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Box Score of 500th Home Run by Babe Ruth
The Bambino hit his five-hundredth career home run, Lou Gehrig hit the twenty-seventh of his season, and the New York Yankees lost to the Cleveland Indians who took over third place from the St. Louis Browns.
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"He (Babe Ruth) hits a ball harder and further than any man I ever saw."- Bill Dickey
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500th Home Run
Box Score
August 11, 1929
League Park |
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Name |
Pos |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
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Earle Combs |
cf |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Gene Robertson |
3b |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Lou
Gehrig |
1b |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
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Babe
Ruth |
rf |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
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Tony Lazzeri |
2b |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Bob Meusel |
lf |
4 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
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Bill Dickey |
c |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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a-Lyn Lary |
pr |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Mark Koenig |
ss |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Ed Wells |
p |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Roy Sherid |
p |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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b-Cedric Durst |
ph |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Totals |
34 |
5 |
9 |
4 |
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Name |
Pos |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
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Eddie Morgan |
rf |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Joe Sewell |
3b |
5 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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Earl Averill |
cf |
5 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
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Lew Fonseca |
1b |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
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Bibb Falk |
lf |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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Johnny Hodapp |
2b |
4 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
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Ray Gardner |
ss |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Luke Sewell |
c |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
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Willis Hudlin |
p |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Totals |
37 |
6 |
13 |
6 |
Hitting &
Fielding Notes
a: Pinch ran for Dickey in 6th inning.
b:Grounded out for Sherid in 9th inning.
Double Play: Combs-Gehrig.
Doubles: Meusel, Averill.
Errors: Gardner, Gehrig, Lazzeri, Meusel.
Home Runs: Ruth, Gehrig.
Left on Base: New York 6, Cleveland 9.
Sacrifice: Falk. |
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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 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
9 |
3 |
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Cleveland |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
x |
6 |
13 |
1 |
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Name |
IP |
H |
R |
BB |
SO |
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Ed Wells (L) |
5.2 |
12 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
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Roy Sherid |
2.1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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Name |
IP |
H |
R |
BB |
SO |
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Willis Hudlin (W) |
9 |
9 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
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Game Notes
Length Of Game: 2:00.
Umpires: Nallin, Dinneen, McGown. |
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