Baseball Historians

April 30, 1947 at Sportsman’s Park
Browns 15, Yankees 5  (7-5)
The Browns took it to the Yankees and starter Allie Reynolds today in a blow out loss.  It was the Yankees third loss in four games.  Reynolds was tagged for seven runs on seven hits and unfortunately, the pen didn’t fare much better. 
George McQuinn had a […]

April 20, 1947 at Shibe Park
Yankees 6, Athletics 2  (3-2)
Joe DiMaggio drove in three runs and homered to lead the way for the Yankees in the first game of their doubleheader with the A’s.  It ws DiMaggio’s first game of the season after missing the first four because of his injured heel.  George McQuinn was […]

April 17, 1947 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 2, Athletics 1  (1-1)
The Yankees came from behind and scored two runs in the eighth inning to squeak by the A’s for their first win of the season.  Tommy Henrich doubled and scored a run while Phil Rizzuto singled and scored the other run.
Bill Bevens was very solid and he […]

April 15, 1947 at Yankee Stadium
Athletics 6, Yankees 1  (0-1)
The Athletics offense knocked around Spud Chandler to the tune of six runs on eight hits and a walk with four strikeouts.  A’s leadoff hitter Eddie Joost was particularly rough on Chandler, who tagged him for three hits, two runs and an RBI.
The only Yankees run […]