New York Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 28, 1936 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1936 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 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Moore lf 7 0 2 3
Whitehead 2b 7 0 3 1
Ott rf 5 1 0 0
Ripple cf 6 1 2 0
Leslie 1b 6 1 1 0
Jackson 3b 4 0 1 0
  Terry ph 1 0 1 2
  Davis pr 0 1 0 0
  Mayo 3b 0 0 0 0
Mancuso c 6 1 1 1
Bartell ss 5 1 1 0
Fitzsimmons p 5 1 1 0
  Leiber ph 1 0 0 0
  Gabler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 53 7 13 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Waner L. cf 6 0 2 1
Jensen lf 6 0 1 0
Waner P. rf 6 0 1 0
Vaughan ss 3 1 1 0
Suhr 1b 5 0 0 0
Brubaker 3b 6 0 0 0
Young 2b 6 0 1 0
Padden c 5 1 2 1
Hoyt p 3 0 0 0
  Birkofer p 0 0 0 0
  Lucas ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 47 2 8 2
New York 000 010 000 000 067132
Pittsburgh 001 000 000 000 01281
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Fitzsimmons  W(7-5) 13.0 6 1 1 3 4
  Gabler  SV(6) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
14.0
8
2
2
4
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Hoyt  L(4-3) 13.0 12 6 6 3 2
  Birkofer   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
14.0
13
7
7
4
2

  E–Whitehead (25), Fitzsimmons (2), Brubaker (19).  DP–New York 2. Bartell-Whitehead, Moore-Whitehead, Pittsburgh 3. Vaughan-Young-Suhr, Hoyt-Vaughan-Suhr, Suhr-Vaughan-Suhr.  2B–New York Moore (23); Whitehead 2 (27), Pittsburgh L. Waner (12).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Vaughan (6); Hoyt 2 (2).  Team–10.  SB–P. Waner (7).  U–Babe Pinelli, Larry Goetz, Cy Pfirman.  T–3:02.  A–5,000.
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