New York Yankees vs New York Giants
October 8, 1937 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 8, 1937 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 5, New York Giants 1

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Crosetti ss 4 0 0 0
Rolfe 3b 4 1 2 0
DiMaggio cf 5 0 1 0
Gehrig 1b 5 1 1 1
Dickey c 5 1 1 1
Selkirk rf 4 2 1 1
Hoag lf 4 0 2 0
Lazzeri 2b 2 0 1 1
Pearson p 3 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 4
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Moore lf 4 0 1 0
Bartell ss 4 0 0 0
Ott 3b 4 0 1 0
Ripple rf 4 1 1 0
McCarthy 1b 3 0 1 1
Chiozza cf 3 0 1 0
Danning c 4 0 0 0
Whitehead 2b 3 0 0 0
Schumacher p 1 0 0 0
  Berger ph 1 0 0 0
  Melton p 0 0 0 0
  Leslie ph 1 0 0 0
  Brennan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
New York 012 110 000590
New York 000 000 100154
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Pearson  W (1-0) 8.2 5 1 1 2 4
  Murphy  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
4
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Schumacher  L (0-1) 6.0 9 5 4 4 3
  Melton   2.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Brennan   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
6
3

  E–McCarthy 2 (2), Chiozza (1), Melton (1).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Rolfe 2 (2,off Schumacher 2), New York McCarthy (1,off Pearson).  3B–New York Dickey (1,off Schumacher).  SH–Hoag (1,off Schumacher).  IBB–Lazzeri 2 (3,by Schumacher,by Melton).  WP–Schumacher (1).  IBB–Schumacher (1,Lazzeri); Melton (1,Lazzeri).  U-HP–Steve Basil (AL), 1B–Bill Stewart (NL), 2B–Red Ormsby (AL), 3B–George Barr (NL).  T–2:07.  A–37,385.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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