New York Yankees vs Brooklyn Dodgers
October 4, 1941 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 1941 at Ebbets Field. The New York Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 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)
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New York Yankees 2, Brooklyn Dodgers 1

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Sturm 1b 4 0 1 0
Rolfe 3b 4 1 2 0
Henrich rf 3 1 1 0
DiMaggio cf 4 0 2 1
Keller lf 4 0 1 1
Dickey c 4 0 0 0
Gordon 2b 3 0 1 0
Rizzuto ss 3 0 0 0
Russo p 4 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 4 0 1 1
Herman 2b 1 0 0 0
  Coscarart 2b 2 0 0 0
Reiser cf 4 0 1 0
Medwick lf 4 0 1 0
Lavagetto 3b 3 0 0 0
Camilli 1b 3 0 0 0
Walker rf 3 1 1 0
Owen c 3 0 0 0
Fitzsimmons p 2 0 0 0
  Casey p 0 0 0 0
  French p 0 0 0 0
  Galan ph 1 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
New York 000 000 020280
Brooklyn 000 000 010140
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Russo  W (1-0) 9.0 4 1 1 2 5
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
5
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Fitzsimmons   7.0 4 0 0 3 1
  Casey  L (0-1) 0.1 4 2 2 0 0
  French   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Allen   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
3
1

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, Brooklyn 1.  2B–Brooklyn Reiser (1,off Russo); Walker (1,off Russo).  3B–New York Gordon (1,off Fitzsimmons).  IBB–Rizzuto (1,by Fitzsimmons).  SB–Rizzuto (1,2nd base off Fitzsimmons/Owen); Sturm (1,2nd base off Fitzsimmons/Owen).  IBB–Fitzsimmons (1,Rizzuto).  U-HP–Bill Grieve (AL), 1B–Larry Goetz (AL), 2B–Bill McGowan (AL), 3B–Babe Pinelli (NL).  T–2:22.  A–33,100.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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