New York Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 12, 1931 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1931 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Giants 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Giants 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Allen cf 4 0 2 0
Leach lf 4 0 0 0
Terry 1b 4 0 0 0
Ott rf 4 1 1 0
Hogan c 4 0 0 0
Jackson ss 3 0 1 1
Vergez 3b 3 0 0 0
Lindstrom 2b 2 0 0 0
  Marshall 2b 1 0 0 0
Mooney p 2 0 0 0
  Leslie ph 1 0 0 0
  Berly p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 4 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Waner L. cf 4 2 2 0
Jensen lf 3 1 3 1
Suhr 1b 4 0 1 1
Traynor 3b 4 0 1 3
Waner P. rf 4 0 0 0
Piet 2b 4 1 2 0
Sankey ss 4 0 0 0
Phillips c 3 0 2 0
Harris p 4 1 1 0
Totals 34 5 12 5
New York 000 100 000141
Pittsburgh 200 001 20x5121
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Mooney  L(6-1) 7.0 12 5 5 0 2
  Berly   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
12
5
5
1
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Harris  W(2-0) 9.0 4 1 1 0 5
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
0
5

  E–Lindstrom (6), Piet (3).  DP–New York 1. Lindstrom-Jackson-Terry.  2B–New York Allen (14); Ott (22); Jackson (22).  3B–Pittsburgh Piet (4).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Jensen (12).  Team–7.  U–Bill Klem, Ted McGrew, Dolly Stark.
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