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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 15, 1916
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on June 15, 1916 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | June 15, 1916 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 15, 1916 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Steamboat Williams |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Pol Perritt |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 1,500 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 38 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ernie Quigley 1B: Lord Byron 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bruno Betzel | Second Baseman |
| Bob Bescher | Left Fielder |
| Tom Long | Right Fielder |
| Dots Miller | First Baseman |
| Rogers Hornsby | Third Baseman |
| Chief Wilson | Center Fielder |
| Frank Snyder | Catcher |
| Roy Corhan | Shortstop |
| Steamboat Williams | Pitcher |
| Miller Huggins | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Burns | Left Fielder |
| Dave Robertson | Right Fielder |
| Larry Doyle | Second Baseman |
| Edd Roush | Center Fielder |
| Art Fletcher | Shortstop |
| Fred Merkle | First Baseman |
| Bill McKechnie | Third Baseman |
| Bill Rariden | Catcher |
| Pol Perritt | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
June 15, 1916
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Betzel vs. Perritt
Betzel hits a popup, foul, towards third. McKechnie settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bescher vs. Perritt
Bescher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Long vs. Perritt
Long hits a popup, foul, towards third. McKechnie settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Williams
Burns hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robertson vs. Williams
Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Miller fields the ball and throws to Williams covering. Safe. Burns moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Doyle vs. Williams
Doyle hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Long. Doyle reaches second base with a double. Burns scores. Robertson moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Roush vs. Williams
Roush hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Betzel fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Betzel. Robertson scores. Doyle moves to third. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fletcher vs. Williams
Fletcher hits a fly ball into left field. Bescher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Roush moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Merkle vs. Williams
Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hornsby fields it and throws to first for the out. Doyle scores. Roush moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McKechnie vs. Williams
McKechnie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Corhan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Perritt
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hornsby vs. Perritt
Hornsby strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Perritt
Wilson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Miller moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Snyder vs. Perritt
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rariden vs. Williams
Rariden hits a fly ball into left field. Bescher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perritt vs. Williams
Perritt strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Williams
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Corhan fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Corhan. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robertson vs. Williams
There goes Burns. The throw from Snyder and he is safe. Burns steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Robertson vs. Williams
Robertson hits a popup towards first. Miller settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Corhan vs. Perritt
Corhan hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Perritt
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Betzel vs. Perritt
Betzel is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bescher vs. Perritt
Bescher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Long vs. Perritt
Long hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Williams
Doyle hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Snyder fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roush vs. Williams
Roush hits a fly ball into right field. Long settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Williams
Fletcher takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merkle vs. Williams
There goes Fletcher. The throw from Snyder and he is safe. Fletcher steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Merkle vs. Williams
Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hornsby fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Perritt
Miller hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. Perritt
Hornsby hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Roush is chasing the ball. Hornsby rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Perritt
Wilson strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Perritt
Snyder 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
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKechnie vs. Williams
McKechnie hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rariden vs. Williams
Rariden hits a fly ball into right field. Long settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perritt vs. Williams
Perritt hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bescher. Perritt reaches second base with a double. McKechnie moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Burns vs. Williams
Burns hits a fly ball into left field. Bescher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McKechnie tags and scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Robertson vs. Williams
Robertson hits a fly ball into right field. Long settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Corhan vs. Perritt
Corhan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Perritt
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKechnie fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Betzel vs. Perritt
Betzel hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKechnie fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Williams
Doyle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bescher who is chasing the ball. Doyle reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Roush vs. Williams
Roush hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Doyle tags and scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Williams
Fletcher hits a popup in front of the plate. Snyder settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Williams
Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hornsby fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bescher vs. Perritt
Bescher hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Long vs. Perritt
Long strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Perritt
Miller hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKechnie vs. Williams
McKechnie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Betzel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rariden vs. Williams
Rariden hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perritt vs. Williams
Perritt hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Betzel catches it and throws to first to double up Rariden. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. Perritt
Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKechnie fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Perritt
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hornsby moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Snyder vs. Perritt
Snyder hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Corhan vs. Perritt
Corhan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Williams
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hornsby fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Williams
Robertson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doyle vs. Williams
There goes Robertson. The throw from Snyder and he is out, Corhan applying the tag. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Williams
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Betzel misplays the ball. That's an error on Betzel. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roush vs. Williams
Roush hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Betzel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Perritt
Jack Smith pinch hits for Steamboat Williams.
Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Betzel vs. Perritt
Betzel hits a line drive into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bescher vs. Perritt
Bescher hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Long vs. Perritt
Long hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smith moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Miller vs. Perritt
Miller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smith scores. Long moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hornsby vs. Perritt
Hornsby 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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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Steele
Bob Steele now pitching.
Fletcher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merkle vs. Steele
Merkle hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hornsby settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McKechnie vs. Steele
McKechnie hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Snyder fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rariden vs. Steele
There goes McKechnie. The throw from Snyder and he is out, Corhan applying the tag. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Perritt
Wilson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Perritt
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wilson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Corhan vs. Perritt
Corhan hits a ball on the ground towards third. McKechnie fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Butler vs. Perritt
Art Butler pinch hits for Bob Steele.
Butler 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
Box Score
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Game of 6/15/1916 -- SLN at NY1 (D)
SLN AB R H RBI NY1 AB R H RBI
Bruno Betzel, 2b 4 0 0 0 George Burns, lf 3 1 1 1
Bob Bescher, lf 4 0 1 0 Dave Robertson, rf 4 1 2 0
Tom Long, rf 4 0 1 0 Larry Doyle, 2b 4 2 2 1
Dots Miller, 1b 4 0 2 1 Edd Roush, cf 3 0 0 1
Rogers Hornsby, 3b 4 1 2 1 Art Fletcher, ss 3 0 1 0
Chief Wilson, cf 4 0 2 0 Fred Merkle, 1b 4 0 0 1
Frank Snyder, c 4 0 0 0 Bill McKechnie, 3b 4 1 1 0
Roy Corhan, ss 4 0 1 0 Bill Rariden, c 3 0 1 0
Steamboat William, p 1 0 0 0 Pol Perritt, p 3 0 1 0
Jack Smith, ph 1 1 1 0
Bob Steele, p 0 0 0 0
Art Butler, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 2 10 2 31 5 9 4
SLN 000 100 010 -- 2
NY1 300 110 00x -- 5
SLN IP H R ER BB SO
Steamboat Williams (L) 7.0 8 5 3 1 1
Bob Steele 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Pol Perritt (W) 9.0 10 2 2 1 4
E -- Bruno Betzel 2, Roy Corhan
DP -- SLN 1, NY1 2
LOB -- SLN 7, NY1 5
2B -- Larry Doyle, Pol Perritt
3B -- Larry Doyle
HR -- Rogers Hornsby
SB -- George Burns, Art Fletcher
CS -- Dave Robertson, Bill McKechnie
SF -- George Burns, Edd Roush
T -- 1:38
A -- 1500
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