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Giants
@ Cubs
West Side Grounds
August 15, 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 August 15, 1912 at West Side Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 15, 1912 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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| Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 15, 1912 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rube Marquard |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Lew Richie |
| Ballpark | West Side Grounds |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 30,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 50 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Brick Owens 1B: Bill Brennan 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Fred Snodgrass | Left Fielder |
| Larry Doyle | Second Baseman |
| Beals Becker | Center Fielder |
| Red Murray | Right Fielder |
| Fred Merkle | First Baseman |
| Buck Herzog | Third Baseman |
| Chief Meyers | Catcher |
| Art Fletcher | Shortstop |
| Rube Marquard | 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 |
| Red Downs | Second Baseman |
| Jimmy Archer | Catcher |
| Lew Richie | Pitcher |
| Frank Chance | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Cubs
West Side Grounds
August 15, 1912
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snodgrass vs. Richie
Snodgrass hits a line drive into left field. Sheckard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Richie
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Richie
Becker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Downs 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. Marquard
Sheckard 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, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schulte vs. Marquard
Schulte hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tinker vs. Marquard
Tinker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Richie
Murray hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Richie
Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Downs fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Downs. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herzog vs. Richie
Herzog hits a line drive into center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Merkle moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Meyers vs. Richie
Meyers is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Fletcher vs. Richie
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tinker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Marquard
Zimmerman hits a line drive into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Leach vs. Marquard
Leach bunts towards the mound. Marquard fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Saier vs. Marquard
There goes Leach. The throw from Meyers and he is safe. Leach steals second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Saier vs. Marquard
Saier hits a line drive towards the mound. Marquard can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Leach moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Downs vs. Marquard
Downs hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Archer vs. Marquard
There goes Saier. The throw from Meyers and he is out, Doyle applying the tag. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marquard vs. Richie
Marquard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Downs scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snodgrass vs. Richie
Snodgrass takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doyle vs. Richie
Doyle takes first base on ball four. Snodgrass moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Becker vs. Richie
Richie spins and fires to second, with Tinker covering, and Snodgrass is picked off. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Becker vs. Richie
Becker hits a line drive into center field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Archer vs. Marquard
Archer strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richie vs. Marquard
Richie hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Richie for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sheckard vs. Marquard
Sheckard takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schulte vs. Marquard
Schulte hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Marquard fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Richie
Murray hits a line drive into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Merkle vs. Richie
Merkle hits a line drive into center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Murray scores. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Herzog vs. Richie
Herzog bunts in front of the plate. Archer fields it and throws to first for the out. Merkle moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Meyers vs. Richie
Meyers hits a ball on the ground for a double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tinker vs. Marquard
Tinker hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Marquard
Zimmerman hits a popup towards short. Fletcher misplays the ball. That's an error on Fletcher. Zimmerman moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Leach vs. Marquard
Leach takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Saier vs. Marquard
Saier hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Downs vs. Marquard
Downs 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, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Richie
Fletcher hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Archer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marquard vs. Richie
Marquard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Saier scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Marquard for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snodgrass vs. Richie
Snodgrass hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Archer vs. Marquard
Archer hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richie vs. Marquard
Richie hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sheckard vs. Marquard
Sheckard takes first base on ball four. Richie moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schulte vs. Marquard
Schulte hits a popup towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tinker vs. Marquard
Tinker hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Richie scores. Sheckard moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Zimmerman vs. Marquard
Zimmerman hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Sheckard scores. Tinker scores. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Leach vs. Marquard
Leach hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Zimmerman scores. Leach moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Saier vs. Marquard
There's a wild pitch. Leach moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Saier vs. Marquard
Saier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Downs vs. Marquard
Downs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Leach scores. Saier moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Archer vs. Crandall
Doc Crandall now pitching.
Archer hits a line drive into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Richie
Doyle hits a fly ball into center field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Becker vs. Richie
Becker hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Schulte. Becker reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murray vs. Richie
Murray hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. Becker moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Merkle vs. Richie
Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richie vs. Crandall
Richie takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sheckard vs. Crandall
Sheckard bunts towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out. Richie moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schulte vs. Crandall
Schulte hits a line drive into left field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tinker vs. Crandall
Tinker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Richie
Herzog hits a line drive into right field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyers vs. Richie
Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Richie
Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field. Schulte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crandall vs. Richie
Crandall hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Archer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Crandall
Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leach vs. Crandall
Leach hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Becker. Leach reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Saier vs. Crandall
Saier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Leach moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Downs vs. Crandall
Downs strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snodgrass vs. Richie
Snodgrass hits a fly ball into left field. Sheckard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Richie
Doyle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Becker vs. Richie
Becker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Doyle moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Murray vs. Richie
Murray hits a popup, foul, towards third. Zimmerman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Merkle vs. Richie
Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tinker fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Archer vs. Crandall
Archer hits a fly ball into left field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richie vs. Crandall
Richie hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Crandall fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sheckard vs. Crandall
Sheckard strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Richie
Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Downs scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyers vs. Richie
Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tinker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCormick vs. Richie
Moose McCormick pinch hits for Art Fletcher.
McCormick strikes out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/15/1912 -- New York at CHN (D)
New York AB R H RBI CHN AB R H RBI
Snodgrass F, lf 3 0 0 0 Jimmy Sheckard, lf 2 1 0 0
Doyle L, 2b 2 0 0 0 Frank Schulte, rf 4 0 0 0
Becker B, cf 4 0 2 0 Joe Tinker, ss 4 1 1 1
Murray R, rf 4 1 1 0 Heinie Zimmerman, 3b 4 1 2 2
Merkle F, 1b 4 0 1 1 Tommy Leach, cf 3 1 2 1
Herzog B, 3b 3 0 1 0 Vic Saier, 1b 3 0 1 0
Meyers C, c 3 0 1 0 Red Downs, 2b 4 0 1 1
Fletcher A, ss 3 0 0 0 Jimmy Archer, c 4 0 0 0
McCormick M, ph 1 0 0 0 Lew Richie, p 3 1 1 0
Marquard R, p 2 0 0 0
Crandall D, p 1 0 0 0
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30 1 6 1 31 5 8 5
New York 000 100 000 -- 1
CHN 000 050 00x -- 5
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Marquard R (L) 4.2 7 5 5 4 1
Crandall D 3.1 1 0 0 1 2
CHN IP H R ER BB SO
Lew Richie (W) 9.0 6 1 1 4 1
E -- Red Downs, Fletcher A
DP -- CHN 2
LOB -- New York 7, CHN 8
2B -- Herzog B, Heinie Zimmerman 2, Murray R, Merkle F, Joe Tinker, Becker B, Tommy Leach
SB -- Tommy Leach
CS -- Vic Saier
SH -- Herzog B, Jimmy Sheckard
WP -- Marquard R
T -- 1:50
A -- 30000
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