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Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 4, 1916
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Chicago Cubs, played on August 4, 1916 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 4, 1916 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
|
| Home Team |
New York Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 4, 1916 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jimmy Lavender |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jeff Tesreau |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 8,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 42 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Klem 1B: Bob Emslie 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rollie Zeider | Third Baseman |
| Max Flack | Right Fielder |
| Les Mann | Left Fielder |
| Otto Knabe | Second Baseman |
| Joe Kelly | Center Fielder |
| Vic Saier | First Baseman |
| Chuck Wortman | Shortstop |
| Art Wilson | Catcher |
| Jimmy Lavender | Pitcher |
| Joe Tinker | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Burns | Left Fielder |
| Larry Doyle | Second Baseman |
| Buck Herzog | Third Baseman |
| Dave Robertson | Right Fielder |
| Benny Kauff | Center Fielder |
| Fred Merkle | First Baseman |
| Art Fletcher | Shortstop |
| Bill Rariden | Catcher |
| Jeff Tesreau | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 4, 1916
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zeider vs. Tesreau
Zeider hits a popup, foul, towards third. Herzog settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Tesreau
Flack hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mann vs. Tesreau
Mann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Lavender
Burns strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Lavender
Doyle hits a fly ball into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Lavender
Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zeider fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knabe vs. Tesreau
Knabe is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Tesreau
Kelly hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Knabe moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Saier vs. Tesreau
Saier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Knabe moves to third. Kelly moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wortman vs. Tesreau
Wortman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Knabe scores. Kelly moves to third. Saier moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wilson vs. Anderson
Fred Anderson now pitching.
Wilson hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kelly tags and scores. Saier tags and moves to third. Wortman tags and moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lavender vs. Anderson
Lavender hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Fletcher. Saier scores. Wortman scores. Lavender moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Zeider vs. Anderson
Zeider hits a line drive into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Flack vs. Anderson
Flack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Lavender
Robertson hits a fly ball into left field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kauff vs. Lavender
Kauff hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Wilson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Lavender
Merkle hits a fly ball into left field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mann vs. Anderson
Mann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Knabe vs. Anderson
Knabe bunts towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out. Mann moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kelly vs. Anderson
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to home to get Mann. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Saier vs. Anderson
Saier hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Lavender
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wortman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rariden vs. Lavender
Rariden strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Anderson vs. Lavender
Anderson strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wortman vs. Anderson
Wortman bunts in front of the plate. Rariden fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Anderson
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lavender vs. Anderson
Lavender 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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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Lavender
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wortman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doyle vs. Lavender
There goes Burns. The throw from Wilson and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.Kelly fumbles the ball. That's an error on Kelly. Burns goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Lavender
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knabe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Lavender
Herzog is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Lavender
Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Saier scoops it up and throws to first, with Lavender covering, for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zeider vs. Anderson
Zeider hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Anderson
Flack strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mann vs. Anderson
Mann hits a line drive into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kauff vs. Lavender
Kauff bunts towards the mound. Lavender fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Lavender
Merkle hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Lavender
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground into center field. Kelly picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Kelly. Fletcher moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rariden vs. Lavender
Rariden hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wortman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Knabe vs. Anderson
Knabe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Anderson
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Saier vs. Anderson
Saier is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Anderson vs. Lavender
Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lavender fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Lavender
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards first. Saier scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Burns for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Lavender
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knabe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wortman vs. Anderson
Wortman 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 -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Anderson
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Anderson, and towards Fletcher, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lavender vs. Anderson
Lavender strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Lavender
Herzog takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robertson vs. Lavender
Robertson hits a popup towards first. Saier settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kauff vs. Lavender
Kauff hits a popup towards short. Wortman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merkle vs. Lavender
There goes Herzog. The throw from Wilson and he is safe. Herzog steals second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Merkle vs. Lavender
Merkle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fletcher vs. Lavender
Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zeider vs. Anderson
Zeider hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flack vs. Anderson
Flack hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Rariden fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mann vs. Anderson
There goes Flack. The throw from Rariden and he is safe. Flack steals second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mann vs. Anderson
Mann hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burns who is chasing the ball. Mann reaches third base with a triple. Flack scores. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Knabe vs. Anderson
Knabe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Mann scores. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Anderson
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Saier vs. Anderson
Saier 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 8
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Cubs, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rariden vs. Lavender
Rariden hits a ball on the ground towards first. Saier scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rariden for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Lavender
Herb Hunter pinch hits for Fred Anderson.
Hunter strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Lavender
Burns hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doyle vs. Lavender
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Knabe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wortman vs. Schupp
Ferdie Schupp now pitching.
Wortman hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Schupp
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Herzog fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lavender vs. Schupp
Lavender strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cubs, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Lavender
Herzog hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robertson vs. Lavender
There goes Herzog. The throw from Wilson and he is safe. Herzog steals second. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Robertson vs. Lavender
There goes Herzog. The throw from Wilson and he is safe. Herzog steals third. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Robertson vs. Lavender
Robertson strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kauff vs. Lavender
Kauff hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wortman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Herzog scores. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Lavender
Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wortman misplays the ball. That's an error on Wortman. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Lavender
There goes Merkle. The throw from Wilson and he is safe. Merkle steals second. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fletcher vs. Lavender
There goes Merkle. The throw from Wilson and he is safe. Merkle steals third. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Fletcher vs. Lavender
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wortman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/4/1916 -- CHN at NY1 (D)
CHN AB R H RBI NY1 AB R H RBI
Rollie Zeider, 3b 4 0 1 0 George Burns, lf 4 1 2 0
Max Flack, rf 4 1 0 0 Larry Doyle, 2b 4 0 0 0
Les Mann, lf 4 1 2 1 Buck Herzog, 3b 3 1 1 0
Otto Knabe, 2b 2 1 0 1 Dave Robertson, rf 4 0 0 0
Joe Kelly, cf 4 1 1 0 Benny Kauff, cf 4 0 0 1
Vic Saier, 1b 4 1 1 0 Fred Merkle, 1b 3 0 0 0
Chuck Wortman, ss 4 1 1 1 Art Fletcher, ss 4 0 1 0
Art Wilson, c 3 0 0 1 Bill Rariden, c 3 0 0 0
Jimmy Lavender, p 4 0 0 1 Jeff Tesreau, p 0 0 0 0
Fred Anderson, p 2 0 0 0
Herb Hunter, ph 1 0 0 0
Ferdie Schupp, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 6 6 5 32 2 4 1
CHN 040 000 020 -- 6
NY1 000 100 001 -- 2
CHN IP H R ER BB SO
Jimmy Lavender (W) 9.0 4 2 1 2 6
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Jeff Tesreau (L)* 1.0 3 4 3 0 0
Fred Anderson 7.0 3 2 2 0 3
Ferdie Schupp 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 4 batters in 2nd
E -- Art Fletcher, Art Wilson, Joe Kelly 2, Chuck Wortman
LOB -- CHN 3, NY1 5
3B -- Les Mann
SB -- George Burns, Buck Herzog 3, Max Flack, Fred Merkle 2
SH -- Otto Knabe
SF -- Art Wilson
HBP -- by Jeff Tesreau (Otto Knabe)
T -- 1:42
A -- 8000
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