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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 22, 1925
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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 August 22, 1925 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 22, 1925 |
|---|---|
| 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 | August 22, 1925 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Lee Meadows |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Virgil Barnes |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 45 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ernie Quigley 1B: Charlie Moran 2B: (none) 3B: Barry McCormick |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Carson Bigbee | Right Fielder |
| Johnny Rawlings | Second Baseman |
| Kiki Cuyler | Center Fielder |
| Clyde Barnhart | Left Fielder |
| Pie Traynor | Third Baseman |
| Glenn Wright | Shortstop |
| George Grantham | First Baseman |
| Johnny Gooch | Catcher |
| Lee Meadows | Pitcher |
| Bill McKechnie | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Billy Southworth | Center Fielder |
| Frankie Frisch | Shortstop |
| Ross Youngs | Right Fielder |
| Irish Meusel | Left Fielder |
| Bill Terry | First Baseman |
| High Pockets Kelly | Second Baseman |
| Freddie Lindstrom | Third Baseman |
| Frank Snyder | Catcher |
| Virgil Barnes | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
August 22, 1925
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Barnes
Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barnes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rawlings vs. Barnes
Rawlings is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cuyler vs. Barnes
Cuyler hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnhart vs. Barnes
Barnhart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Traynor vs. Barnes
Traynor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frisch fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Meadows
Southworth hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Gooch settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Gooch. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Meadows
Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards third. Traynor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Meadows
Frisch hits a popup towards first. Grantham juggles the ball. That's an error on Grantham. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Meadows
Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rawlings fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meusel vs. Meadows
Meusel hits a line drive into right field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wright vs. Barnes
Wright hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grantham vs. Barnes
Grantham hits a line drive into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gooch vs. Barnes
Gooch hits a ball on the ground towards first. Terry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gooch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Meadows
Terry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rawlings scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Meadows
Kelly hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lindstrom vs. Meadows
Lindstrom hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wright fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Meadows
Snyder hits a popup towards short. Wright settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meadows vs. Barnes
Meadows hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Barnes
Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barnes fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Barnes. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rawlings vs. Barnes
Rawlings hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cuyler vs. Barnes
Cuyler hits a line drive into center field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnes vs. Meadows
Barnes strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Meadows
Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rawlings scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Meadows
Frisch hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Meadows
Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wright scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnhart vs. Barnes
Barnhart hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Traynor vs. Barnes
Traynor hits a popup beyond short. Frisch can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Barnhart moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wright vs. Barnes
Wright hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Barnhart scores. Traynor moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Grantham vs. Barnes
Grantham strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gooch vs. Barnes
Gooch hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Traynor scores. Wright moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Meadows vs. Barnes
Meadows hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barnes fields it and throws to first for the out. Wright moves to third. Gooch moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bigbee vs. Barnes
Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Meadows
Meusel hits a fly ball into right field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Meadows
Terry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rawlings scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Meadows
Kelly hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lindstrom vs. Meadows
Lindstrom hits a ball on the ground towards third. Traynor fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rawlings vs. Barnes
Rawlings hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lindstrom fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cuyler vs. Barnes
Cuyler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lindstrom fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barnhart vs. Barnes
Barnhart hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kelly settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Traynor vs. Barnes
Traynor hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Snyder settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Meadows
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wright scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnes vs. Meadows
Barnes hits a fly ball into right field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Meadows
Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rawlings fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frisch vs. Meadows
Frisch hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Southworth moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Youngs vs. Meadows
Youngs hits a line drive into left field. Barnhart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wright vs. Barnes
Wright hits a fly ball into center field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grantham vs. Barnes
Grantham takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gooch vs. Barnes
Gooch strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meadows vs. Barnes
Meadows hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Meadows
Meusel hits a fly ball into right field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Meadows
Terry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wright scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Meadows
Kelly strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Barnes
Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barnes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rawlings vs. Barnes
Rawlings hits a popup towards first. Terry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cuyler vs. Barnes
Cuyler hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barnhart vs. Barnes
Barnhart hits a popup towards short. Frisch settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lindstrom vs. Meadows
Lindstrom hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rawlings scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Meadows
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wright scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnes vs. Meadows
Barnes hits a popup towards short. Wright settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Traynor vs. Barnes
Traynor hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wright vs. Barnes
Wright hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grantham vs. Barnes
Grantham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Meadows
Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rawlings scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Meadows
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meadows fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Meadows
Youngs hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meusel vs. Meadows
Meusel hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rawlings settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gooch vs. Barnes
Gooch hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meadows vs. Barnes
Meadows bunts in front of the plate. Snyder fields it and throws to first for the out. Gooch moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bigbee vs. Barnes
Bigbee hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Gooch scores. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rawlings vs. Barnes
Rawlings hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Youngs. Rawlings reaches second base with a double. Bigbee moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cuyler vs. Barnes
Cuyler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frisch fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bigbee scores. Rawlings scores. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barnhart vs. Barnes
Barnhart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frisch misplays the ball. That's an error on Frisch. Cuyler moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Traynor vs. Barnes
Traynor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cuyler scores. Barnhart moves to third. Traynor moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Wright vs. Huntzinger
Walt Huntzinger now pitching.
Wright hits a fly ball into center field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Barnhart tags and scores. Traynor tags and moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Grantham vs. Huntzinger
Grantham takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gooch vs. Huntzinger
Gooch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Meadows
Terry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Meadows
Kelly hits a popup, foul, towards first. Grantham settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lindstrom vs. Meadows
Lindstrom hits a ball on the ground towards third. Traynor fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 8 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Webb vs. Meadows
Earl Webb pinch hits for Frank Snyder.
Webb strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/22/1925, game 1 -- Pittsburgh at NY1 (D)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI NY1 AB R H RBI
Bigbee C, rf 5 1 1 1 Billy Southworth, cf 4 0 1 0
Rawlings J, 2b 5 1 2 0 Frankie Frisch, ss 4 1 2 1
Cuyler K, cf 5 2 3 3 Ross Youngs, rf 4 0 1 0
Barnhart C, lf 5 2 2 0 Irish Meusel, lf 4 0 0 0
Traynor P, 3b 5 1 2 1 Bill Terry, 1b 3 0 0 0
Wright G, ss 4 0 1 2 George Kelly, 2b 4 0 2 0
Grantham G, 1b 3 0 0 0 Freddy Lindstrom, 3b 4 0 0 0
Gooch J, c 5 1 2 1 Frank Snyder, c 3 0 0 0
Meadows L, p 3 0 0 0 Earl Webb, ph 1 0 0 0
Virgil Barnes, p 3 0 0 0
Walt Huntzinger, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 8 13 8 34 1 6 1
Pittsburgh 100 200 005 -- 8
NY1 001 000 000 -- 1
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Meadows L (W) 9.0 6 1 1 1 3
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Virgil Barnes (L) 8.1 13 8 7 1 3
Walt Huntzinger 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
E -- Gooch J, Grantham G, Virgil Barnes, Frankie Frisch
LOB -- Pittsburgh 9, NY1 7
2B -- Rawlings J
HR -- Cuyler K, Frankie Frisch
SH -- Meadows L
SF -- Wright G
T -- 1:45
A -- 0
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