New York Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 21, 1923 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1923 at Forbes Field. The New York Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Giants 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bancroft ss 4 1 1 1
Groh 3b 4 0 1 0
Frisch 2b 5 2 3 2
Youngs rf 5 2 2 0
Meusel lf 4 1 0 2
Cunningham cf 3 0 1 1
Kelly 1b 4 1 0 0
Gowdy c 1 0 0 1
Watson p 5 1 1 1
Totals 35 8 9 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Maranville ss 4 0 1 0
Carey cf 4 0 1 0
Traynor 3b 4 0 1 0
Barnhart rf 3 0 1 0
Cuyler lf 4 0 0 0
Rawlings 2b 4 0 1 0
Grimm 1b 4 1 3 0
Schmidt c 2 0 1 1
  Luce ph 1 0 0 0
  Gooch c 1 0 0 0
Cooper p 1 0 0 0
  Adams p 1 0 0 0
  Russell ph 1 0 0 0
  Steineder p 0 0 0 0
  Mattox ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 9 1
New York 000 600 002891
Pittsburgh 000 010 000194
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Watson  W(8-7) 9.0 9 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
1
0
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cooper  L(16-18) 3.2 4 6 1 2 1
  Adams   3.1 2 0 0 3 1
  Steineder   2.0 3 2 2 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
8
3
7
4

  E–Kelly (11), Carey (19), Rawlings (28), B. Adams (1), Steineder (1).  DP–New York 1. Bancroft-Frisch-Kelly, Pittsburgh 2. Grimm-Maranville-Grimm, Maranville-Grimm.  2B–New York Bancroft (28); Watson (3), Pittsburgh Grimm (28).  3B–Pittsburgh Grimm (13).  SH–Meusel (15); Cunningham (8); Gowdy (5).  Team LOB–10.  Team–8.  SB–Frisch (27).  U–Charlie Moran, Hank O'Day, Bill Klem.  T–1:41.  A–20,000.
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