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Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 23, 1917
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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 23, 1917 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 23, 1917 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
|
| Home Team |
New York Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 23, 1917 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Hippo Vaughn |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ferdie Schupp |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 3,000 |
| Time of Game | 0 hours 45 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Cy Rigler 1B: Kitty Bransfield 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Max Flack | Right Fielder |
| Les Mann | Center Fielder |
| Rollie Zeider | Second Baseman |
| Fred Merkle | First Baseman |
| Harry Wolter | Left Fielder |
| Charlie Deal | Third Baseman |
| Pete Kilduff | Shortstop |
| Rowdy Elliott | Catcher |
| Hippo Vaughn | Pitcher |
| Fred Mitchell | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Burns | Left Fielder |
| Buck Herzog | Second Baseman |
| Benny Kauff | Center Fielder |
| Heinie Zimmerman | Third Baseman |
| Art Fletcher | Shortstop |
| Dave Robertson | Right Fielder |
| Walter Holke | First Baseman |
| Bill Rariden | Catcher |
| Ferdie Schupp | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 23, 1917
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Schupp
Flack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schupp fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mann vs. Schupp
Mann hits a fly ball into right field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zeider vs. Schupp
Zeider 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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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Vaughn
Burns hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Vaughn
Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vaughn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kauff vs. Vaughn
Kauff strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Schupp
Merkle hits a popup towards first. Holke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wolter vs. Schupp
Wolter hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Deal vs. Schupp
Deal hits a popup towards third. Zimmerman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Vaughn
Zimmerman hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Zeider reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Vaughn
Fletcher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robertson vs. Vaughn
Robertson hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Holke vs. Vaughn
Holke hits a fly ball into center field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kilduff vs. Schupp
Kilduff hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Schupp
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughn vs. Schupp
Vaughn strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rariden vs. Vaughn
Rariden hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schupp vs. Vaughn
Schupp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kilduff scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Vaughn
Burns hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herzog vs. Vaughn
There goes Burns. The throw from Elliott and he is out, Kilduff applying the tag. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Schupp
Flack bunts towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mann vs. Schupp
Mann hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zeider vs. Schupp
There's a wild pitch. Mann moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Zeider vs. Schupp
Zeider strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Merkle vs. Schupp
Merkle is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Vaughn
Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kauff vs. Vaughn
Kauff hits a popup towards short. Kilduff settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Vaughn
Zimmerman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wolter vs. Schupp
Wolter hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Deal vs. Schupp
Deal hits a line drive towards short. Fletcher reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kilduff vs. Schupp
Kilduff strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Vaughn
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kilduff scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Vaughn
Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zeider scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holke vs. Vaughn
Holke strikes out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/23/1917 -- CHN at New York (D)
CHN AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Max Flack, rf 2 0 0 0 Burns G, lf 2 0 1 0
Les Mann, cf 2 0 1 0 Herzog B, 2b 2 0 0 0
Rollie Zeider, 2b 2 0 0 0 Kauff B, cf 2 0 0 0
Fred Merkle, 1b 2 0 0 0 Zimmerman H, 3b 2 0 0 0
Harry Wolter, lf 2 0 0 0 Fletcher A, ss 2 0 1 0
Charlie Deal, 3b 2 0 0 0 Robertson D, rf 2 0 0 0
Pete Kilduff, ss 2 0 0 0 Holke W, 1b 2 0 0 0
Rowdy Elliott, c 1 0 0 0 Rariden B, c 1 0 0 0
Hippo Vaughn, p 1 0 0 0 Schupp F, p 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 0 1 0 16 0 2 0
CHN 000 00 -- 0
New York 000 00 -- 0
CHN IP H R ER BB SO
Hippo Vaughn 5.0 2 0 0 0 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Schupp F 5.0 1 0 0 0 4
LOB -- CHN 1, New York 1
CS -- Burns G
WP -- Schupp F
T -- 0:45
A -- 3000
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