Baseball Historians

April 27, 1947 at Yankee Stadium
Senators 1, Yankees 0  (7-4)
For the second time in three games, the Yankees were shutout and lost the game 1-0.  A great game by Spud Chandler went to waste in which he gave up only one run on seven hits and three walks with four strikeouts.
The Yankees did manage eight […]

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 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 […]