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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
September 18, 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 September 18, 1920 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | September 18, 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 | September 18, 1920 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jimmy Zinn |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Slim Sallee |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 12,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 50 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ernie Quigley 1B: Hank O'Day 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Carson Bigbee | Left Fielder |
| Max Carey | Center Fielder |
| George Cutshaw | Second Baseman |
| Fred Nicholson | Right Fielder |
| Possum Whitted | Third Baseman |
| Pie Traynor | Shortstop |
| Charlie Grimm | First Baseman |
| Walter Schmidt | Catcher |
| Jimmy Zinn | 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 |
| Earl Smith | Catcher |
| Slim Sallee | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
September 18, 1920
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Sallee
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 -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Sallee
Carey 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: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Sallee
Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards third. Frisch fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Zinn
Burns hits a line drive to center field. Carey throws towards Traynor. Traynor fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Traynor. Burns moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bancroft vs. Zinn
Bancroft takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Youngs vs. Zinn
Youngs hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Burns scores. Bancroft moves to third. Youngs moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Frisch vs. Zinn
Frisch hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bancroft scores. Youngs moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kelly vs. Zinn
Kelly hits a line drive towards third. Whitted catches it and throws to first to double up Frisch. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
King vs. Zinn
King hits a popup, foul, towards first. Grimm settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Sallee
Nicholson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burns. Nicholson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Whitted vs. Sallee
Whitted hits a ball on the ground towards third. Frisch fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Traynor vs. Sallee
Traynor hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sallee fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimm vs. Sallee
Grimm hits a line drive into center field. King picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on King. Frisch throws it away. That's an error on Frisch. Traynor goes all the way around to score. Grimm moves all the way to home. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Sallee
Schmidt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zinn vs. Sallee
There goes Schmidt. The throw from Smith and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Zinn vs. Sallee
Zinn hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of King who is chasing the ball. Zinn reaches third base with a triple. Schmidt scores. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bigbee vs. Sallee
Bigbee hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Zinn scores. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carey vs. Sallee
There goes Bigbee. The throw from Smith and he is safe. Bigbee steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Carey vs. Sallee
Carey 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, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Zinn
Doyle hits a fly ball into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Zinn
Smith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Zinn
Curt Walker pinch hits for Slim Sallee.
Walker strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Zinn
Burns hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson. Burns reaches second base with a double. Smith moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bancroft vs. Zinn
Bancroft strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Ryan
Rosy Ryan now pitching.
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, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Ryan
Nicholson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitted vs. Ryan
Whitted strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Traynor vs. Ryan
There goes Nicholson. The throw from Smith and he is out, Doyle applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Zinn
Youngs hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bigbee. Youngs reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Frisch vs. Zinn
Frisch hits a fly ball into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kelly vs. Zinn
Kelly strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
King vs. Zinn
King hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Zinn
Doyle hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Traynor vs. Ryan
Traynor hits a popup towards short. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimm vs. Ryan
Grimm hits a popup towards third. Frisch settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Ryan
Schmidt 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, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Zinn
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ryan vs. Zinn
Ryan bunts towards the mound. Zinn fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Zinn
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Traynor fields the ball and throws to get the runner, and throws the ball away. Grimm picks up the ball and throws it to Schmidt who tags the runner out. Burns is thrown out after the base hit. Ryan goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Zinn
Bancroft strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zinn vs. Ryan
Zinn hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Ryan
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, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Ryan
Carey hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Zinn
Youngs hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Carey who is chasing the ball. Youngs reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Frisch vs. Zinn
Frisch strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Kelly vs. Zinn
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Whitted has Youngs trapped. There's the throw to Schmidt and back to Whitted, who tags Youngs for the out. Kelly moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
King vs. Zinn
King strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Ryan
Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ryan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Ryan
Nicholson hits a fly ball into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitted vs. Ryan
Whitted strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Zinn
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, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Zinn
Smith hits a line drive towards first. Grimm reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ryan vs. Zinn
Ryan hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Traynor vs. Ryan
Traynor takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimm vs. Ryan
Grimm hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Traynor moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schmidt vs. Ryan
Schmidt bunts towards the mound. Ryan fields it and throws to first for the out. Traynor moves to third. Grimm moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Summa vs. Ryan
Homer Summa pinch hits for Jimmy Zinn.
Summa hits a popup towards third. Frisch catches it. Traynor is tagging up. There's the throw, and Traynor is out at the plate. That's a double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Carlson
Hal Carlson now pitching.
Burns takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bancroft vs. Carlson
Bancroft bunts towards third. Whitted fields it and throws to first for the out. Burns moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Youngs vs. Carlson
Youngs hits a line drive into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Frisch vs. Carlson
Frisch hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Carey is chasing the ball. Frisch rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Carlson
Kelly hits a fly ball into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 4 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Ryan
Bigbee hits a line drive into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Ryan
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelly fields the ball and throws to Ryan covering. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cutshaw vs. Ryan
Cutshaw hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Carey moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nicholson vs. Ryan
Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft misplays the ball. That's an error on Bancroft. Carey moves to third. Cutshaw moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Whitted vs. Ryan
Whitted hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Carey scores. Cutshaw scores. Nicholson moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Southworth vs. Ryan
Billy Southworth pinch hits for Pie Traynor.
Southworth takes first base on ball four. Whitted moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Grimm vs. Douglas
Phil Douglas now pitching.
Grimm strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Schmidt vs. Douglas
Schmidt takes first base on ball four. Nicholson scores. Whitted moves to third. Southworth moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Barbare vs. Douglas
Walter Barbare pinch hits for Hal Carlson.
Barbare 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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Pirates, 7 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Ponder
Walter Barbare now playing shortstop. Elmer Ponder now pitching.
King hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nicholson who is chasing the ball. King reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Doyle vs. Ponder
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grimm scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Doyle for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Smith vs. Ponder
Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. King scores. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Douglas vs. Ponder
Douglas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ponder fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Ponder
Burns hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 7 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Douglas
Bigbee hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Douglas
Carey hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Douglas
Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Douglas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 9/18/1920 -- PIT at NY1 (D)
PIT AB R H RBI NY1 AB R H RBI
Carson Bigbee, lf 5 0 1 1 George Burns, lf 4 2 3 0
Max Carey, cf 5 1 1 0 Dave Bancroft, ss 2 1 0 0
George Cutshaw, 2b 5 1 1 0 Ross Youngs, rf 4 1 2 0
Fred Nicholson, rf 4 1 2 0 Frankie Frisch, 3b 4 1 2 3
Possum Whitted, 3b 4 0 1 2 George Kelly, 1b 4 0 0 0
Pie Traynor, ss 2 1 0 0 Lee King, cf 4 2 2 2
Billy Southworth, ph 0 0 0 0 Larry Doyle, 2b 4 0 0 0
Elmer Ponder, p 0 0 0 0 Earl Smith, c 3 0 2 1
Charlie Grimm, 1b 4 1 2 0 Slim Sallee, p 0 0 0 0
Walter Schmidt, c 2 1 1 1 Curt Walker, ph 1 0 0 0
Jimmy Zinn, p 2 1 1 1 Rosy Ryan, p 2 1 0 0
Homer Summa, ph 1 0 0 0 Phil Douglas, p 1 0 0 0
Hal Carlson, p 0 0 0 0
Walter Barbar, ph-ss 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 7 10 5 33 8 11 6
PIT 040 000 030 -- 7
NY1 202 100 21x -- 8
PIT IP H R ER BB SO
Jimmy Zinn 6.0 8 5 4 2 6
Hal Carlson 1.0 1 2 2 1 0
Elmer Ponder (L) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Slim Sallee 2.0 5 4 4 0 0
Rosy Ryan 5.1 5 3 2 2 2
Phil Douglas (W) 1.2 0 0 0 1 1
E -- Pie Traynor 3, Frankie Frisch, Lee King, Earl Smith, Dave Bancroft
DP -- PIT 1, NY1 1
LOB -- PIT 5, NY1 5
2B -- Fred Nicholson, George Burns, Ross Youngs
3B -- Jimmy Zinn, Ross Youngs, Lee King
HR -- Lee King, Frankie Frisch
SB -- Walter Schmidt, Carson Bigbee
CS -- Fred Nicholson
SH -- Walter Schmidt, Dave Bancroft
T -- 1:50
A -- 12000
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