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Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 1, 1918
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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 1, 1918 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 1, 1918 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
|
| Home Team |
New York Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 1, 1918 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Hippo Vaughn |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Fred Toney |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 7,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 25 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Cy Rigler 1B: Hank O'Day 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Max Flack | Right Fielder |
| Charlie Hollocher | Shortstop |
| Les Mann | Left Fielder |
| Dode Paskert | Center Fielder |
| Fred Merkle | First Baseman |
| Charlie Deal | Third Baseman |
| Rollie Zeider | Second Baseman |
| Bill Killefer | Catcher |
| Hippo Vaughn | Pitcher |
| Fred Mitchell | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Burns | Center Fielder |
| Ross Youngs | Right Fielder |
| Art Fletcher | Shortstop |
| Larry Doyle | Second Baseman |
| Heinie Zimmerman | First Baseman |
| Jim Thorpe | Left Fielder |
| Ed Sicking | Third Baseman |
| Lew McCarty | Catcher |
| Fred Toney | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 1, 1918
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Toney
Flack hits a fly ball into center 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: ---
Hollocher vs. Toney
Hollocher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mann vs. Toney
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. Vaughn
Burns 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: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Vaughn
Youngs 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: ---
Fletcher vs. Vaughn
Fletcher 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
Top 2
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paskert vs. Toney
Paskert takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merkle vs. Toney
Merkle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Youngs throws the ball in to Fletcher who tags Merkle trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Paskert moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Deal vs. Toney
Deal hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Zeider vs. Toney
There goes Paskert. The slide. McCarty applies the tag. Paskert is out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Vaughn
Doyle 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: ---
Zimmerman vs. Vaughn
Zimmerman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thorpe vs. Vaughn
Thorpe hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Killefer fields it and throws to first for the out. Zimmerman moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sicking vs. Vaughn
Sicking hits a popup towards first. Merkle settles under it 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: ---
Zeider vs. Toney
Zeider hits a fly ball into center 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: ---
Killefer vs. Toney
Killefer hits a fly ball into center field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughn vs. Toney
Vaughn strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarty vs. Vaughn
McCarty hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Toney vs. Vaughn
Toney 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: ---
Burns vs. Vaughn
Burns hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Toney
Flack bunts towards the mound. Toney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hollocher vs. Toney
Hollocher bunts towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Flack moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mann vs. Toney
Mann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sicking fields it and throws to first for the out. Flack moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Paskert vs. Toney
Paskert hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Flack scores. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merkle vs. Toney
Toney fires to first and has Paskert trapped. There's the throw to Fletcher who tags Paskert for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Vaughn
Youngs hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Killefer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Vaughn
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vaughn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Vaughn
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vaughn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Toney
Merkle bunts towards the mound. Toney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Deal vs. Toney
The ball gets by McCarty for a passed ball. Merkle moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Deal vs. Toney
Deal bunts towards third. Sicking fields it and throws to first for the out. Merkle moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Zeider vs. Toney
Zeider bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Merkle scores. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Killefer vs. Toney
Killefer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Zeider moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Vaughn vs. Toney
Vaughn strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Vaughn
Zimmerman hits a popup towards third. Deal settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thorpe vs. Vaughn
Thorpe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sicking vs. Vaughn
Sicking hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Toney
Flack hits a fly ball into left field. Thorpe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hollocher vs. Toney
Hollocher strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mann vs. Toney
Mann hits a fly ball into center field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarty vs. Vaughn
McCarty hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Toney vs. Vaughn
Toney hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Vaughn
Burns hits a fly ball into left field. Mann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paskert vs. Toney
Paskert hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merkle vs. Toney
Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Zimmerman fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Deal vs. Toney
Deal hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Thorpe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Vaughn
Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Vaughn
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vaughn fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Vaughn
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Merkle scoops it up and throws to first, with Vaughn covering, for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zeider vs. Toney
Zeider hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCarty settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killefer vs. Toney
Killefer hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughn vs. Toney
Vaughn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Zimmerman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Vaughn for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Vaughn
Zimmerman hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thorpe vs. Vaughn
Thorpe hits a popup towards third. Deal settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sicking vs. Vaughn
Sicking strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Toney
Flack hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hollocher vs. Toney
Hollocher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mann vs. Toney
Mann hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Youngs. Mann reaches second base with a double. Hollocher moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Paskert vs. Toney
Paskert hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hollocher scores. Mann scores. Paskert moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Merkle vs. Toney
There goes Paskert. The throw from McCarty and he is safe. Paskert steals third. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Merkle vs. Toney
Merkle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thorpe throws the ball in to Fletcher who tags Merkle trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Paskert scores. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Deal vs. Toney
Deal 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 9
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Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarty vs. Vaughn
McCarty takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rariden vs. Vaughn
Bill Rariden pinch hits for Fred Toney.
Rariden strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Vaughn
Burns hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Zeider settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Vaughn
There goes McCarty. The throw from Killefer and he is safe. McCarty steals second. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Youngs vs. Vaughn
Youngs hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/1/1918 -- Chicago at NY1 (D)
Chicago AB R H RBI NY1 AB R H RBI
Flack M, rf 4 1 1 0 George Burns, cf 4 0 0 0
Hollocher C, ss 3 1 1 0 Ross Youngs, rf 4 0 0 0
Mann L, lf 4 1 1 0 Art Fletcher, ss 3 0 0 0
Paskert D, cf 3 1 3 3 Larry Doyle, 2b 3 0 0 0
Merkle F, 1b 4 1 3 1 Heinie Zimmerman, 1b 3 0 1 0
Deal C, 3b 3 0 0 0 Jim Thorpe, lf 2 0 0 0
Zeider R, 2b 2 0 0 1 Ed Sicking, 3b 3 0 0 0
Killefer B, c 3 0 0 0 Lew McCarty, c 2 0 0 0
Vaughn H, p 3 0 0 0 Fred Toney, p 2 0 0 0
Bill Rariden, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
29 5 9 5 27 0 1 0
Chicago 000 110 003 -- 5
NY1 000 000 000 -- 0
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Vaughn H (W) 9.0 1 0 0 2 2
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Fred Toney (L) 9.0 9 5 5 1 3
DP -- Chicago 1, NY1 1
LOB -- Chicago 1, NY1 2
2B -- Mann L
SB -- Paskert D, Lew McCarty
CS -- Paskert D
SH -- Hollocher C, Deal C, Zeider R
PB -- Lew McCarty
T -- 1:25
A -- 7000
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