Pittsburgh Pirates vs New York Yankees
October 7, 1927 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 7, 1927 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 1, New York Yankees 8

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Waner L. cf 4 0 1 0
Rhyne 2b 4 0 0 0
Waner P. rf 4 0 0 0
Wright ss 3 0 0 0
Traynor 3b 3 1 1 0
Barnhart lf 3 0 1 1
Harris 1b 3 0 0 0
Gooch c 2 0 0 0
  Spencer ph,c 1 0 0 0
Meadows p 2 0 0 0
  Cvengros p 0 0 0 0
  Groh ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Combs cf 4 2 2 1
Koenig ss 4 2 2 1
Ruth rf 4 1 1 3
Gehrig 1b 3 0 2 2
Meusel lf 4 0 0 0
Lazzeri 2b 4 1 1 0
Dugan 3b 3 1 1 0
Grabowski c 2 0 0 0
  Durst ph 1 0 0 0
  Bengough c 1 0 0 0
Pennock p 4 1 0 1
Totals 34 8 9 8
Pittsburgh 000 000 010131
New York 200 000 60x890
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Meadows  L (0-1) 6.1 7 7 7 1 6
  Cvengros   1.2 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
8
8
1
8
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Pennock  W (1-0) 9.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
0
1

  E–Traynor (1).  2B–Pittsburgh Barnhart (1,off Pennock), New York Gehrig (2,off Meadows); Koenig (2,off Meadows).  3B–New York Gehrig (2,off Meadows).  HR–New York Ruth (1,7th inning off Cvengros 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Dugan (2,off Meadows).  U-HP–Charlie Moran (NL), 1B–Red Ormsby (AL), 2B–Ernie Quigley (NL), 3B–Dick Nallin (AL).  T–2:04.  A–60,695.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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