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Giants
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
September 21, 1923
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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 21, 1923 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | September 21, 1923 |
|---|---|
| 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 | September 21, 1923 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mule Watson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Wilbur Cooper |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 15,000 |
| Time of Game | 1 hour 41 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Charlie Moran 1B: Hank O'Day 2B: (none) 3B: Bill Klem |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dave Bancroft | Shortstop |
| Heinie Groh | Third Baseman |
| Frankie Frisch | Second Baseman |
| Ross Youngs | Right Fielder |
| Irish Meusel | Left Fielder |
| Bill Cunningham | Center Fielder |
| High Pockets Kelly | First Baseman |
| Hank Gowdy | Catcher |
| Mule Watson | Pitcher |
| John McGraw | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rabbit Maranville | Shortstop |
| Max Carey | Center Fielder |
| Pie Traynor | Third Baseman |
| Clyde Barnhart | Right Fielder |
| Kiki Cuyler | Left Fielder |
| Johnny Rawlings | Second Baseman |
| Charlie Grimm | First Baseman |
| Walter Schmidt | Catcher |
| Wilbur Cooper | Pitcher |
| Bill McKechnie | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
September 21, 1923
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Cooper
Bancroft takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groh vs. Cooper
Groh hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rawlings scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bancroft moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Frisch vs. Cooper
Frisch hits a ball on the ground towards third. Traynor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Youngs vs. Cooper
Youngs hits a line drive towards third. Traynor reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Watson
Maranville hits a fly ball into center field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Watson
Carey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Groh settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Traynor vs. Watson
Traynor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barnhart vs. Watson
Barnhart hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kelly settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Cooper
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Cooper
Cunningham hits a popup towards short. Maranville settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelly vs. Cooper
Kelly hits a popup, foul, towards first. Grimm settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cuyler vs. Watson
Cuyler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rawlings vs. Watson
Rawlings hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grimm vs. Watson
Grimm hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rawlings moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schmidt vs. Watson
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gowdy vs. Cooper
Gowdy hits a fly ball towards center. Carey settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Carey. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Watson vs. Cooper
Watson hits a popup towards short. Maranville settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bancroft vs. Cooper
Bancroft hits a fly ball into left field. Cuyler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groh vs. Cooper
Groh strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Watson
Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Watson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Watson
Maranville hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Watson
Carey bunts towards third. Groh fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Cooper
Frisch hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Cooper
Youngs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Frisch moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Meusel vs. Cooper
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rawlings misplays the ball. That's an error on Rawlings. Frisch scores. Youngs moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cunningham vs. Cooper
Cunningham bunts towards the mound. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out. Youngs moves to third. Meusel moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kelly vs. Cooper
Kelly takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gowdy vs. Cooper
Gowdy hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Youngs tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Watson vs. Cooper
Watson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Meusel scores. Kelly moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bancroft vs. Cooper
Bancroft hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cuyler. Bancroft reaches second base with a double. Kelly scores. Watson moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Groh vs. Adams
Babe Adams now pitching.
Groh takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Frisch vs. Adams
Frisch hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Watson scores. Bancroft scores. Groh moves to third. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Youngs vs. Adams
There goes Frisch. The throw from Schmidt and he is safe. Frisch steals second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Youngs vs. Adams
Youngs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grimm scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Youngs for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Traynor vs. Watson
Traynor hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Gowdy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnhart vs. Watson
Barnhart hits a fly ball into center field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cuyler vs. Watson
Cuyler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Watson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Adams
Meusel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grimm fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering. Adams drops the ball. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Adams
Cunningham hits a fly ball into left field. Cuyler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Adams
Kelly hits a fly ball into left field. Cuyler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gowdy vs. Adams
Gowdy takes first base on ball four. Meusel moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Watson vs. Adams
Watson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rawlings vs. Watson
Rawlings hits a fly ball into left field. Meusel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimm vs. Watson
Grimm hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Cunningham, who is chasing the ball. Grimm reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Schmidt vs. Watson
Schmidt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grimm scores. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Watson
Adams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Groh fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maranville vs. Watson
Maranville hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Adams moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carey vs. Watson
Carey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Adams moves to third. Maranville moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Traynor vs. Watson
Traynor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bancroft fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bancroft vs. Adams
Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groh vs. Adams
Groh hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grimm fields the ball and throws to Adams covering. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frisch vs. Adams
Frisch hits a fly ball into left field. Cuyler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Adams
Youngs strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnhart vs. Watson
Barnhart takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cuyler vs. Watson
Cuyler hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Frisch fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rawlings vs. Watson
Rawlings hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelly races to the bag, beating Rawlings for the out, and throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Cuyler moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Grimm vs. Watson
Grimm hits a fly ball into center field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meusel vs. Adams
Meusel hits a fly ball into center field. Carey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Adams
Cunningham takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Adams
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grimm fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luce vs. Watson
Frank Luce pinch hits for Walter Schmidt.
Luce hits a popup towards first. Kelly settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Russell vs. Watson
Reb Russell pinch hits for Babe Adams.
Russell hits a popup towards short. Bancroft settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maranville vs. Watson
Maranville hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gowdy vs. Steineder
Johnny Gooch now catching. Ray Steineder now pitching.
Gowdy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Watson vs. Steineder
Watson strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bancroft vs. Steineder
Bancroft hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maranville scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Watson
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelly scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carey for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Traynor vs. Watson
Traynor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barnhart vs. Watson
Barnhart hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cuyler vs. Watson
Cuyler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groh vs. Steineder
Groh hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grimm scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Groh for the out. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Steineder
Frisch bunts for a single. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Youngs vs. Steineder
Youngs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Frisch moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Meusel vs. Steineder
Meusel bunts towards the mound. Steineder juggles the ball. That's an error on Steineder. Frisch scores. Youngs moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cunningham vs. Steineder
Cunningham hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Youngs scores. Meusel moves to third. Cunningham moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kelly vs. Steineder
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Traynor fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gowdy vs. Steineder
Gowdy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Watson vs. Steineder
Watson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rawlings vs. Watson
Rawlings hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grimm vs. Watson
Grimm hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Youngs. Grimm reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gooch vs. Watson
Gooch hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Gowdy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 8 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mattox vs. Watson
Jim Mattox pinch hits for Ray Steineder.
Mattox hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kelly scoops it up and throws to first, with Watson covering, for the out. View Play
Box Score
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Game of 9/21/1923, game 2 -- New York at PIT (D)
New York AB R H RBI PIT AB R H RBI
Bancroft D, ss 4 1 1 1 Rabbit Maranvill, ss 4 0 1 0
Groh H, 3b 4 0 1 0 Max Carey, cf 4 0 1 0
Frisch F, 2b 5 2 3 2 Pie Traynor, 3b 4 0 1 0
Youngs R, rf 5 2 2 0 Clyde Barnhart, rf 3 0 1 0
Meusel I, lf 4 1 0 2 Kiki Cuyler, lf 4 0 0 0
Cunningham B, cf 3 0 1 1 Johnny Rawlings, 2b 4 0 1 0
Kelly H, 1b 4 1 0 0 Charlie Grimm, 1b 4 1 3 0
Gowdy H, c 1 0 0 1 Walter Schmidt, c 2 0 1 1
Watson M, p 5 1 1 1 Frank Luce, ph 1 0 0 0
Johnny Gooch, c 1 0 0 0
Wilbur Cooper, p 1 0 0 0
Babe Adams, p 1 0 0 0
Reb Russell, ph 1 0 0 0
Ray Steineder, p 0 0 0 0
Jim Mattox, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 8 9 8 35 1 9 1
New York 000 600 002 -- 8
PIT 000 010 000 -- 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Watson M (W) 9.0 9 1 1 1 0
PIT IP H R ER BB SO
Wilbur Cooper (L) 3.2 4 6 1 2 1
Babe Adams 3.1 2 0 0 3 1
Ray Steineder 2.0 3 2 2 2 2
E -- Max Carey, Johnny Rawlings, Babe Adams, Kelly H, Ray Steineder
DP -- New York 1, PIT 2
LOB -- New York 10, PIT 8
2B -- Bancroft D, Charlie Grimm
3B -- Charlie Grimm
SB -- Frisch F
SH -- Cunningham B, Meusel I
SF -- Gowdy H
T -- 1:41
A -- 15000
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