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Braves
@ Dodgers
Ebbets Field
April 16, 1928
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves, played on April 16, 1928 at Ebbets Field.
Game Summary
| Date | April 16, 1928 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Braves
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| Home Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 16, 1928 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Braves |
| Home Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Charlie Robertson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jesse Petty |
| Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
| City | Brooklyn |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 50 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Charlie Moran 1B: Frank Wilson 2B: (none) 3B: Beans Reardon |
Boston Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Cooney | Right Fielder |
| Eddie Moore | Left Fielder |
| Rogers Hornsby | Second Baseman |
| Eddie Brown | Center Fielder |
| Les Bell | Third Baseman |
| Doc Farrell | Shortstop |
| Dick Burrus | First Baseman |
| Zack Taylor | Catcher |
| Charlie Robertson | Pitcher |
| Jack Slattery | Manager |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ty Tyson | Center Fielder |
| Max Carey | Right Fielder |
| Harvey Hendrick | Left Fielder |
| Del Bissonette | First Baseman |
| Harry Riconda | Second Baseman |
| Howard Freigau | Third Baseman |
| Dave Bancroft | Shortstop |
| Charlie Hargreaves | Catcher |
| Jesse Petty | Pitcher |
| Wilbert Robinson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Braves
@ Dodgers
Ebbets Field
April 16, 1928
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooney vs. Petty
Cooney hits a fly ball into right field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Petty
Moore hits a fly ball into center field. Tyson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. Petty
Hornsby takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Petty
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Tyson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyson vs. Robertson
Tyson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carey vs. Robertson
Carey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hendrick vs. Robertson
Hendrick hits a line drive into left field. Moore picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Moore. Tyson moves to third. Hendrick moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bissonette vs. Robertson
Bissonette hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Robertson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Riconda vs. Robertson
Riconda strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Petty
Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Farrell vs. Petty
Farrell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Riconda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burrus vs. Petty
Burrus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Riconda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bell moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Taylor vs. Petty
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Riconda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freigau vs. Robertson
Freigau strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Robertson
Bancroft hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hargreaves vs. Robertson
Hargreaves hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Petty
Robertson strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooney vs. Petty
Cooney is called out on strikes. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Petty
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Riconda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petty vs. Robertson
Petty strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyson vs. Robertson
Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Robertson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Robertson
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Robertson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. Petty
Hornsby hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Petty
Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hornsby moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Petty
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Petty fields it and throws to third for the out. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Farrell vs. Petty
Farrell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Petty fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendrick vs. Robertson
Hendrick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bissonette vs. Robertson
Bissonette hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moore who is chasing the ball. Bissonette reaches third base with a triple. Hendrick goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Riconda vs. Robertson
Riconda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Freigau vs. Robertson
Freigau hits a ball on the ground towards first. Burrus fields it and throws to home to get Bissonette. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bancroft vs. Robertson
Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards short. Farrell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burrus vs. Petty
Burrus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Riconda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Petty
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Petty fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Petty
Robertson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargreaves vs. Robertson
Hargreaves hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petty vs. Robertson
Petty hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Robertson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyson vs. Robertson
Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Farrell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooney vs. Petty
Cooney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Riconda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Petty
Moore hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bissonette settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Bissonette. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Petty
Moore strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. Petty
Hornsby hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Petty
Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hornsby moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bell vs. Petty
There goes Brown. The throw from Hargreaves and he is safe. Brown steals second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bell vs. Petty
Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Tyson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Robertson
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Burrus scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carey for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendrick vs. Robertson
Hendrick hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bissonette vs. Robertson
Bissonette hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Riconda vs. Robertson
Riconda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Farrell vs. Petty
Farrell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Riconda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burrus vs. Petty
Burrus hits a popup towards the mound. Petty settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Petty
Taylor hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gautreau vs. Petty
Dinny McNamara pinch runs for Zack Taylor. Doc Gautreau pinch hits for Charlie Robertson.
Gautreau hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McNamara moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Urban vs. Petty
Luke Urban pinch hits for Johnny Cooney.
Urban hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. McNamara scores. Gautreau moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moore vs. Petty
Moore hits a fly ball into right field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 1 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freigau vs. Delaney
Luke Urban now catching. Jack Smith now playing right field. Art Delaney now pitching.
Freigau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Farrell misplays the ball. That's an error on Farrell. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bancroft vs. Delaney
Bancroft bunts towards the mound. Delaney fields it and throws to first for the out. Freigau moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hargreaves vs. Delaney
Hargreaves hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moore throws the ball in to Farrell who tags Hargreaves trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Freigau scores. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Petty vs. Delaney
Petty strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 1 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. Petty
Hornsby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Petty
Brown bunts towards the mound. Petty fields it and throws to first for the out. Hornsby moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Petty
Bell hits a line drive into center field. Tyson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Tyson. Hornsby scores. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Farrell vs. Petty
Farrell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hendrick. Farrell reaches second base with a double. Bell scores. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burrus vs. Petty
Burrus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freigau fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Petty
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bissonette scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 3 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyson vs. Delaney
Tyson hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Delaney
Carey hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendrick vs. Delaney
Hendrick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bissonette vs. Delaney
Bissonette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby misplays the ball. That's an error on Hornsby. Hendrick moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Riconda vs. Delaney
There go the runners. The throw from Urban to Hornsby covering second. The throw back to home, and Hendrick is out at the plate. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 3 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Delaney vs. Petty
Delaney hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Urban vs. Petty
Urban bunts towards first. Bissonette scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Urban for the out. Delaney moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moore vs. Petty
Moore hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hornsby vs. Petty
Hornsby hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 9
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Braves, 3 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Riconda vs. Delaney
Riconda hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herman vs. Delaney
Babe Herman pinch hits for Howard Freigau.
Herman hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Partridge vs. Delaney
Jay Partridge pinch hits for Dave Bancroft.
Partridge hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hargreaves vs. Delaney
Hargreaves hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/16/1928 -- Boston at Brooklyn (D)
Boston AB R H RBI Brooklyn AB R H RBI
Cooney J, rf 3 0 0 0 Tyson T, cf 4 0 1 0
Urban L, ph-c 1 0 1 1 Carey M, rf 4 0 0 0
Moore E, lf 5 0 0 0 Hendrick H, lf 3 1 2 0
Hornsby R, 2b 4 1 3 0 Bissonette D, 1b 4 0 2 1
Brown E, cf 3 0 2 0 Riconda H, 2b 4 0 0 0
Bell L, 3b 4 1 2 1 Freigau H, 3b 3 1 0 0
Farrell D, ss 4 0 1 1 Herman B, ph 1 0 0 0
Burrus D, 1b 4 0 0 0 Bancroft D, ss 2 0 1 0
Taylor Z, c 3 0 1 0 Partridge J, ph 1 0 1 0
McNamara D, pr 0 1 0 0 Hargreaves C, c 4 0 1 1
Smith J, rf 1 0 0 0 Petty J, p 3 0 0 0
Robertson C, p 2 0 0 0
Gautreau D, ph 1 0 1 0
Delaney A, p 1 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 3 12 3 33 2 8 2
Boston 000 000 120 -- 3
Brooklyn 000 100 100 -- 2
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Robertson C 6.0 6 1 1 0 3
Delaney A (W) 3.0 2 1 1 1 1
Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO
Petty J (L) 9.0 12 3 3 1 4
E -- Moore E, Bissonette D, Farrell D, Tyson T, Hornsby R
DP -- Boston 1, Brooklyn 1
LOB -- Boston 9, Brooklyn 6
2B -- Farrell D
3B -- Bissonette D
SB -- Brown E
CS -- Hendrick H
SH -- Bancroft D, Brown E, Urban L
T -- 1:50
A -- 0
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