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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 20, 1923
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on August 20, 1923 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
Date | August 20, 1923 |
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Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Home Team |
New York Giants
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 20, 1923 |
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Day of Week | Mon |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Home Team | New York Giants |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Johnny Morrison |
Home Starting Pitcher | Art Nehf |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
City | New York |
State | NY |
Attendance | 7,000 |
Time of Game | 1 hour 30 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Charlie Moran 1B: Bob Hart 2B: (none) 3B: Bill Finneran |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Carson Bigbee | Left Fielder |
Max Carey | Center Fielder |
Johnny Rawlings | Second Baseman |
Pie Traynor | Third Baseman |
Walter Mueller | Right Fielder |
Rabbit Maranville | Shortstop |
Charlie Grimm | First Baseman |
Walter Schmidt | Catcher |
Johnny Morrison | Pitcher |
Bill McKechnie | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Ross Youngs | Right Fielder |
Dave Bancroft | Second Baseman |
Frankie Frisch | Third Baseman |
Irish Meusel | Left Fielder |
Casey Stengel | Center Fielder |
High Pockets Kelly | First Baseman |
Travis Jackson | Shortstop |
Frank Snyder | Catcher |
Art Nehf | Pitcher |
John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 20, 1923
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Nehf
Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelly scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bigbee for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Nehf
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Frisch fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rawlings vs. Nehf
There's a wild pitch. Carey moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rawlings vs. Nehf
Rawlings hits a line drive into left field. Meusel picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Meusel. Carey scores. Rawlings moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Traynor vs. Nehf
Traynor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rawlings moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mueller vs. Nehf
Mueller hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Rawlings scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maranville vs. Nehf
Maranville hits a popup towards short. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Morrison
Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rawlings scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Morrison
Bancroft is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Morrison
Frisch takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meusel vs. Morrison
Meusel hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimm vs. Nehf
Grimm is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Nehf
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. Nehf
Morrison strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stengel vs. Morrison
Stengel strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Morrison
Kelly is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Morrison
Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Nehf
Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Nehf
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rawlings vs. Nehf
Rawlings hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nehf can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Traynor vs. Nehf
Traynor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Morrison
Snyder hits a line drive into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nehf vs. Morrison
Nehf takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Morrison
Youngs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nehf moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bancroft vs. Morrison
Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards second. Rawlings can't make a play. That's a base hit. Nehf moves to third. Youngs moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Frisch vs. Morrison
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rawlings fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Nehf
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maranville vs. Nehf
Maranville hits a line drive into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimm vs. Nehf
Grimm is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schmidt vs. Nehf
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Frisch fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Morrison
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stengel vs. Morrison
Stengel hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Carey, who is chasing the ball. Stengel reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kelly vs. Morrison
Kelly takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Jackson vs. Morrison
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. Nehf
Morrison hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Nehf
Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Nehf, and towards Bancroft, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Nehf
Carey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rawlings vs. Nehf
There goes Carey. The throw from Snyder, and Bancroft drops the ball. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rawlings vs. Nehf
Rawlings takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Traynor vs. Nehf
There goes Rawlings. The throw from Snyder and he is safe. Rawlings steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Traynor vs. Nehf
Traynor hits a popup towards first. Kelly settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Morrison
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nehf vs. Morrison
Nehf hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rawlings scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Morrison
Youngs hits a fly ball into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bancroft vs. Morrison
There goes Youngs. The throw from Schmidt and he is out, Maranville applying the tag. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Nehf
Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Nehf
Maranville hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimm vs. Nehf
Grimm hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nehf fields it and throws to first for the out. Maranville moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schmidt vs. Nehf
Schmidt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Morrison vs. Nehf
Morrison hits a popup towards first. Kelly settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Morrison
Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grimm scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bancroft for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Morrison
Frisch hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Morrison
Meusel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stengel vs. Morrison
Stengel hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Maranville fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Nehf
Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Nehf
Carey hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rawlings vs. Nehf
Rawlings hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Morrison
Kelly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Morrison
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Morrison
Snyder is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Traynor vs. Nehf
Traynor hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Stengel who is chasing the ball. Traynor reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mueller vs. Nehf
Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Maranville vs. Nehf
Maranville hits a ball on the ground for an out. Traynor scores. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimm vs. Nehf
Grimm is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bentley vs. Morrison
Jack Bentley pinch hits for Art Nehf.
Bentley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grimm fields the ball and throws to Morrison covering. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Morrison
Freddie Maguire pinch runs for Jack Bentley.
Youngs takes first base on ball four. Maguire moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bancroft vs. Morrison
Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grimm fields it and throws to second for the out. Maguire moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Frisch vs. Morrison
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rawlings fields it and throws to second for the out. Maguire scores. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meusel vs. Morrison
Meusel hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Jonnard
Claude Jonnard now pitching.
Schmidt is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. Jonnard
Morrison hits a fly ball into center field. Stengel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Jonnard
Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stengel vs. Morrison
Stengel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rawlings scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Morrison
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rawlings scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Morrison
Jackson strikes out. View Play
Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/20/1923 -- PIT at New York (D) PIT AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI Carson Bigbee, lf 5 0 0 0 Youngs R, rf 3 0 2 0 Max Carey, cf 4 1 2 0 Bancroft D, 2b 4 0 1 0 Johnny Rawlings, 2b 3 1 2 1 Frisch F, 3b 3 0 0 1 Pie Traynor, 3b 4 1 1 0 Meusel I, lf 3 0 0 0 Walter Mueller, rf 4 0 2 1 Stengel C, cf 4 0 1 0 Rabbit Maranvill, ss 4 0 1 1 Kelly H, 1b 3 0 1 0 Charlie Grimm, 1b 4 0 0 0 Jackson T, ss 4 0 0 0 Walter Schmidt, c 3 0 0 0 Snyder F, c 3 0 0 0 Johnny Morrison, p 4 0 0 0 Nehf A, p 1 0 0 0 Bentley J, ph 1 0 1 0 Maguire F, pr 0 1 0 0 Jonnard C, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 3 8 3 29 1 6 1 PIT 200 000 010 -- 3 New York 000 000 010 -- 1 PIT IP H R ER BB SO Johnny Morrison (W) 9.0 6 1 1 5 5 New York IP H R ER BB SO Nehf A (L) 8.0 8 3 2 2 4 Jonnard C 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 E -- Meusel I, Bancroft D DP -- PIT 3 LOB -- PIT 7, New York 6 3B -- Stengel C, Pie Traynor SB -- Max Carey, Johnny Rawlings CS -- Youngs R WP -- Nehf A T -- 1:30 A -- 7000
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