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Philadelphia Phillies @ New York Giants

1919-05-04 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 32230 · sunny · 2:03

Philadelphia Phillies defeated New York Giants 4–3. Philadelphia Phillies put up 3 in the 3rd. Elmer Jacobs earned the win. Cy Williams went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	7
NY1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	12

W: Elmer Jacobs L: Rube Benton SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Possum Whitted	4	1	1	0	0
Cy Williams	4	2	3	1	0
Dave Bancroft	2	0	1	2	0
Fred Luderus	4	0	0	0	0
Gavvy Cravath	3	0	0	0	1
Irish Meusel	3	0	1	0	0
Doug Baird	3	0	0	0	0
Bert Adams	2	0	0	0	1
Elmer Jacobs	2	1	0	0	1
Doc Wallace	2	0	1	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Burns	4	1	1	0	1	0
Ross Youngs	5	0	3	1	0	0
Hal Chase	5	0	2	0	0	1
Larry Doyle	3	0	1	1	1	0
Benny Kauff	4	1	1	0	0	1
Heinie Zimmerman	3	0	0	0	0	0
Al Baird	4	0	2	0	0	0
Lew McCarty	4	1	0	0	0	0
Rube Benton	2	0	1	1	0	1
Earl Smith	0	0	0	0	1	0
Art Fletcher	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Barnes	1	0	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Elmer Jacobs	9.0	12	3	3

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rube Benton	8.0	6	3	0
Red Causey	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Possum Whitted: 99
Cy Williams: S
Dave Bancroft: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

George Burns: W
Ross Youngs: S6/G.1-2
Hal Chase: K+CS3(25)/DP.1-2
Larry Doyle: 99

Top 2

Fred Luderus: 99
Gavvy Cravath: 99
Irish Meusel: 99

Bot 2

Benny Kauff: S8/L89
Heinie Zimmerman: 9/F9D
Al Baird: S9/L.1-2
Lew McCarty: 5/FL
Rube Benton: S9/F9S.2-H;1-3
George Burns: OA.3XH(252)

Top 3

Doug Baird: 13
Bert Adams: W
Elmer Jacobs: 94(1)/FO/F9LDW
Possum Whitted: S8.1-2
Cy Williams: S4/G4M/TH2/R6.2-3;1-2
Dave Bancroft: S6/G6S.3-H;2-H;1-3
Fred Luderus: SBH;SB2
Fred Luderus: 8/F8D

Bot 3

George Burns: 99
Ross Youngs: 99
Hal Chase: S
Larry Doyle: OA.1X2(24)

Top 4

Gavvy Cravath: 99
Irish Meusel: D
Doug Baird: OA.2X2(24)
Doug Baird: 99

Bot 4

Larry Doyle: 99
Benny Kauff: 9/L9S
Heinie Zimmerman: 99

Top 5

Bert Adams: 99
Elmer Jacobs: W
Possum Whitted: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Al Baird: 99
Lew McCarty: 99
Rube Benton: K

Top 6

Cy Williams: 99
Doc Wallace: S
Fred Luderus: 9/LDP.1X1(93)

Bot 6

George Burns: 99
Ross Youngs: 99
Hal Chase: S8/G46
Larry Doyle: S8.1-2
Benny Kauff: SB3;SB2
Benny Kauff: K

Top 7

Gavvy Cravath: W
Irish Meusel: OA.1X2(24)
Irish Meusel: 99
Doug Baird: 99

Bot 7

Heinie Zimmerman: 99
Al Baird: 99
Lew McCarty: 99

Top 8

Bert Adams: 99
Elmer Jacobs: 99
Possum Whitted: 99

Bot 8

Earl Smith: W
George Burns: S8/89.1-2
Ross Youngs: S67/L.2-3;1-2
Hal Chase: 12(3)/FO/G1S.2-3;1-2
Larry Doyle: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Benny Kauff: 32(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Art Fletcher: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Cy Williams: HR/F9D
Doc Wallace: 99
Fred Luderus: 99
Gavvy Cravath: 99

Bot 9

Al Baird: S9
Lew McCarty: 99(1)/FO
Jesse Barnes: S7/G56.1-2
George Burns: 7/F7D
Ross Youngs: S9.2-H;1-3(E9/THH);B-2
Hal Chase: 3/P

Notes & reviews

First Sunday MLB baseball ever in New York
attempted double-steal
Bancroft injured his ankle sliding awkwardly into 2B
Zimmerman ejected by HP umpire Klem for arguing balls and strikes at end of inning

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