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Tigers
@ Yankees
Polo Grounds
September 20, 1921
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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 September 20, 1921 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | September 20, 1921 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 20, 1921 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bert Cole |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Harry Harper |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 12,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 55 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Dinneen 1B: Brick Owens 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ralph Young | Second Baseman |
| Bob Jones | Third Baseman |
| Ty Cobb | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Veach | Left Fielder |
| Harry Heilmann | Right Fielder |
| Lu Blue | First Baseman |
| Joe Sargent | Shortstop |
| Larry Woodall | Catcher |
| Bert Cole | Pitcher |
| Ty Cobb | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Elmer Miller | Center Fielder |
| Roger Peckinpaugh | Shortstop |
| Babe Ruth | Left Fielder |
| Bob Meusel | Right Fielder |
| Wally Pipp | First Baseman |
| Aaron Ward | Second Baseman |
| Mike McNally | Third Baseman |
| Wally Schang | Catcher |
| Harry Harper | Pitcher |
| Miller Huggins | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Yankees
Polo Grounds
September 20, 1921
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Harper
Young strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Harper
Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cobb vs. Harper
Cobb hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ward settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Veach vs. Harper
There goes Jones. The throw from Schang and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Veach vs. Harper
Veach takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Heilmann vs. Harper
Heilmann hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ward scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Cole
Miller is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peckinpaugh vs. Cole
Peckinpaugh strikes out. There goes Miller. The throw from Woodall to Sargent, and Miller is out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Cole
Ruth hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blue scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ruth for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blue vs. Harper
Blue hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ward fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sargent vs. Harper
Sargent hits a popup towards short. Peckinpaugh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woodall vs. Harper
Woodall hits a ball on the ground towards third. McNally fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Cole
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pipp vs. Cole
Pipp hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Cole
Ward hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cole vs. Harper
Cole hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ward scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Harper
Young hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Harper
There goes Young. The throw from Schang and he is out, Peckinpaugh applying the tag. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Harper
Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNally vs. Cole
McNally hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Veach. McNally reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schang vs. Cole
Schang hits a line drive towards first. Blue catches it and throws to second to double up McNally. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Cole
Harper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sargent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cobb vs. Harper
Cobb hits a ball on the ground towards third. McNally fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Veach vs. Harper
Veach hits a fly ball into right field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heilmann vs. Harper
Heilmann hits a fly ball into left field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blue vs. Harper
There goes Cobb. The throw from Schang and he is safe. Cobb steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blue vs. Harper
There's a wild pitch. Cobb moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Blue vs. Harper
Blue takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Sargent vs. Harper
Sargent hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pipp scoops it up and throws to first, with Harper covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Cole
Miller hits a line drive into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peckinpaugh vs. Cole
Peckinpaugh takes first base on ball four. Miller moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Ruth vs. Cole
Ruth hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Miller moves to third. Peckinpaugh moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Meusel vs. Cole
Meusel hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Miller scores. Peckinpaugh scores. Ruth moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pipp vs. Cole
Pipp bunts towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. Ruth moves to third. Meusel moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ward vs. Cole
Ward hits a fly ball into center field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ruth tags and scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McNally vs. Cole
McNally hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodall vs. Harper
Woodall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cole vs. Harper
Cole strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Harper
Young hits a popup, foul, towards third. McNally settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schang vs. Cole
Schang takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harper vs. Cole
Cole fires to first and picks off Schang. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Cole
Harper strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Cole
Miller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peckinpaugh vs. Cole
Peckinpaugh 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 6
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Harper
Jones hits a popup towards short. Peckinpaugh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cobb vs. Harper
Cobb takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Veach vs. Harper
Veach strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heilmann vs. Harper
Heilmann strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Cole
Ruth is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Cole
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sargent fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pipp vs. Cole
Pipp hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blue scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pipp for the out. Meusel moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ward vs. Cole
Ward hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Heilmann. Ward reaches second base with a double. Meusel scores. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McNally vs. Cole
The umpire calls a balk on Cole Ward moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McNally vs. Cole
McNally hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Woodall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blue vs. Harper
Blue takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sargent vs. Harper
Sargent hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Schang settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woodall vs. Harper
Woodall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blue moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Manion vs. Harper
Clyde Manion pinch hits for Bert Cole.
There's a wild pitch. Blue moves to third. Woodall moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Manion vs. Harper
Manion hits a fly ball into right field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Blue tags and scores. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Harper
Young hits a fly ball into left field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schang vs. Holling
Carl Holling now pitching.
Schang is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Holling
Harper hits a fly ball into right field. Heilmann settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Holling
Miller hits a line drive into center field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Harper
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ward scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cobb vs. Harper
Cobb hits a fly ball into left field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veach vs. Harper
Veach hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heilmann vs. Harper
Heilmann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Veach moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Blue vs. Harper
Blue hits a ball on the ground towards third. McNally fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peckinpaugh vs. Holling
Peckinpaugh hits a fly ball into center field. Cobb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Holling
Ruth strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Holling
Meusel hits a popup, foul, towards first. Blue settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sargent vs. Harper
Sargent takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woodall vs. Harper
Woodall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sargent moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Holling vs. Harper
Holling hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Sargent tags and scores. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Harper
Sam Barnes pinch runs for Larry Woodall.
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Harper
Jones hits a popup, foul, towards third. McNally settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/20/1921 -- DET at New York (D)
DET AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Ralph Young, 2b 5 0 1 0 Miller E, cf 3 1 2 0
Bob Jones, 3b 5 0 1 0 Peckinpaugh R, ss 3 1 0 0
Ty Cobb, cf 3 0 1 0 Ruth B, lf 4 1 1 0
Bobby Veach, lf 3 0 1 0 Meusel B, rf 4 1 2 2
Harry Heilmann, rf 4 0 1 0 Pipp W, 1b 2 0 0 0
Lu Blue, 1b 2 1 1 0 Ward A, 2b 2 0 1 2
Joe Sargent, ss 3 1 0 0 McNally M, 3b 3 0 1 0
Larry Woodall, c 4 0 2 0 Schang W, c 2 0 0 0
Sam Barnes, pr 0 0 0 0 Harper H, p 3 0 0 0
Bert Cole, p 2 0 0 0
Clyde Manion, ph 0 0 0 1
Carl Holling, p 0 0 0 1
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31 2 8 2 26 4 7 4
DET 000 000 101 -- 2
New York 000 301 00x -- 4
DET IP H R ER BB SO
Bert Cole (L) 6.0 7 4 4 2 3
Carl Holling 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Harper H (W) 9.0 8 2 2 5 4
E -- Schang W
DP -- DET 2, New York 1
LOB -- DET 9, New York 3
2B -- McNally M, Ward A
SB -- Bob Jones, Ty Cobb
CS -- Miller E, Ralph Young
SH -- Pipp W
SF -- Ward A, Clyde Manion, Carl Holling
HBP -- by Bert Cole (Miller E)
WP -- Harper H 2
Balk -- Bert Cole
T -- 1:55
A -- 12000
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