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Giants
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
September 1, 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 September 1, 1920 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | September 1, 1920 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 1, 1920 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rube Benton |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Wilbur Cooper |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 7,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 44 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Hank O'Day 1B: Ernie Quigley 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 |
| Lee King | Center Fielder |
| Larry Doyle | Second Baseman |
| Frank Snyder | Catcher |
| Rube Benton | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Carson Bigbee | Left Fielder |
| Walter Barbare | Third Baseman |
| Billy Southworth | Right Fielder |
| Fred Nicholson | Center Fielder |
| Possum Whitted | First Baseman |
| Howdy Caton | Shortstop |
| Bill McKechnie | Second Baseman |
| Bill Haeffner | Catcher |
| Wilbur Cooper | Pitcher |
| George Gibson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
September 1, 1920
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Cooper
Burns strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Cooper
Bancroft hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Cooper
Youngs hits a fly ball into center field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frisch vs. Cooper
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caton fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Benton
Bigbee strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barbare vs. Benton
Barbare hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Southworth vs. Benton
There goes Barbare. The throw from Snyder and he is safe. Barbare steals second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Southworth vs. Benton
Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first, with Benton covering, for the out. Barbare moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Nicholson vs. Benton
Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Frisch fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Barbare scores. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitted vs. Benton
Whitted hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Cooper
Kelly hits a popup towards short. Caton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Cooper
King strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Cooper
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Cooper
Snyder hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bigbee. Snyder reaches second base with a double. Doyle moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Benton vs. Cooper
Benton strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caton vs. Benton
Caton hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kelly settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKechnie vs. Benton
McKechnie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haeffner vs. Benton
Haeffner hits a fly ball into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Cooper
Burns hits a popup, foul, towards first. Whitted settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Cooper
Bancroft strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Youngs vs. Cooper
Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cooper fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frisch vs. Cooper
Frisch hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Youngs moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kelly vs. Cooper
There go the runners. The throw from Haeffner to Barbare. The throw back to home, and Youngs is out at the plate. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Benton
Cooper hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Benton
Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barbare vs. Benton
Barbare hits a line drive into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Cooper
Kelly hits a fly ball into center field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Cooper
King hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doyle vs. Cooper
Doyle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. King moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Snyder vs. Cooper
Roy Grimes pinch runs for Larry Doyle.
Snyder hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Southworth who is chasing the ball. Snyder reaches third base with a triple. King scores. Grimes goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Benton vs. Cooper
Benton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Snyder scores. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burns vs. Cooper
Burns takes first base on ball four. Benton moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bancroft vs. Cooper
Bancroft hits a fly ball into center field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Youngs vs. Cooper
Youngs hits a fly ball into center field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Benton
Roy Grimes now playing second base.
Southworth hits a popup towards first. Kelly settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Benton
Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitted vs. Benton
Whitted hits a line drive into right field. Youngs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Caton vs. Benton
Caton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nicholson moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McKechnie vs. Benton
McKechnie hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Cooper
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKechnie scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Cooper
Kelly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
King vs. Cooper
King hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimes vs. Cooper
Grimes strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haeffner vs. Benton
Haeffner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Grimes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Benton
Cooper hits a line drive into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Benton
Bigbee hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burns. Bigbee reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Barbare vs. Benton
Barbare hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft misplays the ball. That's an error on Bancroft. Bigbee moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Southworth vs. Benton
Southworth hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bigbee scores. Barbare moves to third. Southworth moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Nicholson vs. Toney
Fred Toney now pitching.
Nicholson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Barbare scores. Southworth scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitted vs. Toney
Whitted hits a popup towards third. Frisch settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Cooper
Snyder takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Toney vs. Cooper
Toney bunts towards third. Barbare fields it, throws to second, with Caton covering, for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Cooper
Burns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caton vs. Toney
Caton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKechnie vs. Toney
McKechnie hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Toney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haeffner vs. Toney
Haeffner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McKechnie moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cooper vs. Toney
There goes Haeffner. The throw from Snyder and he is out, Grimes applying the tag. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cooper vs. Toney
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grimes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Cooper
Bancroft hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Cooper
Youngs hits a line drive towards the mound. Cooper catches it and throws to first to double up Bancroft. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Cooper
Frisch takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Cooper
There goes Frisch. The throw from Haeffner and he is out, McKechnie applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Toney
Bigbee hits a fly ball into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barbare vs. Toney
Barbare hits a line drive towards short. Bancroft reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Toney
Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Toney fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Cooper
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Cooper
King hits a fly ball into center field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimes vs. Cooper
Grimes strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Toney
Nicholson hits a fly ball into left field. Burns settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitted vs. Toney
Whitted hits a fly ball into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caton vs. Toney
Caton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McKechnie vs. Toney
McKechnie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Cooper
Snyder hits a popup towards first. Whitted settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baird vs. Cooper
Doug Baird pinch hits for Fred Toney.
Baird hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burns vs. Cooper
Burns hits a fly ball into right field. Southworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 9/1/1920 -- NY1 at PIT (D)
NY1 AB R H RBI PIT AB R H RBI
George Burns, lf 4 0 0 0 Carson Bigbee, lf 4 1 1 0
Dave Bancroft, ss 4 0 2 0 Walter Barbare, 3b 4 2 1 0
Ross Youngs, rf 4 0 1 0 Billy Southworth, rf 4 1 1 1
Frankie Frisch, 3b 3 0 1 0 Fred Nicholson, cf 4 0 3 3
George Kelly, 1b 4 0 1 0 Possum Whitted, 1b 4 0 0 0
Lee King, cf 4 1 1 0 Howdy Caton, ss 4 0 2 0
Larry Doyle, 2b 2 0 2 0 Bill McKechnie, 2b 4 0 1 0
Roy Grimes, pr-2b 2 1 0 0 Bill Haeffner, c 3 0 1 0
Frank Snyder, c 3 1 2 2 Wilbur Cooper, p 3 0 0 0
Rube Benton, p 2 0 1 1
Fred Toney, p 1 0 0 0
Doug Baird, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 3 11 3 34 4 10 4
NY1 000 300 000 -- 3
PIT 100 030 00x -- 4
NY1 IP H R ER BB SO
Rube Benton (L) 4.2 6 4 2 0 1
Fred Toney 3.1 4 0 0 0 0
PIT IP H R ER BB SO
Wilbur Cooper (W) 9.0 11 3 3 3 6
E -- Dave Bancroft
DP -- PIT 2
LOB -- NY1 7, PIT 6
2B -- Frank Snyder, Carson Bigbee
3B -- Frank Snyder
SB -- Walter Barbare
CS -- Ross Youngs, Bill Haeffner, Frankie Frisch
T -- 1:44
A -- 7000
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