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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 8, 1925
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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 May 8, 1925 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | May 8, 1925 |
|---|---|
| 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 | May 8, 1925 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Leo Dickerman |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Virgil Barnes |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 7,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 55 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Barry McCormick 1B: Bill Klem 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Max Flack | Left Fielder |
| Jimmy Cooney | Shortstop |
| Rogers Hornsby | Second Baseman |
| Jim Bottomley | First Baseman |
| Les Bell | Third Baseman |
| Chick Hafey | Right Fielder |
| Heinie Mueller | Center Fielder |
| Mike Gonzalez | Catcher |
| Leo Dickerman | Pitcher |
| Branch Rickey | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Billy Southworth | Center Fielder |
| Frankie Frisch | Second Baseman |
| Ross Youngs | Right Fielder |
| High Pockets Kelly | First Baseman |
| Freddie Lindstrom | Third Baseman |
| Irish Meusel | Left Fielder |
| Travis Jackson | Shortstop |
| Frank Snyder | Catcher |
| Virgil Barnes | Pitcher |
| Hughie Jennings | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 8, 1925
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Barnes
Flack hits a fly ball into center field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooney vs. Barnes
Cooney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lindstrom juggles the ball. That's an error on Lindstrom. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hornsby vs. Barnes
Hornsby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cooney moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bottomley vs. Barnes
Bottomley hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lindstrom settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bell vs. Barnes
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lindstrom fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Dickerman
Southworth takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frisch vs. Dickerman
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bottomley fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Dickerman
Dickerman fires to first and has Frisch trapped. There's the throw to Cooney who tags Frisch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Dickerman
Youngs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Dickerman
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cooney fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hafey vs. Barnes
Hafey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Barnes
Mueller 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 -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Barnes
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindstrom vs. Dickerman
Lindstrom takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meusel vs. Dickerman
Meusel hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Lindstrom moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Jackson vs. Dickerman
Jackson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Snyder vs. Dickerman
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cooney fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickerman vs. Barnes
Dickerman hits a popup towards short. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Barnes
Flack hits a fly ball into center field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooney vs. Barnes
Cooney 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
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnes vs. Dickerman
Barnes strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Dickerman
Southworth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frisch vs. Dickerman
Frisch hits a fly ball into center field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Dickerman
Youngs hits a fly ball into center field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. Barnes
Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Jackson. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bottomley vs. Barnes
Bottomley hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Barnes
Bell hits a line drive into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hafey vs. Barnes
Hafey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hornsby moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mueller vs. Barnes
Mueller hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Meusel. Mueller reaches second base with a double. Hornsby scores. Hafey moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gonzalez vs. Barnes
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Dickerman
Kelly hits a fly ball into right field. Hafey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindstrom vs. Dickerman
Lindstrom takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meusel vs. Dickerman
Meusel hits a fly ball into center field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Dickerman
Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickerman vs. Barnes
Dickerman strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Barnes
Flack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooney vs. Barnes
Cooney hits a line drive into center field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Dickerman
Snyder is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnes vs. Dickerman
Barnes hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Southworth vs. Dickerman
Southworth hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hafey who is chasing the ball. Southworth reaches third base with a triple. Barnes goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Frisch vs. Dickerman
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickerman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Youngs vs. Dickerman
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
Top 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. Barnes
Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bottomley vs. Barnes
Bottomley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Barnes
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hafey vs. Barnes
Hafey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barnes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Dickerman
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickerman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindstrom vs. Dickerman
Lindstrom is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Dickerman
Meusel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Dickerman
Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. Hafey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Barnes
Mueller 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 -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Barnes
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barnes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dickerman vs. Barnes
Dickerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Dickerman
Snyder is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnes vs. Dickerman
Barnes hits a fly ball into left field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Dickerman
Southworth 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 8
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Barnes
Flack takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooney vs. Barnes
Cooney bunts in front of the plate. Snyder fields it and throws to first for the out. Flack moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hornsby vs. Barnes
Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Flack moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bottomley vs. Barnes
Bottomley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lindstrom fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Flack scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Barnes
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lindstrom fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Dickerman
Frisch hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Dickerman
Youngs 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, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Dickerman
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hafey vs. Barnes
Hafey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lindstrom fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Barnes
Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Barnes
Gonzalez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mueller moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Dickerman vs. Barnes
Dickerman bunts towards the mound. Barnes fields it and throws to home to get Mueller. Gonzalez moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Flack vs. Barnes
Flack hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelly scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Flack for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindstrom vs. Dickerman
Lindstrom hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bottomley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lindstrom for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Dickerman
Meusel hits a popup towards short. Cooney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Dickerman
Jackson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Terry vs. Dickerman
Bill Terry pinch hits for Frank Snyder.
Terry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jackson moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bentley vs. Dickerman
Jack Bentley pinch hits for Virgil Barnes. Frank Walker pinch runs for Bill Terry.
Bentley takes first base on ball four. Walker moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Southworth vs. Dickerman
Mickey Devine pinch runs for Jack Bentley.
Southworth hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/8/1925 -- SLN at NY1 (D)
SLN AB R H RBI NY1 AB R H RBI
Max Flack, lf 4 1 0 0 Billy Southworth, cf 4 1 3 5
Jimmy Cooney, ss 3 0 0 0 Frankie Frisch, 2b 4 0 1 0
Rogers Hornsby, 2b 4 1 1 0 Ross Youngs, rf 4 0 1 0
Jim Bottomley, 1b 4 0 2 1 George Kelly, 1b 4 0 0 0
Les Bell, 3b 4 0 0 0 Freddy Lindstrom, 3b 2 0 0 0
Chick Hafey, rf 4 0 1 0 Irish Meusel, lf 3 0 1 0
Heinie Mueller, cf 4 0 2 1 Travis Jackson, ss 4 1 1 0
Mike Gonzalez, c 4 0 1 0 Frank Snyder, c 3 0 0 0
Leo Dickerman, p 4 0 0 0 Bill Terry, ph 1 0 1 0
Frank Walker, pr 0 1 0 0
Virgil Barnes, p 3 1 1 0
Jack Bentley, ph 0 0 0 0
Mickey Devine, pr 0 1 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 2 7 2 32 5 9 5
SLN 000 100 010 -- 2
NY1 000 010 004 -- 5
2 outs when winning run was scored.
SLN IP H R ER BB SO
Leo Dickerman (L) 8.2 9 5 5 5 5
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Virgil Barnes (W) 9.0 7 2 1 1 1
E -- Freddy Lindstrom, Travis Jackson
DP -- SLN 2
LOB -- SLN 8, NY1 6
2B -- Heinie Mueller
3B -- Billy Southworth
HR -- Billy Southworth
SH -- Jimmy Cooney
T -- 1:55
A -- 7000
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