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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 31, 1919
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, played on May 31, 1919 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | May 31, 1919 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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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 31, 1919 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rube Marquard |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Joe Oeschger |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 25,000 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 6 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ernie Quigley 1B: Hank O'Day 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ivy Olson | Shortstop |
| Lee Magee | Second Baseman |
| Tommy Griffith | Right Fielder |
| Zack Wheat | Left Fielder |
| Hi Myers | Center Fielder |
| Ed Konetchy | First Baseman |
| Lew Malone | Third Baseman |
| Ernie Krueger | Catcher |
| Rube Marquard | Pitcher |
| Wilbert Robinson | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Burns | Left Fielder |
| Ross Youngs | Right Fielder |
| Hal Chase | First Baseman |
| Larry Doyle | Second Baseman |
| Benny Kauff | Center Fielder |
| Heinie Zimmerman | Third Baseman |
| Art Fletcher | Shortstop |
| Lew McCarty | Catcher |
| Joe Oeschger | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 31, 1919
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Olson vs. Oeschger
Olson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Magee vs. Oeschger
Magee hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Olson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Griffith vs. Oeschger
Griffith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Olson trying to get to home. Burns throws the ball in to McCarty who tags Olson, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Magee moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wheat vs. Oeschger
Oeschger spins and fires to second, with Fletcher covering, and Magee is picked off. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wheat vs. Oeschger
Wheat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Griffith moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Myers vs. Oeschger
There go the runners. The throw from McCarty to Doyle covering second. The throw back to home, and Griffith is out at the plate. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Marquard
Burns hits a fly ball into center field. Myers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Marquard
Youngs hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chase vs. Marquard
There's a wild pitch. Youngs moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Chase vs. Marquard
Chase hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Youngs scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doyle vs. Marquard
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Magee fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kauff vs. Marquard
Kauff hits a fly ball into right field. Griffith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Toney
Fred Toney now pitching.
Myers strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Konetchy vs. Toney
Konetchy hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malone vs. Toney
Malone 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 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Marquard
Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Marquard
Fletcher hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Myers who is chasing the ball. Fletcher reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McCarty vs. Marquard
There's a wild pitch. Fletcher scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarty vs. Marquard
McCarty hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Toney vs. Marquard
Toney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Olson scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Krueger vs. Toney
Krueger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marquard vs. Toney
Marquard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Toney fields it and throws to first for the out. Krueger moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Olson vs. Toney
Olson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Magee vs. Toney
Magee hits a ball on the ground that hits Krueger. Krueger is out and Magee is safe at first. There goes Krueger trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Olson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Griffith vs. Toney
Griffith hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Olson moves to third. Magee moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wheat vs. Toney
Wheat hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Marquard
Burns hits a fly ball into left field. Wheat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Marquard
Youngs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chase vs. Marquard
Chase hits a fly ball into center field. Myers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doyle vs. Marquard
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Magee scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Toney
Myers hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kauff who is chasing the ball. Myers reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Konetchy vs. Toney
Konetchy hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Myers tags and scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malone vs. Toney
Malone hits a popup in front of the plate. McCarty settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Krueger vs. Toney
Krueger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marquard vs. Toney
Marquard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chase fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kauff vs. Marquard
Kauff hits a popup towards short. Olson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Marquard
Zimmerman hits a fly ball into center field. Myers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Marquard
Fletcher hits a fly ball into center field. Myers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Olson vs. Toney
Olson hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Magee vs. Toney
Magee 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 -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffith vs. Toney
Griffith hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarty vs. Marquard
McCarty hits a fly ball into left field. Wheat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Toney vs. Marquard
Toney strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Marquard
Burns hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Griffith. Burns reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Youngs vs. Marquard
Youngs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chase vs. Marquard
Chase hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Magee settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wheat vs. Toney
Wheat 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 -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Toney
Myers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Toney fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Konetchy vs. Toney
Konetchy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Malone vs. Toney
Malone hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Marquard
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Marquard fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kauff vs. Marquard
Kauff strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Marquard
Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Olson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Krueger vs. Toney
Krueger hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marquard vs. Toney
Marquard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Olson vs. Toney
Olson hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Magee vs. Toney
Magee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chase fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Marquard
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Magee scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarty vs. Marquard
McCarty hits a fly ball into left field. Wheat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Toney vs. Marquard
Toney strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffith vs. Toney
Griffith hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wheat vs. Toney
Wheat hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Toney
Myers hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Marquard
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Olson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Marquard
Youngs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chase vs. Marquard
Chase hits a fly ball into left field. Wheat settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doyle vs. Marquard
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Magee scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Konetchy vs. Toney
Konetchy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burns. Konetchy reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Malone vs. Toney
Jimmy Johnston pinch runs for Ed Konetchy.
Malone hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Krueger vs. Toney
Krueger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Johnston scores. Krueger moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Marquard vs. Toney
Jim Hickman pinch runs for Ernie Krueger.
Marquard hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burns. Marquard reaches second base with a double. Hickman scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Olson vs. Toney
Olson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Magee vs. Winters
Jesse Winters now pitching.
Magee hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Griffith vs. Winters
Griffith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Marquard
Otto Miller now catching. Ray Schmandt now playing first base. Lee King pinch hits for Benny Kauff.
King strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Marquard
Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Schmandt scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Zimmerman for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Marquard
Fletcher hits a fly ball towards right. Griffith settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Griffith. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCarty vs. Marquard
McCarty hits a fly ball into center field. Myers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 5/31/1919 -- BRO at NY1 (D)
BRO AB R H RBI NY1 AB R H RBI
Ivy Olson, ss 3 0 1 0 George Burns, lf 4 0 1 0
Lee Magee, 2b 5 0 2 0 Ross Youngs, rf 3 1 3 0
Tommy Griffith, rf 5 0 2 0 Hal Chase, 1b 4 0 1 1
Zack Wheat, lf 4 0 1 0 Larry Doyle, 2b 4 0 0 0
Hi Myers, cf 4 1 1 0 Benny Kauff, cf 3 0 0 0
Ed Konetchy, 1b 3 0 2 1 Lee King, ph 1 0 0 0
Jimmy Johnston, pr 0 1 0 0 Heinie Zimmerman, 3b 4 0 0 0
Ray Schmandt, 1b 0 0 0 0 Art Fletcher, ss 4 1 1 0
Lew Malone, 3b 4 0 0 0 Lew McCarty, c 4 0 1 0
Ernie Krueger, c 4 0 3 1 Joe Oeschger, p 0 0 0 0
Jim Hickman, pr 0 1 0 0 Fred Toney, p 3 0 0 0
Otto Miller, c 0 0 0 0 Jesse Winters, p 0 0 0 0
Rube Marquard, p 4 0 2 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 3 14 3 34 2 7 1
BRO 000 100 002 -- 3
NY1 110 000 000 -- 2
BRO IP H R ER BB SO
Rube Marquard (W) 9.0 7 2 2 1 4
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Joe Oeschger 1.0 4 0 0 0 0
Fred Toney (L) 7.1 10 3 3 2 1
Jesse Winters 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Tommy Griffith
DP -- BRO 1
LOB -- BRO 9, NY1 6
2B -- George Burns, Ed Konetchy, Rube Marquard
3B -- Art Fletcher, Hi Myers
CS -- Tommy Griffith
SF -- Ed Konetchy
WP -- Rube Marquard 2
T -- 2:06
A -- 25000
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