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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
September 15, 1952
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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 September 15, 1952 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | September 15, 1952 |
|---|---|
| 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 | September 15, 1952 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | New York Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Al Brazle |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Sal Maglie |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 4,316 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 25 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Stewart 1B: Jocko Conlan 2B: Augie Guglielmo 3B: Artie Gore |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Solly Hemus | Shortstop |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Enos Slaughter | Right Fielder |
| Peanuts Lowrey | Center Fielder |
| Hal Rice | Left Fielder |
| Vern Benson | Third Baseman |
| Del Rice | Catcher |
| Al Brazle | Pitcher |
| Eddie Stanky | Manager |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bobby Hofman | Second Baseman |
| Al Dark | Shortstop |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Monte Irvin | Left Fielder |
| Bob Elliott | Third Baseman |
| Wes Westrum | Catcher |
| Whitey Lockman | First Baseman |
| Clint Hartung | Right Fielder |
| Sal Maglie | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Polo Grounds
September 15, 1952
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Maglie
Hemus hits a fly ball into right field. Hartung settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Maglie
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards third. Elliott fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Maglie
Musial takes first base on ball four. Schoendienst moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Slaughter vs. Maglie
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maglie fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hofman vs. Brazle
Hofman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Brazle
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Benson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Brazle
Thomson takes first base on ball four. Dark moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Irvin vs. Brazle
Irvin hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Elliott vs. Brazle
Elliott hits a fly ball into left field. Rice 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: ---
Lowrey vs. Maglie
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maglie fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Maglie
Rice hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Benson vs. Maglie
Benson is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Brazle
Westrum hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lockman vs. Brazle
Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hartung vs. Brazle
Hartung strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Maglie
Rice hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brazle vs. Maglie
Brazle hits a fly ball into right field. Hartung settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Maglie
Hemus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Maglie
Schoendienst hits a popup towards third. Elliott settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maglie vs. Brazle
Maglie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hofman vs. Brazle
Hofman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Brazle
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brazle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Maglie
Musial hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Irvin. Musial reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Slaughter vs. Maglie
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hofman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Musial moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lowrey vs. Maglie
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hofman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rice vs. Maglie
Rice hits a fly ball into right field. Hartung settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Brazle
Thomson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Irvin vs. Brazle
Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elliott vs. Brazle
Elliott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Westrum vs. Brazle
Westrum hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Rice fields it and throws to first for the out. Elliott moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lockman vs. Brazle
Lockman hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Benson vs. Maglie
Benson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Maglie
Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brazle vs. Maglie
Brazle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hofman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hartung vs. Brazle
Hartung hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maglie vs. Brazle
Maglie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hofman vs. Brazle
Hofman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Maglie
Hemus hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Hofman reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Maglie
Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Maglie
Musial hits a fly ball towards left. Irvin catches it and throws to second to double up Schoendienst, who tagged up and tried to advance to second. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Brazle
Dark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rice. Dark reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomson vs. Brazle
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dark moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Irvin vs. Brazle
Irvin is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Elliott vs. Brazle
Elliott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dark scores. Irvin moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Westrum vs. Brazle
Westrum hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rice. Westrum reaches second base with a double. Irvin scores. Elliott moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Lockman vs. Brazle
Lockman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Elliott scores. Westrum scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Clark
Mike Clark now pitching. Don Mueller pinch hits for Clint Hartung.
Mueller takes first base on ball four. Lockman moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maglie vs. Clark
Maglie bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Lockman moves to third. Mueller moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wilson vs. Clark
George Wilson pinch hits for Bobby Hofman.
Wilson hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Dark vs. Clark
Dark hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lowrey. Dark reaches second base with a double. Lockman scores. Mueller scores. Maglie moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Thomson vs. Clark
There's a wild pitch. Maglie scores. Dark moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Thomson vs. Schmidt
Willard Schmidt now pitching.
Thomson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Irvin vs. Schmidt
Irvin hits a line drive into center field. Lowrey picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Lowrey. Dark scores. Thomson goes all the way around to score. Irvin moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Elliott vs. Schmidt
Dusty Rhodes pinch runs for Monte Irvin.
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Maglie
Davey Williams now playing second base. Dusty Rhodes now playing left field. Don Mueller now playing right field.
Slaughter hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mueller who is chasing the ball. Slaughter reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lowrey vs. Maglie
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Westrum fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rice vs. Maglie
Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Slaughter scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Benson vs. Maglie
Benson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Westrum vs. Schmidt
Westrum takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lockman vs. Schmidt
Lockman hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Schmidt
Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maglie vs. Chambers
Cliff Chambers now pitching.
Maglie bunts towards third. Benson fields it and throws to first for the out. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Chambers
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Chambers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dark vs. Chambers
Dark hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Rice settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Rice. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dark vs. Chambers
Dark hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Maglie
Rice hits a line drive into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambers vs. Maglie
Chambers hits a fly ball towards left. Rhodes settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Rhodes. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hemus vs. Maglie
Hemus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Chambers moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schoendienst vs. Maglie
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Musial vs. Maglie
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maglie fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Chambers
Virgil Stallcup now playing shortstop. Bill Sarni now catching. Dick Sisler now playing first base.
Thomson strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rhodes vs. Chambers
Rhodes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Elliott vs. Chambers
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stallcup fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Maglie
Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Maglie
Lowrey is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Maglie
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Maglie covering, for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/15/1952 -- St.Louis at New York (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Hemus S, ss 3 0 1 0 Hofman B, 2b 3 0 1 0
Stallcup V, ss 0 0 0 0 Wilson G, ph 1 0 0 0
Schoendienst R, 2b 4 0 2 0 Williams D, 2b 1 0 0 0
Musial S, 1b 3 0 1 0 Dark A, ss 5 2 2 2
Sarni B, c 0 0 0 0 Thomson B, cf 3 2 1 1
Slaughter E, rf 4 1 1 0 Irvin M, lf 3 1 1 1
Lowrey P, cf 4 0 0 0 Rhodes D, pr-lf 0 0 0 0
Rice H, lf 4 0 0 1 Elliott B, 3b 5 1 2 1
Benson V, 3b 3 0 0 0 Westrum W, c 3 2 1 1
Rice D, c 3 0 1 0 Lockman W, 1b 4 2 2 4
Sisler D, 1b 0 0 0 0 Hartung C, rf 2 0 0 0
Brazle A, p 2 0 0 0 Mueller D, ph-rf 1 1 1 0
Clark M, p 0 0 0 0 Maglie S, p 2 1 0 0
Schmidt W, p 0 0 0 0
Chambers C, p 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
31 1 6 1 33 12 11 10
St.Louis 000 000 100 -- 1
New York 000 109 20x -- 12
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Brazle A (L) 5.1 7 6 6 2 1
Clark M 0.1 1 4 3 2 0
Schmidt W* 0.1 3 2 2 1 0
Chambers C 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Maglie S (W) 9.0 6 1 1 2 3
* Pitched to 3 batters in 7th
E -- Lowrey P, Rice D, Rhodes D
DP -- St.Louis 1, New York 3
LOB -- St.Louis 5, New York 5
2B -- Musial S, Dark A 2, Westrum W
3B -- Slaughter E
HR -- Thomson B, Lockman W
SH -- Maglie S 2
WP -- Clark M
T -- 2:25
A -- 4316
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