Detroit Tigers 3 – 16 New York Yankees
17 July 1938 · NYC16
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | 16-11-1 runs-hits-errors line | New York Yankees | 1 in 110,751 games |
| 49 | final score 16–3 | 1 in 2,212 games | |
| 12 | 4 RBI | Tommy Henrich | 1 in 128 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| New York Yankees | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | – | 16 | 11 | 1 |
Box score
Detroit Tigers batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chet Morgan | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dixie Walker | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Gehringer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tony Piet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rudy York | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Hank Greenberg | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Pete Fox | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mark Christman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Don Ross | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elden Auker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vern Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Wade | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 37 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Detroit Tigers pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elden Auker | 3.0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Slick Coffman | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Wade | 4.0 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
New York Yankees batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Crosetti | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Red Rolfe | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Tommy Henrich | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | HR |
| Joe DiMaggio | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lou Gehrig | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Babe Dahlgren | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Dickey | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | HR |
| George Selkirk | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | HR |
| Joe Gordon | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | HR |
| Spud Chandler | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 36 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 4 |
New York Yankees pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spud Chandler | 9.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |