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Tigers
@ Yankees
Polo Grounds
August 4, 1917
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers, played on August 4, 1917 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | August 4, 1917 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 4, 1917 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bernie Boland |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ray Caldwell |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 18,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 47 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Silk O'Loughlin 1B: Bill Dinneen 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Donie Bush | Shortstop |
| Ossie Vitt | Third Baseman |
| Ty Cobb | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Veach | Left Fielder |
| Harry Heilmann | Right Fielder |
| George Burns | First Baseman |
| Ralph Young | Second Baseman |
| Archie Yelle | Catcher |
| Bernie Boland | Pitcher |
| Hughie Jennings | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tim Hendryx | Right Fielder |
| Fritz Maisel | Second Baseman |
| Roger Peckinpaugh | Shortstop |
| Wally Pipp | First Baseman |
| Home Run Baker | Third Baseman |
| Armando Marsans | Center Fielder |
| Elmer Miller | Left Fielder |
| Roxy Walters | Catcher |
| Ray Caldwell | Pitcher |
| Bill Donovan | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Yankees
Polo Grounds
August 4, 1917
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Caldwell
Bush takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vitt vs. Caldwell
Vitt hits a popup towards first. Pipp settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cobb vs. Caldwell
Cobb hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veach vs. Caldwell
Veach takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heilmann vs. Caldwell
Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Caldwell
Caldwell fires to first and has Heilmann trapped. There's the throw to Maisel who tags Heilmann for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendryx vs. Boland
Hendryx hits a line drive into center field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maisel vs. Boland
Maisel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bush scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peckinpaugh vs. Boland
Peckinpaugh hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Yelle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Caldwell
Burns hits a line drive into right field. Hendryx settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Caldwell
Young strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yelle vs. Caldwell
Yelle hits a popup towards third. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pipp vs. Boland
Pipp hits a popup towards short. Bush settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baker vs. Boland
Baker hits a popup, foul, towards first. Burns settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marsans vs. Boland
Marsans hits a fly ball into center field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boland vs. Caldwell
Boland hits a fly ball into right field. Hendryx settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Caldwell
Bush takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vitt vs. Caldwell
Vitt hits a fly ball into left field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cobb vs. Caldwell
Cobb takes first base on ball four. Bush moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Veach vs. Caldwell
Veach hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bush scores. Cobb moves to third. Veach moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Heilmann vs. Caldwell
Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pipp scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Heilmann for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Boland
Miller strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walters vs. Boland
Walters strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caldwell vs. Boland
Caldwell strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Caldwell
Burns hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Caldwell
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baker fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yelle vs. Caldwell
Yelle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Miller. Yelle reaches second base with a double. Young moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Boland vs. Caldwell
Boland strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bush vs. Caldwell
Bush takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Vitt vs. Caldwell
Vitt hits a fly ball into center field. Marsans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendryx vs. Boland
Hendryx hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bush misplays the ball. That's an error on Bush. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maisel vs. Boland
Maisel hits a fly ball into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peckinpaugh vs. Boland
Peckinpaugh hits a ball on the ground towards first. Burns scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Peckinpaugh for the out. Hendryx moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pipp vs. Boland
Pipp takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baker vs. Boland
Baker hits a line drive into right field. Heilmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cobb vs. Caldwell
Cobb takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Veach vs. Caldwell
There goes Cobb. The throw from Walters and he is out, Peckinpaugh applying the tag. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veach vs. Caldwell
Veach hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Caldwell, and towards Peckinpaugh, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heilmann vs. Caldwell
Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baker fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marsans vs. Boland
Marsans hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bush scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Boland
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Boland fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walters vs. Boland
Walters hits a fly ball into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Caldwell
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Caldwell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Fisher
Ray Fisher now pitching.
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yelle vs. Fisher
Yelle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baker fields it and throws to first for the out. Young moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boland vs. Fisher
Boland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Maisel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisher vs. Boland
Fisher strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendryx vs. Boland
Hendryx hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maisel vs. Boland
Maisel hits a fly ball into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peckinpaugh vs. Boland
Peckinpaugh hits a fly ball into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Fisher
Bush bunts towards the mound. Fisher fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vitt vs. Fisher
Vitt strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cobb vs. Fisher
Cobb hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Veach vs. Fisher
There goes Cobb. The throw from Walters and he is out, Peckinpaugh applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pipp vs. Boland
Pipp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young misplays the ball. That's an error on Young. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. Boland
Baker hits a fly ball into left field. Veach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marsans vs. Boland
Marsans hits a line drive into center field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Boland
Miller 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
Top 8
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Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veach vs. Fisher
Veach takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heilmann vs. Fisher
Heilmann bunts for an out with unknown description. Veach moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burns vs. Fisher
Burns hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Fisher
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walters vs. Boland
Walters hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nunamaker vs. Boland
Les Nunamaker pinch hits for Ray Fisher.
Nunamaker hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendryx vs. Boland
Hendryx hits a line drive into center field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yelle vs. Love
Slim Love now pitching.
Yelle hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boland vs. Love
Boland strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Love
Bush hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maisel vs. Boland
Maisel hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peckinpaugh vs. Boland
Peckinpaugh takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pipp vs. Boland
Pipp takes first base on ball four. Peckinpaugh moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baker vs. Boland
Baker hits a fly ball into right field. Heilmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Marsans vs. Boland
Marsans hits a fly ball into center field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/4/1917 -- DET at NYA (D)
DET AB R H RBI NYA AB R H RBI
Donie Bush, ss 2 2 1 0 Tim Hendryx, rf 4 0 1 0
Ossie Vitt, 3b 4 0 0 0 Fritz Maisel, 2b 4 0 0 0
Ty Cobb, cf 2 1 1 2 Roger Peckinpaug, ss 3 0 0 0
Bobby Veach, lf 2 0 1 1 Wally Pipp, 1b 2 0 0 0
Harry Heilmann, rf 3 0 0 0 Frank Baker, 3b 4 0 0 0
George Burns, 1b 4 0 1 0 Armando Marsans, cf 4 0 0 0
Ralph Young, 2b 3 0 0 0 Elmer Miller, lf 3 0 0 0
Archie Yelle, c 4 0 1 0 Roxy Walters, c 3 0 0 0
Bernie Boland, p 4 0 0 0 Ray Caldwell, p 1 0 0 0
Ray Fisher, p 1 0 0 0
Les Nunamaker, ph 1 0 0 0
Slim Love, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
28 3 5 3 30 0 1 0
DET 201 000 000 -- 3
NYA 000 000 000 -- 0
DET IP H R ER BB SO
Bernie Boland (W) 9.0 1 0 0 3 4
NYA IP H R ER BB SO
Ray Caldwell (L) 5.1 4 3 3 6 2
Ray Fisher 2.2 1 0 0 2 1
Slim Love 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
E -- Donie Bush, Ralph Young
LOB -- DET 7, NYA 6
2B -- Archie Yelle
HR -- Ty Cobb
CS -- Ty Cobb 2
SH -- Harry Heilmann
T -- 1:47
A -- 18000
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