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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
April 16, 1915
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, played on April 16, 1915 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | April 16, 1915 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
|
| Home Team |
New York Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 16, 1915 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ed Appleton |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Pol Perritt |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 45 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Cy Rigler 1B: Bill Hart 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ollie O'Mara | Shortstop |
| Hi Myers | Center Fielder |
| Joe Schultz | Third Baseman |
| Zack Wheat | Left Fielder |
| John Hummel | First Baseman |
| George Cutshaw | Second Baseman |
| Casey Stengel | Right Fielder |
| Lew McCarty | Catcher |
| Ed Appleton | Pitcher |
| Wilbert Robinson | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Fred Snodgrass | Center Fielder |
| Larry Doyle | Second Baseman |
| Hans Lobert | Third Baseman |
| Art Fletcher | Shortstop |
| George Burns | Left Fielder |
| Fred Merkle | First Baseman |
| Red Murray | Right Fielder |
| Chief Meyers | Catcher |
| Pol Perritt | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
April 16, 1915
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Mara vs. Perritt
O'Mara hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Perritt
Myers strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schultz vs. Perritt
Schultz hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snodgrass vs. Appleton
Snodgrass hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Appleton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Appleton
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Appleton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lobert vs. Appleton
Lobert hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Mara scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wheat vs. Perritt
Wheat 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 -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hummel vs. Perritt
Hummel 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 -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Perritt
Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stengel vs. Perritt
Stengel hits a fly ball into center field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Appleton
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Mara scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Appleton
Burns hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Appleton
Merkle hits a popup towards short. O'Mara settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarty vs. Perritt
McCarty hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lobert fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Lobert. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Appleton vs. Perritt
Appleton takes first base on ball four. McCarty moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
O'Mara vs. Perritt
O'Mara bunts towards the mound. Perritt fields it and throws to first for the out. McCarty moves to third. Appleton moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Myers vs. Perritt
Myers hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McCarty scores. Appleton scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schultz vs. Perritt
Schultz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Myers moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wheat vs. Perritt
Wheat hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Meyers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Appleton
Murray hits a fly ball into right field. Stengel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyers vs. Appleton
Meyers hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perritt vs. Appleton
Perritt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Meyers moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Snodgrass vs. Appleton
Snodgrass hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Appleton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hummel vs. Perritt
Hummel hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cutshaw vs. Perritt
Cutshaw hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stengel vs. Perritt
Stengel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stengel for the out. Hummel moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCarty vs. Perritt
McCarty hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lobert juggles the ball. That's an error on Lobert. Hummel moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Appleton vs. Perritt
There goes McCarty. The throw from Meyers and he is safe. McCarty steals second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Appleton vs. Perritt
Appleton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Appleton
Doyle hits a fly ball into center field. Myers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lobert vs. Appleton
Lobert hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Appleton
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Mara fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Mara vs. Perritt
O'Mara hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Meyers settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Perritt
Myers hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schultz vs. Perritt
Schultz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Appleton
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Mara scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Appleton
Merkle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murray vs. Appleton
Murray hits a popup towards third. Schultz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meyers vs. Appleton
There goes Merkle. The throw from McCarty and he is safe. Merkle steals second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Meyers vs. Appleton
Meyers hits a fly ball into center field. Myers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wheat vs. Perritt
Wheat hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hummel vs. Perritt
Hummel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lobert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Perritt
Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stengel vs. Perritt
There goes Cutshaw. The throw from Meyers and he is out, Fletcher applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perritt vs. Appleton
Perritt hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCarty settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snodgrass vs. Appleton
Snodgrass takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doyle vs. Appleton
The umpire calls a balk on Appleton Snodgrass moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Doyle vs. Appleton
Doyle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Snodgrass moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lobert vs. Appleton
Lobert hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Snodgrass scores. Doyle moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fletcher vs. Appleton
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Appleton fields it and throws to third for the out. Lobert moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Burns vs. Appleton
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Appleton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stengel vs. Perritt
Stengel hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarty vs. Perritt
McCarty hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Appleton vs. Perritt
Appleton strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Appleton
Merkle hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murray vs. Appleton
Murray hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Mara scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyers vs. Appleton
Meyers is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perritt vs. Appleton
Perritt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schultz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Mara vs. Perritt
O'Mara hits a fly ball into center field. Snodgrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Perritt
Myers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schultz vs. Perritt
Schultz hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snodgrass vs. Appleton
Snodgrass takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doyle vs. Appleton
Doyle hits a popup towards short. O'Mara settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lobert vs. Appleton
There goes Snodgrass. The throw from McCarty and he is safe. Snodgrass steals second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lobert vs. Appleton
Lobert hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Snodgrass scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Appleton
Fletcher hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Appleton
There goes Lobert. The throw from McCarty and he is safe. Lobert steals second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burns vs. Appleton
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Mara scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wheat vs. Perritt
Wheat hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hummel vs. Perritt
Hummel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cutshaw vs. Perritt
Cutshaw bunts towards the mound. Perritt fields it and throws to first for the out. Hummel moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stengel vs. Perritt
Stengel hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Snodgrass. Stengel reaches second base with a double. Hummel scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCarty vs. Perritt
There's a wild pitch. Stengel moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McCarty vs. Perritt
McCarty hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Stengel scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Appleton vs. Perritt
Appleton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Mara vs. Perritt
O'Mara hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Appleton moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Myers vs. Perritt
Myers hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Meyers settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Dodgers, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Appleton
Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Appleton
Murray hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Appleton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyers vs. Appleton
Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Mara misplays the ball. That's an error on O'Mara. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robertson vs. Appleton
Dave Robertson pinch hits for Pol Perritt.
Robertson hits a fly ball towards center. Myers settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Myers. Meyers goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snodgrass vs. Appleton
Snodgrass strikes out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 4/16/1915 -- BRO at NY1 (D)
BRO AB R H RBI NY1 AB R H RBI
Ollie O'Mara, ss 4 0 1 0 Fred Snodgrass, cf 3 2 0 0
Hi Myers, cf 5 0 1 2 Larry Doyle, 2b 4 0 1 0
Joe Schultz, 3b 4 0 0 0 Hans Lobert, 3b 4 0 3 2
Zach Wheat, lf 4 1 1 1 Art Fletcher, ss 4 0 0 0
John Hummel, 1b 3 1 1 0 George Burns, lf 4 0 0 0
George Cutshaw, 2b 3 0 2 0 Fred Merkle, 1b 3 0 1 0
Casey Stengel, rf 4 1 1 1 Red Murray, rf 4 0 0 0
Lew McCarty, c 4 1 1 1 Chief Meyers, c 3 1 1 0
Ed Appleton, p 3 1 0 0 Pol Perritt, p 3 0 0 0
Dave Robertson, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 5 8 5 33 3 6 2
BRO 002 000 003 -- 5
NY1 000 001 011 -- 3
BRO IP H R ER BB SO
Ed Appleton (W) 9.0 6 3 2 3 1
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Pol Perritt (L) 9.0 8 5 3 2 2
E -- Hans Lobert 2, Ollie O'Mara, Hi Myers
DP -- BRO 2
LOB -- BRO 6, NY1 7
2B -- Casey Stengel
HR -- Zach Wheat
SB -- Lew McCarty, Fred Merkle, Fred Snodgrass, Hans Lobert
CS -- George Cutshaw
SH -- Ollie O'Mara, George Cutshaw
HBP -- by Ed Appleton (Chief Meyers)
WP -- Pol Perritt
Balk -- Ed Appleton
T -- 1:45
A -- 0
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