New York Yankees vs New York Giants
October 2, 1936 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1936 at Polo Grounds V. The New York Yankees defeated the New York Giants 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

New York Yankees 18, New York Giants 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Crosetti ss 5 4 3 0
Rolfe 3b 4 3 2 1
DiMaggio cf 5 2 3 2
Gehrig 1b 5 1 2 3
Dickey c 5 3 2 5
Selkirk rf 5 1 1 0
Powell lf 3 2 2 0
Lazzeri 2b 4 1 1 5
Gomez p 5 1 1 2
Totals 41 18 17 18
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Moore lf 5 0 0 0
Bartell ss 3 0 1 1
Terry 1b 5 0 2 2
Leiber cf 4 0 0 0
Ott rf 4 0 0 0
Mancuso c 2 2 1 0
Whitehead 2b 4 0 0 0
Jackson 3b 4 1 1 0
Schumacher p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Coffman p 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 1 1 0
  Gabler p 0 0 0 0
  Danning ph 1 0 0 0
  Gumbert p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 6 3
New York 207 001 20618170
New York 010 300 000461
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Gomez  W (1-0) 9.0 6 4 4 7 8
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
7
8
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Schumacher  L (0-1) 2.0 3 5 4 4 1
  Smith   0.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Coffman   1.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Gabler   4.0 5 3 3 3 0
  Gumbert   1.0 5 6 6 1 1
Totals
9.0
17
18
17
9
3

  E–Jackson (1).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York DiMaggio (1,off Gabler), New York Mancuso (1,off Gomez); Bartell (1,off Gomez).  HR–New York Lazzeri (1,3rd inning off Coffman 3 on, 1 out); Dickey (1,9th inning off Gumbert 2 on, 2 out).  SH–DiMaggio (1,off Schumacher).  SB–Powell (1,2nd base off Gumbert/Mancuso).  CS–Selkirk (1,2nd base by Schumacher/Mancuso); Gehrig (1,2nd base by Coffman/Mancuso).  WP–Gomez (1), Schumacher (1).  U-HP–Harry Geisel (AL), 1B–George Magerkurth (NL), 2B–Bill Summers (AL), 3B–Cy Pfirman (NL).  T–2:49.  A–43,543.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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