New York Yankees vs New York Giants
October 9, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 9, 1951 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 13, New York Giants 1

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Woodling lf 3 3 1 0
Rizzuto ss 4 3 2 3
Berra c 4 2 1 0
DiMaggio cf 5 1 3 3
Mize 1b 3 1 1 1
  Bauer rf 1 0 0 0
McDougald 2b,3b 5 1 1 4
Brown 3b 3 0 2 0
  Coleman pr,2b 1 1 0 0
Collins rf,1b 5 1 1 0
Lopat p 5 0 0 0
Totals 39 13 12 11
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Stanky 2b 4 0 0 0
Dark ss 4 1 2 0
Thomson 3b 4 0 0 0
Irvin lf 4 0 2 0
Lockman 1b 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 2 0 0 0
Hartung rf 3 0 0 0
Westrum c 3 0 1 0
Jansen p 0 0 0 0
  Lohrke ph 1 0 0 0
  Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
  Rigney ph 1 0 0 0
  Spencer p 0 0 0 0
  Corwin p 0 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
  Konikowski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 0
New York 005 202 40013121
New York 100 000 000153
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Lopat  W (2-0) 9.0 5 1 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
1
3
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jansen  L (0-2) 3.0 3 5 5 4 1
  Kennedy   2.0 3 2 2 1 2
  Spencer   1.1 4 6 6 3 0
  Corwin   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Konikowski   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
13
13
8
4

  E–Woodling (1), Thomson (2), Irvin (1), Hartung (1).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Mize (1,off Spencer); DiMaggio (1,off Corwin), New York Westrum (1,off Lopat).  3B–New York Woodling (1,off Konikowski).  HR–New York McDougald (1,3rd inning off Jansen 3 on, 2 out); Rizzuto (1,4th inning off Kennedy 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Mize (1,by Jansen).  WP–Corwin (1).  IBB–Jansen (1,Mize).  U–Bill Summers (AL), Lee Ballanfant (NL), Joe Paparella (AL), Al Barlick (NL), Artie Gore (NL), Johnny Stevens (AL).  T–2:31.  A–47,530.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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