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1939 World Series (4-0): New York Yankees (106-45) over Cincinnati Reds (97-57)

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 4, 1939 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     1  4  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  1     2  6  0

    PITCHERS: CIN - Derringer
              NYY - Ruffing

               WP - Red Ruffing
	       LP - Paul Derringer
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CIN - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 58,541

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 5, 1939 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  2  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  3    1  0  0    0  0  x     4  9  0

    PITCHERS: CIN - Walters
              NYY - Pearson

               WP - Monte Pearson
	       LP - Bucky Walters
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CIN - none
              NYY - Dahlgren

  ATTENDANCE: 59,791

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1939 at Crosley Fld (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             2  0  2    0  3  0    0  0  0     7  5  1
    Cincinnati Reds              1  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     3 10  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Gomez, Hadley (2)
              CIN - Thompson, Grissom (5), Moore (7)

               WP - Bump Hadley
	       LP - Junior Thompson
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Dickey, DiMaggio, Keller (2)
              CIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 32,723

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1939 at Crosley Fld (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  2    3     7  7  1
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  0    0  0  0    3  1  0    0     4 11  4

    PITCHERS: NYY - Hildebrand, Sundra (5), Murphy (7)
              CIN - Derringer, Walters (8)

               WP - Johnny Murphy
	       LP - Bucky Walters
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Dickey, Keller
              CIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 32,794

Series Batting Stats

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New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Frankie Crosetti    4  16  2  1  0  0  0   1  2  2  .063  .167  .063  0 | 656 153 10  .233  .647  11
 Babe Dahlgren       4  14  2  3  2  0  1   2  0  4  .214  .214  .571  0 | 531 125 15  .235  .689   2
*Bill Dickey         4  15  2  4  0  0  2   5  1  2  .267  .313  .667  0 | 480 145 24  .302  .916   5
 Joe DiMaggio        4  16  3  5  0  0  1   3  1  1  .313  .353  .500  0 | 462 176 30  .381 1.119   3
*Lefty Gomez         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  73  11  0  .151  .383   0
 Joe Gordon          4  14  1  2  0  0  0   1  0  2  .143  .143  .143  0 | 567 161 28  .284  .876  11
 Bump Hadley         1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  62  11  0  .177  .437   1
 Oral Hildebrand     1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  44   8  0  .182  .405   0
*Charlie Keller      4  16  8  7  1  1  3   6  1  2  .438  .471 1.188  0 | 398 133 11  .334  .947   6
 Johnny Murphy       1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  11   2  0  .182  .539   0
 Monte Pearson       1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  53  17  0  .321  .794   0
*Red Rolfe           4  16  2  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  .125  .125  .125  0 | 648 213 14  .329  .899   7
 Red Ruffing         1   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .333  .333  .333  0 | 114  35  1  .307  .689   1
*George Selkirk      4  12  0  2  1  0  0   0  3  2  .167  .333  .250  0 | 418 128 21  .306  .969  12
 Steve Sundra        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0       1.000        0 |  49  13  0  .265  .675   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               4 131 20 27  4  1  7  18  9 20  .206  .257  .412  0 |        166  .287  .821  72

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Cincinnati Reds

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Wally Berger        4  15  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  4  .000  .000  .000  0 | 329  85 14  .258  .779   1
*Nino Bongiovanni    1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 159  41  0  .258  .594   0
 Frenchy Bordagaray  2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 122  24  0  .197  .506   3
 Harry Craft         4  11  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  6  .091  .091  .091  0 | 502 129 13  .257  .701   5
 Paul Derringer      2   5  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .200  .200  .200  0 | 110  23  0  .209  .452   0
*Lonny Frey          4  17  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  4  .000  .056  .000  0 | 484 141 11  .291  .840   5
*Lee Gamble          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 221  59  0  .267  .613   5
*Ival Goodman        4  15  3  5  1  0  0   1  1  2  .333  .375  .400  1 | 470 152  7  .323  .916   2
#Lee Grissom         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  47   4  0  .085  .285   0
 Willard Hershberger 3   2  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0 | 174  60  0  .345  .804   1
 Ernie Lombardi      4  14  0  3  0  0  0   2  0  1  .214  .267  .214  0 | 450 129 20  .287  .829   0
 Frank McCormick     4  15  1  6  1  0  0   1  0  1  .400  .400  .467  0 | 630 209 18  .332  .869   1
 Whitey Moore        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  61   6  0  .098  .242   0
 Billy Myers         4  12  2  4  0  1  0   0  2  3  .333  .429  .500  0 | 509 143  9  .281  .762   4
 Al Simmons          1   4  1  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  .250  .250  .500  0 |+351  96  7  .274  .734   0
 Junior Thompson     1   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 |  48  11  0  .229  .479   0
 Bucky Walters       2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 120  39  1  .325  .790   1
 Billy Werber        4  16  1  4  0  0  0   2  2  0  .250  .333  .250  0 | 599 173  5  .289  .777  15
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               4 133  8 27  3  1  0   8  6 22  .203  .243  .241  1 |         98  .278  .744  46

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Monte Pearson       1   0.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  2  0  1  8 | 12-5  146  4.49  1.51  76   
 Red Ruffing         1   1.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  4  1  1  4 | 21-7  233  2.93  1.23  95   
 Bump Hadley         1   2.25 1-0  0  0  8.0  7  2  3  2 | 12-6  154  2.98  1.41  65  2
 Oral Hildebrand     1   0.00 0-0  0  0  4.0  2  0  0  3 | 10-4  127  3.06  1.13  50  2
 Johnny Murphy       1   2.70 1-0  0  0  3.3  5  1  0  2 |  3-6   61  4.40  1.39  30 19
 Steve Sundra        1   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.7  4  0  1  2 | 11-1  121  2.76  1.38  27   
*Lefty Gomez         1   9.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  3  1  0  1 | 12-8  198  3.41  1.30 102   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   1.22 4-0  0  2 37.0 27  5  6 22 |            3.31 1.320   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Cincinnati Reds

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Paul Derringer      2   2.35 0-1  0  1 15.3  9  4  3  9 | 25-7  301  2.93  1.18 128   
 Bucky Walters       2   4.91 0-2  0  1 11.0 13  6  1  6 | 27-11 319  2.29  1.13 137   
 Junior Thompson     1  13.50 0-1  0  0  4.7  5  7  4  3 | 13-5  152  2.54  1.21  87  2
 Whitey Moore        1   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  0  0  0  2 | 13-12 188  3.45  1.45  81  3
*Lee Grissom         1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.3  0  0  1  0 |  9-7  154  4.10  1.31  53   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.33 0-4  0  2 35.3 27 17  9 20 |            3.27 1.310   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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