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Cubs
@ Braves
Braves Field
August 17, 1923
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Braves and the Chicago Cubs, played on August 17, 1923 at Braves Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 17, 1923 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Home Team |
Boston Braves
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 17, 1923 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | Boston Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Vic Keen |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dana Fillingim |
| Ballpark | Braves Field |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 3,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 55 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Klem 1B: Frank Wilson 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jigger Statz | Center Fielder |
| Sparky Adams | Shortstop |
| George Grantham | Second Baseman |
| Bob O'Farrell | Catcher |
| Bernie Friberg | Third Baseman |
| Hack Miller | Left Fielder |
| Cliff Heathcote | Right Fielder |
| Ray Grimes | First Baseman |
| Vic Keen | Pitcher |
| Bill Killefer | Manager |
Boston Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Gus Felix | Left Fielder |
| Al Nixon | Center Fielder |
| Billy Southworth | Right Fielder |
| Stuffy McInnis | First Baseman |
| Tony Boeckel | Third Baseman |
| Hod Ford | Second Baseman |
| Bob Smith | Shortstop |
| Mickey O'Neil | Catcher |
| Dana Fillingim | Pitcher |
| Fred Mitchell | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Braves
Braves Field
August 17, 1923
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Statz vs. Fillingim
Statz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Fillingim
Adams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Statz moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grantham vs. Fillingim
Grantham hits a popup towards first. McInnis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
O'Farrell vs. Fillingim
There goes Statz. The throw from O'Neil and he is out, Boeckel applying the tag. Adams moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
O'Farrell vs. Fillingim
O'Farrell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Adams scores. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Friberg vs. Fillingim
Friberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Felix vs. Keen
Felix takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Keen
Nixon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Felix moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Southworth vs. Keen
Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grimes fields it and throws to second for the out. Felix moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McInnis vs. Keen
McInnis hits a fly ball into center field. Statz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Felix tags and scores. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boeckel vs. Keen
There goes Southworth. The throw from O'Farrell and he is out, Grantham applying the tag. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Fillingim
Miller hits a popup towards short. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heathcote vs. Fillingim
Heathcote takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimes vs. Fillingim
There goes Heathcote. The throw from O'Neil and he is safe. Heathcote steals second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grimes vs. Fillingim
Grimes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Keen vs. Fillingim
Keen hits a ball on the ground towards first. McInnis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Keen for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boeckel vs. Keen
Boeckel hits a popup, foul, towards third. Friberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Keen
Ford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Friberg fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Keen
Smith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Neil vs. Keen
O'Neil hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grantham scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Statz vs. Fillingim
Statz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Smith. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Fillingim
There goes Statz. The throw from O'Neil to Smith and they have Statz trapped. The throw over to McInnis, who applies the tag for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Fillingim
Adams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grantham vs. Fillingim
Grantham hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fillingim fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Farrell vs. Fillingim
There goes Grantham. The throw from O'Neil and he is out, Smith applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fillingim vs. Keen
Fillingim hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grimes scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fillingim for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Felix vs. Keen
Felix hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Keen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Keen
Nixon hits a line drive into right field. Heathcote settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Farrell vs. Fillingim
O'Farrell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Friberg vs. Fillingim
Friberg bunts towards the mound. Fillingim fields it and throws to first for the out. O'Farrell moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Miller vs. Fillingim
Miller hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. O'Farrell moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Heathcote vs. Fillingim
Heathcote hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Nixon who is chasing the ball. Heathcote reaches third base with a triple. Nixon throws the ball in to Fillingim who tags Heathcote trying to catch an extra base, for the out. O'Farrell scores. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Keen
Southworth takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McInnis vs. Keen
McInnis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adams fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boeckel vs. Keen
Boeckel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Keen picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Keen. Boeckel moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ford vs. Keen
Ford hits a fly ball into center field. Statz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. Fillingim
Grimes hits a line drive into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keen vs. Fillingim
Keen strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Statz vs. Fillingim
Statz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boeckel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Keen
Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Neil vs. Keen
O'Neil bunts towards the mound. Keen fields it and throws to first for the out. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fillingim vs. Keen
Fillingim hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. O'Farrell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Felix vs. Keen
Felix hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Fillingim
Adams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Smith. Adams moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grantham vs. Fillingim
Grantham hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Adams scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Farrell vs. Fillingim
O'Farrell hits a fly ball into left field. Felix settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Friberg vs. Fillingim
Friberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boeckel can't make a play. That's a base hit. Grantham moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Miller vs. Fillingim
Miller hits a popup, foul, towards first. McInnis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heathcote vs. Fillingim
Heathcote takes first base on ball four. Grantham moves to third. Friberg moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Grimes vs. Fillingim
Grimes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grantham scores. Friberg scores. Heathcote moves to third. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Keen vs. Fillingim
There goes Grimes. The throw from O'Neil and he is safe. Grimes steals second. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Keen vs. Fillingim
Keen strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Keen
Nixon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Southworth vs. Keen
Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adams can't make a play. That's a base hit. Nixon moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McInnis vs. Keen
McInnis hits a line drive into left field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boeckel vs. Keen
Boeckel takes first base on ball four. Nixon moves to third. Southworth moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Ford vs. Keen
Ford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Friberg fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Nixon scores. Southworth moves to third. Boeckel moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Smith vs. Keen
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adams fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Statz vs. Fillingim
Statz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. McNamara
Tim McNamara now pitching.
Adams bunts towards the mound. McNamara fields it and throws to first for the out. Statz moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grantham vs. McNamara
Grantham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ford scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Statz moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
O'Farrell vs. McNamara
O'Farrell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ford scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Neil vs. Keen
O'Neil hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Keen
Earl Smith pinch hits for Tim McNamara.
Smith hits a fly ball into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Felix vs. Keen
Johnny Cooney pinch runs for Earl Smith.
Felix hits a line drive into left field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Keen
Nixon hits a fly ball into center field. Statz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Friberg vs. Barnes
Jesse Barnes now pitching.
Friberg hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Barnes
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heathcote vs. Barnes
Heathcote hits a ball on the ground towards first. McInnis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Heathcote for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Keen
Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grantham scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McInnis vs. Keen
McInnis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grantham settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boeckel vs. Keen
Boeckel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grantham scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. Barnes
Grimes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Keen vs. Barnes
Keen bunts towards first. McInnis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Keen for the out. Grimes moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Statz vs. Barnes
Statz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grimes scores. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Barnes
Adams hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grantham vs. Barnes
There goes Statz. The throw from O'Neil and he is safe. Statz steals second. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grantham vs. Barnes
Grantham is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cubs, 6 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Keen
Ford strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Keen
Smith hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Statz. Smith reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
O'Neil vs. Keen
O'Neil hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gibson vs. Keen
Frank Gibson pinch hits for Jesse Barnes.
Gibson hits a fly ball into center field. Statz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/17/1923 -- CHN at BSN (D)
CHN AB R H RBI BSN AB R H RBI
Jigger Statz, cf 4 0 2 1 Gus Felix, lf 3 1 0 0
Sparky Adams, ss 3 2 1 0 Al Nixon, cf 4 1 2 0
George Grantham, 2b 5 1 1 1 Billy Southworth, rf 3 0 1 0
Bob O'Farrell, c 4 1 2 1 Stuffy McInnis, 1b 3 0 0 1
Bernie Friberg, 3b 3 1 1 0 Tony Boeckel, 3b 3 0 1 0
Hack Miller, lf 4 0 0 0 Hod Ford, 2b 4 0 1 1
Cliff Heathcote, rf 2 0 1 1 Bob Smith, ss 3 0 2 0
Ray Grimes, 1b 3 1 1 2 Mickey O'Neil, c 3 0 0 0
Vic Keen, p 3 0 0 0 Dana Fillingim, p 2 0 0 0
Tim McNamara, p 0 0 0 0
Earl Smith, ph 1 0 1 0
Johnny Cooney, pr 0 0 0 0
Jess Barnes, p 0 0 0 0
Frank Gibson, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
31 6 9 6 30 2 8 2
CHN 100 103 001 -- 6
BSN 100 001 000 -- 2
CHN IP H R ER BB SO
Vic Keen (W) 9.0 8 2 2 4 1
BSN IP H R ER BB SO
Dana Fillingim (L)* 6.0 8 5 2 4 2
Tim McNamara 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Jess Barnes 2.0 1 1 1 1 1
* Pitched to 1 batter in 7th
E -- Bob Smith 2, Vic Keen
DP -- CHN 2
LOB -- CHN 6, BSN 7
2B -- Bob Smith
3B -- Cliff Heathcote
SB -- Cliff Heathcote, Ray Grimes, Jigger Statz
CS -- Jigger Statz 2, Billy Southworth, George Grantham
SH -- Bernie Friberg, Mickey O'Neil, Sparky Adams, Vic Keen
SF -- Stuffy McInnis
T -- 1:55
A -- 3000
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