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Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 6, 1920
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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 6, 1920 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 6, 1920 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
|
| Home Team |
New York Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 6, 1920 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Lefty Tyler |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Phil Douglas |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 18,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 50 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Klem 1B: Bob Emslie 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Max Flack | Right Fielder |
| Buck Herzog | Second Baseman |
| Zeb Terry | Shortstop |
| Turner Barber | First Baseman |
| Dode Paskert | Center Fielder |
| Babe Twombly | Left Fielder |
| Charlie Deal | Third Baseman |
| Tom Daly | Catcher |
| Lefty Tyler | Pitcher |
| Fred Mitchell | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Burns | Left Fielder |
| Dave Bancroft | Shortstop |
| Ross Youngs | Right Fielder |
| Frankie Frisch | Third Baseman |
| High Pockets Kelly | First Baseman |
| Lee King | Center Fielder |
| Larry Doyle | Second Baseman |
| Frank Snyder | Catcher |
| Phil Douglas | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 6, 1920
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Douglas
Flack hits a line drive towards first. Kelly reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Douglas
Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Douglas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Douglas
Terry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barber vs. Douglas
Barber hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Douglas fields it 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. Tyler
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tyler fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Tyler
Bancroft hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Tyler
Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tyler fields it and throws to first for the out. Bancroft moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Frisch vs. Tyler
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards first. Barber scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Frisch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paskert vs. Douglas
Paskert strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Twombly vs. Douglas
Twombly 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 -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Deal vs. Douglas
Deal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Daly vs. Douglas
Daly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Frisch fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Tyler
Kelly hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Herzog settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Tyler
King hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Daly settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Tyler
Doyle is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyler vs. Douglas
Tyler is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Douglas
Flack hits a fly ball into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Douglas
Herzog 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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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Tyler
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Douglas vs. Tyler
Douglas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Tyler
Burns hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Flack. Burns reaches second base with a double. Douglas moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bancroft vs. Tyler
Bancroft hits a line drive into center field. Paskert picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Paskert. Douglas scores. Burns scores. Bancroft moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Youngs vs. Tyler
Youngs hits a popup, foul, towards third. Deal settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Frisch vs. Tyler
Frisch hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Herzog reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Douglas
Terry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barber vs. Douglas
Barber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Paskert vs. Douglas
Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Frisch fields it and throws to first for the out. Barber moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Twombly vs. Douglas
Twombly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Barber moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Deal vs. Douglas
There goes Twombly. The throw from Snyder and he is safe. Twombly steals second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Deal vs. Douglas
Deal takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Daly vs. Douglas
Daly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Frisch fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Tyler
Kelly strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Tyler
King hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Tyler
Doyle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Tyler
Snyder hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Doyle moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Douglas vs. Tyler
Douglas strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyler vs. Douglas
Tyler hits a fly ball into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Douglas
Flack hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Douglas
Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Douglas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Tyler
Burns hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Twombly who is chasing the ball. Burns reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bancroft vs. Tyler
Bancroft hits a popup towards short. Terry misplays the ball. That's an error on Terry. Burns scores. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Tyler
Youngs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frisch vs. Tyler
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Youngs moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kelly vs. Tyler
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out. Youngs moves to third. Frisch moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
King vs. Tyler
King hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Twombly. King reaches second base with a double. Youngs scores. Frisch scores. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Doyle vs. Tyler
Doyle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Snyder vs. Tyler
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Douglas
Terry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barber vs. Douglas
Barber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paskert vs. Douglas
Paskert takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Twombly vs. Douglas
Twombly hits a popup towards short. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Douglas vs. Tyler
Douglas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Tyler
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Tyler
Bancroft hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Tyler
Youngs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bancroft moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Frisch vs. Tyler
Frisch hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bancroft scores. Youngs moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kelly vs. Tyler
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Deal vs. Douglas
Deal hits a fly ball into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Daly vs. Douglas
Daly hits a popup towards third. Frisch settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merkle vs. Douglas
Fred Merkle pinch hits for Lefty Tyler.
Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Jones
Percy Jones now pitching.
King hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. Jones
Roy Grimes pinch hits for Larry Doyle.
Grimes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Jones
Snyder hits a line drive into left field. Twombly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Douglas vs. Jones
Douglas hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Douglas
Roy Grimes now playing second base.
Flack hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first, with Douglas covering, for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Douglas
Herzog takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terry vs. Douglas
Terry hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Youngs who is chasing the ball. Terry reaches third base with a triple. Herzog goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Barber vs. Douglas
Barber hits a line drive into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Terry tags and scores. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paskert vs. Douglas
Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Frisch fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Jones
Burns hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bancroft vs. Jones
Bancroft hits a popup towards first. Barber settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Jones
There goes Burns. The throw from Daly and he is safe. Burns steals second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Youngs vs. Jones
Youngs hits a fly ball into left field. Twombly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Frisch vs. Jones
Frisch 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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Cubs, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Twombly vs. Douglas
Twombly hits a fly ball into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Deal vs. Douglas
Deal hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grimes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Daly vs. Douglas
Daly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Frisch fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Frisch. Daly moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
O'Farrell vs. Douglas
Bob O'Farrell pinch hits for Percy Jones.
O'Farrell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Frisch fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/6/1920, game 2 -- CHN at NY1 (D)
CHN AB R H RBI NY1 AB R H RBI
Max Flack, rf 4 0 0 0 George Burns, lf 5 2 3 0
Buck Herzog, 2b 3 1 0 0 Dave Bancroft, ss 5 1 3 2
Zeb Terry, ss 2 1 1 1 Ross Youngs, rf 4 1 1 0
Turner Barber, 1b 3 0 0 1 Frankie Frisch, 3b 5 1 2 1
Dode Paskert, cf 3 0 0 0 George Kelly, 1b 4 0 0 0
Babe Twombly, lf 4 0 1 0 Lee King, cf 4 0 1 2
Charlie Deal, 3b 3 0 1 0 Larry Doyle, 2b 1 0 0 0
Tom Daly, c 4 0 0 0 Roy Grimes, ph-2b 0 0 0 0
Lefty Tyler, p 2 0 0 0 Frank Snyder, c 4 0 1 0
Fred Merkle, ph 1 0 0 0 Phil Douglas, p 3 1 1 0
Percy Jones, p 0 0 0 0
Bob O'Farrell, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30 2 3 2 35 6 12 5
CHN 000 000 020 -- 2
NY1 002 031 00x -- 6
CHN IP H R ER BB SO
Lefty Tyler (L) 6.0 11 6 6 4 3
Percy Jones 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Phil Douglas (W) 9.0 3 2 2 5 2
E -- Dode Paskert, Zeb Terry, Frankie Frisch
DP -- CHN 1
LOB -- CHN 7, NY1 10
2B -- George Burns, Lee King
3B -- George Burns, Zeb Terry
SB -- Babe Twombly, George Burns
SF -- Turner Barber
T -- 1:50
A -- 18000
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