This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. ▶ Video ↗

Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1920-09-17 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 10 innings · Att: 6000 · 1:30

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–3. Fred Toney earned the win. George Burns went 5-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	8
NY1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	13

W: Fred Toney L: Babe Adams SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Hank O'Day · 1B: Ernie Quigley · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carson Bigbee	5	2	2	1	0	0
George Cutshaw	4	1	2	0	0	0
Homer Summa	4	0	3	1	0	0
Billy Southworth	3	0	1	0	0	0
Possum Whitted	4	0	0	1	0	1
Pie Traynor	4	0	0	0	0	1
Charlie Grimm	4	0	0	0	0	1
Walter Schmidt	3	0	0	0	1	0
Babe Adams	3	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Burns	5	3	5	1	0	0
Dave Bancroft	4	0	1	0	1	1
Ross Youngs	4	0	3	3	0	0
Frankie Frisch	4	0	0	0	0	0
High Pockets Kelly	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lee King	4	0	0	0	0	3
Larry Doyle	4	0	2	0	0	0
Frank Snyder	4	0	1	0	0	0
Fred Toney	4	0	1	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Babe Adams	9.0	13	1	5

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fred Toney	10.0	8	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Carson Bigbee: 63
George Cutshaw: 63
Homer Summa: S8
Billy Southworth: 7

Bot 1

George Burns: T9/9D
Dave Bancroft: K
Ross Youngs: 9/L/SF.3-H
Frankie Frisch: 63

Top 2

Possum Whitted: 63
Pie Traynor: E6/G.B-1
Charlie Grimm: 9
Walter Schmidt: PO1(1343)

Bot 2

High Pockets Kelly: 7
Lee King: K
Larry Doyle: S4
Frank Snyder: 9

Top 3

Walter Schmidt: 8
Babe Adams: 63
Carson Bigbee: 2

Bot 3

Fred Toney: 8
George Burns: D9
Dave Bancroft: S1.2-3
Ross Youngs: S7.3-H;1-2
Frankie Frisch: 8
High Pockets Kelly: 9

Top 4

George Cutshaw: S7
Homer Summa: S9.1-2
Billy Southworth: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Possum Whitted: 63.3-H;2-3
Pie Traynor: 43

Bot 4

Lee King: K
Larry Doyle: 5/FL
Frank Snyder: 8

Top 5

Charlie Grimm: K
Walter Schmidt: 6/P
Babe Adams: 8

Bot 5

Fred Toney: 43
George Burns: HR/7
Dave Bancroft: 43
Ross Youngs: S8.B-2(E8)
Frankie Frisch: 8

Top 6

Carson Bigbee: HR/9
George Cutshaw: S8
Homer Summa: 64(1)/FO
Billy Southworth: S7.1-2
Possum Whitted: 3/P
Pie Traynor: 2/FL

Bot 6

High Pockets Kelly: 53
Lee King: 3/G
Larry Doyle: 8

Top 7

Charlie Grimm: 8
Walter Schmidt: 4/P
Babe Adams: 43

Bot 7

Frank Snyder: S7
Fred Toney: CS2(26)
Fred Toney: K
George Burns: S8
Dave Bancroft: CS2(24)

Top 8

Carson Bigbee: S4
George Cutshaw: 13/SH.1-2
Homer Summa: D7.2-H;BX3(75)
Billy Southworth: 5/FL

Bot 8

Dave Bancroft: 63
Ross Youngs: 7
Frankie Frisch: 13

Top 9

Possum Whitted: K
Pie Traynor: K
Charlie Grimm: 9

Bot 9

High Pockets Kelly: 7
Lee King: K
Larry Doyle: S7/6
Frank Snyder: 8

Top 10

Walter Schmidt: W
Babe Adams: 13/SH.1-2
Carson Bigbee: 7
George Cutshaw: 8

Bot 10

Fred Toney: S8
George Burns: D9.1-3
Dave Bancroft: W
Ross Youngs: S8/78.3-H;2-3;1-2