New York Yankees vs Brooklyn Dodgers
October 5, 1941 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 5, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Yankees 7, Brooklyn Dodgers 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Sturm 1b 5 0 2 2
Rolfe 3b 5 1 2 0
Henrich rf 4 1 0 0
DiMaggio cf 4 1 2 0
Keller lf 5 1 4 3
Dickey c 2 2 0 0
Gordon 2b 5 1 2 2
Rizzuto ss 4 0 0 0
Donald p 2 0 0 0
  Breuer p 1 0 0 0
  Selkirk ph 1 0 0 0
  Murphy p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 12 7
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 5 0 0 0
Walker rf 5 1 2 0
Reiser cf 5 1 2 2
Camilli 1b 4 0 2 0
Riggs 3b 3 0 0 0
Medwick lf 2 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Casey p 2 0 1 0
Owen c 2 1 0 0
Coscarart 2b 3 1 0 0
Higbe p 1 0 1 0
  French p 0 0 0 0
  Wasdell ph,lf 3 0 1 2
Totals 35 4 9 4
New York 100 200 0047120
Brooklyn 000 220 000491
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Donald   4.0 6 4 4 3 2
  Breuer   3.0 3 0 0 1 2
  Murphy  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
5
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Higbe   3.2 6 3 3 2 1
  French   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Allen   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Casey  L (0-2) 4.1 5 4 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
3
5
2

  E–Owen (1).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Keller 2 (2,off Higbe,off Casey); Gordon (1,off Casey), Brooklyn Camilli (1,off Donald); Wasdell (1,off Donald); Walker (2,off Donald).  HR–Brooklyn Reiser (1,5th inning off Donald 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Henrich (1,by Allen).  HBP–Allen (2,Henrich).  U-HP–Larry Goetz (AL), 1B–Bill McGowan (AL), 2B–Babe Pinelli (NL), 3B–Bill Grieve (AL).  T–2:54.  A–33,813.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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