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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 23, 1938
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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 May 23, 1938 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | May 23, 1938 |
|---|---|
| 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 | May 23, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Cy Blanton |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Harry Gumbert |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 5,364 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 14 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Stewart 1B: Dolly Stark 2B: (none) 3B: George Barr |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lee Handley | Third Baseman |
| Lloyd Waner | Center Fielder |
| Arky Vaughan | Shortstop |
| Johnny Rizzo | Left Fielder |
| Gus Suhr | First Baseman |
| Al Todd | Catcher |
| Johnny Dickshot | Right Fielder |
| Pep Young | Second Baseman |
| Cy Blanton | Pitcher |
| Pie Traynor | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jo-Jo Moore | Left Fielder |
| Dick Bartell | Shortstop |
| Jimmy Ripple | Right Fielder |
| Mel Ott | Third Baseman |
| Wally Berger | Center Fielder |
| Johnny McCarthy | First Baseman |
| Harry Danning | Catcher |
| Mickey Haslin | Second Baseman |
| Harry Gumbert | Pitcher |
| Bill Terry | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 23, 1938
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Handley vs. Gumbert
Handley hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Berger who is chasing the ball. Handley reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Waner vs. Gumbert
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Haslin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Vaughan vs. Gumbert
Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Handley scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rizzo vs. Gumbert
Rizzo is hit by the pitch. Vaughan moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Suhr vs. Gumbert
Suhr hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCarthy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Todd vs. Gumbert
Todd hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moore. Todd reaches second base with a double. Vaughan scores. Rizzo goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dickshot vs. Gumbert
Dickshot hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Todd scores. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Gumbert
There goes Dickshot. The throw from Danning and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Young vs. Gumbert
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ott fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Blanton
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Blanton
Bartell hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ripple vs. Blanton
Ripple bunts towards the mound. Blanton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanton vs. Gumbert
Blanton strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Handley vs. Gumbert
Handley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Gumbert
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Haslin fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vaughan vs. Gumbert
Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Blanton
Ott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berger vs. Blanton
Berger hits a popup, foul, towards first. Suhr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarthy vs. Blanton
McCarthy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Danning vs. Blanton
Danning hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzo vs. Gumbert
Rizzo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suhr vs. Gumbert
Suhr hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Todd vs. Gumbert
Todd hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haslin vs. Blanton
Haslin strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gumbert vs. Blanton
Gumbert strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Blanton
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blanton juggles the ball. That's an error on Blanton. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bartell vs. Blanton
Bartell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Todd settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickshot vs. Gumbert
Dickshot hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Gumbert
Young hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blanton vs. Gumbert
Blanton bunts towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out. Young moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Handley vs. Gumbert
Handley hits a fly ball into center field. Berger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ripple vs. Blanton
Ripple takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Blanton
Ott hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berger vs. Blanton
Berger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarthy vs. Blanton
McCarthy hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Danning vs. Blanton
Danning hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McCarthy moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Haslin vs. Brown
Mace Brown now pitching.
Haslin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McCarthy scores. Danning moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gumbert vs. Brown
Gumbert bunts towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. Danning moves to third. Haslin moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Moore vs. Brown
Moore is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bartell vs. Brown
Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Gumbert
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughan vs. Gumbert
Vaughan hits a line drive towards first. McCarthy reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzo vs. Gumbert
Rizzo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ripple vs. Brown
Ripple hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Brown
Ott strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berger vs. Brown
Berger hits a fly ball into right field. Dickshot settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suhr vs. Gumbert
Suhr strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Todd vs. Gumbert
Todd hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickshot vs. Gumbert
Dickshot hits a fly ball into center field. Berger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarthy vs. Brown
McCarthy hits a fly ball into left field. Rizzo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Brown
Danning hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haslin vs. Brown
Haslin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown throws towards third. Handley fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Handley. Haslin moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gumbert vs. Bauers
Russ Bauers now pitching.
Gumbert strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Gumbert
Young hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bauers vs. Gumbert
Bauers bunts in front of the plate. Danning fields it and throws to first for the out. Young moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Handley vs. Gumbert
Handley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Gumbert
Waner hits a fly ball into right field. Ripple settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Bauers
Moore hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Bauers
Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ripple vs. Bauers
Ripple hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Bauers
Ott hits a popup, foul, towards first. Suhr settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughan vs. Gumbert
Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Haslin misplays the ball. That's an error on Haslin. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rizzo vs. Gumbert
Rizzo bunts towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out. Vaughan moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Suhr vs. Gumbert
Suhr is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Todd vs. Gumbert
Todd hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berger vs. Bauers
Berger hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarthy vs. Bauers
McCarthy bunts towards third. Handley fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Danning vs. Bauers
Danning hits a ball on the ground towards the mound, off Bauers's glove, towards Young, who fields it, throws to second, with Vaughan covering, for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickshot vs. Gumbert
Dickshot bunts towards third. Ott fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Gumbert
Young bunts towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out. Dickshot moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bauers vs. Gumbert
Bauers strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Handley vs. Gumbert
Handley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haslin vs. Bauers
Haslin hits a popup towards short. Vaughan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leslie vs. Bauers
Sam Leslie pinch hits for Harry Gumbert.
Leslie takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Bauers
Lou Chiozza pinch runs for Sam Leslie.
Moore hits a fly ball into right field. Dickshot settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bartell vs. Bauers
Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/23/1938 -- Pittsburgh at New York (D)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Handley L, 3b 5 1 2 0 Moore J, lf 4 0 0 0
Waner L, cf 4 0 0 0 Bartell D, ss 5 0 0 0
Vaughan A, ss 4 1 1 1 Ripple J, rf 3 1 1 0
Rizzo J, lf 2 1 0 0 Ott M, 3b 3 1 1 2
Suhr G, 1b 3 0 0 0 Berger W, cf 4 0 1 0
Todd A, c 4 1 1 2 McCarthy J, 1b 4 1 1 0
Dickshot J, rf 4 0 2 1 Danning H, c 4 0 1 0
Young P, 2b 3 0 2 0 Haslin M, 2b 4 0 2 1
Blanton C, p 1 0 0 0 Gumbert H, p 2 0 0 0
Brown M, p 0 0 0 0 Leslie S, ph 0 0 0 0
Bauers R, p 1 0 0 0 Chiozza L, pr 0 0 0 0
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31 4 8 4 33 3 7 3
Pittsburgh 400 000 000 -- 4
New York 000 300 000 -- 3
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Blanton C 3.1 3 3 3 2 2
Brown M (W) 2.1 2 0 0 1 1
Bauers R (S) 3.1 2 0 0 1 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Gumbert H (L) 9.0 8 4 4 1 3
E -- Danning H, Blanton C, Handley L, Haslin M
DP -- Pittsburgh 1, New York 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 6, New York 8
2B -- Todd A
3B -- Handley L
HR -- Ott M
SB -- Dickshot J
SH -- Blanton C, Gumbert H, Bauers R, Rizzo J, Young P
HBP -- by Gumbert H (Rizzo J)
T -- 2:14
A -- 5364
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