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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
August 4, 1931
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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 4, 1931 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 4, 1931 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 4, 1931 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jesse Haines |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Heinie Meine |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours |
| Umpires | HP: Charlie Moran 1B: Ernie Quigley 2B: (none) 3B: Bob Clarke |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Sparky Adams | Third Baseman |
| George Watkins | Right Fielder |
| Frankie Frisch | Second Baseman |
| Jim Bottomley | First Baseman |
| Chick Hafey | Left Fielder |
| Pepper Martin | Center Fielder |
| Jimmie Wilson | Catcher |
| Charlie Gelbert | Shortstop |
| Jesse Haines | Pitcher |
| Gabby Street | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lloyd Waner | Center Fielder |
| Woody Jensen | Left Fielder |
| George Grantham | First Baseman |
| Pie Traynor | Third Baseman |
| Paul Waner | Right Fielder |
| Howdy Groskloss | Second Baseman |
| Earl Grace | Catcher |
| Tommy Thevenow | Shortstop |
| Heinie Meine | Pitcher |
| Jewel Ens | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
August 4, 1931
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Meine
Adams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meine fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watkins vs. Meine
Watkins takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frisch vs. Meine
Frisch hits a fly ball into left field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bottomley vs. Meine
There goes Watkins. The throw from Grace and he is out, Thevenow applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Haines
Waner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. Haines
Jensen bunts towards the mound. Haines fields it and throws to first for the out. Waner moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grantham vs. Haines
Grantham hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bottomley scoops it up and throws to first, with Haines covering, for the out. Waner moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Traynor vs. Haines
Traynor strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bottomley vs. Meine
Bottomley hits a fly ball into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hafey vs. Meine
Hafey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Meine
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meine fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Meine
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thevenow fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Haines
Waner hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groskloss vs. Haines
Groskloss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gelbert scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Haines
Grace hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gelbert vs. Meine
Gelbert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meine fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haines vs. Meine
Haines strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Meine
Adams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thevenow scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thevenow vs. Haines
Thevenow hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gelbert scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meine vs. Haines
Meine hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frisch settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Haines
Waner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. Haines
Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watkins vs. Meine
Watkins strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frisch vs. Meine
Frisch hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bottomley vs. Meine
Bottomley hits a popup towards third. Traynor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hafey vs. Meine
Hafey strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grantham vs. Haines
Grantham hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Traynor vs. Haines
Traynor hits a fly ball into left field. Hafey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Haines
Waner hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groskloss vs. Haines
Groskloss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bottomley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Groskloss for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Meine
Martin hits a popup, foul, towards third. Traynor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Meine
Wilson strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gelbert vs. Meine
Gelbert hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Haines
Grace hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thevenow vs. Haines
Thevenow takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meine vs. Haines
Meine hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Haines
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bottomley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Waner for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haines vs. Meine
Haines hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adams vs. Meine
Adams bunts towards short. Thevenow misplays the ball. That's an error on Thevenow. Haines moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Watkins vs. Meine
Watkins hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Waner. Watkins reaches second base with a double. Haines scores. Adams moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Frisch vs. Meine
Frisch hits a fly ball into left field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Adams scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bottomley vs. Meine
Bottomley hits a fly ball into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Watkins moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hafey vs. Meine
Hafey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Watkins scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Meine
Martin hits a fly ball into right field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Haines
Jensen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grantham vs. Haines
Grantham hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frisch settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Traynor vs. Haines
Traynor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gelbert fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Haines
Waner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bottomley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Waner for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wilson vs. Meine
Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thevenow picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Thevenow. Wilson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gelbert vs. Meine
Gelbert hits a fly ball into center field. Waner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Haines vs. Meine
Haines hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thevenow misplays the ball. That's an error on Thevenow. Wilson moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Adams vs. Meine
Adams hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Wilson scores. Haines moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Watkins vs. Meine
Watkins strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Frisch vs. Meine
Frisch hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Haines scores. Adams moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bottomley vs. Meine
Bottomley hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Waner. Bottomley reaches second base with a double. Adams scores. Frisch goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hafey vs. Meine
Hafey hits a fly ball into left field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groskloss vs. Haines
Groskloss hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grace vs. Haines
Grace hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thevenow vs. Haines
Thevenow hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mosolf vs. Haines
Jim Mosolf pinch hits for Heinie Meine.
Mosolf hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gelbert fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Osborn
Bob Osborn now pitching.
Martin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wilson vs. Osborn
Wilson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Martin trying to get to third. Waner throws the ball in to Traynor, who tags Martin for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gelbert vs. Osborn
Gelbert hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Wilson moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Haines vs. Osborn
Haines hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thevenow fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Waner vs. Haines
Waner 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 -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Haines
Jensen hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Martin who is chasing the ball. Jensen reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Grantham vs. Haines
Grantham hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Jensen scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Traynor vs. Haines
Traynor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frisch fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Waner vs. Haines
Waner 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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Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Osborn
Adams hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Watkins vs. Osborn
There goes Adams. The throw from Grace and he is safe. Adams steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Watkins vs. Osborn
Watkins strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Frisch vs. Osborn
Frisch hits a fly ball into left field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bottomley vs. Osborn
Bottomley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thevenow scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groskloss vs. Haines
Groskloss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gelbert scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Haines
Grace hits a popup towards first. Bottomley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 7 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thevenow vs. Haines
Thevenow hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/4/1931 -- St.Louis at Pittsburgh (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Adams S, 3b 4 2 2 1 Waner L, cf 4 0 2 0
Watkins G, rf 4 1 1 1 Jensen W, lf 3 1 2 0
Frisch F, 2b 5 1 2 2 Grantham G, 1b 4 0 2 1
Bottomley J, 1b 5 0 1 2 Traynor P, 3b 4 0 0 0
Hafey C, lf 3 0 1 1 Waner P, rf 4 0 0 0
Martin P, cf 3 0 0 0 Groskloss H, 2b 4 0 1 0
Wilson J, c 4 1 2 0 Grace E, c 4 0 0 0
Gelbert C, ss 4 0 1 0 Thevenow T, ss 3 0 0 0
Haines J, p 4 2 1 0 Meine H, p 2 0 0 0
Mosolf J, ph 1 0 0 0
Osborn B, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 7 11 7 33 1 7 1
St.Louis 000 003 400 -- 7
Pittsburgh 000 000 010 -- 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Haines J (W) 9.0 7 1 1 1 1
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Meine H (L) 7.0 8 7 1 2 5
Osborn B 2.0 3 0 0 1 1
E -- Thevenow T 3
DP -- Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- St.Louis 6, Pittsburgh 7
2B -- Watkins G, Bottomley J
3B -- Jensen W
SB -- Adams S
CS -- Watkins G
SH -- Jensen W, Adams S
T -- 2:00
A -- 0
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