Close
Welcome to our redesigned site
The redesign was done to make the web experience more user friendly, as well as to make the mobile and desktop versions more compatible. We hope you find the site an improved experience. We always welcome your input, so let us know what you think. Play ball!
Lineups and Summary
(back to top)
Dodgers
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
May 3, 1936
(No Comments)
The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Brooklyn Dodgers, played on May 3, 1936 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | May 3, 1936 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
|
| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 3, 1936 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Van Mungo |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ralph Birkofer |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 10,000 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 2 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Stewart 1B: Babe Pinelli 2B: (none) 3B: Cy Pfirman |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frenchy Bordagaray | Right Fielder |
| Johnny Cooney | Center Fielder |
| Buddy Hassett | First Baseman |
| Jim Bucher | Third Baseman |
| Freddie Lindstrom | Left Fielder |
| Lonny Frey | Second Baseman |
| Ben Geraghty | Shortstop |
| Ray Berres | Catcher |
| Van Mungo | Pitcher |
| Casey Stengel | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Woody Jensen | Left Fielder |
| Paul Waner | Right Fielder |
| Bud Hafey | Center Fielder |
| Arky Vaughan | Shortstop |
| Gus Suhr | First Baseman |
| Pep Young | Second Baseman |
| Bill Brubaker | Third Baseman |
| Tom Padden | Catcher |
| Ralph Birkofer | Pitcher |
| Pie Traynor | Manager |
All Plays in Game
(back to top)
Dodgers
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
May 3, 1936
Top 1
-
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bordagaray vs. Birkofer
Bordagaray hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brubaker fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooney vs. Birkofer
Cooney hits a fly ball into center field. Hafey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hassett vs. Birkofer
Hassett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bucher vs. Birkofer
Bucher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hassett moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lindstrom vs. Birkofer
Lindstrom hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brubaker fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
-
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Mungo
Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bucher juggles the ball. That's an error on Bucher. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Mungo
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bucher fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hafey vs. Mungo
Hafey strikes out. View Play
Top 2
-
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frey vs. Birkofer
Frey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geraghty vs. Birkofer
Geraghty takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berres vs. Birkofer
Berres hits a fly ball into center field. Hafey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mungo vs. Birkofer
Mungo hits a fly ball into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
-
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughan vs. Mungo
Vaughan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lindstrom throws the ball in to Frey who tags Vaughan, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suhr vs. Mungo
Suhr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Mungo
Young hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Suhr moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brubaker vs. Mungo
Brubaker strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Padden vs. Mungo
Padden strikes out. View Play
Top 3
-
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bordagaray vs. Birkofer
Bordagaray takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooney vs. Birkofer
Cooney strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hassett vs. Birkofer
Hassett hits a fly ball into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bucher vs. Birkofer
There goes Bordagaray. The throw from Padden and he is out, Young applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 3
-
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Birkofer vs. Mungo
Birkofer hits a popup towards short. Geraghty settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Mungo
Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frey scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Mungo
Waner hits a fly ball into center field. Cooney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
-
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bucher vs. Birkofer
Bucher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lindstrom vs. Birkofer
Lindstrom hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Padden settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frey vs. Birkofer
Padden fires to first and picks off Bucher. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frey vs. Birkofer
Frey hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Padden settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
-
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hafey vs. Mungo
Hafey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vaughan vs. Mungo
Vaughan hits a popup towards short. Geraghty settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Suhr vs. Mungo
Suhr hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hafey moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Mungo
Young hits a fly ball into left field. Lindstrom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brubaker vs. Mungo
Brubaker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Geraghty scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
-
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geraghty vs. Birkofer
Geraghty hits a fly ball into left field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berres vs. Birkofer
Berres hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Vaughan. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mungo vs. Birkofer
Mungo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bordagaray vs. Birkofer
Bordagaray hits a fly ball into center field. Hafey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
-
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Padden vs. Mungo
Padden hits a fly ball into right field. Bordagaray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Birkofer vs. Mungo
Birkofer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hassett scoops it up and throws to first, with Mungo covering, for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Mungo
Jensen hits a fly ball into left field. Lindstrom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
-
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooney vs. Birkofer
Cooney hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jensen. Cooney reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hassett vs. Birkofer
Hassett hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jensen. Hassett reaches second base with a double. Cooney scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bucher vs. Birkofer
Bucher bunts towards third. Brubaker fields it and throws to first for the out. Hassett moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lindstrom vs. Birkofer
Lindstrom hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hassett scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frey vs. Birkofer
Frey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lindstrom moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Geraghty vs. Swift
Bill Swift now pitching.
Geraghty hits a fly ball into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Berres vs. Swift
Berres hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lindstrom scores. Frey moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mungo vs. Swift
Mungo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Frey scores. Berres moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bordagaray vs. Swift
Bordagaray hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
-
Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Mungo
Waner hits a popup towards short. Geraghty settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hafey vs. Mungo
Hafey hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vaughan vs. Mungo
Vaughan hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suhr vs. Mungo
Suhr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Geraghty scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Mungo
Young hits a fly ball into center field. Cooney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
-
Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooney vs. Swift
Cooney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hassett vs. Swift
There's a wild pitch. Cooney moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hassett vs. Swift
Hassett bunts in front of the plate. Padden juggles the ball. That's an error on Padden. Cooney scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bucher vs. Swift
Bucher bunts towards first. Suhr scoops it up and throws to first, with Young covering, for the out. Hassett moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lindstrom vs. Swift
Lindstrom hits a fly ball into center field. Hafey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Frey vs. Swift
Frey hits a fly ball into center field. Hafey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
-
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brubaker vs. Mungo
Brubaker hits a fly ball into right field. Bordagaray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Padden vs. Mungo
Padden hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dickshot vs. Mungo
Johnny Dickshot pinch hits for Bill Swift.
Dickshot strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. Mungo
Jensen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Padden moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Waner vs. Mungo
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hassett scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Waner for the out. View Play
Top 8
-
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geraghty vs. Hoyt
Waite Hoyt now pitching.
Geraghty takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berres vs. Hoyt
Berres hits a fly ball into left field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mungo vs. Hoyt
Mungo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Geraghty moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bordagaray vs. Hoyt
Bordagaray strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cooney vs. Hoyt
Cooney 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
Bottom 8
-
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hafey vs. Mungo
Hafey hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cooney. Hafey reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Vaughan vs. Mungo
Vaughan hits a popup towards short. Geraghty settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Suhr vs. Mungo
Suhr hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hafey scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Mungo
Young hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Cooney. Young reaches second base with a double. Suhr moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Brubaker vs. Mungo
Brubaker hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bordagaray who is chasing the ball. Brubaker reaches third base with a triple. Suhr scores. Young scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Padden vs. Brandt
Ed Brandt now pitching.
Padden hits a fly ball into center field. Cooney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brubaker scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoyt vs. Brandt
Hoyt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Geraghty misplays the ball. That's an error on Geraghty. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. Brandt
Jensen hits a fly ball into center field. Cooney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
-
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hassett vs. Hoyt
Hassett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Suhr scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hassett for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bucher vs. Hoyt
Bucher hits a fly ball into left field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phelps vs. Hoyt
Babe Phelps pinch hits for Freddie Lindstrom.
Phelps hits a fly ball into left field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Audio Play-by-Play
(back to top)
Click the button below to listen to the audio play-by-play.
If the player above doesn’t work for you, please check to make sure that your speakers are not muted, especially if your device has a hardware "silence switch".
If that does not resolve the issue, please download the MP3 file below to play the game audio directly.
Box Score
(back to top)
Game of 5/3/1936 -- Brooklyn at Pittsburgh (D)
Brooklyn AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Bordagaray F, rf 4 0 0 0 Jensen W, lf 5 0 1 0
Cooney J, cf 5 2 2 0 Waner P, rf 4 0 0 0
Hassett B, 1b 4 1 2 1 Hafey B, cf 3 2 1 0
Bucher J, 3b 3 0 2 0 Vaughan A, ss 4 1 2 2
Lindstrom F, lf 4 1 1 1 Suhr G, 1b 4 1 3 1
Phelps B, ph 1 0 0 0 Young P, 2b 4 1 2 0
Frey L, 2b 4 1 1 0 Brubaker B, 3b 4 1 1 2
Geraghty B, ss 2 0 0 0 Padden T, c 4 0 1 1
Berres R, c 4 0 1 1 Birkofer R, p 2 0 0 0
Mungo V, p 4 0 2 1 Swift B, p 0 0 0 0
Brandt E, p 0 0 0 0 Dickshot J, ph 1 0 0 0
Hoyt W, p 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 5 11 4 36 6 11 6
Brooklyn 000 004 100 -- 5
Pittsburgh 000 002 04x -- 6
Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO
Mungo V (L) 7.1 11 6 5 1 4
Brandt E 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Birkofer R 5.1 7 4 4 2 1
Swift B 1.2 3 1 1 0 0
Hoyt W (W) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
E -- Bucher J, Vaughan A, Hassett B, Padden T, Geraghty B
DP -- Brooklyn 1
LOB -- Brooklyn 9, Pittsburgh 7
2B -- Cooney J, Hassett B, Hafey B, Young P
3B -- Brubaker B
HR -- Vaughan A
CS -- Bordagaray F
SH -- Bucher J 2, Hassett B
WP -- Swift B
T -- 2:02
A -- 10000
More Complete Baseball-Reference Box Score
