Red Rolfe then singled and scored on Charlie Keller's double. In the bottom of the third inning Babe Dahlgren hit a leadoff double and scored on two groundouts. Lasting just 87 minutes, both pitchers threw complete games, Monte Pearson winning it with a two-hitter. WP: Monte Pearson (1–0) LP: Bucky Walters (0–1) Game 2 Monte Pearson Thursday, Octo1:30 pm (ET) at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York Team The Reds walked Joe DiMaggio, but Bill Dickey ended it with a walk-off single to center. In the bottom of the ninth inning with one out and the score tied 1–1, Charlie Keller tripled. The Reds struck first in the fourth inning when Ival Goodman walked with two outs and scored on Frank McCormick's single, but the Yankees tied the game in the fifth inning Joe Gordon singled and scored on Babe Dahlgren's double. In the opener, starters Red Ruffing and Paul Derringer pitched complete games. WP: Red Ruffing (1–0) LP: Paul Derringer (0–1) Matchups Game 1 Bill Dickey Wednesday, Octo1:30 pm ( ET) at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York Team New York Yankees – 7, Cincinnati Reds – 4 (10) New York Yankees – 7, Cincinnati Reds – 3 NL Cincinnati Reds (0) GameĬincinnati Reds – 1, New York Yankees – 2Ĭincinnati Reds – 0, New York Yankees – 4 The two teams would meet again in 1976, with the Reds winning in a 4-game sweep.Īt a cumulative time of seven hours and five minutes, the 1939 World Series is one of the shortest World Series in real time, and was shorter than the third game of the 2018 World Series that lasted 7 hours, 20 minutes and was 18 innings long. The Yankees and Reds would not meet again in the World Series until 1961 - a 5-game Yankees win. Ironically, despite being dominated by the Bronx Bombers in the 1939 Series, the Reds would return in 1940 to win the World Series while the Yankees finished behind Detroit and Cleveland in the AL pennant race, snapping their consecutive World Series streak at four. Four of the five were home runs, tying the record for long balls allowed during a Series game set by the Cubs' Charlie Root in 1932.ĭespite the loss, the Reds were an organization on the rise, having improved from eighth and last in the National League in 1937 (56–98. Also in Game 3, Junior Thompson gave up five hits in 4 + 2⁄ 3 innings worked. Keller broke the record for most homers by a rookie in a World Series game with two in Game 3. But Cincinnati committed a total of three errors in the ninth and 10th innings of Game 4 which led to five unearned runs, sealing the New York sweep. Up until then the Reds matched the Yankees with committing just one error for the series. Both teams played sterling defense for most of the series until the ninth inning of Game 4. 438 average and a 1.188 slugging percentage. Keller led the Yanks with seven hits, three home runs, six RBI, eight runs scored, a. The Yankees matched the Reds in hits with 27, but out-homered them 7–0 and out-scored them 20–8.
Lombardi had been smacked in the groin, but the puritanical press reported it as Lombardi "napping" at the plate. "King Kong" Charlie Keller scored when he and the ball both collided with catcher "Schnoz" Ernie Lombardi, and then Joe DiMaggio also scored while Lombardi, rolling on the ground, tried in vain to retrieve the ball. In the 10th inning of the final game, a famous play at the plate typified the Series. Yankee manager Joe McCarthy won his fifth title, tying the record held by Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack.
The Yankees swept the Series in four games for the second straight year, winning their record fourth consecutive title (they would later win five straight from 1949 to 1953). The 1939 World Series featured the three-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Cincinnati Reds, who were making their first Series appearance since winning the scandal-tainted 1919 World Series. 1939 Major League Baseball championship seriesīill McGowan (AL), Beans Reardon (NL), Bill Summers (AL), Babe Pinelli (NL)
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