New York Yankees 9 – 4 Boston Red Sox
8 September 1940 · BOS07
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | The Cycle · 4-for-4 | Joe Gordon | 1 in 693 games |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | Spud Chandler | 1 in 728 player-games |
| 27 | final score 9–4 | 1 in 119 games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 3 |
| Boston Red Sox | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
Box score
New York Yankees batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Gordon | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | HR, 3B, 2B |
| Red Rolfe | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2B |
| George Selkirk | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Joe DiMaggio | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Charlie Keller | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Buddy Rosar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Babe Dahlgren | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Frankie Crosetti | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Spud Chandler | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 37 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 7 |
New York Yankees pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spud Chandler | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Boston Red Sox batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dom DiMaggio | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Doc Cramer | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmie Foxx | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Ted Williams | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Joe Cronin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bobby Doerr | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Lou Finney | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Gelbert | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Spence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Fleming | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fritz Ostermueller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Peacock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 37 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Boston Red Sox pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Fleming | 2.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Fritz Ostermueller | 4.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Earl Johnson | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Bagby | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Emerson Dickman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |