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Box Score of First Designated Hitter Game
The designated hitter, or DH, was first proposed during the 1890s. League presidents, owners, and players argued about the position originally known as the designated pinch hitter for nearly eighty years before finally approvings its use in the American League during the 1973 season.
On April 6, 1973, at 1:53 p.m. Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees came to the plate versus the Boston Red Sox. That single at-bat assured Blomberg of baseball immortality and we here at Baseball Almanac are pleased to present the box score of the first designated hitter game.
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"Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give one-hundred twenty percent, somebody else will." - Ron Blomberg
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Hitting & Fielding
Notes |
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Name |
Pos |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
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Horace Clarke |
2b |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Roy White |
lf |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Matty Alou |
rf |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
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Bobby Murcer |
cf |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Graig Nettles |
3b |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
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Mel Stottlemyre |
p |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Lindy McDaniel |
p |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Casey Cox |
p |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Ron Blomberg |
dh |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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Felipe Alou |
1b |
4 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
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Thurman Munson |
c |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Gene Michael |
ss |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Totals |
34 |
5 |
8 |
5 |
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Name |
Pos |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
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Tommy Harper |
lf |
6 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
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Luis Aparicio |
ss |
6 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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Carl
Yastrzemski |
1b |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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Reggie Smith |
cf |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
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Rick Miller |
cf |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Luis Tiant |
p |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Orlando Cepeda |
dh |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Rico Petrocelli |
3b |
4 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
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Carlton Fisk |
c |
4 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
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Doug Griffin |
2b |
5 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
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Dwight Evans |
rf |
5 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
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Totals |
45 |
15 |
20 |
13 |
Double Play: Boston 1.
Doubles: M.Alou 2, Fisk, Smith, F.Alou, Evans, Harper.
Errors: Nettles, Michael.
Home Runs: Yastrzemski, Fisk 2, Nettles.
Left On Base: New York 11, Boston 11.
Sacrifice Fly: Yastrzemski.
Stolen Bases: Griffin, Yastrzemski. |
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Line Score |
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Team |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
R |
H |
E |
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New York |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
8 |
2 |
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Boston |
1 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
x |
15 |
20 |
0 |
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Pitching Notes |
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Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Mel Stottlemyre |
2.2 |
8 |
8 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
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Lindy McDaniel |
2.1 |
7 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
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Casey Cox |
3.0 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
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Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Luis Tiant |
9.0 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
Hit By Pitcher: Fisk & Smith (by Cox).
Losing Pitcher: Stottlemyre.
Winning Pitcher: Tiant. |
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Game Notes |
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Attendance: 32,862.
Length of Game: 2:57.
Umpires: HP:Frank Umont, 1B: Don Denkinger, 2B: Merlyn
Anthony, 3B: Bill Deegan. |
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