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Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 28, 1923
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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 28, 1923 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 28, 1923 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
|
| Home Team |
New York Giants
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 28, 1923 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Pete Alexander |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Hugh McQuillan |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 8,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 37 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Cy Pfirman 1B: Ernie Quigley 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jigger Statz | Center Fielder |
| Sparky Adams | Shortstop |
| George Grantham | Second Baseman |
| Ray Grimes | First Baseman |
| Bernie Friberg | Third Baseman |
| Hack Miller | Left Fielder |
| Cliff Heathcote | Right Fielder |
| Bob O'Farrell | Catcher |
| Pete Alexander | Pitcher |
| Bill Killefer | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dave Bancroft | Shortstop |
| Frankie Frisch | Second Baseman |
| Ross Youngs | Right Fielder |
| Irish Meusel | Left Fielder |
| Jimmy O'Connell | Center Fielder |
| High Pockets Kelly | First Baseman |
| Travis Jackson | Third Baseman |
| Frank Snyder | Catcher |
| Hugh McQuillan | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 28, 1923
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Statz vs. McQuillan
Statz hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Snyder settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. McQuillan
Adams hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grantham vs. McQuillan
Grantham hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimes vs. McQuillan
There goes Grantham. The throw from Snyder and he is out, Bancroft applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Alexander
Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grantham scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Alexander
Frisch hits a popup towards first. Grimes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Alexander
Youngs hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. O'Farrell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. McQuillan
Grimes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Friberg vs. McQuillan
Friberg hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. McQuillan
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McQuillan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Alexander
Meusel hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grantham settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Alexander
O'Connell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. O'Farrell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Alexander
Kelly hits a popup towards first. Grimes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heathcote vs. McQuillan
Heathcote takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Farrell vs. McQuillan
O'Farrell hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Heathcote moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Alexander vs. McQuillan
Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft fields it and throws to second for the out. Heathcote scores. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Statz vs. McQuillan
Statz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Alexander moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Adams vs. McQuillan
Adams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. Alexander moves to third. Statz moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Grantham vs. McQuillan
Grantham hits a fly ball into center field. O'Connell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Alexander
Jackson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Alexander
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adams fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McQuillan vs. Alexander
McQuillan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Alexander fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bancroft vs. Alexander
Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grimes scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bancroft for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. McQuillan
Grimes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Friberg vs. McQuillan
Friberg hits a ball on the ground towards second. Frisch can't make a play. That's a base hit. Grimes moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Miller vs. McQuillan
Miller bunts towards the mound. McQuillan fields it and throws to first for the out. Grimes moves to third. Friberg moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Heathcote vs. McQuillan
Heathcote hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
O'Farrell vs. McQuillan
O'Farrell is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Alexander vs. McQuillan
Alexander is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Alexander
Frisch hits a fly ball into center field. Statz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Alexander
Youngs hits a fly ball into left field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Alexander
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grantham scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Statz vs. McQuillan
Statz hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. McQuillan
Adams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grantham vs. McQuillan
Grantham hits a fly ball into center field. O'Connell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Alexander
O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Friberg fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Alexander
Kelly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Alexander
Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Alexander
Snyder hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kelly moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McQuillan vs. Alexander
McQuillan hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Grantham fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. McQuillan
Grimes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Friberg vs. McQuillan
Friberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. McQuillan
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Alexander
Bancroft hits a fly ball into left field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Alexander
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grantham scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Alexander
Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grantham scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heathcote vs. McQuillan
Heathcote 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 -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Farrell vs. McQuillan
O'Farrell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frisch settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alexander vs. McQuillan
Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelly scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Alexander for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Alexander
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Alexander
O'Connell hits a fly ball into center field. Statz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Alexander
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Friberg fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Statz vs. McQuillan
Statz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. McQuillan
Adams bunts between the mound and first base. McQuillan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Adams for the out. Statz moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grantham vs. McQuillan
Grantham hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grimes vs. McQuillan
Grimes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Friberg vs. McQuillan
Friberg hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Youngs who is chasing the ball. Friberg reaches third base with a triple. Statz scores. Grimes goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Miller vs. McQuillan
Miller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Friberg scores. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heathcote vs. McQuillan
Heathcote is hit by the pitch. Miller moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
O'Farrell vs. McQuillan
O'Farrell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Alexander
Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stengel vs. Alexander
Casey Stengel pinch hits for Frank Snyder.
Stengel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bentley vs. Alexander
Jack Bentley pinch hits for Hugh McQuillan.
Bentley hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Adams fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Jackson moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bancroft vs. Alexander
Ralph Shinners pinch runs for Jack Bentley.
Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards short. Adams fields it and throws to second for the out. Jackson scores. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frisch vs. Alexander
Frisch hits a fly ball into right field. Heathcote settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alexander vs. Jonnard
Hank Gowdy now catching. Claude Jonnard now pitching.
Alexander strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Statz vs. Jonnard
Statz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Jonnard
Adams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Alexander
Youngs strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Alexander
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grantham scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Alexander
O'Connell strikes out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/28/1923 -- CHN at New York (D)
CHN AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Jigger Statz, cf 5 1 3 0 Bancroft D, ss 4 0 0 1
Sparky Adams, ss 4 0 0 0 Frisch F, 2b 4 0 0 0
George Grantham, 2b 4 0 1 0 Youngs R, rf 4 0 0 0
Ray Grimes, 1b 1 1 1 0 Meusel I, lf 4 0 0 0
Bernie Friberg, 3b 4 1 2 2 O'Connell J, cf 4 0 0 0
Hack Miller, lf 3 0 1 1 Kelly H, 1b 3 0 1 0
Cliff Heathcote, rf 2 1 0 0 Jackson T, 3b 3 1 2 0
Bob O'Farrell, c 3 0 1 0 Snyder F, c 2 0 1 0
Grover Clevelan A, p 4 0 0 1 Stengel C, ph 1 0 1 0
Gowdy H, c 0 0 0 0
McQuillan H, p 2 0 0 0
Bentley J, ph 1 0 0 0
Shinners R, pr 0 0 0 0
Jonnard C, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30 4 9 4 32 1 5 1
CHN 001 000 030 -- 4
New York 000 000 010 -- 1
CHN IP H R ER BB SO
Grover Clevelan Alexander (W) 9.0 5 1 1 0 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
McQuillan H (L) 8.0 8 4 4 5 1
Jonnard C 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
DP -- New York 3
LOB -- CHN 7, New York 4
3B -- Bernie Friberg
CS -- George Grantham
SH -- Hack Miller, Sparky Adams
HBP -- by McQuillan H (Cliff Heathcote)
T -- 1:37
A -- 8000
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