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Giants
@ Cubs
West Side Grounds
July 9, 1912
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Giants, played on July 9, 1912 at West Side Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | July 9, 1912 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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| Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 9, 1912 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Christy Mathewson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mordecai Brown |
| Ballpark | West Side Grounds |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 20,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 48 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Klem 1B: Garnet Bush 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Fred Snodgrass | Left Fielder |
| Beals Becker | Center Fielder |
| Fred Merkle | First Baseman |
| Red Murray | Right Fielder |
| Buck Herzog | Third Baseman |
| Chief Meyers | Catcher |
| Art Fletcher | Shortstop |
| Heinie Groh | Second Baseman |
| Christy Mathewson | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jimmy Sheckard | Left Fielder |
| Frank Schulte | Right Fielder |
| Joe Tinker | Shortstop |
| Heinie Zimmerman | Third Baseman |
| Tommy Leach | Center Fielder |
| Vic Saier | First Baseman |
| Johnny Evers | Second Baseman |
| Jimmy Archer | Catcher |
| Mordecai Brown | Pitcher |
| Frank Chance | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Cubs
West Side Grounds
July 9, 1912
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snodgrass vs. Brown
Snodgrass hits a fly ball into center field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Brown
Becker hits a popup, foul, towards first. Saier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Brown
Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Evers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sheckard vs. Mathewson
Sheckard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schulte vs. Mathewson
Schulte hits a fly ball into left field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tinker vs. Mathewson
Tinker hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Sheckard moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Zimmerman vs. Mathewson
Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher misplays the ball. That's an error on Fletcher. Sheckard moves to third. Tinker moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Leach vs. Mathewson
Leach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Brown
Murray hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Archer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Brown
Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tinker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyers vs. Brown
Meyers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Brown
Fletcher hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sheckard who is chasing the ball. Fletcher reaches third base with a triple. Meyers goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Groh vs. Brown
Groh hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fletcher scores. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mathewson vs. Brown
Mathewson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Groh moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Snodgrass vs. Brown
Snodgrass hits a fly ball into center field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Saier vs. Mathewson
Saier hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murray. Saier reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Evers vs. Mathewson
Evers hits a fly ball into left field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Archer vs. Mathewson
Archer hits a fly ball into left field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Mathewson
Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Brown
Becker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Brown
Merkle hits a fly ball into left field. Sheckard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Brown
Murray hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Leach. Murray reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Herzog vs. Brown
Herzog hits a fly ball into left field. Sheckard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sheckard vs. Mathewson
Sheckard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher misplays the ball. That's an error on Fletcher. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schulte vs. Mathewson
Schulte hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tinker vs. Mathewson
Tinker hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Fletcher fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zimmerman vs. Mathewson
Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog juggles the ball. That's an error on Herzog. Tinker moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Leach vs. Mathewson
Leach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyers vs. Brown
Meyers hits a line drive into left field. Sheckard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Brown
Fletcher hits a fly ball into left field. Sheckard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groh vs. Brown
Groh is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Saier vs. Mathewson
Saier hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Saier for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evers vs. Mathewson
Evers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mathewson picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Mathewson. Evers moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Archer vs. Mathewson
Archer hits a fly ball into left field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Mathewson
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathewson vs. Brown
Mathewson hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Archer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snodgrass vs. Brown
Snodgrass is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Brown
Becker hits a fly ball into right field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sheckard vs. Mathewson
Sheckard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schulte vs. Mathewson
Schulte hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murray. Schulte reaches second base with a double. Sheckard moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Tinker vs. Mathewson
Tinker hits a fly ball into left field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Sheckard tags and scores. Schulte tags and moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Zimmerman vs. Mathewson
Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to home to get Schulte. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leach vs. Mathewson
Mathewson fires to first and has Zimmerman trapped. There's the throw to Fletcher who tags Zimmerman for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 2 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Brown
Merkle hits a fly ball into left field. Sheckard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Brown
Murray hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tinker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Brown
Herzog hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyers vs. Brown
Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leach vs. Mathewson
Leach hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Saier vs. Mathewson
Saier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Groh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Leach moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Evers vs. Mathewson
Evers is called out on strikes. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Archer vs. Mathewson
Archer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Leach scores. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Mathewson
Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Archer moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sheckard vs. Mathewson
Sheckard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Brown
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tinker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groh vs. Brown
Groh hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mathewson vs. Brown
Mathewson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Saier fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snodgrass vs. Brown
Snodgrass hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mathewson moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Becker vs. Brown
Becker hits a fly ball towards right. Schulte settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Schulte. Mathewson scores. Snodgrass goes all the way around to score. Becker moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Merkle vs. Brown
Merkle strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schulte vs. Mathewson
Schulte hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tinker vs. Mathewson
Tinker hits a popup towards third. Herzog settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Mathewson
Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leach vs. Mathewson
Leach hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Groh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Brown
Murray hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herzog vs. Brown
Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tinker fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meyers vs. Brown
Meyers hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Archer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Brown
There goes Herzog. The throw from Archer and he is out, Tinker applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Saier vs. Mathewson
Saier strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evers vs. Mathewson
Evers hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Snodgrass. Evers reaches second base with a double. Snodgrass throws the ball in to Herzog who tags Evers trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Archer vs. Mathewson
Archer strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Brown
Fletcher hits a fly ball into left field. Sheckard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groh vs. Brown
Groh hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sheckard. Groh reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mathewson vs. Brown
Mathewson strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Snodgrass vs. Brown
Snodgrass hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Downs vs. Mathewson
Red Downs pinch hits for Mordecai Brown.
Downs strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sheckard vs. Mathewson
Sheckard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle fields the ball and throws to Mathewson covering. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schulte vs. Mathewson
Schulte hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tinker vs. Mathewson
Tinker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 7/9/1912 -- New York at CHN (D)
New York AB R H RBI CHN AB R H RBI
Snodgrass F, lf 5 1 1 0 Jimmy Sheckard, lf 5 1 3 0
Becker B, cf 4 0 0 0 Frank Schulte, rf 5 0 1 0
Merkle F, 1b 4 0 0 0 Joe Tinker, ss 4 0 0 1
Murray R, rf 4 0 2 0 Heinie Zimmerman, 3b 4 0 1 0
Herzog B, 3b 4 1 1 1 Tommy Leach, cf 4 1 1 0
Meyers C, c 4 1 1 0 Vic Saier, 1b 4 0 1 0
Fletcher A, ss 4 1 1 1 Johnny Evers, 2b 4 0 2 0
Groh H, 2b 4 0 3 1 Jimmy Archer, c 4 0 1 1
Mathewson C, p 4 1 1 0 Mordecai Brown, p 3 0 1 0
Red Downs, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 5 10 3 38 2 11 2
New York 020 001 200 -- 5
CHN 000 011 000 -- 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Mathewson C (W) 9.0 11 2 2 0 4
CHN IP H R ER BB SO
Mordecai Brown (L) 9.0 10 5 3 0 4
E -- Fletcher A 3, Herzog B, Mathewson C, Jimmy Archer, Frank Schulte
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- New York 5, CHN 10
2B -- Vic Saier, Murray R, Frank Schulte, Johnny Evers, Groh H
3B -- Fletcher A
HR -- Herzog B
CS -- Heinie Zimmerman, Herzog B
SF -- Joe Tinker
T -- 1:48
A -- 20000
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