1949 AL Game: Was. @ NY Byrne Throws a Gem

August 18, 1949

  Tommy Byrne pitched his finest game of the season today while the New York Yankees defeated the Washington Senators 6-0. Byrne lost a no-hitter in the 8th inning but completed the game for his 2nd shutout of the year. There have been 7 1-hitters in the AL this season but 0 no-hitters.

BOXSCORE: 1949 Washington Senators At 1949 New York Yankees         8/18/1949
 
  Senators           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Yost 3B           3  0  0  0 .199     P.Rizzuto SS        3  1  1  0 .273  
  J.Simmons LF        4  0  0  0 .266     C.Mapes RF          3  2  1  0 .208  
  S.Mele 1B           4  0  0  0 .255     B.Johnson 3B        4  1  1  1 .200  
  C.Vollmer CF        4  0  0  0 .264     J.Dimaggio CF       4  1  3  2 .358  
  B.Lewis RF          2  0  0  0 .247     T.Henrich 1B        4  0  1  2 .327  
  S.Dente SS          3  0  0  0 .249     J.Lindell LF        4  0  0  0 .231  
  A.Kozar 2B          3  0  0  0 .263     J.Coleman 2B        3  0  0  0 .259  
  A.Evans C           3  0  0  0 .279     C.Silvera C         4  0  0  0 .287  
  M.Harris P          1  0  0  0 .194     T.Byrne P           3  1  1  0 .236  
A-E.Robinson PH       1  0  1  0 .275                                          
  J.Haynes P          0  0  0  0 .190                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      28  0  1  0                 Totals      32  6  8  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Harris In 8th Inning
 
Senators........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  1  0
Yankees......... 2 0 0  0 4 0  0 0    -  6  8  1
 
Senators (48-64)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Harris LOSS(10-5)       7       8   6   6   2   2   0   3.82
J.Haynes                  1       0   0   0   0   0   0   3.59
Totals                    8       8   6   6   2   2   0
 
Yankees (68-44)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
T.Byrne WIN(12-6)         9       1   0   0   5   1   0   3.39
Totals                    9       1   0   0   5   1   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 45,134 DATE- Thursday, August 18th 1949 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:23
LEFT ON BASE- Senators: 6  Yankees: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Senators: 0  Yankees: 1
ERRORS- T.Byrne
DOUBLES- T.Henrich(19th)
RBIs- B.Johnson(39th), J.Dimaggio-2(41st), T.Henrich-2(95th)
WALKS- E.Yost, B.Lewis-2, S.Dente, M.Harris, P.Rizzuto, J.Coleman
HIT BY PITCH- C.Mapes
STRIKE OUTS- C.Vollmer, C.Silvera, T.Byrne
GIDP- E.Yost
WILD PITCHES- M.Harris
2-out RBI- T.Henrich-2
RLISP 2-out- J.Lindell, C.Silvera, J.Coleman, A.Evans-2
TEAM RISP- Senators: 0 for 3  Yankees: 4 for 9
WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Jerry Coleman robbed John Simmons of a base hit.
 
Tommy Byrne carried a no-hitter into the 8th inning as the New York Yankees
defeated the Washington Senators 6 to 0 at Yankee Stadium.
 
Byrne(12-6) dominated Washington hitters.  He allowed just 1 hit and 5 walks
in 9 innings dropping his ERA from 3.61 to 3.39.  The left-handed Byrne lost
a no-hitter when Eddie Robinson singled with nobody out in the 8th inning.
New York had a total of 8 hits for the game.  
 
Mickey Harris(10-5) was the losing pitcher.  Casey Stengel was very impressed
with his pitcher, Byrne, 'He had unusually good pitch placement this
afternoon.  It was almost unfair - but a beautiful game to watch from where I
sat'