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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 26, 1915
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on August 26, 1915 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 26, 1915 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 26, 1915 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Erv Kantlehner |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Sailor Stroud |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 37 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Cy Rigler 1B: George Cockill 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Max Carey | Left Fielder |
| Zip Collins | Center Fielder |
| Doc Johnston | First Baseman |
| Bill Hinchman | Right Fielder |
| Honus Wagner | Shortstop |
| Alex McCarthy | Second Baseman |
| Doug Baird | Third Baseman |
| George Gibson | Catcher |
| Erv Kantlehner | Pitcher |
| Fred Clarke | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Burns | Left Fielder |
| Eddie Grant | Third Baseman |
| Dave Robertson | Right Fielder |
| Larry Doyle | Second Baseman |
| Fred Merkle | Center Fielder |
| Art Fletcher | Shortstop |
| Fred Brainard | First Baseman |
| Chief Meyers | Catcher |
| Sailor Stroud | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 26, 1915
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Stroud
Carey hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Stroud
Collins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brainard scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Collins for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnston vs. Stroud
Johnston 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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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Kantlehner
Burns hits a fly ball into right field. Hinchman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grant vs. Kantlehner
Grant hits a fly ball into right field. Hinchman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Kantlehner
Robertson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. McCarthy reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hinchman vs. Stroud
Hinchman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Robertson. Hinchman reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wagner vs. Stroud
Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grant fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hinchman moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McCarthy vs. Stroud
McCarthy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hinchman scores. Wagner moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Baird vs. Stroud
Baird hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle fields it and throws to home to get Wagner. McCarthy moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gibson vs. Stroud
Gibson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle catches it and throws to first to double up Baird. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Kantlehner
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kantlehner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Kantlehner
Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wagner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Kantlehner
Fletcher hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. McCarthy reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kantlehner vs. Stroud
Kantlehner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Grant settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Stroud
Carey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Collins vs. Stroud
Collins hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stroud can't make a play. That's a base hit. Carey moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnston vs. Stroud
Johnston takes first base on ball four. Carey moves to third. Collins moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hinchman vs. Stroud
Hinchman hits a line drive into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Carey tags and scores. Collins tags and moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wagner vs. Stroud
Collins is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brainard vs. Kantlehner
Brainard hits a fly ball into right field. Hinchman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyers vs. Kantlehner
Meyers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stroud vs. Kantlehner
Stroud hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Meyers moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Burns vs. Kantlehner
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCarthy fields it and throws to second for the out. Meyers moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Grant vs. Kantlehner
Grant hits a popup towards third. Baird settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Stroud
Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarthy vs. Stroud
McCarthy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baird vs. Stroud
Baird hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Kantlehner
Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnston scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Robertson for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Kantlehner
Doyle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merkle vs. Kantlehner
Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wagner throws to second for one, and McCarthy throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Merkle moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fletcher vs. Kantlehner
Fletcher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Merkle scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brainard vs. Kantlehner
There goes Fletcher. The throw from Gibson and he is safe. Fletcher steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brainard vs. Kantlehner
Brainard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCarthy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Stroud
Gibson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kantlehner vs. Stroud
Kantlehner bunts towards first. Brainard fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carey vs. Stroud
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Collins vs. Stroud
Stroud fires to first and has Carey trapped. There's the throw to Doyle who tags Carey for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyers vs. Kantlehner
Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wagner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stroud vs. Kantlehner
Stroud hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Kantlehner
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wagner scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Stroud
Collins hits a popup, foul, towards third. Grant settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnston vs. Stroud
Johnston 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 -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hinchman vs. Stroud
Hinchman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Stroud
Wagner hits a popup, foul, towards first. Brainard settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grant vs. Kantlehner
Grant bunts towards the mound. Kantlehner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Kantlehner
Robertson hits a fly ball into center field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Kantlehner
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCarthy misplays the ball. That's an error on McCarthy. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merkle vs. Kantlehner
There goes Doyle. The throw from Gibson and he is safe. Doyle steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Merkle vs. Kantlehner
Merkle strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarthy vs. Stroud
McCarthy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baird vs. Stroud
Baird hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Meyers settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gibson vs. Stroud
Gibson hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kantlehner vs. Stroud
Kantlehner is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Kantlehner
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kantlehner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brainard vs. Kantlehner
Brainard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCarthy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyers vs. Kantlehner
Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCarthy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Stroud
Carey hits a fly ball into center field. Merkle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Stroud
Collins hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnston vs. Stroud
Johnston hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brainard scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnston for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Babington vs. Kantlehner
Charlie Babington pinch hits for Sailor Stroud.
Babington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wagner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Kantlehner
Burns hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grant vs. Kantlehner
There goes Burns. The throw from Gibson and he is safe. Burns steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kelly vs. Kantlehner
High Pockets Kelly pinch hits for Eddie Grant.
Kelly is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Robertson vs. Kantlehner
Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnston scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Robertson for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hinchman vs. Schauer
Rube Schauer now pitching. High Pockets Kelly now playing first base. Fred Brainard now playing third base.
Hinchman 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 -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Schauer
Wagner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burns. Wagner reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCarthy vs. Schauer
McCarthy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baird vs. Schauer
There's a wild pitch. Wagner moves to third. McCarthy moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Baird vs. Schauer
Baird hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelly fields it and throws to home to get Wagner. McCarthy moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gibson vs. Schauer
There goes McCarthy. The throw from Meyers to Schauer to Brainard who tags McCarthy out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Kantlehner
Doyle hits a popup, foul, towards first. Johnston settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Kantlehner
Merkle hits a popup towards first. Johnston settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Kantlehner
Fletcher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brainard vs. Kantlehner
There goes Fletcher. The throw from Gibson and he is out, Wagner applying the tag. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/26/1915 -- PIT at NY1 (D)
PIT AB R H RBI NY1 AB R H RBI
Max Carey, lf 4 1 1 0 George Burns, lf 4 0 1 0
Zip Collins, cf 4 0 1 0 Eddie Grant, 3b 3 0 0 0
Doc Johnston, 1b 3 0 0 0 George Kelly, ph-1b 1 0 0 0
Bill Hinchman, rf 3 1 2 1 Dave Robertson, rf 4 0 0 0
Honus Wagner, ss 4 0 2 0 Larry Doyle, 2b 4 0 1 0
Alex McCarthy, 2b 3 0 2 1 Fred Merkle, cf 4 1 0 0
Doug Baird, 3b 4 0 0 0 Art Fletcher, ss 4 0 2 1
George Gibson, c 3 0 1 0 Fred Brainerd, 1b-3b 3 0 0 0
Erv Kantlehner, p 3 0 0 0 Chief Meyers, c 3 0 1 0
Sailor Stroud, p 2 0 2 0
Charlie Babingto, ph 1 0 0 0
Rube Schauer, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
31 2 9 2 33 1 7 1
PIT 011 000 000 -- 2
NY1 000 100 000 -- 1
PIT IP H R ER BB SO
Erv Kantlehner (W) 9.0 7 1 0 0 2
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Sailor Stroud (L) 8.0 8 2 2 1 1
Rube Schauer 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
E -- Alex McCarthy 2
DP -- PIT 1, NY1 1
LOB -- PIT 5, NY1 5
2B -- Bill Hinchman, Honus Wagner
SB -- Art Fletcher, Larry Doyle, George Burns
CS -- Zip Collins, Max Carey, Alex McCarthy, Art Fletcher
SF -- Bill Hinchman
WP -- Rube Schauer
T -- 1:37
A -- 0
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