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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 26, 1936
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, played on May 26, 1936 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
Date | May 26, 1936 |
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Visiting Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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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 26, 1936 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
Home Team | New York Giants |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Watty Clark |
Home Starting Pitcher | Harry Gumbert |
Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
City | New York |
State | NY |
Attendance | 7,000 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 2 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Ernie Quigley 1B: Charlie Moran 2B: (none) 3B: George Magerkurth |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Johnny Cooney | Center Fielder |
Joe Stripp | Third Baseman |
George Watkins | Right Fielder |
Buddy Hassett | First Baseman |
Danny Taylor | Left Fielder |
Babe Phelps | Catcher |
Jim Bucher | Second Baseman |
Ben Geraghty | Shortstop |
Watty Clark | Pitcher |
Casey Stengel | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jo-Jo Moore | Left Fielder |
Burgess Whitehead | Second Baseman |
Sam Leslie | First Baseman |
Hank Leiber | Center Fielder |
Mel Ott | Right Fielder |
Gus Mancuso | Catcher |
Travis Jackson | Third Baseman |
Dick Bartell | Shortstop |
Harry Gumbert | Pitcher |
Bill Terry | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Dodgers
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
May 26, 1936
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooney vs. Gumbert
Cooney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stripp vs. Gumbert
Stripp hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watkins vs. Gumbert
Watkins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Leslie scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Watkins for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Clark
Moore hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Phelps settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitehead vs. Clark
Whitehead hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leslie vs. Clark
Leslie hits a fly ball into right field. Watkins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leiber vs. Clark
Leiber hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Taylor who is chasing the ball. Leiber reaches third base with a triple. Whitehead goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ott vs. Clark
Ott hits a fly ball into center field. Cooney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hassett vs. Gumbert
Hassett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Gumbert
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phelps vs. Gumbert
Phelps hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead misplays the ball. That's an error on Whitehead. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bucher vs. Gumbert
Bucher hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mancuso vs. Clark
Mancuso strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Clark
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stripp fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Clark
Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Geraghty scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geraghty vs. Gumbert
Geraghty hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Gumbert
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooney vs. Gumbert
Cooney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gumbert vs. Clark
Gumbert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Clark
Moore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gumbert moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Whitehead vs. Clark
Whitehead hits a line drive towards first. Hassett reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Leslie vs. Clark
Leslie hits a ball on the ground towards second. Bucher throws to second for one, and Geraghty throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Gumbert scores. Leslie moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Leiber vs. Clark
Leiber hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Clark
Ott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mancuso vs. Clark
Mancuso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Ott trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stripp vs. Gumbert
Stripp hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watkins vs. Gumbert
Watkins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hassett vs. Gumbert
Hassett strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Clark
Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bartell vs. Clark
Bartell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jackson moves to third. Bartell moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gumbert vs. Clark
Gumbert hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Watkins. Gumbert reaches second base with a double. Jackson scores. Bartell scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moore vs. Butcher
Max Butcher now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Gumbert moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Moore vs. Butcher
Moore hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Phelps settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Whitehead vs. Butcher
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards short. Geraghty scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Leslie vs. Butcher
Leslie takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Leiber vs. Butcher
Leiber hits a popup towards short. Geraghty settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Gumbert
Taylor strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phelps vs. Gumbert
Phelps hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Leslie, and towards Whitehead, who fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering, for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bucher vs. Gumbert
Bucher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geraghty vs. Gumbert
Geraghty takes first base on ball four. Bucher moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Butcher vs. Gumbert
Butcher strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Butcher
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Geraghty fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mancuso vs. Butcher
Mancuso hits a popup, foul, towards short. Geraghty settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Butcher
There goes Ott. The throw from Phelps and he is out, Geraghty applying the tag. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Butcher
Jackson strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frey vs. Gumbert
Lonny Frey pinch hits for Johnny Cooney.
Frey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stripp vs. Gumbert
Stripp hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out. Frey moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Watkins vs. Gumbert
Watkins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Leslie scoops it up and throws to first, with Gumbert covering, for the out. Frey moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hassett vs. Gumbert
Hassett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitehead scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Butcher
Lonny Frey now playing center field.
Bartell hits a fly ball into left field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gumbert vs. Butcher
Gumbert takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Butcher
Moore hits a popup, foul, towards third. Stripp settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitehead vs. Butcher
Whitehead hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bucher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gumbert moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Leslie vs. Butcher
Leslie hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hassett scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Leslie for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Gumbert
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phelps vs. Gumbert
Phelps hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bucher vs. Gumbert
Bucher hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geraghty vs. Gumbert
Geraghty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leiber vs. Butcher
Leiber hits a popup, foul, towards third. Stripp settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Butcher
Ott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mancuso vs. Butcher
Mancuso hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Ott moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jackson vs. Butcher
Jackson hits a popup towards short. Geraghty settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bordagaray vs. Gumbert
Frenchy Bordagaray pinch hits for Max Butcher.
Bordagaray hits a line drive into left field. Moore picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Moore. Bordagaray moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Frey vs. Gumbert
Frey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Leslie scoops it up and throws to first, with Gumbert covering, for the out. Bordagaray scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stripp vs. Gumbert
Stripp hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moore. Stripp reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Watkins vs. Gumbert
Watkins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Leslie scoops it up and throws to first, with Gumbert covering, for the out. Stripp moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hassett vs. Gumbert
Hassett hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Baker
Tom Baker now pitching.
Bartell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gumbert vs. Baker
There goes Bartell. The throw from Phelps and he is safe. Bartell steals second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gumbert vs. Baker
Gumbert hits a fly ball into center field. Frey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moore vs. Baker
Moore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stripp fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bartell moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Whitehead vs. Baker
Whitehead hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bartell scores. Moore moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Leslie vs. Baker
Leslie hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stripp fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Gumbert
Taylor hits a fly ball into center field. Leiber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phelps vs. Gumbert
Phelps hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bucher vs. Gumbert
Bucher hits a line drive towards third. Jackson juggles the ball. That's an error on Jackson. Phelps moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Giants, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Geraghty vs. Gumbert
Geraghty hits a ball on the ground towards first. Leslie scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Geraghty for the out. Phelps scores. Bucher moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jordan vs. Gumbert
Jimmy Jordan pinch hits for Tom Baker.
Jordan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bucher scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frey vs. Gumbert
Frey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/26/1936 -- Brooklyn at New York (D) Brooklyn AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI Cooney J, cf 2 0 0 0 Moore J, lf 5 0 2 0 Frey L, ph-cf 3 0 1 1 Whitehead B, 2b 5 1 3 1 Stripp J, 3b 4 0 1 0 Leslie S, 1b 4 1 0 1 Watkins G, rf 4 0 0 0 Leiber H, cf 4 1 2 3 Hassett B, 1b 4 0 0 0 Ott M, rf 2 0 1 0 Taylor D, lf 4 0 0 0 Mancuso G, c 4 0 1 0 Phelps B, c 4 1 2 0 Jackson T, 3b 4 1 1 0 Bucher J, 2b 4 1 1 0 Bartell D, ss 4 2 2 0 Geraghty B, ss 3 0 0 1 Gumbert H, p 3 1 2 2 Clark W, p 1 0 0 0 Butcher M, p 1 0 0 0 Bordagaray F, ph 1 1 1 0 Baker T, p 0 0 0 0 Jordan J, ph 1 0 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 3 7 3 35 7 14 7 Brooklyn 000 000 012 -- 3 New York 103 200 01x -- 7 Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO Clark W (L)* 3.0 9 6 6 1 1 Butcher M 4.0 2 0 0 3 1 Baker T 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 New York IP H R ER BB SO Gumbert H (W) 9.0 7 3 1 1 3 * Pitched to 3 batters in 4th E -- Whitehead B, Geraghty B, Moore J, Jackson T DP -- Brooklyn 1 LOB -- Brooklyn 7, New York 8 2B -- Gumbert H, Stripp J 3B -- Leiber H HR -- Leiber H SB -- Bartell D CS -- Ott M WP -- Butcher M T -- 2:02 A -- 7000
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