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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
September 14, 1938
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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 September 14, 1938 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | September 14, 1938 |
|---|---|
| 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 | September 14, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ed Brandt |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Harry Gumbert |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 28,185 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 4 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Babe Pinelli 1B: Larry Goetz 2B: (none) 3B: Beans Reardon |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lloyd Waner | Center Fielder |
| Paul Waner | Right Fielder |
| Johnny Rizzo | Left Fielder |
| Arky Vaughan | Shortstop |
| Gus Suhr | First Baseman |
| Pep Young | Second Baseman |
| Lee Handley | Third Baseman |
| Ray Berres | Catcher |
| Ed Brandt | Pitcher |
| Pie Traynor | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dick Bartell | Shortstop |
| George Myatt | Third Baseman |
| Jo-Jo Moore | Left Fielder |
| Mel Ott | Right Fielder |
| Harry Danning | Catcher |
| Bob Seeds | Center Fielder |
| Johnny McCarthy | First Baseman |
| Alex Kampouris | Second Baseman |
| Harry Gumbert | Pitcher |
| Bill Terry | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
September 14, 1938
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Gumbert
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Gumbert
Waner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rizzo vs. Gumbert
Rizzo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Waner moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Vaughan vs. Gumbert
Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCarthy fields it, tags the runner, and races towards first, beating Vaughan, for the double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Brandt
Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myatt vs. Brandt
Myatt hits a popup towards short. Vaughan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Brandt
Moore takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Brandt
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards second. Young picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Young. Moore moves to third. Ott moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Danning vs. Brandt
Danning hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moore scores. Ott moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Seeds vs. Brandt
Seeds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suhr vs. Gumbert
Suhr hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Gumbert
Young hits a fly ball into left field. Moore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Handley vs. Gumbert
Handley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarthy vs. Brandt
McCarthy hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Waner. McCarthy reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kampouris vs. Brandt
Kampouris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McCarthy scores. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gumbert vs. Brandt
Gumbert bunts towards the mound. Brandt fields it and throws to first for the out. Kampouris moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bartell vs. Brandt
Bartell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kampouris scores. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Myatt vs. Swift
Bill Swift now pitching.
Myatt bunts towards third. Handley picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Handley. Bartell goes all the way around to score. Myatt moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moore vs. Swift
Moore hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Myatt scores. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Swift
Ott takes first base on ball four. Moore moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Danning vs. Swift
Danning hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seeds vs. Swift
Seeds hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarthy vs. Swift
McCarthy hits a popup in front of the plate. Berres settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berres vs. Gumbert
Berres hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell misplays the ball. That's an error on Bartell. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Swift vs. Gumbert
Swift hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Gumbert
Waner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Gumbert
Waner strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kampouris vs. Swift
Kampouris hits a popup towards third. Handley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gumbert vs. Swift
Gumbert hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bartell vs. Swift
Bartell hits a popup towards short. Vaughan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Myatt vs. Swift
Myatt hits a fly ball into left field. Rizzo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rizzo vs. Gumbert
Rizzo 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. Rizzo moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Vaughan vs. Gumbert
Vaughan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kampouris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Suhr vs. Gumbert
Suhr takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Gumbert
Young hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ott. Young reaches second base with a double. Rizzo scores. Suhr moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Handley vs. Gumbert
Handley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Myatt fields it and throws to first for the out. Suhr scores. Young moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Berres vs. Gumbert
Berres strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Swift
Moore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Swift
There goes Moore. The throw from Berres and he is out, Vaughan applying the tag. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Swift
Ott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Danning vs. Swift
Danning hits a ball on the ground towards short. Vaughan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Seeds vs. Swift
Seeds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Danning moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCarthy vs. Swift
McCarthy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Swift fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Swift vs. Gumbert
Swift hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Gumbert
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCarthy fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Gumbert
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kampouris misplays the ball. That's an error on Kampouris. Waner moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rizzo vs. Gumbert
Rizzo strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Vaughan vs. Gumbert
Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kampouris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kampouris vs. Swift
Kampouris hits a popup in front of the plate. Berres settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gumbert vs. Swift
Gumbert strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bartell vs. Swift
Bartell hits a popup towards short. Vaughan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suhr vs. Gumbert
Suhr hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Gumbert
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Myatt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Handley vs. Gumbert
Handley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myatt vs. Swift
Myatt hits a popup towards third. Handley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Swift
Moore hits a fly ball into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Swift
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards first. Suhr scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ott for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berres vs. Gumbert
Berres hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gumbert fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Swift vs. Gumbert
Swift hits a popup towards third. Myatt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Gumbert
Waner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Gumbert
Waner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Waner moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rizzo vs. Gumbert
Rizzo strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Danning vs. Swift
Danning hits a popup in front of the plate. Berres settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seeds vs. Swift
Seeds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCarthy vs. Swift
McCarthy hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kampouris vs. Swift
Kampouris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughan vs. Gumbert
Vaughan hits a fly ball into center field. Seeds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suhr vs. Gumbert
Suhr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kampouris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Gumbert
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gumbert vs. Swift
Gumbert hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Waner who is chasing the ball. Gumbert reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bartell vs. Swift
Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Handley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Myatt vs. Swift
Myatt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gumbert scores. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Swift
Moore takes first base on ball four. Myatt moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ott vs. Swift
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Myatt moves to third. Moore moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Danning vs. Swift
Danning strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 2 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Handley vs. Gumbert
Handley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. Gumbert
Woody Jensen pinch hits for Ray Berres.
Jensen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Handley moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Manush vs. Gumbert
Heinie Manush pinch hits for Bill Swift.
Manush hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kampouris fields it and throws to second for the out. Handley moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Waner vs. Gumbert
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell misplays the ball. That's an error on Bartell. Handley scores. Manush moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Waner vs. Gumbert
Waner hits a fly ball into right field. Ott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rizzo vs. Gumbert
Rizzo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Manush moves to third. Waner moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Giants, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Vaughan vs. Gumbert
Vaughan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kampouris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/14/1938, game 2 -- Pittsburgh at New York (D)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Waner L, cf 4 0 1 1 Bartell D, ss 5 1 1 1
Waner P, rf 5 0 2 0 Myatt G, 3b 5 1 2 1
Rizzo J, lf 5 1 3 0 Moore J, lf 3 2 2 1
Vaughan A, ss 5 0 0 0 Ott M, rf 3 1 1 0
Suhr G, 1b 3 1 0 0 Danning H, c 5 1 2 4
Young P, 2b 4 0 1 1 Seeds B, cf 4 0 1 0
Handley L, 3b 4 1 1 1 McCarthy J, 1b 4 2 2 1
Berres R, c 3 0 0 0 Kampouris A, 2b 4 1 1 1
Jensen W, ph 1 0 1 0 Gumbert H, p 3 1 2 0
Brandt E, p 0 0 0 0
Swift B, p 3 0 1 0
Manush H, ph 1 0 0 0
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38 3 10 3 36 10 14 9
Pittsburgh 000 200 001 -- 3
New York 170 000 11x -- 10
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Brandt E (L) 1.1 5 4 4 1 0
Swift B 6.2 9 6 6 3 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Gumbert H (W) 9.0 10 3 3 2 4
E -- Young P, Handley L, Bartell D 2, Moore J, Kampouris A
DP -- New York 2
LOB -- Pittsburgh 10, New York 7
2B -- McCarthy J, Young P
3B -- Gumbert H
HR -- Danning H, McCarthy J
CS -- Moore J
SH -- Gumbert H
T -- 2:04
A -- 28185
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