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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
August 31, 1923
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on August 31, 1923 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 31, 1923 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 31, 1923 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bill Doak |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Wilbur Cooper |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 4,500 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 36 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ernie Quigley 1B: Cy Pfirman 2B: (none) 3B: (none) |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Max Flack | Right Fielder |
| Ray Blades | Left Fielder |
| Rogers Hornsby | Second Baseman |
| Jim Bottomley | First Baseman |
| Hi Myers | Center Fielder |
| Milt Stock | Third Baseman |
| Eddie Ainsmith | Catcher |
| Howard Freigau | Shortstop |
| Bill Doak | Pitcher |
| Branch Rickey | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Carson Bigbee | Left Fielder |
| Max Carey | Center Fielder |
| Pie Traynor | Third Baseman |
| Clyde Barnhart | Right Fielder |
| Charlie Grimm | First Baseman |
| Rabbit Maranville | Shortstop |
| Johnny Rawlings | Second Baseman |
| Walter Schmidt | Catcher |
| Wilbur Cooper | Pitcher |
| Bill McKechnie | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
August 31, 1923
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Cooper
Flack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blades vs. Cooper
Blades hits a ball on the ground towards third. Traynor fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hornsby vs. Cooper
Hornsby strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bottomley vs. Cooper
Bottomley hits a line drive towards the mound. Cooper reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Doak
Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Doak
Carey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Traynor vs. Doak
Traynor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Carey moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Barnhart vs. Doak
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Barnhart vs. Doak
Barnhart takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grimm vs. Doak
Grimm hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Freigau fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Traynor moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Maranville vs. Doak
There go the runners. The throw from Ainsmith to Freigau covering second. The throw back to home, and Traynor is out at the plate. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Cooper
Myers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stock vs. Cooper
Stock takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ainsmith vs. Cooper
Ainsmith hits a popup towards first. Grimm settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freigau vs. Cooper
Freigau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Doak
Maranville hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rawlings vs. Doak
Rawlings hits a popup beyond second. Hornsby can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schmidt vs. Doak
Schmidt bunts towards the mound. Doak fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rawlings moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cooper vs. Doak
Cooper takes first base on ball four. Rawlings moves to third. Schmidt moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bigbee vs. Doak
Bigbee hits a line drive towards first. Bottomley catches it and steps on first to double up Cooper. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doak vs. Cooper
Doak hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Cooper
Flack hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blades vs. Cooper
Blades hits a fly ball into right field. Barnhart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hornsby vs. Cooper
Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Doak
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bottomley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carey for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Traynor vs. Doak
Traynor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Freigau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnhart vs. Doak
Barnhart takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimm vs. Doak
There goes Barnhart. The throw from Ainsmith and he is out, Freigau applying the tag. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bottomley vs. Cooper
Bottomley hits a popup towards third. Traynor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myers vs. Cooper
Myers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stock vs. Cooper
Stock hits a fly ball into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ainsmith vs. Cooper
Ainsmith hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bigbee. Ainsmith reaches second base with a double. There goes Myers trying to get to home. Bigbee throws the ball in to Traynor who relays the ball to Schmidt, who tags Myers, who came all the way from first, for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimm vs. Doak
Grimm hits a popup towards short. Freigau settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Doak
Maranville hits a popup towards short. Freigau settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rawlings vs. Doak
Rawlings takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schmidt vs. Doak
Schmidt hits a fly ball into left field. Blades settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freigau vs. Cooper
Freigau hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doak vs. Cooper
Doak hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rawlings scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flack vs. Cooper
Flack hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blades vs. Cooper
Jim Mattox now catching.
Blades hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hornsby vs. Cooper
There goes Blades. The throw from Mattox and he is safe. Blades steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hornsby vs. Cooper
Hornsby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Traynor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Doak
Heinie Mueller now playing center field.
Cooper hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bigbee vs. Doak
Bigbee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Doak
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bottomley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carey for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bottomley vs. Cooper
Bottomley hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Barnhart. Bottomley reaches second base with a double. Barnhart throws the ball in to Traynor who tags Bottomley trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Cooper
Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stock vs. Cooper
Stock takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ainsmith vs. Cooper
Ainsmith strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Traynor vs. Doak
Traynor hits a popup towards first. Bottomley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnhart vs. Doak
Barnhart hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimm vs. Doak
Grimm hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freigau vs. Cooper
Freigau hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mattox settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doak vs. Cooper
Doak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
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 7
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Doak
Maranville hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rawlings vs. Doak
Rawlings hits a fly ball into center field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mattox vs. Doak
Mattox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blades vs. Cooper
Blades hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hornsby vs. Cooper
Hornsby hits a line drive into center field. That will be extra bases. Carey fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Carey. Hornsby moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bottomley vs. Cooper
Bottomley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hornsby scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Cooper
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Traynor fields it and throws to first for the out. Bottomley moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stock vs. Cooper
Stock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carey throws the ball in to Maranville who tags Stock trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Bottomley scores. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Doak
Cooper takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bigbee vs. Doak
Bigbee hits a fly ball into left field. Blades settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carey vs. Doak
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Doak fields it and throws to first for the out. Cooper moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Traynor vs. Doak
Traynor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cooper scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barnhart vs. Doak
Barnhart hits a fly ball into left field. Blades settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ainsmith vs. Cooper
Ainsmith hits a fly ball into left field. Bigbee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freigau vs. Cooper
Freigau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doak vs. Cooper
Doak strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimm vs. Doak
Grimm hits a ball on the ground towards short. Freigau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Doak
Walter Mueller pinch hits for Rabbit Maranville.
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hornsby fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rawlings vs. Doak
Rawlings hits a fly ball into right field. Flack settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mattox vs. Doak
Mattox strikes out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 8/31/1923 -- SLN at PIT (D)
SLN AB R H RBI PIT AB R H RBI
Max Flack, rf 4 0 2 0 Carson Bigbee, lf 4 0 0 0
Ray Blades, lf 4 0 1 0 Max Carey, cf 4 1 1 0
Rogers Hornsby, 2b 4 1 1 0 Pie Traynor, 3b 4 0 2 1
Jim Bottomley, 1b 4 1 2 1 Clyde Barnhart, rf 2 0 0 0
Hi Myers, cf 2 0 1 0 Charlie Grimm, 1b 4 0 0 0
Heinie Mueller, cf 2 0 0 0 Rabbit Maranvill, ss 3 0 0 0
Milt Stock, 3b 2 0 1 1 Walter Mueller, ph 1 0 1 0
Eddie Ainsmith, c 4 0 1 0 Johnny Rawlings, 2b 3 0 1 0
Howard Freigau, ss 4 1 1 1 Walter Schmidt, c 2 0 1 0
Bill Doak, p 4 0 0 0 Jim Mattox, c 2 0 0 0
Wilbur Cooper, p 1 1 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 3 10 3 30 2 6 1
SLN 000 010 020 -- 3
PIT 100 000 010 -- 2
SLN IP H R ER BB SO
Bill Doak (W) 9.0 6 2 2 5 1
PIT IP H R ER BB SO
Wilbur Cooper (L) 9.0 10 3 3 2 3
E -- Max Carey
DP -- SLN 1
LOB -- SLN 6, PIT 6
2B -- Eddie Ainsmith, Jim Bottomley, Rogers Hornsby
HR -- Howard Freigau
SB -- Pie Traynor, Max Carey, Ray Blades
CS -- Pie Traynor, Clyde Barnhart
T -- 1:36
A -- 4500
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