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Braves
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 29, 1936
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Boston Braves, played on May 29, 1936 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | May 29, 1936 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Braves
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 29, 1936 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Braves |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ray Benge |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Al Smith |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 5,000 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours |
| Umpires | HP: Charlie Moran 1B: George Magerkurth 2B: (none) 3B: Ernie Quigley |
Boston Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Billy Urbanski | Shortstop |
| Gene Moore | Right Fielder |
| Wally Berger | Center Fielder |
| Buck Jordan | First Baseman |
| Tony Cuccinello | Second Baseman |
| Hal Lee | Left Fielder |
| Joe Coscarart | Third Baseman |
| Al Lopez | Catcher |
| Ray Benge | Pitcher |
| Bill McKechnie | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jo-Jo Moore | Left Fielder |
| Burgess Whitehead | Second Baseman |
| Sam Leslie | First Baseman |
| Mel Ott | Right Fielder |
| Hank Leiber | Center Fielder |
| Gus Mancuso | Catcher |
| Eddie Mayo | Third Baseman |
| Dick Bartell | Shortstop |
| Al Smith | Pitcher |
| Bill Terry | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Braves
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 29, 1936
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Urbanski vs. Smith
Urbanski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mayo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Smith
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berger vs. Smith
Berger hits a popup, foul, towards first. Leslie settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Benge
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coscarart fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Benge
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benge fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leslie vs. Benge
Leslie hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Whitehead moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ott vs. Benge
Ott takes first base on ball four. Leslie moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Leiber vs. Benge
Leiber hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Whitehead scores. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mancuso vs. Benge
Mancuso hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Leslie scores. Ott moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mayo vs. Benge
Mayo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ott scores. Mancuso moves to third. Mayo moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bartell vs. Benge
Bartell is walked intentionally. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Smith vs. Benge
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jordan vs. Smith
Jordan hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cuccinello vs. Smith
Cuccinello hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Smith
Lee hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Benge
Moore hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lee. Moore reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Whitehead vs. Benge
Whitehead hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moore scores. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leslie vs. Benge
Leslie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Urbanski fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Benge
Ott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Leslie moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Leiber vs. Benge
Leiber hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Leslie scores. Ott moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mancuso vs. Blanche
Al Blanche now pitching.
Mancuso takes first base on ball four. Leiber moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mayo vs. Blanche
Mayo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cuccinello fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Cuccinello. Ott scores. Leiber scores. Mancuso moves to third. Mayo moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bartell vs. Blanche
Bartell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mancuso scores. Mayo moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Blanche
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Urbanski picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Urbanski. Mayo scores. Bartell moves to third. Smith moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Moore vs. Blanche
Moore hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Bartell scores. Smith scores. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitehead vs. Weafer
Ken Weafer now pitching.
Whitehead hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cuccinello settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leslie vs. Weafer
Leslie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cuccinello scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coscarart vs. Smith
Coscarart hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Smith
Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weafer vs. Smith
Weafer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Weafer
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Urbanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leiber vs. Weafer
Leiber hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mancuso vs. Weafer
There goes Leiber. The throw from Lopez and he is safe. Leiber steals second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mancuso vs. Weafer
Mancuso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coscarart fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mayo vs. Weafer
Mayo hits a fly ball into right field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Urbanski vs. Smith
Kiddo Davis now playing left field.
Urbanski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Smith
Moore hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mayo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berger vs. Smith
Berger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Weafer
Bill Lewis now catching.
Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coscarart fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Weafer
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Berger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Weafer
Davis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitehead vs. Weafer
Whitehead hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Davis moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Leslie vs. Weafer
Leslie hits a popup, foul, towards third. Coscarart settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jordan vs. Smith
Jordan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cuccinello vs. Smith
Cuccinello hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mayo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Smith
Lee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mayo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Weafer
Ott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leiber vs. Weafer
Leiber hits a popup towards short. Urbanski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mancuso vs. Weafer
Mancuso hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayo vs. Weafer
Mayo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bartell vs. Weafer
Bartell takes first base on ball four. Mayo moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Weafer
Smith takes first base on ball four. Mayo moves to third. Bartell moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Davis vs. Weafer
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Urbanski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mayo scores. Bartell moves to third. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 14
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Whitehead vs. Weafer
Whitehead hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bartell scores. Smith moves to third. Davis moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Leslie vs. Smith
Bob Smith now pitching.
Leslie hits a popup towards short. Urbanski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Ott vs. Smith
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coscarart fields it and throws to home to get Smith. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coscarart vs. Smith
Roy Spencer now catching.
Coscarart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mayo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Smith
Lewis is called out on strikes. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Smith
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leiber vs. Smith
Leiber hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coscarart fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Smith
Spencer hits a line drive into center field. Berger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayo vs. Smith
Mayo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bartell vs. Smith
Bartell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mayo moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Smith
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Berger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Urbanski vs. Smith
Urbanski hits a fly ball into left field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Smith
Moore hits a fly ball into left field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berger vs. Smith
Berger hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Smith
Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Berger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Smith
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards short. Urbanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leslie vs. Smith
Leslie takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Smith
Ott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Leslie moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Leiber vs. Smith
Leiber hits a popup, foul, towards third. Coscarart settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jordan vs. Smith
Jordan hits a fly ball into left field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cuccinello vs. Smith
Cuccinello hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Smith
Lee hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coscarart vs. Smith
Coscarart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mayo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Smith
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Coscarart fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayo vs. Smith
Mayo hits a fly ball into right field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Smith
Bartell hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Smith
Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haslin vs. Smith
Mickey Haslin pinch hits for Bob Smith.
Haslin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 15
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Urbanski vs. Smith
Urbanski hits a popup towards third. Mayo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/29/1936 -- Boston at New York (D)
Boston AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Urbanski B, ss 4 0 0 0 Moore J, lf 3 1 2 2
Moore G, rf 3 0 0 0 Davis K, lf 3 0 2 1
Berger W, cf 3 0 0 0 Whitehead B, 2b 6 1 4 2
Jordan B, 1b 3 0 0 0 Leslie S, 1b 5 2 1 0
Cuccinello T, 2b 3 0 0 0 Ott M, rf 4 3 2 0
Lee H, lf 3 0 1 0 Leiber H, cf 6 1 1 2
Coscarart J, 3b 3 0 0 0 Mancuso G, c 3 2 2 3
Lopez A, c 1 0 0 0 Spencer R, c 2 0 0 0
Lewis B, c 2 0 1 0 Mayo E, 3b 6 2 3 1
Benge R, p 0 0 0 0 Bartell D, ss 4 2 2 1
Blanche A, p 0 0 0 0 Smith A, p 4 1 1 1
Weafer K, p 1 0 0 0
Smith B, p 1 0 0 0
Haslin M, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
28 0 2 0 46 15 20 13
Boston 000 000 000 -- 0
New York 380 040 00x -- 15
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Benge R (L) 1.1 8 7 7 2 0
Blanche A* 0.0 3 4 3 1 0
Weafer K 3.0 6 4 4 3 0
Smith B 3.2 3 0 0 1 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Smith A (W) 9.0 2 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 5 batters in 2nd
E -- Cuccinello T, Urbanski B, Jordan B
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- Boston 1, New York 14
2B -- Moore J
HR -- Mancuso G
SB -- Leiber H
T -- 2:00
A -- 5000
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