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Cubs
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
September 6, 1920
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs, played on September 6, 1920 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | September 6, 1920 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
|
| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 6, 1920 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Speed Martin |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Wilbur Cooper |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 9,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 30 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Klem 1B: Bob Emslie 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Max Flack | Right Fielder |
| Zeb Terry | Shortstop |
| Dave Robertson | Left Fielder |
| Fred Merkle | First Baseman |
| Dode Paskert | Center Fielder |
| Charlie Deal | Third Baseman |
| Bernie Friberg | Second Baseman |
| Bob O'Farrell | Catcher |
| Speed Martin | Pitcher |
| Fred Mitchell | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Carson Bigbee | Left Fielder |
| George Cutshaw | Second Baseman |
| Billy Southworth | Right Fielder |
| Fred Nicholson | Center Fielder |
| Possum Whitted | Third Baseman |
| Howdy Caton | Shortstop |
| Charlie Grimm | First Baseman |
| Bill Haeffner | Catcher |
| Wilbur Cooper | Pitcher |
| George Gibson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
September 6, 1920
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Cooper
Flack hits a line drive into right field. Southworth picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Southworth. Flack moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Terry vs. Cooper
Terry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Flack moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Robertson vs. Cooper
Robertson hits a popup towards third. Whitted settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Merkle vs. Cooper
Merkle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grimm fields it and throws to second for the out. Flack scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Paskert vs. Cooper
There goes Merkle. The throw from Haeffner and he is out, Caton applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Martin
Bigbee hits a fly ball into left field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cutshaw vs. Martin
Cutshaw hits a fly ball into left field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Martin
Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Friberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paskert vs. Cooper
Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Deal vs. Cooper
Deal hits a fly ball into center field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Friberg vs. Cooper
Friberg hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bigbee. Friberg reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
O'Farrell vs. Cooper
O'Farrell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Martin
Nicholson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitted vs. Martin
Whitted bunts towards the mound. Martin fields it and throws to first for the out. Nicholson moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Caton vs. Martin
Caton hits a ball on the ground for an out. Caton moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grimm vs. Martin
Grimm hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Paskert. Grimm reaches second base with a double. Caton scores. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Haeffner vs. Martin
Haeffner hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Cooper
Martin is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Cooper
Flack hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Cooper
Terry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robertson vs. Cooper
Robertson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Southworth who is chasing the ball. Robertson reaches third base with a triple. Terry goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Merkle vs. Cooper
Merkle strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Martin
Cooper takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bigbee vs. Martin
Bigbee bunts towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out. Cooper moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cutshaw vs. Martin
Cutshaw hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Southworth vs. Martin
Southworth hits a line drive into right field. Flack picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Flack. Cooper scores. Southworth moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nicholson vs. Martin
Nicholson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Friberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paskert vs. Cooper
Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw misplays the ball. That's an error on Cutshaw. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Deal vs. Cooper
Deal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Paskert moves to third. Deal moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Friberg vs. Cooper
Friberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Paskert scores. Deal scores. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Farrell vs. Cooper
O'Farrell hits a popup towards first. Grimm settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Cooper
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Friberg moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Flack vs. Cooper
Flack hits a fly ball into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitted vs. Martin
Whitted hits a line drive into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caton vs. Martin
Caton hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimm vs. Martin
Grimm hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Martin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haeffner vs. Martin
Haeffner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Cooper
Terry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robertson vs. Cooper
Robertson bunts towards the mound. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. Terry moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Merkle vs. Cooper
Merkle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bigbee throws the ball in to Whitted who relays the ball to Caton who tags Merkle trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Terry scores. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paskert vs. Cooper
Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Whitted fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Martin
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Martin
Bigbee hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cutshaw vs. Martin
Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Martin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Deal vs. Cooper
Deal hits a fly ball into center field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Friberg vs. Cooper
Friberg hits a fly ball into center field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Farrell vs. Cooper
O'Farrell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Cooper
Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Nicholson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Martin
Southworth hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. O'Farrell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Martin
Nicholson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitted vs. Martin
Whitted hits a fly ball into center field. Paskert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Caton vs. Martin
Caton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Cooper
Flack is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Cooper
Terry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Caton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robertson vs. Cooper
Robertson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cooper fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merkle vs. Cooper
Merkle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Robertson moves to third. Merkle moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Paskert vs. Cooper
Paskert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cutshaw scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimm vs. Martin
Grimm takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haeffner vs. Martin
Haeffner hits a popup, foul, towards first. Merkle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carey vs. Martin
Max Carey pinch hits for Wilbur Cooper.
Carey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grimm moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bigbee vs. Martin
Walter Schmidt pinch runs for Max Carey.
Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Friberg fields it and throws to second for the out. Grimm moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cutshaw vs. Martin
Cutshaw hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Deal vs. Wisner
Jack Wisner now pitching.
Deal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wisner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Friberg vs. Wisner
Friberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Whitted fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Farrell vs. Wisner
O'Farrell hits a line drive into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Southworth vs. Martin
Southworth hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Martin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nicholson vs. Martin
Nicholson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitted vs. Martin
Whitted hits a ball on the ground towards third. Deal fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Caton vs. Martin
Caton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Whitted moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grimm vs. Martin
Grimm hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Terry fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Wisner
Martin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Flack vs. Wisner
Flack hits a ball on the ground towards second. Cutshaw scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terry vs. Wisner
Terry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robertson vs. Wisner
Robertson hits a line drive towards short. Caton reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haeffner vs. Martin
Haeffner hits a fly ball into left field. Robertson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zinn vs. Martin
Jimmy Zinn pinch hits for Jack Wisner.
Zinn strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Martin
Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Terry scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 9/6/1920, game 1 -- CHN at PIT (D)
CHN AB R H RBI PIT AB R H RBI
Max Flack, rf 5 1 1 0 Carson Bigbee, lf 4 0 1 0
Zeb Terry, ss 5 2 4 0 George Cutshaw, 2b 4 0 0 0
Dave Robertson, lf 4 0 2 1 Billy Southworth, rf 4 0 1 1
Fred Merkle, 1b 4 0 2 2 Fred Nicholson, cf 3 0 2 0
Dode Paskert, cf 4 1 0 0 Possum Whitted, 3b 3 0 0 0
Charlie Deal, 3b 4 1 1 0 Howdy Caton, ss 4 1 1 0
Bernie Friberg, 2b 4 0 2 2 Charlie Grimm, 1b 3 0 2 1
Bob O'Farrell, c 3 0 0 0 Bill Haeffner, c 4 0 0 0
Speed Martin, p 3 0 0 0 Wilbur Cooper, p 1 1 0 0
Max Carey, ph 1 0 1 0
Walter Schmidt, pr 0 0 0 0
Jack Wisner, p 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Zinn, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 5 12 5 32 2 8 2
CHN 101 210 000 -- 5
PIT 011 000 000 -- 2
CHN IP H R ER BB SO
Speed Martin (W) 9.0 8 2 2 3 1
PIT IP H R ER BB SO
Wilbur Cooper (L) 7.0 11 5 3 1 3
Jack Wisner 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
E -- Billy Southworth, Max Flack, George Cutshaw
DP -- CHN 1, PIT 1
LOB -- CHN 7, PIT 8
2B -- Bernie Friberg, Charlie Grimm
3B -- Dave Robertson
CS -- Fred Merkle
SH -- Possum Whitted, Carson Bigbee, Dave Robertson
T -- 1:30
A -- 9000
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