Need help dating 1939 scorecard

[jcmtiger]

Need help dating 1939 scorecard.

I have a 1939 Detroit Scorecard Yankees @ Detroit.

Front cover has an "E" in upper left corner.
Front cover has "106" lower right corner.

The program is unscored.

Pre-printed lineup , Detroit , McCosky cf, Averill lf, Gehringer 2nd,
Tebbetts, York C, Greenberg 1b, Fox rf, Higgins 3b, Rogell ss. Pitcher not listed.

Pre-printed lineup, Yankees, Crosetti ss, Rolfe 3b, Keller lf, Di Maggio cf,
Dickey, Jorgens C, Selkirk rf, Gorden 2b, Dahlgren 1b. Pitcher not listed.

Gehrig is listed at bottom with reserves.


Thanks Joe

[HRBAKER]

Gehrig's last game was 4/30/39 I believe. The Tigers hosted the Yankees on the following dates in 1939 after 4/30:

5/2-3
6/4-6
7/13-15
8/27-29

Without it being scored, knowing who played and who didn't, knowing who pitched it may be tough to determine which actual game it was for.

[jcmtiger]

Thanks Jeff, I knew most of that information. I tried looking up Yankees boxscores for those dates. Without being scored I think it is a losing proposition. Unless someone knows another way.

Joe

[baseballart]

The only three games NYY and Detroit which match the line-ups are August 27 to 29. (I didn't do a complete check, but Keller bats third on those dates and the first three tigers match)

The retrosheet link is here http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1939/VDET01939.htm

Max