brown: 3

Bot 1

Johnny Lipon: 8
Eddie Mayo: K
Vic Wertz: K/C

Top 2

George McQuinn: 43
Phil Rizzuto: K
Gus Niarhos: 2

Bot 2

Pat Mullin: K
Hoot Evers: T8/8D
Jimmy Outlaw: K
Sam Vico: K

Top 3

Vic Raschi: 8
Snuffy Stirnweiss: 3/FL
Tommy Henrich: 4/L

Bot 3

Joe Ginsberg: S7
Fred Hutchinson: 34/SH.1-2
Johnny Lipon: 4
Eddie Mayo: 8

Top 4

Yogi Berra: 31
Joe DiMaggio: HR/7D
Bobby Brown: 43
George McQuinn: 7

Bot 4

Vic Wertz: 6
Pat Mullin: 8
Hoot Evers: 5

Top 5

Phil Rizzuto: 2
Gus Niarhos: W
Vic Raschi: 9/L
Snuffy Stirnweiss: 13

Bot 5

Jimmy Outlaw: S8
Sam Vico: 26(1)/BG/FO
Joe Ginsberg: 9
Fred Hutchinson: 3/G

Top 6

Tommy Henrich: 13
Yogi Berra: 43
Joe DiMaggio: K

Bot 6

Johnny Lipon: S8
Eddie Mayo: S9.1-3
Vic Wertz: 8/L.3-H
Pat Mullin: 36(1)/FO
Hoot Evers: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Bobby Brown: E9/L
George McQuinn: 3
Phil Rizzuto: 9
Gus Niarhos: 9

Bot 7

Jimmy Outlaw: 7
Sam Vico: 43
Joe Ginsberg: S9
Fred Hutchinson: 4

Top 8

Vic Raschi: 53
Snuffy Stirnweiss: 63
Tommy Henrich: D8
Yogi Berra: 13

Bot 8

Johnny Lipon: 53
Eddie Mayo: 43
Vic Wertz: 6/L

Top 9

Joe DiMaggio: W
Bobby Brown: 23/SH.1-2
George McQuinn: 7
Phil Rizzuto: 6

Bot 9

Pat Mullin: S9
Hoot Evers: 14/SH.1-2
Jimmy Outlaw: D7/7D.2-H

Notes & reviews

HR number 300 for Joe DiMaggio

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