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Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 11, 1923
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Chicago Cubs, played on May 11, 1923 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | May 11, 1923 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 11, 1923 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Nick Dumovich |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jack Scott |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 9,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 57 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Finneran 1B: Charlie Moran 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jigger Statz | Center Fielder |
| Marty Callaghan | Right Fielder |
| George Grantham | Second Baseman |
| John Kelleher | First Baseman |
| Bernie Friberg | Third Baseman |
| Hack Miller | Left Fielder |
| Sparky Adams | Shortstop |
| Bob O'Farrell | Catcher |
| Nick Dumovich | Pitcher |
| Bill Killefer | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dave Bancroft | Shortstop |
| Heinie Groh | Third Baseman |
| Frankie Frisch | Second Baseman |
| Irish Meusel | Left Fielder |
| Ross Youngs | Right Fielder |
| High Pockets Kelly | First Baseman |
| Bill Cunningham | Center Fielder |
| Frank Snyder | Catcher |
| Jack Scott | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 11, 1923
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Statz vs. Scott
Statz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Callaghan vs. Scott
Callaghan is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grantham vs. Scott
Grantham hits a popup, foul, towards third. Groh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelleher vs. Scott
Kelleher hits a popup in front of the plate. Snyder settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Dumovich
Bancroft hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groh vs. Dumovich
There goes Bancroft. The throw from O'Farrell and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Groh vs. Dumovich
Groh takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Frisch vs. Dumovich
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grantham fields it and throws to second for the out. Bancroft scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meusel vs. Dumovich
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dumovich fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Frisch moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Youngs vs. Dumovich
There goes Frisch. The throw from O'Farrell and he is out, Friberg applying the tag. Meusel moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Youngs vs. Dumovich
Youngs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kelly vs. Dumovich
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Friberg fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Friberg vs. Scott
Friberg hits a popup in front of the plate. Snyder settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Scott
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Scott
Adams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Dumovich
Cunningham takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Dumovich
Snyder hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cunningham moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Scott vs. Dumovich
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Friberg fields it and throws to first for the out. Snyder moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bancroft vs. Dumovich
Bancroft takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Groh vs. Cheeves
Virgil Cheeves now pitching.
Groh hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cunningham scores. Snyder scores. Bancroft moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Frisch vs. Cheeves
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards third. Friberg fields it and throws to first for the out. Bancroft moves to third. Groh moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Meusel vs. Cheeves
Meusel hits a line drive into center field. Statz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Farrell vs. Scott
O'Farrell hits a popup in front of the plate. Snyder settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cheeves vs. Scott
Cheeves hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Snyder settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Statz vs. Scott
Statz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Callaghan vs. Scott
Callaghan strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Cheeves
Youngs hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grantham settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Cheeves
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Cheeves
Cunningham hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Cheeves
Snyder hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grantham misplays the ball. That's an error on Grantham. Cunningham moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Scott vs. Cheeves
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Grantham fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grantham vs. Scott
Grantham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelleher vs. Scott
Kelleher hits a popup towards short. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Friberg vs. Scott
Friberg hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kelly settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Cheeves
Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grantham scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groh vs. Cheeves
Groh hits a popup, foul, towards short. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Cheeves
Frisch bunts for a single. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meusel vs. Cheeves
There goes Frisch. The throw from O'Farrell and he is safe. Frisch steals second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Meusel vs. Cheeves
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cheeves fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Scott
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Scott
Adams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Scott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Farrell vs. Scott
O'Farrell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cheeves vs. Scott
Cheeves hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Youngs. Cheeves reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Statz vs. Scott
Statz hits a popup towards short. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Cheeves
Youngs hits a popup towards short. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Cheeves
Kelly takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Cheeves
Cunningham hits a fly ball into center field. Statz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Cheeves
Snyder hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Kelly moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Scott vs. Cheeves
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grantham scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Callaghan vs. Scott
Callaghan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Scott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grantham vs. Scott
Grantham hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelleher vs. Scott
Kelleher hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Cheeves
Bancroft hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groh vs. Cheeves
Groh hits a line drive into right field. Callaghan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frisch vs. Cheeves
Frisch hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bancroft moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Meusel vs. Cheeves
Meusel takes first base on ball four. Bancroft moves to third. Frisch moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Youngs vs. Cheeves
Youngs hits a fly ball into left field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bancroft tags and scores. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kelly vs. Cheeves
Kelly takes first base on ball four. Frisch moves to third. Meusel moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cunningham vs. Cheeves
Cunningham hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Miller. Cunningham reaches second base with a double. Frisch scores. Meusel scores. Kelly goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Snyder vs. Cheeves
Snyder hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kelleher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Friberg vs. Scott
Jimmy O'Connell now playing center field. Bill Cunningham now playing left field.
Friberg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Scott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Scott
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Scott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Scott
Adams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Cheeves
Scott hits a fly ball into right field. Callaghan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Cheeves
Bancroft hits a line drive into right field. Callaghan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groh vs. Cheeves
Groh hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Farrell vs. Scott
O'Farrell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weis vs. Scott
Butch Weis pinch hits for Virgil Cheeves.
Weis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Bancroft. O'Farrell moves to third. Weis moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Statz vs. Scott
Statz hits a fly ball into center field. O'Connell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. O'Farrell tags and scores. Weis tags and moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Callaghan vs. Scott
Callaghan hits a popup towards short. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Grantham vs. Scott
Grantham hits a line drive into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Fussell
Fred Fussell now pitching.
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first, with Fussell covering, for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Fussell
O'Connell hits a line drive into left field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Fussell
Youngs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Fussell
Kelly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Youngs moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cunningham vs. Fussell
There go the runners. The throw from O'Farrell to Friberg. The throw back to home, and Youngs is out at the plate. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelleher vs. Scott
Kelleher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Friberg vs. Scott
Friberg takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Scott
Miller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Friberg moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hollocher vs. Scott
Charlie Hollocher pinch hits for Sparky Adams.
Hollocher hits a popup towards third. Groh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
O'Farrell vs. Scott
O'Farrell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of O'Connell who is chasing the ball. O'Farrell reaches third base with a triple. Friberg scores. Miller goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hartnett vs. Scott
Gabby Hartnett pinch hits for Fred Fussell.
Hartnett strikes out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 5/11/1923 -- CHN at New York (D)
CHN AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Jigger Statz, cf 2 0 1 1 Bancroft D, ss 4 2 2 0
Marty Callaghan, rf 4 0 0 0 Groh H, 3b 4 0 1 2
George Grantham, 2b 4 0 0 0 Frisch F, 2b 5 1 2 1
John Kelleher, 1b 4 0 0 0 Meusel I, lf 3 1 1 0
Bernie Friberg, 3b 3 1 0 0 O'Connell J, cf 1 0 0 0
Hack Miller, lf 4 1 1 0 Youngs R, rf 2 0 0 1
Sparky Adams, ss 3 0 0 0 Kelly H, 1b 3 1 1 0
Charlie Holloche, ph 1 0 0 0 Cunningham B, cf-lf 3 1 2 3
Bob O'Farrell, c 3 2 2 3 Snyder F, c 4 1 1 0
Nick Dumovich, p 0 0 0 0 Scott J, p 4 0 0 0
Virgil Cheeves, p 2 0 1 0
Butch Weis, ph 1 0 1 0
Fred Fussell, p 0 0 0 0
Gabby Hartnett, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 4 6 4 33 7 10 7
CHN 000 010 012 -- 4
New York 120 004 00x -- 7
CHN IP H R ER BB SO
Nick Dumovich (L) 1.1 3 3 2 4 0
Virgil Cheeves 5.2 6 4 4 3 0
Fred Fussell 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Scott J (W) 9.0 6 4 3 3 3
E -- Bob O'Farrell, George Grantham 2, Bancroft D
LOB -- CHN 5, New York 11
2B -- Virgil Cheeves, Cunningham B
3B -- Bob O'Farrell
HR -- Bob O'Farrell
SB -- Bancroft D, Frisch F
CS -- Frisch F
SF -- Youngs R, Jigger Statz
T -- 1:57
A -- 9000
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