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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 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 August 26, 1919 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 26, 1919 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Home Team |
New York Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 26, 1919 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Frank Miller |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Art Nehf |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 30 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Hank O'Day 1B: Ernie Quigley 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Carson Bigbee | Left Fielder |
| Max Carey | Center Fielder |
| Billy Southworth | Right Fielder |
| Possum Whitted | First Baseman |
| Walter Barbare | Third Baseman |
| George Cutshaw | Second Baseman |
| Zeb Terry | Shortstop |
| Walter Schmidt | Catcher |
| Frank Miller | Pitcher |
| Hugo Bezdek | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Burns | Left Fielder |
| Ross Youngs | Right Fielder |
| Art Fletcher | Shortstop |
| Heinie Zimmerman | Third Baseman |
| Frankie Frisch | Second Baseman |
| Benny Kauff | Center Fielder |
| Hal Chase | First Baseman |
| Mike Gonzalez | Catcher |
| Art Nehf | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 26, 1919
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Nehf
Bigbee strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Nehf
Carey hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Burns. Carey reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Southworth vs. Nehf
Southworth bunts towards the mound. Nehf settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Whitted vs. Nehf
Whitted hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Miller
Burns hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Carey, who is chasing the ball. Burns reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Youngs vs. Miller
Youngs hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Carey. Youngs reaches second base with a double. Burns scores. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fletcher vs. Miller
Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Youngs moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Zimmerman vs. Miller
Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Miller has Youngs trapped. There's the throw to Schmidt and over to Barbare, who tags Youngs for the out. Zimmerman moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Frisch vs. Miller
Frisch hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bigbee throws the ball in to Terry who tags Frisch trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Zimmerman scores. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barbare vs. Nehf
Barbare hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chase scoops it up and throws to first, with Nehf covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Nehf
Cutshaw hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terry vs. Nehf
Terry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kauff vs. Miller
Kauff hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chase vs. Miller
Chase hits a fly ball into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Miller
Gonzalez hits a popup towards short. Terry settles under it 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: ---
Schmidt vs. Nehf
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Nehf
Miller hits a popup, foul, towards first. Chase settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Nehf
Bigbee hits a popup towards short. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nehf vs. Miller
Nehf hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Southworth. Nehf reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burns vs. Miller
Burns bunts towards the mound. Miller juggles the ball. That's an error on Miller. Nehf moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Youngs vs. Miller
Youngs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nehf scores. Burns moves to third. Youngs moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Fletcher vs. Ponder
Elmer Ponder now pitching.
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ponder fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Burns scores. Youngs moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Zimmerman vs. Ponder
There goes Fletcher. The throw from Schmidt and he is safe. Fletcher steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Zimmerman vs. Ponder
Zimmerman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Youngs scores. Fletcher moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Frisch vs. Ponder
There goes Zimmerman. The throw from Schmidt and he is safe. Zimmerman steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Frisch vs. Ponder
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards first. Whitted fields the ball and throws to Ponder covering. Safe. Fletcher scores. Zimmerman moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kauff vs. Ponder
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kauff vs. Ponder
Kauff hits a popup beyond second. Cutshaw can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Frisch moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Chase vs. Ponder
Chase hits a popup towards first. Whitted settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gonzalez vs. Ponder
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gonzalez vs. Ponder
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. There goes Kauff trying to get to home. Terry throws to Schmidt who tags Kauff for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nehf vs. Ponder
Nehf strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Nehf
Carey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burns. Carey reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Southworth vs. Nehf
Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chase scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Southworth for the out. Carey moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Whitted vs. Nehf
Whitted hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Barbare vs. Nehf
Barbare hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Ponder
Burns takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Ponder
Jigger Statz pinch runs for George Burns.
There goes Statz. The throw from Schmidt and he is out, Cutshaw applying the tag. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Ponder
Youngs 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, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Ponder
Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Nehf
Jigger Statz now playing left field.
Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chase scoops it up and throws to first, with Nehf covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Nehf
Terry hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nehf fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Nehf
Schmidt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ponder vs. Nehf
Ponder strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Ponder
Cliff Lee now catching.
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, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frisch vs. Ponder
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards first. Whitted fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Zimmerman trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Frisch moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kauff vs. Ponder
Kauff hits a popup, foul, towards first. Whitted settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Chase vs. Ponder
Ponder spins and fires to second, with Terry covering, and Frisch is picked off. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Nehf
Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Nehf
Carey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Southworth vs. Nehf
Southworth hits a popup towards first. Chase settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitted vs. Nehf
Whitted hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chase vs. Ponder
Chase hits a fly ball into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Ponder
Gonzalez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nehf vs. Ponder
There goes Gonzalez. The throw from Lee and he is out, Terry applying the tag. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nehf vs. Ponder
Nehf hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lee settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barbare vs. Nehf
Barbare hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frisch settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Nehf
Cutshaw hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Nehf
Terry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Statz vs. Ponder
Statz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Whitted scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Statz for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Ponder
Youngs hits a line drive into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Ponder
Fletcher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zimmerman vs. Ponder
Zimmerman is hit by the pitch. Fletcher moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Frisch vs. Ponder
Frisch hits a popup towards short. Terry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Nehf
Lee hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Statz who is chasing the ball. Lee reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ponder vs. Nehf
Ponder hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nehf fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bigbee vs. Nehf
Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nehf fields it and throws to first for the out. Lee scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Nehf
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kauff vs. Ponder
Kauff hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chase vs. Ponder
Chase hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Ponder
Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Chase moves to third. Gonzalez moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Nehf vs. Ponder
Nehf hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Chase tags and scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Statz vs. Ponder
Statz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Nehf
Southworth hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitted vs. Nehf
Whitted hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chase fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barbare vs. Nehf
Barbare hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chase fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cutshaw vs. Nehf
There goes Barbare. The throw from Gonzalez and he is safe. Barbare steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cutshaw vs. Nehf
Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chase scoops it up and throws to first, with Nehf covering, for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/26/1919, game 1 -- PIT at NY1 (D)
PIT AB R H RBI NY1 AB R H RBI
Carson Bigbee, lf 4 0 0 1 George Burns, lf 1 2 1 0
Max Carey, cf 4 0 3 0 Jigger Statz, pr-lf 2 0 0 0
Billy Southworth, rf 4 0 1 0 Ross Youngs, rf 4 1 2 2
Possum Whitted, 1b 4 0 0 0 Art Fletcher, ss 4 1 2 1
Walter Barbare, 3b 4 0 0 0 Heinie Zimmerman, 3b 3 2 2 1
George Cutshaw, 2b 4 0 1 0 Frankie Frisch, 2b 4 1 3 2
Zeb Terry, ss 3 0 0 0 Benny Kauff, cf 4 0 1 0
Walter Schmidt, c 2 0 1 0 Hal Chase, 1b 4 1 1 0
Cliff Lee, c 1 1 1 0 Mike Gonzalez, c 4 0 3 0
Frank Miller, p 1 0 0 0 Art Nehf, p 3 1 1 1
Elmer Ponder, p 2 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 1 7 1 33 9 16 7
PIT 000 000 010 -- 1
NY1 206 000 01x -- 9
PIT IP H R ER BB SO
Frank Miller (L)* 2.0 5 5 4 0 0
Elmer Ponder 6.0 11 4 4 1 1
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Art Nehf (W) 9.0 7 1 1 0 2
* Pitched to 3 batters in 3rd
E -- Frank Miller
DP -- NY1 1
LOB -- PIT 5, NY1 4
2B -- Max Carey 2, Ross Youngs, Art Nehf
3B -- George Burns, Cliff Lee
SB -- Art Fletcher, Heinie Zimmerman 2, Frankie Frisch 2, Benny Kauff, Walter Barbare
CS -- Jigger Statz, Mike Gonzalez
SH -- George Burns
SF -- Art Nehf
HBP -- by Elmer Ponder (Heinie Zimmerman)
T -- 1:30
A -- 0
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