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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1917-05-19 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 22000 · 2:17

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 5–4. Wilbur Cooper earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	5	10
NY1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	10

W: Wilbur Cooper L: Rube Benton SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Klem · 1B: Kitty Bransfield · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Carey	4	1	2	1	1	1
Carson Bigbee	2	0	0	0	0	1
Doug Baird	5	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Hinchman	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bunny Brief	4	1	2	0	0	1
Lee King	2	1	0	0	1	0
William Fischer	2	0	2	0	0	0
Alex McCarthy	4	1	1	0	0	0
Wilbur Cooper	3	0	0	0	1	1
Walter Schmidt	3	0	2	2	0	0
Billy Gleason	2	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
George Burns	5	0	2	0	0
Buck Herzog	4	1	1	1	0
Dave Robertson	5	0	0	0	1
Heinie Zimmerman	5	0	1	0	0
Art Fletcher	3	1	2	1	0
Benny Kauff	3	1	1	1	1
Walter Holke	4	1	1	0	1
Lew McCarty	4	0	1	0	0
Pol Perritt	2	0	1	0	1
Rube Benton	1	0	0	0	0
High Pockets Kelly	1	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wilbur Cooper	9.0	10	3	4

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pol Perritt	4.1	3	3	2
Rube Benton	3.2	5	0	2
Fred Anderson	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Max Carey: W
Carson Bigbee: 64(1)/FO
Doug Baird: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

George Burns: 9
Buck Herzog: 8
Dave Robertson: K

Top 2

Bill Hinchman: 43
Bunny Brief: S7
Lee King: 9
William Fischer: S8.1-3
Alex McCarthy: SBH;SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Alex McCarthy: 63

Bot 2

Heinie Zimmerman: 3/FL
Art Fletcher: S7
Benny Kauff: K
Walter Holke: 13

Top 3

Wilbur Cooper: 43
Max Carey: 3/FL
Carson Bigbee: K

Bot 3

Lew McCarty: S7
Pol Perritt: K
George Burns: S9.1-2
Buck Herzog: 2/FL
Dave Robertson: 43

Top 4

Doug Baird: 63
Bill Hinchman: 2/FL
Bunny Brief: K

Bot 4

Heinie Zimmerman: S8
Art Fletcher: S9.1-2
Benny Kauff: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Walter Holke: S8.2-H(E2/TH)(NR)(UR);1-H(NR)(UR);B-H(E2)(NR)(UR)
Lew McCarty: 63
Pol Perritt: S7
George Burns: 8

Top 5

Lee King: W
William Fischer: S9.1-2
Alex McCarthy: 8
Wilbur Cooper: W.2-3;1-2
Max Carey: K
Walter Schmidt: S7.3-H;2-3;1-2
Doug Baird: 13

Bot 5

Buck Herzog: S/BG
Dave Robertson: SB2
Dave Robertson: 9
Heinie Zimmerman: 3/G.2-3
Art Fletcher: IW
Benny Kauff: W.1-2
Walter Holke: K

Top 6

Bill Hinchman: K
Bunny Brief: 8
Lee King: 9

Bot 6

Lew McCarty: 9
Rube Benton: 163
George Burns: E5/G
Buck Herzog: SB2
Buck Herzog: 3/P

Top 7

Billy Gleason: 43
Alex McCarthy: S5/G
Wilbur Cooper: 9
Max Carey: T8/78.1-H
Walter Schmidt: 9

Bot 7

Dave Robertson: 9
Heinie Zimmerman: 43
Art Fletcher: 63

Top 8

Doug Baird: S1.B-2(E1/TH)
Bill Hinchman: FC1/SH/TH3.2-3;B-1
Bunny Brief: S4/G.3-H(NR);1-2
Lee King: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Billy Gleason: PO3(25)
Billy Gleason: 63

Bot 8

Benny Kauff: S7
Walter Holke: 64(1)/FO
Lew McCarty: 8
High Pockets Kelly: 54(1)/FO

Top 9

Alex McCarthy: 8
Wilbur Cooper: K
Max Carey: S9
Walter Schmidt: PO1(13E6).1-2
Walter Schmidt: S7.2-H(UR);B-2(TH)
Doug Baird: 7

Bot 9

George Burns: D8
Buck Herzog: W
Dave Robertson: 25(2)/FO.1-2
Heinie Zimmerman: 3/P
Art Fletcher: CS2(254343).2-H

Notes & reviews

Fischer missed tag on rundown of Fletcher, threw wildly, then dropped ball tagging Holke.
On attempted double-steal Robertson was tagged out after rundown between 1st and 2nd (Herzog scored from 3rd during rundown on Robertson)

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