1938 World Series Game 4 Ticket Stub - Yankees Sweep Cubs

Description: Vintage 1938 World Series Game 4 ticket stub between the New York Yankees and the Cincinnati Reds where the Yanks swept the Reds and clinched their 7th championship and the 3rd in a row. This would be Lou Gehrig's last post season game as he would retire in June of 1939. Hall of Fame players for the Yankees included Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Bill Dickey, Lefty Gomez, Joe Gordon, and Red Ruffing. HoFers for the Cubs included Dizzy Dean, Gabby Hartnett, Billy Herman and Tony Lazzeri. The 35th edition of the World Series, it matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Chicago Cubs. The Yankees swept the Series in four games for their seventh championship overall and record third straight (they would win four in a row from 1936 to 1939, and five in a row later from 1949 to 1953). Dizzy Dean, who had helped carry the Cubs to the National League pennant despite a sore arm, ran out of gas in the Series as the Yanks crushed the Cubs again, as they had in 1932. Yankee starting pitcher Red Ruffing won two games, although he allowed 17 hits in 18 innings pitched. After Game 2 of the Series, the Bronx Bombers would not return to Wrigley Field for nearly 65 years until a three-game interleague series with the Cubs beginning June 6, 2003. This was the first World Series played at Wrigley Field following the bleacher reconstruction of 1937, which had significantly shortened the left-center field power alley. Game 4: The Yankees completed the sweep of the Cubs with and 8-3 victory in Yankee stadium in game 4 in front of a crowd of 59,847. Red Ruffing got his 2nd win of the series while Bill Lee took his 2nd loss of the series. Ken O’Dea had a home run for the Cubbies while Tommy Henrich had a HR for the Yanks. Game 4 was a rematch of the Game 1 starters, Ruffing vs. Lee. Like the closely contested series opener, it stayed close until New York pulled away with four runs in the bottom of the eighth. In the bottom of the second, the Yankees struck for three runs. Hoag reached on Hack's throwing error from the hot corner, and advanced to third on a Gordon single. Ruffing helped his own cause by singling in Hoag, and Crosetti's triple to left scored Gordon and Ruffing. The Cubs broke the shutout with a Billy Jurges fielder's choice scoring Demaree, but in the sixth the Bombers got the run back with Henrich's solo homer off veteran Cub reliever Charlie Root. In the top of the eighth, the Cubs cut the New York lead to one with a Ken O'Dea home run scoring Cavarretta ahead of him. But in the bottom half, the Yankees broke the game open with a four-run outburst off four Cub pitchers—Vance Page, Larry French, Tex Carleton and Dean. Crosetti drove in two with a double off Dean, giving him four RBI for the game and six for the Series. As in Game 1, Ruffing went the distance, allowing two earned runs and eight hits with six strikeouts. This was the last World Series game ever played by Yankee first baseman Lou Gehrig. He had one hit in four at-bats. Defensively he had five putouts and two assists. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE This ticket is in F condition with a couple of condition issues. First the ink stamping for the ticket # was either very light or have faded over time. You can still see them (see blown up photo) with a ticket # "7832". If it is fading, no other part of the ticket seems to be suffering from it. I have looked through photos of other '30's Yankee WS tickets and have found several other instances with light/faded stamps so apparently this was not that uncommon. There is also a minor partial horizontal crease through the middle of the stub as well the torn corner and paper loss on back. Please review the photo for condition and let me know if you have any questions. I have and will be listing other world series tickets. I will combine shipping . If you buy multiple items, don't pay for them right away. After you have committed to by all of them, I will send you an invoice with reduced shipping. I will send you an invoice with actual shipping charges as quoted through eBay. I can probably reasonably estimate shipping if contact me with what items you want. For multiple ungraded tickets, I will ship them all for the shipping price of $4.99 just let me send you an invoice before you pay for any! Please contact me with any questions.

Price: 399.99 USD

Location: Redondo Beach, California

End Time: 2024-08-04T20:18:31.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.99 USD