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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 9, 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 9, 1925 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | May 9, 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 9, 1925 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Flint Rhem |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Hugh McQuillan |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 18,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 55 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Klem 1B: Barry McCormick 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 |
| Flint Rhem | 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 |
| Hugh McQuillan | Pitcher |
| Hughie Jennings | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 9, 1925
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. McQuillan
Flack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McQuillan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooney vs. McQuillan
Cooney hits a ball on the ground towards second. Frisch can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hornsby vs. McQuillan
Hornsby 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: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bottomley vs. McQuillan
Bottomley hits a line drive into right center field for a base hit. Cooney moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bell vs. McQuillan
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. Rhem
Southworth is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Rhem
Frisch hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Gonzalez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Rhem
Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby misplays the ball. That's an error on Hornsby. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Rhem
Kelly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Youngs moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lindstrom vs. Rhem
Lindstrom hits a line drive into right field. Hafey settles under the ball 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: ---
Hafey vs. McQuillan
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. McQuillan
Mueller hits a line drive 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: ---
Gonzalez vs. McQuillan
Gonzalez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rhem vs. McQuillan
Rhem is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Rhem
Meusel 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 -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Rhem
Jackson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Rhem
Snyder hits a fly ball into left field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McQuillan vs. Rhem
McQuillan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Southworth vs. Rhem
Southworth 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 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. McQuillan
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. McQuillan
Cooney hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Meusel. Cooney reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hornsby vs. McQuillan
Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lindstrom fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cooney moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bottomley vs. McQuillan
Bottomley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch fields it and throws to second for the out. Cooney scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. McQuillan
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lindstrom fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bottomley moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hafey vs. McQuillan
Hafey hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. McQuillan
Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. McQuillan
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Rhem
Frisch takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Rhem
Youngs strikes out. There goes Frisch. The throw from Gonzalez to Cooney, and Frisch is out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Rhem
Kelly hits a line drive into right field. Hafey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhem vs. McQuillan
Rhem strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. McQuillan
Flack hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cooney vs. McQuillan
Cooney hits a line drive into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hornsby vs. McQuillan
Hornsby hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bottomley vs. McQuillan
Bottomley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Meusel. Bottomley reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. McQuillan
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bottomley moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hafey vs. McQuillan
Hafey hits a fly ball into center field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindstrom vs. Rhem
Lindstrom hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cooney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Rhem
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cooney scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Rhem
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cooney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Rhem
Snyder 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 5
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Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Dean
Wayland Dean now pitching.
Mueller takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Dean
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Mueller moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rhem vs. Dean
Rhem bunts towards the mound. Dean fields it and throws to first for the out. Gonzalez moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Flack vs. Dean
Flack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch has Mueller trapped. There's the throw to Snyder and over to Lindstrom, who tags Mueller for the out. Gonzalez moves to third. Flack moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cooney vs. Dean
Cooney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gonzalez scores. Flack scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hornsby vs. Dean
There goes Cooney. The throw from Snyder and he is out, Frisch applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dean vs. Rhem
Dean is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Rhem
Southworth hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frisch vs. Rhem
Frisch bunts towards third. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Southworth moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Youngs vs. Rhem
Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cooney fields it and throws to second for the out. Southworth moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kelly vs. Rhem
Kelly strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. Dean
Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lindstrom fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Lindstrom. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bottomley vs. Dean
Bottomley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jackson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Dean
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dean fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hafey vs. Dean
Hafey hits a line drive towards short. Jackson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindstrom vs. Rhem
Lindstrom hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meusel vs. Rhem
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rhem fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Rhem
Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Rhem
Snyder strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Dean
Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Meusel throws the ball in to Frisch who tags Mueller, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Dean
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rhem vs. Dean
Rhem hits a line drive into center field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flack vs. Dean
Flack takes first base on ball four. Gonzalez moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cooney vs. Dean
Cooney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lindstrom fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Rhem
Bill Terry pinch hits for Wayland Dean.
Terry strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Rhem
Southworth hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Gonzalez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Rhem
Frisch hits a fly ball into left field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. Huntzinger
Walt Huntzinger now pitching.
Hornsby 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, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bottomley vs. Huntzinger
Bottomley hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Snyder settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Huntzinger
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Rhem
Youngs hits a fly ball into center field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Rhem
Kelly is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindstrom vs. Rhem
Lindstrom takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meusel vs. Rhem
Meusel hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bottomley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hafey vs. Huntzinger
Hafey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Huntzinger
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelly fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Hafey for the double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Huntzinger
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Rhem
Jackson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Rhem
Hack Wilson pinch hits for Frank Snyder.
Wilson takes first base on ball four. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bentley vs. Rhem
Jack Bentley pinch hits for Walt Huntzinger.
Bentley strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Southworth vs. Rhem
Southworth takes first base on ball four. Jackson moves to third. Wilson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Frisch vs. Rhem
Frisch is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 8 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Youngs vs. Rhem
Youngs is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/9/1925 -- SLN at NY1 (D)
SLN AB R H RBI NY1 AB R H RBI
Max Flack, lf 4 2 1 0 Billy Southworth, cf 4 0 1 0
Jimmy Cooney, ss 5 1 3 2 Frankie Frisch, 2b 4 0 1 0
Rogers Hornsby, 2b 5 1 2 2 Ross Youngs, rf 5 0 0 0
Jim Bottomley, 1b 5 1 2 1 George Kelly, 1b 4 0 1 0
Les Bell, 3b 5 1 2 0 Freddy Lindstrom, 3b 3 0 1 0
Chick Hafey, rf 5 1 2 3 Irish Meusel, lf 4 0 0 0
Heinie Mueller, cf 4 0 2 0 Travis Jackson, ss 4 0 3 0
Mike Gonzalez, c 4 1 2 0 Frank Snyder, c 3 0 0 0
Flint Rhem, p 3 0 0 0 Hack Wilson, ph 0 0 0 0
Hugh McQuillan, p 1 0 1 0
Wayland Dean, p 1 0 0 0
Bill Terry, ph 1 0 0 0
Walt Huntzinger, p 0 0 0 0
Jack Bentley, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 8 16 8 35 0 8 0
SLN 004 220 000 -- 8
NY1 000 000 000 -- 0
SLN IP H R ER BB SO
Flint Rhem (W) 9.0 8 0 0 4 10
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Hugh McQuillan (L) 4.0 11 6 6 1 2
Wayland Dean 3.0 4 2 2 2 0
Walt Huntzinger 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
E -- Rogers Hornsby, Freddy Lindstrom
DP -- SLN 1, NY1 1
LOB -- SLN 9, NY1 12
2B -- Jimmy Cooney, Jim Bottomley
HR -- Chick Hafey, Rogers Hornsby
CS -- Frankie Frisch, Jimmy Cooney
SH -- Flint Rhem
T -- 1:55
A -- 18000
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