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Indians
@ Yankees
Polo Grounds
September 24, 1921
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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 September 24, 1921 at Polo Grounds.
Game Summary
| Date | September 24, 1921 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 24, 1921 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | George Uhle |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Harry Harper |
| Ballpark | Polo Grounds |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 10,000 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 25 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Brick Owens 1B: Tommy Connolly 2B: (none) 3B: Bill Dinneen |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Joe Evans | Left Fielder |
| Bill Wambsganss | Second Baseman |
| Tris Speaker | Center Fielder |
| Smoky Joe Wood | Right Fielder |
| Larry Gardner | Third Baseman |
| Joe Sewell | Shortstop |
| George Burns | First Baseman |
| Steve O'Neill | Catcher |
| George Uhle | Pitcher |
| Tris Speaker | 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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Indians
@ Yankees
Polo Grounds
September 24, 1921
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Harper
Evans hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Schang settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wambsganss vs. Harper
Wambsganss hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Speaker vs. Harper
Speaker hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ward settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Uhle
Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peckinpaugh vs. Uhle
Peckinpaugh hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Ruth vs. Uhle
Ruth takes first base on ball four. Peckinpaugh moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Meusel vs. Uhle
Meusel hits a fly ball into center field. Speaker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pipp vs. Uhle
Pipp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wambsganss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Harper
Wood hits a line drive towards third. McNally reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Harper
Gardner hits a popup, foul, towards third. McNally settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sewell vs. Harper
Sewell 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 2
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Uhle
Ward hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNally vs. Uhle
McNally hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schang vs. Uhle
Schang takes first base on ball four. McNally moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harper vs. Uhle
Harper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wambsganss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McNally moves to third. Schang moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Miller vs. Uhle
Miller takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Peckinpaugh vs. Uhle
Peckinpaugh hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sewell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Harper
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Neill vs. Harper
O'Neill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Uhle vs. Harper
Uhle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Harper
Evans hits a line drive into center field. Miller picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Miller. Miller throws it away. That's an error on Miller. Uhle goes all the way around to score. Evans moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Wambsganss vs. Harper
Wambsganss takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Speaker vs. Harper
Speaker takes first base on ball four. Wambsganss moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Wood vs. Harper
Wood strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Uhle
Ruth hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Uhle
Meusel hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wambsganss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Pipp vs. Uhle
Pipp takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ward vs. Uhle
Ward hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Uhle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Harper
Gardner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sewell vs. Harper
Sewell hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Harper
Burns hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ruth. Burns reaches second base with a double. Gardner moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
O'Neill vs. Harper
O'Neill takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Uhle vs. Harper
Uhle takes first base on ball four. Gardner scores. Burns moves to third. O'Neill moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Evans vs. Harper
Evans hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Ruth. Evans reaches second base with a double. Burns scores. O'Neill scores. Uhle goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wambsganss vs. Shawkey
Bob Shawkey now pitching.
Wambsganss hits a fly ball into right field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Speaker vs. Shawkey
Speaker hits a fly ball into left field. Ruth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNally vs. Uhle
McNally hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wambsganss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schang vs. Uhle
Schang takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shawkey vs. Uhle
Shawkey hits a fly ball into left field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Uhle
Miller hits a fly ball into right field. Wood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Shawkey
Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Peckinpaugh scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Shawkey
Gardner hits a fly ball into left 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: ---
Sewell vs. Shawkey
Sewell 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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Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peckinpaugh vs. Uhle
Peckinpaugh hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sewell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Ruth vs. Uhle
Ruth hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meusel vs. Uhle
Meusel hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. O'Neill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pipp vs. Uhle
There goes Ruth. The throw from O'Neill and he is out, Sewell applying the tag. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Shawkey
Burns hits a line drive towards left. Ruth chases it down, and drops it. That's an error on Ruth. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Neill vs. Shawkey
O'Neill hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Burns moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Uhle vs. Shawkey
Uhle takes first base on ball four. O'Neill moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jamieson vs. Shawkey
Charlie Jamieson pinch hits for Joe Evans.
Jamieson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pipp fields it and throws to home to get Burns. O'Neill moves to third. Uhle moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wambsganss vs. Shawkey
Wambsganss hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. O'Neill scores. Uhle scores. Jamieson moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Speaker vs. Shawkey
Shawkey fires to first and picks off Wambsganss. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Speaker vs. Shawkey
There's a wild pitch. Jamieson scores. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speaker vs. Shawkey
Speaker bunts towards third. McNally fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pipp vs. Uhle
Charlie Jamieson now playing left field.
Pipp takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ward vs. Uhle
Ward hits a fly ball into center field. Speaker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McNally vs. Uhle
McNally hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schang vs. Uhle
Schang hits a ball on the ground towards first. Burns scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schang for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Shawkey
Al DeVormer now catching. Bob Meusel now playing left field. Braggo Roth now playing right field.
Wood hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Shawkey
Gardner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sewell vs. Shawkey
Sewell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. There goes Gardner trying to get to third. Miller throws the ball in to McNally, who tags Gardner for the out. Sewell moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burns vs. Shawkey
Burns hits a popup, foul, towards first. Pipp settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shawkey vs. Uhle
Shawkey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Uhle
Miller hits a line drive towards first. Burns catches it and steps on first to double up Shawkey. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peckinpaugh vs. Uhle
Peckinpaugh hits a fly ball into center field. Speaker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Neill vs. Shawkey
O'Neill hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Roth. O'Neill reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Uhle vs. Shawkey
Uhle bunts in front of the plate. DeVormer fields it and throws to first for the out. O'Neill moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Jamieson vs. Shawkey
Jamieson hits a ball on the ground for an out. Jamieson moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Wambsganss vs. Shawkey
Wambsganss hits a ball on the ground towards third. McNally fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roth vs. Uhle
Roth hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. O'Neill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Uhle
Meusel hits a fly ball into left field. Jamieson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pipp vs. Uhle
Pipp hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wambsganss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speaker vs. Shawkey
Speaker hits a fly ball into right field. Roth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Shawkey
Wood hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Roth who is chasing the ball. Wood reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Indians, 8 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gardner vs. Shawkey
Gardner hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wood tags and scores. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sewell vs. Shawkey
Sewell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Shawkey
Burns hits a fly ball into center field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 9 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Uhle
Ward hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wambsganss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McNally vs. Uhle
McNally hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner juggles the ball. That's an error on Gardner. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeVormer vs. Uhle
DeVormer hits a ball on the ground towards second. Wambsganss fields it, throws to first for one, and over to second, with Sewell covering. It's a double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/24/1921 -- CLE at New York (D)
CLE AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Joe Evans, lf 3 0 2 3 Miller E, cf 3 0 0 0
Charlie Jamie, ph-lf 2 1 0 0 Peckinpaugh R, ss 4 0 1 0
Bill Wambsganss, 2b 4 0 1 2 Ruth B, lf 2 0 1 0
Tris Speaker, cf 4 0 0 0 Roth B, rf 1 0 0 0
Joe Wood, rf 5 1 1 0 Meusel B, rf-lf 4 0 0 0
Larry Gardner, 3b 3 1 1 1 Pipp W, 1b 2 0 0 0
Joe Sewell, ss 4 0 1 0 Ward A, 2b 4 0 0 0
George Burns, 1b 5 1 1 0 McNally M, 3b 4 0 1 0
Steve O'Neill, c 3 2 2 0 Schang W, c 1 0 0 0
George Uhle, p 0 3 0 1 DeVormer A, c 1 0 0 0
Harper H, p 1 0 0 0
Shawkey B, p 2 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 9 9 7 29 0 4 0
CLE 001 403 001 -- 9
New York 000 000 000 -- 0
CLE IP H R ER BB SO
George Uhle (W) 9.0 4 0 0 6 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Harper H (L) 3.1 3 5 5 6 1
Shawkey B 5.2 6 4 4 2 0
E -- Miller E 2, Ruth B, Larry Gardner
DP -- CLE 2
LOB -- CLE 7, New York 8
2B -- George Burns, Joe Evans, Steve O'Neill
3B -- Joe Wood
CS -- Ruth B
SH -- George Uhle
SF -- Larry Gardner
WP -- Shawkey B
T -- 2:25
A -- 10000
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