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Red Sox
@ Yankees
Polo Grounds
May 2, 1920
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, played on May 2, 1920 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | May 2, 1920 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 2, 1920 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Sad Sam Jones |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Hank Thormahlen |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 25,000 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 4 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Dinneen 1B: Dick Nallin 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Harry Hooper | Right Fielder |
| Mike McNally | Second Baseman |
| Mike Menosky | Left Fielder |
| Tim Hendryx | Center Fielder |
| Stuffy McInnis | First Baseman |
| Eddie Foster | Third Baseman |
| Everett Scott | Shortstop |
| Roxy Walters | Catcher |
| Sad Sam Jones | Pitcher |
| Ed Barrow | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Aaron Ward | Third Baseman |
| Roger Peckinpaugh | Shortstop |
| Wally Pipp | First Baseman |
| Babe Ruth | Right Fielder |
| Duffy Lewis | Left Fielder |
| Del Pratt | Second Baseman |
| Ping Bodie | Center Fielder |
| Muddy Ruel | Catcher |
| Hank Thormahlen | Pitcher |
| Miller Huggins | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Yankees
Polo Grounds
May 2, 1920
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hooper vs. Thormahlen
Hooper hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNally vs. Thormahlen
McNally hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menosky vs. Thormahlen
Menosky hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bodie. Menosky reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hendryx vs. Thormahlen
Hendryx hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Menosky trying to get to home. Lewis throws the ball in to Ruel who tags Menosky, who's trying to score from second, for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Jones
Ward hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peckinpaugh vs. Jones
Peckinpaugh hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pipp vs. Jones
There goes Peckinpaugh. The throw from Walters and he is safe. Peckinpaugh steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pipp vs. Jones
Pipp strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ruth vs. Jones
Ruth is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McInnis vs. Thormahlen
McInnis hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Thormahlen
Foster takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. Thormahlen
Scott hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Foster moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Walters vs. Thormahlen
Walters strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Thormahlen
Jones strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Jones
Lewis hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pratt vs. Jones
Pratt hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bodie vs. Jones
Bodie hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ruel vs. Jones
Ruel hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hooper vs. Thormahlen
Hooper takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McNally vs. Thormahlen
McNally bunts for an out with unknown description. Hooper moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Menosky vs. Thormahlen
Menosky hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hendryx vs. Thormahlen
Hendryx hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thormahlen vs. Jones
Thormahlen hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Jones
Ward strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peckinpaugh vs. Jones
Peckinpaugh strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McInnis vs. Thormahlen
McInnis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foster vs. Thormahlen
Foster hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. Thormahlen
Scott hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walters vs. Thormahlen
Walters hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pipp vs. Jones
Pipp hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ruth vs. Jones
Ruth hits a fly ball into right field. Hooper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lewis vs. Jones
Lewis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Pipp moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pratt vs. Jones
Pratt hits a fly ball towards right. Hooper catches it. Pipp tags up. Here's the throw to Scott, who relays to Foster, who tags Pipp for the double play. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Thormahlen
Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hooper vs. Thormahlen
Hooper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pratt misplays the ball. That's an error on Pratt. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McNally vs. Thormahlen
McNally hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Pratt catches it and throws to first to double up Hooper. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bodie vs. Jones
Bodie hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruel vs. Jones
Ruel hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thormahlen vs. Jones
Thormahlen hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menosky vs. Thormahlen
Menosky hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hendryx vs. Thormahlen
Hendryx hits a fly ball into left field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McInnis vs. Thormahlen
McInnis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Menosky moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Foster vs. Thormahlen
Foster hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thormahlen fields it and throws to third for the out. McInnis moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Scott vs. Thormahlen
Scott hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McInnis scores. Foster moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Walters vs. Thormahlen
Walters hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Jones
Ward hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peckinpaugh vs. Jones
Peckinpaugh hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Ward trying to get to third. Menosky throws the ball in to Foster, who tags Ward for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pipp vs. Jones
Pipp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McNally fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Ruth vs. Jones
Ruth hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Jones
Lewis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pratt vs. Jones
Pratt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McNally misplays the ball. That's an error on McNally. Lewis moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bodie vs. Jones
Bodie hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lewis scores. Pratt moves to third. Bodie moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ruel vs. Jones
Ruel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Thormahlen vs. Jones
Thormahlen hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Pratt scores. Bodie scores. Ruel moves to third. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ward vs. Jones
Ward hits a line drive into left field. Menosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Thormahlen
Jones hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hooper vs. Thormahlen
Hooper takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McNally vs. Thormahlen
McNally hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hooper moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Menosky vs. Thormahlen
Menosky hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hendryx vs. Thormahlen
Hendryx hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peckinpaugh vs. Jones
Peckinpaugh hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pipp vs. Jones
Pipp hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Jones
Ruth takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lewis vs. Jones
Lewis hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Ruth moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pratt vs. Jones
Pratt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ruth scores. Lewis moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bodie vs. Jones
Bodie hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McInnis vs. Thormahlen
McInnis hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Thormahlen
Foster hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Thormahlen
Scott hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walters vs. Thormahlen
Walters hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruel vs. Jones
Ruel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thormahlen vs. Jones
Thormahlen bunts for an out with unknown description. Ruel moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ward vs. Jones
There goes Ruel. The throw from Walters and he is safe. Ruel steals third. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ward vs. Jones
Ward hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Menosky. Ward reaches second base with a double. Ruel scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Peckinpaugh vs. Jones
Peckinpaugh hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pipp vs. Jones
Pipp strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Devine vs. Thormahlen
Mickey Devine pinch hits for Sad Sam Jones.
for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hooper vs. Thormahlen
Hooper hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pipp scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hooper for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNally vs. Thormahlen
McNally hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 5/2/1920 -- BOS at NYA (D)
BOS AB R H RBI NYA AB R H RBI
Harry Hooper, rf 3 0 0 0 Aaron Ward, 3b 5 0 2 1
Mike McNally, 2b 4 0 1 0 Roger Peckinpaug, ss 5 0 2 0
Mike Menosky, lf 4 0 2 0 Wally Pipp, 1b 5 1 1 0
Tim Hendryx, cf 4 0 1 0 Babe Ruth, rf 3 2 1 2
Stuffy McInnis, 1b 3 1 1 0 Duffy Lewis, lf 3 1 2 0
Eddie Foster, 3b 3 0 0 0 Del Pratt, 2b 4 1 1 1
Everett Scott, ss 4 0 3 1 Ping Bodie, cf 4 1 2 1
Roxy Walters, c 4 0 0 0 Muddy Ruel, c 3 1 1 0
Sad Sam Jones, p 3 0 0 0 Hank Thormahlen, p 3 0 1 2
Mickey Devine, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 1 8 1 35 7 13 7
BOS 000 001 000 -- 1
NYA 000 005 11x -- 7
BOS IP H R ER BB SO
Sad Sam Jones (L) 8.0 13 7 4 3 5
NYA IP H R ER BB SO
Hank Thormahlen (W) 9.0 8 1 1 4 2
E -- Del Pratt, Mike McNally
DP -- BOS 1, NYA 1
LOB -- BOS 10, NYA 8
2B -- Mike Menosky, Aaron Ward
HR -- Babe Ruth
SB -- Roger Peckinpaugh, Muddy Ruel
SH -- Mike McNally, Hank Thormahlen
WP -- Sad Sam Jones
T -- 2:04
A -- 25000
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