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Giants
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
August 31, 1920
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants, played on August 31, 1920 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 31, 1920 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 31, 1920 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Art Nehf |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Babe Adams |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 5,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 55 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ernie Quigley 1B: Hank O'Day 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Burns | Left Fielder |
| Dave Bancroft | Shortstop |
| Ross Youngs | Right Fielder |
| Frankie Frisch | Third Baseman |
| High Pockets Kelly | First Baseman |
| Vern Spencer | Center Fielder |
| Larry Doyle | Second Baseman |
| Earl Smith | Catcher |
| Art Nehf | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Carson Bigbee | Left Fielder |
| Max Carey | Center Fielder |
| George Cutshaw | Second Baseman |
| Fred Nicholson | Right Fielder |
| Possum Whitted | First Baseman |
| Walter Schmidt | Catcher |
| Walter Barbare | Shortstop |
| Bill McKechnie | Third Baseman |
| Babe Adams | Pitcher |
| George Gibson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
August 31, 1920
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Adams
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Barbare misplays the ball. That's an error on Barbare. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bancroft vs. Adams
Bancroft hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Burns moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Youngs vs. Adams
Youngs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Burns scores. Bancroft moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Frisch vs. Adams
Frisch hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kelly vs. Adams
Kelly hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bancroft scores. Youngs moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Spencer vs. Adams
Spencer strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Doyle vs. Adams
Doyle hits a fly ball into right field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Nehf
Bigbee hits a line drive towards short. Bancroft reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Nehf
Billy Southworth pinch hits for Max Carey.
Southworth hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Nehf
Cutshaw hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nicholson vs. Nehf
Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Frisch fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Adams
Billy Southworth now playing right field. Fred Nicholson now playing center field.
Smith hits a popup towards first. Whitted settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nehf vs. Adams
Nehf hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Adams
Burns hits a line drive into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bancroft vs. Adams
Bancroft hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Nehf moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Youngs vs. Adams
Youngs hits a fly ball into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitted vs. Nehf
Whitted hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nehf fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Nehf
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barbare vs. Nehf
Barbare hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Adams
Frisch hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bigbee. Frisch reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kelly vs. Adams
Kelly hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bigbee. Kelly reaches second base with a double. Frisch moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
King vs. Adams
Lee King pinch hits for Vern Spencer.
King hits a fly ball into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Frisch tags and scores. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Doyle vs. Adams
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kelly moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Smith vs. Adams
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Whitted scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKechnie vs. Nehf
Lee King now playing center field.
McKechnie hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelly scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McKechnie for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Nehf
Adams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bigbee vs. Nehf
Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nehf fields it, throws to first for one, and over to second, with Bancroft covering. It's a double play. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nehf vs. Adams
Nehf hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Southworth picks up the ball and throws it away. That's a double and an error on Southworth. Nehf moves all the way to home. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Adams
Burns hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bancroft vs. Adams
Bancroft hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Schmidt fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Adams
Youngs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bancroft moves to third. Youngs moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Frisch vs. Adams
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw fields it and throws to home to get Bancroft. Youngs moves to third. Frisch moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kelly vs. Adams
Kelly hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Nehf
Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelly scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Southworth for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Nehf
Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Nehf
Nicholson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitted vs. Nehf
Whitted hits a fly ball into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Wisner
Jack Wisner now pitching.
King hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bigbee. King reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Doyle vs. Wisner
Doyle hits a fly ball into center field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Wisner
Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. King scores. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nehf vs. Wisner
Nehf strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Wisner
Burns hits a fly ball into center field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Nehf
Schmidt hits a fly ball into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barbare vs. Nehf
Barbare hits a fly ball into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKechnie vs. Nehf
McKechnie hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Doyle reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Wisner
Bancroft hits a fly ball into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Wisner
Youngs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frisch vs. Wisner
Frisch hits a fly ball towards center. Nicholson catches it and throws to Barbare who relays to Whitted to double up Youngs. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wisner vs. Nehf
Wisner strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Nehf
Bigbee hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Nehf
Southworth hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cutshaw vs. Nehf
Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nehf fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Wisner
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Barbare scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Wisner
King strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Wisner
Doyle hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Nehf
Nicholson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burns. Nicholson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Whitted vs. Nehf
Whitted hits a popup into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schmidt vs. Nehf
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Nicholson moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Barbare vs. Nehf
Barbare hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nicholson scores. Schmidt moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McKechnie vs. Nehf
McKechnie hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schmidt scores. Barbare moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lee vs. Nehf
Cliff Lee pinch hits for Jack Wisner.
Lee hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Barbare scores. McKechnie moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bigbee vs. Nehf
Bigbee hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McKechnie scores. Lee moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Southworth vs. Douglas
Phil Douglas now pitching.
Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft fields it and throws to second for the out. Lee moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cutshaw vs. Douglas
Cutshaw hits a fly ball towards center. King settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on King. Lee scores. Southworth goes all the way around to score. Cutshaw moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nicholson vs. Douglas
Nicholson strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Hamilton
Earl Hamilton now pitching. Possum Whitted now playing third base. Charlie Grimm now playing first base.
Smith hits a popup in front of the plate. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Hamilton
Frank Snyder pinch hits for Phil Douglas.
Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards short. Barbare scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Hamilton
Burns hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bancroft vs. Hamilton
Burns is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. Burns moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bancroft vs. Hamilton
Bancroft hits a fly ball into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitted vs. Barnes
Frank Snyder now catching. Jesse Barnes now pitching.
Whitted hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Barnes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Barnes
Schmidt hits a fly ball into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barbare vs. Barnes
Barbare hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 5 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Hamilton
Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Whitted fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Hamilton
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Barbare scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Hamilton
Kelly hits a popup, foul, towards first. Grimm settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/31/1920 -- NY1 at PIT (D)
NY1 AB R H RBI PIT AB R H RBI
George Burns, lf 5 1 2 0 Carson Bigbee, lf 4 0 1 1
Dave Bancroft, ss 5 1 2 0 Max Carey, cf 0 0 0 0
Ross Youngs, rf 5 0 3 1 Billy Southwo, ph-rf 4 1 1 0
Frankie Frisch, 3b 5 1 1 0 George Cutshaw, 2b 4 0 1 0
George Kelly, 1b 5 0 2 1 Fred Nicholso, rf-cf 4 1 2 0
Vern Spencer, cf 1 0 0 0 Possum Whitte, 1b-3b 4 0 0 0
Lee King, ph-cf 2 1 1 1 Walter Schmidt, c 4 1 1 0
Larry Doyle, 2b 4 0 0 0 Walter Barbare, ss 4 1 1 1
Earl Smith, c 4 0 1 1 Bill McKechnie, 3b 3 1 1 1
Jess Barnes, p 0 0 0 0 Charlie Grimm, 1b 0 0 0 0
Art Nehf, p 3 1 2 0 Babe Adams, p 1 0 1 0
Phil Douglas, p 0 0 0 0 Jack Wisner, p 1 0 0 0
Frank Snyder, ph-c 1 0 0 0 Cliff Lee, ph 1 1 1 1
Earl Hamilton, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 5 14 4 34 6 10 4
NY1 201 110 000 -- 5
PIT 000 000 60x -- 6
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Art Nehf (L) 6.1 10 6 4 0 1
Phil Douglas 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Jess Barnes 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT IP H R ER BB SO
Babe Adams 4.0 10 4 3 0 1
Jack Wisner (W) 3.0 3 1 1 0 2
Earl Hamilton (S) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
E -- Walter Barbare 2, Billy Southworth, Lee King
DP -- NY1 1, PIT 1
LOB -- NY1 9, PIT 4
2B -- Frankie Frisch, George Kelly, Art Nehf, Lee King, Fred Nicholson
SF -- Lee King
T -- 1:55
A -- 5000
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