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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
September 12, 1920
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on September 12, 1920 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | September 12, 1920 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
New York Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 12, 1920 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jesse Haines |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Art Nehf |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 38,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 55 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Cy Rigler 1B: Charlie Moran 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Hal Janvrin | First Baseman |
| Joe Schultz | Right Fielder |
| Milt Stock | Third Baseman |
| Rogers Hornsby | Second Baseman |
| Austin McHenry | Left Fielder |
| Doc Lavan | Shortstop |
| Cliff Heathcote | Center Fielder |
| Pickles Dillhoefer | Catcher |
| Jesse Haines | Pitcher |
| Branch Rickey | 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 |
| Earl Smith | Catcher |
| Art Nehf | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
September 12, 1920
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Janvrin vs. Nehf
Janvrin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nehf fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schultz vs. Nehf
Schultz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stock vs. Nehf
Stock is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Haines
Burns hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bancroft vs. Haines
There goes Burns. The throw from Dillhoefer and he is out, Lavan applying the tag. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Haines
Bancroft hits a fly ball into center field. Heathcote settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Haines
Youngs hits a popup towards short. Lavan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. Nehf
Hornsby takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McHenry vs. Nehf
McHenry hits a fly ball towards center. King settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on King. Hornsby moves to third. McHenry moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lavan vs. Nehf
Lavan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Heathcote vs. Nehf
Heathcote is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Dillhoefer vs. Nehf
Dillhoefer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hornsby scores. McHenry scores. Dillhoefer moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Haines vs. Nehf
Haines strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Haines
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Haines
Kelly strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
King vs. Haines
King hits a fly ball into left field. McHenry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doyle vs. Haines
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Janvrin vs. Nehf
Janvrin hits a line drive into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schultz vs. Nehf
Schultz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nehf fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stock vs. Nehf
Stock takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hornsby vs. Nehf
Hornsby 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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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Haines
Smith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nehf vs. Haines
Nehf hits a ball on the ground towards first. Janvrin fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Haines
Burns hits a fly ball into right field. Schultz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bancroft vs. Haines
Bancroft hits a fly ball into right field. Schultz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McHenry vs. Nehf
McHenry hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kelly settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lavan vs. Nehf
Lavan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heathcote vs. Nehf
Heathcote hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nehf fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Haines
Youngs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frisch vs. Haines
Frisch hits a fly ball into center field. Heathcote settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Haines
Kelly hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Youngs moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
King vs. Haines
King hits a popup towards third. Stock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Doyle vs. Haines
Doyle takes first base on ball four. Youngs moves to third. Kelly moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Smith vs. Haines
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dillhoefer vs. Nehf
Dillhoefer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Youngs. Dillhoefer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Haines vs. Nehf
Haines bunts towards third. Frisch fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Frisch. Dillhoefer scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Janvrin vs. Nehf
Janvrin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Haines moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schultz vs. Nehf
Schultz bunts towards third. Frisch fields it and throws to first for the out. Haines moves to third. Janvrin moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Stock vs. Nehf
Stock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Haines scores. Janvrin scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hornsby vs. Sallee
Slim Sallee now pitching.
Hornsby hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle misplays the ball. That's an error on Doyle. Stock moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McHenry vs. Sallee
McHenry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Frisch fields it and throws to second for the out. Stock moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lavan vs. Sallee
Lavan 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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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sallee vs. Haines
Sallee takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Haines
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bancroft vs. Haines
Bancroft hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby catches it and throws to first to double up Burns. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heathcote vs. Sallee
Heathcote hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sallee fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dillhoefer vs. Sallee
Dillhoefer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haines vs. Sallee
Haines hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Janvrin vs. Sallee
Janvrin 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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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Haines
Youngs hits a popup, foul, towards third. Stock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Haines
Frisch hits a fly ball into right field. Schultz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Haines
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schultz vs. Sallee
Schultz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Frisch juggles the ball. That's an error on Frisch. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stock vs. Sallee
Stock bunts in front of the plate. Smith juggles the ball. That's an error on Smith. Schultz moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hornsby vs. Sallee
There goes Schultz. The throw from Smith and he is safe. Schultz steals third. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hornsby vs. Sallee
Hornsby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schultz scores. Stock moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McHenry vs. Sallee
McHenry bunts towards the catcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Stock moves to third. Hornsby moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lavan vs. Sallee
Lavan hits a popup towards first. Kelly catches it, steps on first to double up McHenry, and throws to second to get Hornsby. That's a triple play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Haines
King hits a fly ball into right field. Schultz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Haines
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Janvrin scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Doyle for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Haines
Smith strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heathcote vs. Sallee
Heathcote hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dillhoefer vs. Sallee
Dillhoefer hits a fly ball into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haines vs. Sallee
Haines hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Haines
Curt Walker pinch hits for Slim Sallee.
Walker is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Haines
Burns hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bancroft vs. Haines
Bancroft hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Burns moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Youngs vs. Haines
Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Janvrin fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Bancroft for the double play. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Janvrin vs. Perritt
Pol Perritt now pitching.
Janvrin hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schultz vs. Perritt
Schultz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Frisch fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stock vs. Perritt
Stock hits a popup, foul, towards third. Frisch settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Haines
Frisch hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Haines
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lavan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
King vs. Haines
King hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kelly moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Doyle vs. Haines
Doyle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kelly scores. King moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Haines
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. King moves to third. Doyle moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Spencer vs. Haines
Vern Spencer pinch hits for Pol Perritt.
Spencer strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Burns vs. Haines
Burns takes first base on ball four. King scores. Doyle moves to third. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bancroft vs. Haines
Bancroft hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Doyle scores. Smith moves to third. Burns moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Youngs vs. Sherdel
Bill Sherdel now pitching.
Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 9/12/1920 -- SLN at NY1 (D)
SLN AB R H RBI NY1 AB R H RBI
Hal Janvrin, 1b 5 1 1 0 George Burns, lf 4 0 2 1
Joe Schultz, rf 4 1 0 0 Dave Bancroft, ss 5 0 2 1
Milt Stock, 3b 3 0 1 2 Ross Youngs, rf 4 0 0 0
Rogers Hornsby, 2b 3 1 1 1 Frankie Frisch, 3b 4 0 2 0
Austin McHenry, lf 4 1 0 0 George Kelly, 1b 4 1 1 0
Doc Lavan, ss 4 0 1 0 Lee King, cf 4 1 1 0
Cliff Heathcote, cf 4 0 0 0 Larry Doyle, 2b 3 1 1 1
Pickles Dillhoefe, c 4 1 2 2 Earl Smith, c 3 0 1 0
Jesse Haines, p 4 1 1 0 Art Nehf, p 1 0 0 0
Bill Sherdel, p 0 0 0 0 Slim Sallee, p 0 0 0 0
Curt Walker, ph 1 0 0 0
Pol Perritt, p 0 0 0 0
Vern Spencer, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 6 7 5 34 3 10 3
SLN 020 030 100 -- 6
NY1 000 000 003 -- 3
SLN IP H R ER BB SO
Jesse Haines (W) 8.2 10 3 3 5 4
Bill Sherdel (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Art Nehf (L) 4.1 5 5 2 2 3
Slim Sallee 3.2 2 1 0 0 0
Pol Perritt 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Lee King, Frankie Frisch 2, Larry Doyle, Earl Smith
DP -- SLN 2, NY1 1
TP -- NY1 1
LOB -- SLN 6, NY1 9
2B -- Pickles Dillhoefer
SB -- Joe Schultz
CS -- George Burns
SH -- Joe Schultz, Milt Stock
T -- 1:55
A -- 38000
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