Declared “Babe Ruth Day” by Major League Baseball, April 27,
1947 is also a special day for Sid Hudson.
On April 27, Babe Ruth gave a speech promoting baseball as the best game in the world to the fans watching him at Yankee stadium, as well as to audiences across America.
What many don’t realize is that the Washington Senators beat the New York Yankees immediately following Babe’s famous speech. Senators’ pitcher Sid Hudson pitched a 1-0 shutout against the Yankees in front of 58,339 fans at Yankee Stadium. The 6’4″ tall Hudson went on to score the only run of the game.
Washington Senators 1, New York Yankees 0
Day
Game Played on Sunday, April 27, 1947 (D) at Yankee Stadium I
WAS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 7 0 NY A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 0
BATTING
Washington Senators AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Grace lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lewis rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 Spence cf 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 Vernon 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 Travis 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 Priddy 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 Christman ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 Evans c 4 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 Hudson p 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 32 1 7 1 3 4 27 6
BATTING - 2B: Travis (1). SH: Grace (1). Team LOB: 8.
New York Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Rizzuto ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 Brown 3b 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 4 McQuinn 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 9 2 DiMaggio cf 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 Keller lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Henrich rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 Robinson c 4 0 2 0 0 1 3 1 Reynolds pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Houk c 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Stirnweiss 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 Berra ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lucadello 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chandler p 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 Colman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 0 8 0 3 6 27 15
FIELDING - DP: 1. Rizzuto-Stirnweiss.
BATTING - 2B: Brown 2 (4). Team LOB: 11.
PITCHING
Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Hudson W(2-0) 9 8 0 0 3 6 0 38
New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Chandler L(1-2) 9 7 1 1 3 4 0 36
Umpires: HP - Joe Rue, 1B - Joe Paparella, 3B - Bill Summers
Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 58,339
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