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Indians
@ Yankees
Polo Grounds
May 16, 1920
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians, played on May 16, 1920 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | May 16, 1920 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 16, 1920 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Bagby |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Carl Mays |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 38,600 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 55 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Brick Owens 1B: Ollie Chill 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jack Graney | Left Fielder |
| Ray Chapman | Shortstop |
| Tris Speaker | Center Fielder |
| Elmer Smith | Right Fielder |
| Larry Gardner | Third Baseman |
| Bill Wambsganss | Second Baseman |
| Doc Johnston | First Baseman |
| Steve O'Neill | Catcher |
| Jim Bagby | Pitcher |
| Tris Speaker | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Aaron Ward | Shortstop |
| Bob Meusel | Third Baseman |
| Wally Pipp | First Baseman |
| Babe Ruth | Right Fielder |
| Duffy Lewis | Left Fielder |
| Del Pratt | Second Baseman |
| Ping Bodie | Center Fielder |
| Truck Hannah | Catcher |
| Carl Mays | Pitcher |
| Miller Huggins | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Yankees
Polo Grounds
May 16, 1920
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Graney vs. Mays
Graney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Mays
Chapman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Graney moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Speaker vs. Mays
Speaker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ward misplays the ball. That's an error on Ward. Graney scores. Chapman moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Mays
Smith bunts towards first. Pipp fields the ball and throws to Mays covering. Safe. Chapman moves to third. Speaker moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gardner vs. Mays
Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pipp fields it and throws to home to get Chapman. Speaker moves to third. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wambsganss vs. Mays
Wambsganss hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lewis. Wambsganss reaches second base with a double. Speaker scores. Smith scores. Gardner moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Johnston vs. Mays
Johnston hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lewis throws the ball in to Pratt who tags Johnston trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Gardner scores. Wambsganss scores. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Neill vs. Thormahlen
Hank Thormahlen now pitching.
O'Neill hits a popup towards short. Ward settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Bagby
Ward hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meusel vs. Bagby
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chapman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pipp vs. Bagby
Pipp hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bagby fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bagby vs. Thormahlen
Bagby hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thormahlen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Graney vs. Thormahlen
Graney hits a line drive into right field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Thormahlen
Chapman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Speaker vs. Thormahlen
Speaker hits a popup towards short. Ward settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Bagby
Ruth hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnston scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ruth for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Bagby
Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pratt vs. Bagby
Pratt hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Graney. Pratt reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bodie vs. Bagby
Bodie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chapman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Thormahlen
Smoky Joe Wood pinch hits for Elmer Smith.
Wood strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Thormahlen
Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Meusel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wambsganss vs. Thormahlen
Wambsganss hits a ball on the ground towards third. Meusel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hannah vs. Bagby
Smoky Joe Wood now playing right field.
Hannah hits a fly ball into left field. Graney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thormahlen vs. Bagby
Thormahlen strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Bagby
Ward hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnston vs. Thormahlen
Johnston strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Neill vs. Thormahlen
O'Neill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ward scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bagby vs. Thormahlen
Bagby hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Bodie, who is chasing the ball. Bagby reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Graney vs. Thormahlen
Graney takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Chapman vs. Thormahlen
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ward scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Bagby
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bagby fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pipp vs. Bagby
Pipp hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnston scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pipp for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Bagby
Ruth takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lewis vs. Bagby
Lewis hits a ball on the groundLewis is thrown out after the base hit. Ruth goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speaker vs. Thormahlen
Speaker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wood vs. Thormahlen
Wood bunts towards the mound. Thormahlen fields it and throws to first for the out. Speaker moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gardner vs. Thormahlen
Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ward scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Speaker moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Wambsganss vs. Thormahlen
Wambsganss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ward scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pratt vs. Bagby
Pratt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chapman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bodie vs. Bagby
Bodie hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hannah vs. Bagby
Hannah hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnston vs. Thormahlen
Johnston hits a fly ball into left field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Neill vs. Thormahlen
O'Neill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bagby vs. Thormahlen
Bagby strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Graney vs. Thormahlen
Graney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pratt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thormahlen vs. Bagby
Thormahlen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ward vs. Bagby
Ward hits a fly ball into left field. Graney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meusel vs. Bagby
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Thormahlen
Chapman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ruth. Chapman reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Speaker vs. Thormahlen
Speaker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wood vs. Thormahlen
Wood takes first base on ball four. Chapman moves to third. Speaker moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gardner vs. Thormahlen
Gardner hits a fly ball into center field. Bodie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Chapman tags and scores. Speaker tags and moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wambsganss vs. Thormahlen
Wambsganss hits a ball on the ground towards third. Meusel fields it and throws to first for the out. Speaker scores. Wood moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Johnston vs. Thormahlen
Johnston hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pratt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pipp vs. Bagby
Pipp bunts towards the right side of the infield. Wambsganss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Bagby
Ruth hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnston scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ruth for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Bagby
Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chapman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Neill vs. Thormahlen
O'Neill hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bagby vs. Thormahlen
Bagby bunts in front of the plate. Hannah fields it and throws to first for the out. O'Neill moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Graney vs. Thormahlen
Graney strikes out. The throw from Hannah to pick off O'Neill, and he's out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pratt vs. Bagby
Pratt hits a line drive into center field. Speaker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bodie vs. Bagby
Bodie takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hannah vs. Bagby
Hannah hits a fly ball into right field. Wood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
O'Doul vs. Bagby
Lefty O'Doul pinch hits for Hank Thormahlen.
O'Doul hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bodie moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ward vs. Bagby
Ward hits a fly ball into center field. Speaker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Mogridge
George Mogridge now pitching.
Chapman hits a fly ball into center field. Bodie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speaker vs. Mogridge
Speaker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pratt scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Mogridge
Wood hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gardner vs. Mogridge
There goes Wood. The throw from Hannah and he is safe. Wood steals second. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gardner vs. Mogridge
Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ward fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wood moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wambsganss vs. Mogridge
Wambsganss hits a ball on the ground towards third. Meusel juggles the ball. That's an error on Meusel. Wood scores. Gardner moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Johnston vs. Mogridge
That's a pickoff. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 8 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Bagby
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chapman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pipp vs. Bagby
Pipp hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ruth vs. Bagby
Ruth hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wood. Ruth reaches second base with a double. Pipp goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lewis vs. Bagby
Lewis hits a fly ball into left field. Graney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pratt vs. Bagby
Pratt hits a fly ball into center field. Speaker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 5/16/1920 -- Cleveland at NYA (D)
Cleveland AB R H RBI NYA AB R H RBI
Graney J, lf 4 1 1 0 Aaron Ward, ss 4 0 1 0
Chapman R, ss 5 1 3 0 Bob Meusel, 3b 4 0 0 0
Speaker T, cf 4 2 1 1 Wally Pipp, 1b 4 1 1 0
Smith E, rf 1 1 1 0 Babe Ruth, rf 3 1 1 1
Wood S, ph-rf 2 1 1 0 Duffy Lewis, lf 4 0 1 0
Gardner L, 3b 4 1 1 1 Del Pratt, 2b 4 0 1 0
Wambsganss B, 2b 5 1 1 3 Ping Bodie, cf 2 0 1 0
Johnston D, 1b 4 0 1 2 Truck Hannah, c 3 0 0 0
O'Neill S, c 4 0 2 0 Carl Mays, p 0 0 0 0
Bagby J, p 3 0 1 0 Hank Thormahlen, p 2 0 1 0
Lefty O'Doul, ph 1 0 1 0
George Mogridge, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 8 13 7 31 2 8 1
Cleveland 500 000 201 -- 8
NYA 000 100 001 -- 2
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Bagby J (W) 9.0 8 2 1 2 1
NYA IP H R ER BB SO
Carl Mays (L) 0.2 5 5 4 0 0
Hank Thormahlen 7.1 6 2 2 3 4
George Mogridge 1.0 2 1 0 0 0
E -- Aaron Ward, Wood S, Bob Meusel 2
DP -- Cleveland 3, NYA 1
LOB -- Cleveland 7, NYA 4
2B -- Wambsganss B, Del Pratt, Chapman R, Babe Ruth
3B -- Bagby J
SB -- Wood S
SH -- Wood S, Bagby J
SF -- Gardner L
T -- 1:55
A -- 38600
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