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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 9, 1920
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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 9, 1920 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 9, 1920 |
|---|---|
| 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 9, 1920 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Wilbur Cooper |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Art Nehf |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 12,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 45 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Pete Harrison 1B: Bob Hart 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Carson Bigbee | Left Fielder |
| Max Carey | Center Fielder |
| Billy Southworth | Right Fielder |
| Possum Whitted | Third Baseman |
| George Cutshaw | Second Baseman |
| Charlie Grimm | First Baseman |
| Howdy Caton | Shortstop |
| Bill Haeffner | Catcher |
| Wilbur Cooper | Pitcher |
| George Gibson | 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 |
| Art Nehf | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 9, 1920
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Nehf
Bigbee hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Nehf
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Nehf
Southworth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitted vs. Nehf
Whitted hits a fly ball into left field. Burns 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. 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: ---
Bancroft vs. Cooper
Bancroft hits a popup, foul, towards first. Grimm settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Cooper
Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caton 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. Nehf
Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards third. Frisch fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimm vs. Nehf
Grimm hits a popup in front of the plate. Snyder settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caton vs. Nehf
Caton hits a fly ball into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Cooper
Frisch hits a line drive towards first. Grimm juggles the ball. That's an error on Grimm. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Cooper
Kelly bunts towards the mound. Cooper fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
King vs. Cooper
King is hit by the pitch. Kelly moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Doyle vs. Cooper
Doyle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kelly scores. King moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Snyder vs. Cooper
Snyder hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Southworth who is chasing the ball. Snyder reaches third base with a triple. Southworth throws the ball in to Haeffner who tags Snyder trying to catch an extra base, for the out. King scores. Doyle goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nehf vs. Cooper
Nehf strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haeffner vs. Nehf
Haeffner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooper vs. Nehf
Cooper hits a fly ball into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bigbee vs. Nehf
Bigbee hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Haeffner moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carey vs. Nehf
Carey hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Snyder settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Southworth vs. Nehf
Southworth 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, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Cooper
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Cooper
Bancroft hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bigbee. Bancroft reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Youngs vs. Cooper
Youngs hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw misplays the ball. That's an error on Cutshaw. Bancroft moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Frisch vs. Cooper
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards second. Cutshaw scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitted vs. Nehf
Whitted hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Snyder settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Nehf
Cutshaw hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Youngs. Cutshaw reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grimm vs. Nehf
Grimm strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Caton vs. Nehf
Caton hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Cooper
Kelly hits a popup towards third. Whitted settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Cooper
King hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doyle vs. Cooper
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grimm fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Cooper
Snyder hits a popup, foul, towards third. Whitted settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haeffner vs. Nehf
Haeffner hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Nehf
Cooper hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Nehf
Bigbee 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 5
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nehf vs. Cooper
Nehf 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, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Cooper
Burns hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bigbee. Burns reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bancroft vs. Cooper
Bancroft hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Burns moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Youngs vs. Cooper
Youngs hits a fly ball into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Nehf
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Frisch fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Nehf
Southworth strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitted vs. Nehf
Whitted hits a popup towards third. Frisch settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Cooper
Frisch hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Cooper
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Cooper
King 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, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Nehf
Cutshaw hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimm vs. Nehf
Grimm hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Caton vs. Nehf
Caton hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haeffner vs. Nehf
Haeffner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Cooper
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 -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Cooper
Snyder hits a popup towards first. Grimm settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nehf vs. Cooper
Nehf hits a popup, foul, towards third. Whitted settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Nehf
Fred Nicholson pinch hits for Wilbur Cooper.
Nicholson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bigbee vs. Nehf
Bigbee hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nicholson moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carey vs. Nehf
Carey hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Southworth vs. Nehf
Southworth hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Whitted vs. Nehf
Whitted takes first base on ball four. Nicholson moves to third. Bigbee moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cutshaw vs. Nehf
Cutshaw 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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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Blake
Sheriff Blake now pitching.
Burns takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bancroft vs. Blake
Bancroft hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Burns moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Youngs vs. Blake
Youngs takes first base on ball four. Burns moves to third. Bancroft moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Frisch vs. Blake
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Caton fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Burns scores. Bancroft moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kelly vs. Blake
Kelly hits a fly ball into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bancroft tags and scores. Frisch tags and moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
King vs. Blake
There goes Frisch. The throw from Haeffner and he is safe. Frisch steals third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
King vs. Blake
King hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bigbee. King reaches second base with a double. Frisch scores. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Doyle vs. Blake
Doyle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. King scores. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Blake
There goes Doyle. The throw from Haeffner and he is safe. Doyle steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Snyder vs. Blake
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards third. Whitted fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Whitted. Doyle scores. Snyder moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nehf vs. Blake
Nehf hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Carey throws the ball in to Caton who tags Nehf trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Snyder scores. That run is unearned. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimm vs. Nehf
Grimm hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Caton vs. Nehf
Caton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Frisch fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haeffner vs. Nehf
Haeffner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/9/1920 -- PIT at NY1 (D)
PIT AB R H RBI NY1 AB R H RBI
Carson Bigbee, lf 4 0 2 0 George Burns, lf 3 1 1 0
Max Carey, cf 4 0 0 0 Dave Bancroft, ss 4 1 2 0
Billy Southworth, rf 4 0 1 0 Ross Youngs, rf 3 0 0 0
Possum Whitted, 3b 3 0 0 0 Frankie Frisch, 3b 4 1 0 1
George Cutshaw, 2b 4 0 1 0 George Kelly, 1b 3 1 0 1
Charlie Grimm, 1b 4 0 2 0 Lee King, cf 3 2 2 1
Howdy Caton, ss 4 0 0 0 Larry Doyle, 2b 4 2 2 2
Bill Haeffner, c 4 0 1 0 Frank Snyder, c 4 1 1 2
Wilbur Cooper, p 2 0 0 0 Art Nehf, p 4 0 1 1
Fred Nicholson, ph 0 0 0 0
Sheriff Blake, p 0 0 0 0
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33 0 7 0 32 9 9 8
PIT 000 000 000 -- 0
NY1 030 000 06x -- 9
PIT IP H R ER BB SO
Wilbur Cooper (L) 7.0 5 3 2 0 1
Sheriff Blake 1.0 4 6 4 2 0
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Art Nehf (W) 9.0 7 0 0 2 2
E -- Charlie Grimm, George Cutshaw, Possum Whitted
DP -- PIT 1, NY1 1
LOB -- PIT 8, NY1 3
2B -- Dave Bancroft, George Cutshaw, George Burns, Lee King
3B -- Frank Snyder
SB -- Frankie Frisch, Larry Doyle
SF -- George Kelly
HBP -- by Wilbur Cooper (Lee King)
T -- 1:45
A -- 12000
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