BOXSCORE: 1953 New York-AL Yankees At 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletic 8/20/1953
Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
E.Yost 3B 4 1 3 1 .218 J.Piersall CF 5 1 1 0 .242
T.Umphlett RF 4 0 0 0 .253 B.Avila 2B 5 0 2 0 .273
J.Greengrass LF 4 0 0 0 .272 G.Hodges 1B 5 1 2 1 .303
M.Mantle CF 3 0 0 0 .247 H.Thompson LF 3 3 1 1 .258
B-D.Fondy PH 1 0 0 0 .293 D.Rhodes RF 5 2 2 3 .211
B.Souchock 1B 4 0 1 0 .260 W.Jones 3B 4 0 1 0 .237
A.Seminick C 1 0 0 0 .218 S.White C 3 0 0 1 .219
A-S.Burgess C 1 0 0 0 .272 J.Logan SS 4 1 1 1 .262
C-J.Delsing PH 1 0 0 0 .250 B.Hoeft P 4 0 0 0 .122
G.Hamner SS 4 0 1 0 .283
B.Cox 2B 3 0 0 0 .271
G.Staley P 3 0 0 0 .071
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Totals 33 1 5 1 Totals 38 8 10 7
A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Seminick In 2nd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Mantle In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Burgess In 9th Inning
INJURY: Andy Seminick INJURED (for 0 more games) in 2nd inning
Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 5 5
Athletics....... 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 - 8 10 1
Yankees (50-78) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
G.Staley LOSS(3-9) 8 10 8 4 2 4 1 171 5.27 A1
Totals 8 10 8 4 2 4 1
Athletics (58-62) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Hoeft WIN(12-5) 9 5 1 1 1 2 1 133 3.49 A1
Totals 9 5 1 1 1 2 1
ATTENDANCE- 6,849 DATE- Friday, August 20th 1953 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:23
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 6 Athletics: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0 Athletics: 0
ERRORS- M.Mantle, G.Hamner, B.Cox-3, J.Logan
DOUBLES- D.Rhodes(6th)
HOME RUNS- E.Yost(5th), D.Rhodes(8th)
RBIs- E.Yost(19th), G.Hodges(64th), H.Thompson(28th), D.Rhodes-3(19th),
S.White(37th), J.Logan(37th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- S.White
WALKS- S.Burgess, H.Thompson-2
STRIKE OUTS- S.Burgess, G.Hamner, G.Hodges-2, W.Jones, J.Logan
2-out RBI- H.Thompson
RLISP 2-out- G.Staley, B.Hoeft, J.Piersall-2, D.Rhodes-2
TEAM RISP- Yankees: 0 for 1 Athletics: 4 for 14
Billy Hoeft had a strong outing as the Philadelphia-AL Athletics beat the
woeful New York-AL Yankees by a score of 8 to 1.
Philadelphia-AL started with a bang, jumping out to an early lead in their
half of the first scoring one runner. Philadelphia-AL totaled 10 hits on the
afternoon.
The winning pitcher was Hoeft(12-5) who allowed 1 run for the game. Gerry
Staley(3-9) was tagged with the loss. He gave up 10 hits and 2 walks in 8
innings.
'Our guys just weren't seeing the ball today.' Robert Baker said. 'Hoeft
simply dominated us.'
SCORESHEET: 1953 New York-AL Yankees at 1953 Philadelphia-AL Athletics
E.Yost-A1 A1:Si *3*:F/7 C1:Si D1:HR>b#
T.Umphle-A1 A2:F/7 B2:G/63 C2:F/7 D2:P/4
J.Greeng-A1 A3:F/7 B3:G/31 *6*:G/63 D3:G/53
M.Mantle-A1 A4:L/5 *4*:G/63 C4:G/31 *9*:G/3
D.Fondy-D4
B.Soucho-A1 *2*:G/13 B5:L/4 C5:P/6 D5:Si
A.Semini-A1 A6:G/3 B6:W>b1 *7*:K D6:P/4
S.Burges-B1
J.Delsin-D6
G.Hamner-A1 A7:Si B7:L/6 C7:K D7:FO/5
B.Cox-A1 A8:E/6>12 *5*:F/9 C8:F/7
G.Staley-A1 A9:G/63 B9:G/53 *8*:G/63
J.Piersa-A1 A1:E/8>b2 B1:L/4 *5*:L/4 D1:F/7 E1:Si>12
B.Avila-A1 A2:P/6 B2:Si C2:G/63 *7*:F/7 E2:Si>23
12
G.Hodges-A1 A3:Si>2# B3:P/6 C3:K D3:Si E3:K
H.Thomps-A1 A4:Force/ *4*:Si *6*:E/4 D4:W>12 b E4:W>3# 2
46>1o b1 1 3 12 b1
D.Rhodes-A1 A5:G/43 B5:Do>13 C5:E/6>12 D5:HR>2# E5:F/9
1# b#
W.Jones-A1 *2*:K B6:E/4>3# C6:Si>23 D6:F/7
23 12
S.White-A1 A7:F/7 B7:F/8 C7:SF/9>3 D7:P/6
#
J.Logan-A1 A8:K B8:G/63>3 C8:E/4>23 *8*:Si
# 12 12
B.Hoeft-A1 *3*:G/13 B9:G/63 C9:Force/ D9:P/2
52>3o 23
12 b1