The series between the 1927 New York Yankees and the 1930 St. Louis Cardinals was an offensive slugfest. There were a total of 17 home runs, nine by the Cardinals and eight by the Yankees. Still, it was New York (5-3) that came away with three wins against St. Louis (3-5).
The Yankees’ Bob Meusel batted .556 (10-for-18) with nine extra-base hits and eight RBI. Babe Ruth hit four home runs (three of them coming in consecutive at-bats) and also drove in eight. The Cardinals’ Chick Hafey homered in all four of the games and batted .562 (9-for-16) with seven RBI.
New York scored just 14 runs in its first series of the season but scored 29 in this one, including 18 in the first two games. Despite losing three of four, the Cardinals also scored 29 runs.
Game #1: New York 9, St. Louis 7
St. Louis hit three home runs, including two in the top of the eighth inning by Taylor Douthit and Chick Hafey, which gave the Cardinals a 7-4 lead. Babe Ruth led off the bottom of the eighth with a solo homer, and the Yankees ended up tying the game at seven on Pat Collins’ RBI single. In the bottom of the ninth, Ruth launched a walk-off two-run home run.
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1927 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI
Taylor Douthit 4 2 1 1 Earle Combs 4 1 0 0
Sparky Adams 3 0 1 0 Mark Koenig 4 1 1 0
Frankie Frisch 3 0 0 0 Babe Ruth 3 3 2 3
Jim Bottomley 4 1 1 1 Lou Gehrig 3 2 1 0
Chick Hafey 4 2 2 2 Bob Meusel 4 2 3 1
George Watkins 4 1 1 1 Tony Lazzeri 3 0 0 0
Jimmie Wilson 4 1 1 0 Joe Dugan 4 0 0 1
Charlie Gelbert 4 0 1 0 Pat Collins 4 0 3 2
Burleigh Grimes BY 2 0 0 1 Herb Pennock BZ 3 0 0 0
Flint Rehm BYZ 1 0 0 0 Bob Shawkey BK 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 7 8 6 TOTALS 32 9 10 7
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 120 100 030 -- 7
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 022 000 032 -- 9
LOB--1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 3, 1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 6.
ERR--Charlie Gelbert, Mark Koenig, Lou Gehrig. 2B--Sparky
Adams, Mark Koenig, Lou Gehrig, Bob Meusel (2). HR--Taylor
Douthit, George Watkins, Chick Hafey, Babe Ruth (2).
SACF--Burleigh Grimes BY. SACB--Mark Koenig, Bob Shawkey BK.
SB--Chick Hafey.
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Burleigh Grimes BY 7.00 7 7 5 4 5 1
Flint Rehm BYZ [L] 1.00 3 2 2 1 0 1
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES
Herb Pennock BZ 7.67 8 7 6 3 3 3
Bob Shawkey BK [W] 1.33 0 0 0 0 0 0
Game #2: New York 9, St. Louis 6
There were five more homers in this one, three by the Yankees. Babe Ruth homered in the first inning, his third straight at-bat hitting the ball out of the park. Bob Meusel hit a pair of two-run homers in the third and sixth innings, the latter making it 9-5. Eight of the 11 Yankee hits went for extra bases, and Lou Gehrig had two doubles and two triples.
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1927 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI
Taylor Douthit 5 1 2 0 Earle Combs 5 1 3 0
Sparky Adams 4 0 1 1 Mark Koenig 5 1 0 0
Frankie Frisch 5 0 2 1 Babe Ruth 4 2 1 2
Jim Bottomley 4 0 0 0 Lou Gehrig 5 2 4 2
Chick Hafey 4 2 3 1 Bob Meusel 5 2 2 4
George Watkins 3 1 1 2 Tony Lazzeri 3 1 1 0
Jimmie Wilson 4 1 1 0 Joe Dugan 2 0 0 0
Charlie Gelbert 3 1 1 1 Pat Collins 4 0 0 0
Bill Hallahan BKXW 3 0 0 0 Urban Shocker BRZ 2 0 0 0
George Fisher 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 6 11 6 TOTALS 35 9 11 8
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 011 003 001 -- 6
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 202 212 00x -- 9
LOB--1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 6, 1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 8.
ERR--Sparky Adams (2). 2B--Taylor Douthit, Frankie Frisch,
Charlie Gelbert, Earle Combs, Lou Gehrig (2). 3B--Jimmie
Wilson, Chick Hafey, Lou Gehrig (2). HR--George Watkins,
Chick Hafey, Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel (2). HBP--George Watkins.
SACF--Charlie Gelbert. SACB--Urban Shocker BRZ.
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bill Hallahan BKXW [L] 6.00 10 9 6 5 8 3
Jim Lindsey BXW 2.00 1 0 0 0 3 0
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES
Urban Shocker BRZ [W] 8.67 11 6 6 1 1 2
Wilcy Moore AXZ [S] 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0
Game #3: St. Louis 12, New York 5
Chick Hafey homered for the third straight game to help the Cardinals to a 3-0 lead in the first inning. New York went up 4-3 as Babe Ruth also homered for the third straight game. But the Cardinals scored five times in the bottom of the third, which included a two-run homer from Jim Bottomley, putting St. Louis back in front 8-4. The lead only grew from there and George Watkins had a two-run homer in the seventh inning.
1927 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI 1930 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Earle Combs 5 0 0 0 Taylor Douthit 4 1 2 1
Mark Koenig 5 1 2 0 Sparky Adams 5 1 1 1
Babe Ruth 4 1 2 3 Frankie Frisch 4 1 2 1
Lou Gehrig 5 2 1 0 Jim Bottomley 5 2 1 2
Bob Meusel 5 0 3 1 Chick Hafey 5 3 3 2
Tony Lazzeri 3 0 0 0 George Watkins 4 3 3 3
Joe Dugan 4 0 1 1 Jimmie Wilson 4 1 4 1
Pat Collins 3 0 0 0 Charlie Gelbert 3 0 0 0
Dutch Ruether BZ 2 0 0 0 Syl Johnson CXYZ 3 0 0 1
Mike Gazella 0 1 0 0
Johnny Grabowski 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 5 9 5 TOTALS 37 12 16 12
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 013 000 100 -- 5
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 305 010 21x -- 12
LOB--1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 9, 1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 5.
ERR--Mark Koenig, Syl Johnson CXYZ, Sparky Adams. 2B--Lou
Gehrig, Bob Meusel (3), Chick Hafey. 3B--Mark Koenig, Taylor
Douthit, Jimmie Wilson. HR--Babe Ruth, George Watkins, Jim
Bottomley, Chick Hafey. SACF--Taylor Douthit, Syl Johnson
CXYZ. SB--Jimmie Wilson, Sparky Adams.
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dutch Ruether BZ [L] 6.00 11 9 7 2 2 2
George Pipgras BXYW 1.00 3 2 2 0 1 1
Myles Thomas CW 1.00 2 1 1 0 0 0
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Syl Johnson CXYZ [W] 9.00 9 5 4 4 8 1
Game #4: New York 6, St. Louis 4
Bob Meusel got things started for the Yankees with a two-run triple in the top of the first. The Cardinals’ Chick Hafey tied the game at 2-2 with his fourth homer of the series in the second inning, and St. Louis went up 3-2. New York got a solo homer from Lou Gehrig and an RBI triple from Tony Lazzeri in the third to put New York back up 4-3. The Cardinals’ tied again on Taylor Douthit’s sacrifice fly in the fifth. It stayed that way until the top of the ninth, when Mark Koenig smacked a two-run homer to put New York ahead for good.
1927 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI 1930 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Earle Combs 4 0 0 0 Taylor Douthit 3 0 0 1
Mark Koenig 5 1 2 2 Sparky Adams 4 0 1 0
Babe Ruth 3 1 1 0 Frankie Frisch 4 0 0 0
Lou Gehrig 3 2 2 1 Jim Bottomley 4 1 0 0
Bob Meusel 4 1 2 2 Chick Hafey 3 1 1 2
Tony Lazzeri 4 0 1 1 George Watkins 4 1 2 0
Joe Dugan 4 0 1 0 Jimmie Wilson 4 0 0 0
Pat Collins 4 0 0 0 Charlie Gelbert 4 1 1 0
Waite Hoyt AYZ 4 1 2 0 Jesse Haines BY 2 0 1 1
TOTALS 35 6 11 6 TOTALS 32 4 6 4
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 202 000 002 -- 6
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 030 010 000 -- 4
LOB--1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 8, 1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 4.
ERR--Waite Hoyt AYZ. 2B--Mark Koenig, Babe Ruth, Waite Hoyt
AYZ, Bob Meusel, George Watkins, Sparky Adams, Charlie
Gelbert. 3B--Tony Lazzeri, Bob Meusel. HR--Mark Koenig, Lou
Gehrig, Chick Hafey. HBP--Lou Gehrig. SACF--Taylor Douthit.
SACB--Earle Combs, Jesse Haines BY.
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Waite Hoyt AYZ [W] 9.00 6 4 2 1 7 1
1930 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Jesse Haines BY [L] 9.00 11 6 6 4 7 2
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