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Friday, August 3, 2001
Classic Box Score: April 18, 1939
By Jim Caple
ESPN.com
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Click onto this site each day throughout the season to stroll through
baseball history via the box score.
Here's how it works. Each day we give you an old box score and challenge you
to figure out the historic significance. If you can't figure it out, just
click on the answer at the bottom of the box.
Difficulty score: 9 out of 10.
Hint: The Kid introduces himself.
April 18, 1939
Boston ab r h rbi New York ab r h rbi
Cramer cf 4 0 1 0 Crossetti ss 4 0 0 0
Vosmith lf 4 0 2 0 Rolfe 3b 4 1 0 0
Foxx 1b 4 0 0 0 Powell lf 4 0 3 1
Cronin ss 4 0 0 0 DiMaggio cf 2 0 1 0
Taber 3b 4 0 1 0 Gehrig 1b 4 0 0 0
Williams rf 4 0 1 0 Dickey c 3 1 2 1
Doerr 2b 4 0 1 0 Gallagher rf 3 0 0 0
Desanteis c 3 0 0 0 Gordon 2b 3 0 1 0
Nonnen ph 1 0 0 0 Ruffing p 3 0 0 0
Grove p 2 0 1 0
Peacock ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 0 7 0 30 2 7 2
Boston 000 000 000-0
New York 010 010 00x-2
E-Cronin, Foxx, Gehrig. DP-Boston 2. LOB-New York 6, Boston 9.
2B-Williams, Dickey, Tabor. 3B-Powell. HR-Dickey (1).
Boston IP H R ER BB K
Grove (L, 0-1) 8 7 2 2 2 5
New York
Ruffing (W, 1-0) 9 7 0 0 1 5
Time-Not available. Att.-30,278.
Jim Caple is a Senior Writer for ESPN.com.
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