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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 26, 1919
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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 May 26, 1919 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | May 26, 1919 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 26, 1919 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Wilbur Cooper |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Rube Benton |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 6,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 35 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Klem 1B: Bob Emslie 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Carson Bigbee | Center Fielder |
| Zeb Terry | Shortstop |
| Casey Stengel | Right Fielder |
| Billy Southworth | Left Fielder |
| George Cutshaw | Second Baseman |
| Fritz Mollwitz | First Baseman |
| Tony Boeckel | Third Baseman |
| Ed Sweeney | Catcher |
| Wilbur Cooper | Pitcher |
| Hugo Bezdek | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Burns | Left Fielder |
| Ross Youngs | Right Fielder |
| Hal Chase | First Baseman |
| Al Baird | Second Baseman |
| Benny Kauff | Center Fielder |
| Heinie Zimmerman | Third Baseman |
| Art Fletcher | Shortstop |
| Lew McCarty | Catcher |
| Rube Benton | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 26, 1919
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Benton
Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chase scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bigbee for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Benton
Terry hits a line drive into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stengel vs. Benton
Stengel hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. McCarty can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Southworth vs. Benton
Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baird scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Cooper
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Cooper
Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chase vs. Cooper
Chase hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw misplays the ball. That's an error on Cutshaw. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baird vs. Cooper
Baird hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Benton
Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mollwitz vs. Benton
Mollwitz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boeckel vs. Benton
Boeckel hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burns. Boeckel reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sweeney vs. Benton
Sweeney takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cooper vs. Benton
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kauff vs. Cooper
Kauff hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Cooper
Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Cooper
Fletcher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Zimmerman trying to get to third. Bigbee throws the ball in to Boeckel, who tags Zimmerman for the out. Fletcher moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCarty vs. Cooper
McCarty hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Benton vs. Cooper
Benton hits a fly ball into center field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Benton
Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baird misplays the ball. That's an error on Baird. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terry vs. Benton
Terry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baird fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Baird. Bigbee moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stengel vs. Benton
Stengel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bigbee scores. Terry moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Southworth vs. Benton
Southworth bunts towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. Terry moves to third. Stengel moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cutshaw vs. Benton
Cutshaw bunts towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to home to get Terry. Stengel moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mollwitz vs. Benton
Mollwitz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baird scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Cooper
Burns takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Cooper
Youngs takes first base on ball four. Burns moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chase vs. Cooper
Chase hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cooper juggles the ball. That's an error on Cooper. Burns moves to third. Youngs moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Baird vs. Cooper
Baird takes first base on ball four. Burns scores. Youngs moves to third. Chase moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kauff vs. Cooper
Kauff hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Zimmerman vs. Cooper
Zimmerman hits a fly ball into center field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Youngs tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fletcher vs. Cooper
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Chase moves to third. Baird moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McCarty vs. Cooper
McCarty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boeckel vs. Benton
Boeckel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sweeney vs. Benton
Sweeney hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Benton
Cooper hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCarty settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Benton vs. Cooper
Benton hits a fly ball into left field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Cooper
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Cooper
Youngs hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Stengel. Youngs reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Chase vs. Cooper
Chase bunts in front of the plate. Sweeney fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Youngs trying to get to third. Sweeney throws to Boeckel who tags Youngs for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Benton
Bigbee hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terry vs. Benton
Terry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baird fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stengel vs. Benton
Stengel hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baird vs. Cooper
Baird hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kauff vs. Cooper
Kauff hits a fly ball into right field. Stengel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Cooper
Zimmerman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Stengel. Zimmerman reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fletcher vs. Cooper
Fletcher hits a fly ball into center field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Benton
Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Benton
Cutshaw hits a line drive into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mollwitz vs. Benton
Mollwitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarty vs. Cooper
McCarty hits a fly ball into center field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Benton vs. Cooper
Benton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boeckel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Cooper
Burns hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Cooper
There goes Burns. The throw from Sweeney and he is out, Cutshaw applying the tag. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boeckel vs. Benton
Boeckel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sweeney vs. Benton
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chase fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Benton
Cooper hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCarty settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Cooper
Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chase vs. Cooper
Chase hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boeckel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baird vs. Cooper
Baird hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Benton
Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barbare vs. Benton
Walter Barbare pinch hits for Zeb Terry.
Barbare hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stengel vs. Benton
Stengel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Barbare moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Southworth vs. Benton
Southworth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Barbare scores. Stengel moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cutshaw vs. Benton
Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out. Stengel moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mollwitz vs. Benton
There goes Cutshaw. The throw from McCarty and he is safe. Cutshaw steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mollwitz vs. Benton
Mollwitz hits a ball on the ground for an out. Stengel scores. That run is unearned. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kauff vs. Cooper
Howdy Caton now playing shortstop.
Kauff hits a fly ball into center field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Cooper
Zimmerman hits a popup in front of the plate. Sweeney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Cooper
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boeckel vs. Benton
Boeckel hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Benton
Cliff Lee pinch hits for Ed Sweeney.
Lee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chase scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lee for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zitzmann vs. Benton
Billy Zitzmann pinch hits for Wilbur Cooper.
Zitzmann strikes out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 5/26/1919 -- PIT at NY1 (D)
PIT AB R H RBI NY1 AB R H RBI
Carson Bigbee, cf 4 1 1 0 George Burns, lf 3 1 1 0
Zeb Terry, ss 3 0 0 0 Ross Youngs, rf 3 1 1 0
Walter Barbare, ph 1 1 1 0 Hal Chase, 1b 4 0 1 0
Howdy Caton, ss 0 0 0 0 Al Baird, 2b 3 0 0 1
Casey Stengel, rf 4 1 3 1 Benny Kauff, cf 4 0 0 0
Billy Southworth, lf 3 0 1 1 Heinie Zimmerman, 3b 3 0 2 1
George Cutshaw, 2b 4 0 0 0 Art Fletcher, ss 4 1 2 0
Fritz Mollwitz, 1b 4 0 0 0 Lew McCarty, c 3 1 1 2
Tony Boeckel, 3b 3 0 1 0 Rube Benton, p 3 0 0 0
Jeff Sweeney, c 2 0 0 0
Cliff Lee, ph 1 0 0 0
Wilbur Cooper, p 3 0 0 0
Billy Zitzmann, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 3 7 2 30 4 8 4
PIT 001 000 020 -- 3
NY1 022 000 00x -- 4
PIT IP H R ER BB SO
Wilbur Cooper (L) 8.0 8 4 2 3 0
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Rube Benton (W) 9.0 7 3 1 2 1
E -- George Cutshaw, Al Baird 2, Wilbur Cooper, Hal Chase
DP -- NY1 2
LOB -- PIT 6, NY1 6
2B -- Tony Boeckel, Ross Youngs, Heinie Zimmerman
HR -- Lew McCarty
SB -- George Cutshaw
CS -- George Burns
SH -- Billy Southworth
SF -- Heinie Zimmerman
T -- 1:35
A -- 6000
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