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Giants
@ Braves
South End Grounds
April 16, 1912
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Braves and the New York Giants, played on April 16, 1912 at South End Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | April 16, 1912 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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| Home Team |
Boston Braves
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 16, 1912 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | Boston Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rube Marquard |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Lefty Tyler |
| Ballpark | South End Grounds |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 5,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 52 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Klem 1B: Garnet Bush 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Josh Devore | Left Fielder |
| Larry Doyle | Second Baseman |
| Fred Snodgrass | Center Fielder |
| Red Murray | Right Fielder |
| Fred Merkle | First Baseman |
| Buck Herzog | Third Baseman |
| Tillie Shafer | Shortstop |
| Chief Meyers | Catcher |
| Rube Marquard | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
Boston Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill Sweeney | Second Baseman |
| Vin Campbell | Center Fielder |
| Doc Miller | Right Fielder |
| Al Kaiser | Left Fielder |
| Ben Houser | First Baseman |
| Harry Spratt | Shortstop |
| Ed McDonald | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Kling | Catcher |
| Lefty Tyler | Pitcher |
| Johnny Kling | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Braves
South End Grounds
April 16, 1912
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Devore vs. Tyler
Devore strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Tyler
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sweeney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snodgrass vs. Tyler
Snodgrass hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sweeney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murray vs. Tyler
There goes Doyle. The throw from Kling and he is safe. Doyle steals second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murray vs. Tyler
Murray strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Marquard
Sweeney hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Meyers settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Meyers. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Marquard
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Marquard fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Marquard
Campbell hits a line drive into center field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Marquard
Miller hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Meyers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Tyler
Merkle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herzog vs. Tyler
Herzog hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Merkle moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Shafer vs. Tyler
Shafer bunts towards first. Houser fields the ball and throws to Tyler covering. Safe. Merkle moves to third. Herzog moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Meyers vs. Tyler
Meyers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Merkle scores. Herzog moves to third. Shafer moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Marquard vs. Tyler
Marquard hits a ball on the ground towards third. McDonald fields it, throws to home for one, and over to first - double play. Shafer moves to third. Meyers moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Devore vs. Tyler
Devore hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Kling fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaiser vs. Marquard
Kaiser hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Houser vs. Marquard
Houser hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Houser for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spratt vs. Marquard
Spratt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Marquard fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Tyler
Doyle is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snodgrass vs. Tyler
Snodgrass hits a ball on the ground towards third. McDonald fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Tyler
Murray takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merkle vs. Tyler
There goes Murray. The throw from Kling and he is out, Sweeney applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDonald vs. Marquard
McDonald strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kling vs. Marquard
Kling hits a fly ball into center field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyler vs. Marquard
Tyler hits a popup towards short. Shafer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Tyler
Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spratt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Tyler
Herzog hits a fly ball into left field. Kaiser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shafer vs. Tyler
Shafer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meyers vs. Tyler
There goes Shafer. The throw from Kling and he is out, Sweeney applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Marquard
Sweeney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campbell vs. Marquard
Campbell bunts for a double play. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Marquard
Miller strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyers vs. Tyler
Meyers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marquard vs. Tyler
Marquard bunts towards third. McDonald fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on McDonald. Meyers moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Devore vs. Tyler
Devore bunts towards third. McDonald fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Meyers moves to third. Marquard moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Doyle vs. Tyler
Doyle hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Miller. Doyle reaches second base with a double. Meyers scores. Marquard scores. Devore moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Snodgrass vs. Tyler
Snodgrass hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spratt fields it and throws to home to get Devore. Doyle moves to third. Snodgrass moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Murray vs. Tyler
Murray hits a popup towards short. Spratt misplays the ball. That's an error on Spratt. Doyle scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Merkle vs. Tyler
There goes Snodgrass. The throw from Kling and he is out, McDonald applying the tag. Murray moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Merkle vs. Tyler
Merkle hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Kling fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaiser vs. Marquard
Kaiser strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Houser vs. Marquard
Houser hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Marquard fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spratt vs. Marquard
Spratt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDonald vs. Marquard
McDonald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Spratt moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kling vs. Marquard
Kling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Tyler
Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spratt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shafer vs. Tyler
Shafer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meyers vs. Tyler
Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sweeney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Shafer moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Marquard vs. Tyler
Marquard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spratt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Shafer scores. Meyers moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Devore vs. Tyler
There's a wild pitch. Meyers moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Devore vs. Tyler
Devore bunts towards the right side of the infield. Sweeney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Meyers scores. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doyle vs. Tyler
Doyle hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Campbell chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Spratt. Spratt fumbles the ball. That's a triple and an error on Spratt. Devore goes all the way around to score. Doyle moves all the way to home. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snodgrass vs. Tyler
Snodgrass is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murray vs. Tyler
Murray hits a fly ball into center field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Marquard
Art Wilson now catching. George Jackson pinch hits for Lefty Tyler.
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Marquard
Sweeney takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campbell vs. Marquard
Campbell hits a fly ball into left field. Devore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Marquard
Miller hits a fly ball towards center. Snodgrass settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Snodgrass. Sweeney moves to third. Miller moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kaiser vs. Marquard
Kaiser hits a popup in front of the plate. Wilson juggles the ball. That's an error on Wilson. Sweeney scores. Miller scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Houser vs. Marquard
Houser hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kaiser moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Spratt vs. Marquard
Spratt strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 8 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Dickson
Walt Dickson now pitching. Bill Rariden now catching.
Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spratt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Dickson
Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards third. McDonald fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shafer vs. Dickson
Shafer hits a fly ball into center field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 8 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDonald vs. Marquard
McDonald strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rariden vs. Marquard
Rariden hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickson vs. Marquard
Dickson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops it up and throws to first, with Marquard covering, for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 8 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Dickson
Wilson hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Rariden fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marquard vs. Dickson
Marquard hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Rariden fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Devore vs. Dickson
Devore hits a ball on the ground towards third. McDonald fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 8 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Marquard
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campbell vs. Marquard
Campbell hits a fly ball into center field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Marquard
Miller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Sweeney moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kaiser vs. Marquard
Kaiser hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Doyle fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Sweeney moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Houser vs. Marquard
Houser hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 8 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Dickson
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Houser fields the ball and throws to Dickson covering. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snodgrass vs. Dickson
Snodgrass hits a ball on the ground towards third. McDonald fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murray vs. Dickson
There goes Snodgrass. The throw from Rariden and he is out, Sweeney applying the tag. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Dickson
Murray hits a ball on the ground towards third. McDonald fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 8 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spratt vs. Marquard
Spratt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Shafer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McDonald vs. Marquard
McDonald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rariden vs. Marquard
Rariden hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 4/16/1912 -- New York at BSN (D)
New York AB R H RBI BSN AB R H RBI
Devore J, lf 5 1 2 1 Bill Sweeney, 2b 3 1 2 0
Doyle L, 2b 5 2 4 3 Vin Campbell, cf 3 0 0 0
Snodgrass F, cf 4 0 0 0 Doc Miller, rf 4 1 1 0
Murray R, rf 4 0 0 0 Al Kaiser, lf 4 0 0 0
Merkle F, 1b 3 1 0 0 Ben Houser, 1b 4 0 1 0
Herzog B, 3b 4 0 1 0 Harry Spratt, ss 4 0 1 0
Shafer T, ss 2 1 1 0 Ed McDonald, 3b 4 0 1 0
Meyers C, c 3 2 3 1 Johnny Kling, c 2 0 0 0
Wilson A, c 1 0 0 0 Bill Rariden, c 2 0 0 0
Marquard R, p 3 1 0 1 Lefty Tyler, p 1 0 0 0
George Jackson, ph 1 0 0 0
Walt Dickson, p 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 8 11 6 33 2 6 0
New York 010 034 000 -- 8
BSN 000 002 000 -- 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Marquard R (W) 9.0 6 2 0 1 5
BSN IP H R ER BB SO
Lefty Tyler (L) 6.0 10 8 5 4 3
Walt Dickson 3.0 1 0 0 0 0
E -- Meyers C, Ed McDonald, Harry Spratt 2, Snodgrass F, Wilson A
DP -- New York 1, BSN 1
LOB -- New York 5, BSN 6
2B -- Doyle L
3B -- Doyle L
SB -- Doyle L
CS -- Murray R, Shafer T, Snodgrass F 2
SH -- Vin Campbell, Marquard R
HBP -- by Lefty Tyler (Snodgrass F)
WP -- Lefty Tyler
T -- 1:52
A -- 5000
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