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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
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| 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 | Babe Adams |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Rube Benton |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 8,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 25 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ernie Quigley 1B: Hank O'Day 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Fred Nicholson | 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 |
| Babe Adams | 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 |
| Frank Snyder | Catcher |
| Rube Benton | 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: ---
Nicholson vs. Benton
Nicholson hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Benton
Carey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Southworth vs. Benton
Southworth hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Youngs who is chasing the ball. Southworth reaches third base with a triple. Carey goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Whitted vs. Benton
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, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Barbare vs. Benton
Barbare hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chase scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Barbare for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Adams
Burns hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Adams
Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Adams fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Adams
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 2
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Benton
Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Benton
Terry hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Benton
Schmidt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Benton
Adams strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Adams
Zimmerman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frisch vs. Adams
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Cutshaw fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kauff vs. Adams
Kauff strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chase vs. Adams
Chase hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Frisch moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Snyder vs. Adams
There goes Chase. The throw from Schmidt and he is safe. Chase steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Snyder vs. Adams
Snyder is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Benton vs. Adams
Benton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Benton
Nicholson strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Benton
Carey hits a fly ball into center field. Kauff settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Benton
Southworth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitted vs. Benton
There goes Southworth. The throw from Snyder and he is safe. Southworth steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Whitted vs. Benton
Whitted hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Adams
Burns 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, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Adams
Youngs hits a popup towards short. Terry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Adams
Fletcher hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barbare vs. Benton
Barbare hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burns. Barbare reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cutshaw vs. Benton
Cutshaw bunts towards the mound. Benton fields it and throws to first for the out. Barbare moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Terry vs. Benton
Terry hits a ball on the ground towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Terry moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Schmidt vs. Benton
Schmidt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Barbare scores. Terry scores. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Benton
Adams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton fields it and throws to first for the out. Schmidt moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nicholson vs. Benton
Nicholson 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, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Adams
Zimmerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Adams
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kauff vs. Adams
Kauff hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chase vs. Adams
Chase hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Benton
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Benton
Southworth hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitted vs. Benton
Whitted hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Adams
Snyder hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Benton vs. Adams
Benton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Adams
Burns hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Carey. Burns reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Youngs vs. Adams
Youngs hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barbare vs. Benton
Barbare strikes out. Snyder throws to first to catch . Chase drops the ball. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cutshaw vs. Benton
Benton fires to first and picks off Barbare. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Benton
Cutshaw hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Benton
Terry hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Snyder settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Adams
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 -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Adams
Zimmerman 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, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Adams
Frisch hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Benton
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Benton
Adams hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nicholson vs. Benton
Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fletcher fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carey vs. Benton
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kauff vs. Adams
Kauff hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Carey. Kauff reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Chase vs. Adams
Chase hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kauff moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Snyder vs. Adams
Snyder hits a fly ball into left field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kauff tags and scores. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Adams
Larry Doyle pinch hits for Rube Benton.
Doyle 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 8
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Dubuc
Jean Dubuc now pitching.
Southworth hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitted vs. Dubuc
Whitted bunts towards the mound. Dubuc fields it and throws to first for the out. Southworth moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Barbare vs. Dubuc
Barbare hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burns. Barbare reaches second base with a double. Southworth scores. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cutshaw vs. Dubuc
Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. Barbare moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Terry vs. Dubuc
Terry 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
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Adams
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Adams
Youngs hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fletcher vs. Adams
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Whitted fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Dubuc
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Zimmerman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Dubuc
Adams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chase scoops it up and throws to first, with Dubuc covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Dubuc
Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dubuc fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zimmerman vs. Adams
Carson Bigbee now playing left field.
Zimmerman hits a fly ball into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Adams
Frisch hits a fly ball towards center. Carey settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Carey. Frisch moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kauff vs. Adams
Kauff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Whitted scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kauff for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Chase vs. Adams
Chase hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/26/1919, game 2 -- PIT at NY1 (D)
PIT AB R H RBI NY1 AB R H RBI
Fred Nicholson, lf 5 0 0 0 George Burns, lf 4 0 2 0
Carson Bigbee, lf 0 0 0 0 Ross Youngs, rf 4 0 1 0
Max Carey, cf 3 1 0 0 Art Fletcher, ss 4 0 0 0
Billy Southworth, rf 4 1 4 1 Heinie Zimmerman, 3b 4 0 1 0
Possum Whitted, 1b 3 0 0 0 Frankie Frisch, 2b 4 0 0 0
Walter Barbare, 3b 4 1 2 1 Benny Kauff, cf 4 1 2 0
George Cutshaw, 2b 3 0 0 0 Hal Chase, 1b 4 0 1 0
Zeb Terry, ss 4 1 0 0 Frank Snyder, c 1 0 0 1
Walter Schmidt, c 3 0 1 2 Rube Benton, p 2 0 0 0
Babe Adams, p 4 0 1 0 Larry Doyle, ph 1 0 0 0
Jean Dubuc, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 4 8 4 32 1 7 1
PIT 100 200 010 -- 4
NY1 000 000 100 -- 1
PIT IP H R ER BB SO
Babe Adams (W) 9.0 7 1 1 1 1
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Rube Benton (L) 7.0 6 3 3 2 3
Jean Dubuc 2.0 2 1 1 0 0
E -- Hal Chase, Max Carey
DP -- PIT 2, NY1 1
LOB -- PIT 6, NY1 6
2B -- Walter Barbare 2, George Burns, Benny Kauff
3B -- Billy Southworth
SB -- Hal Chase, Billy Southworth
SH -- George Cutshaw, Possum Whitted
SF -- Frank Snyder
T -- 1:25
A -- 8000
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