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Brooklyn Dodgers @ New York Giants

1923-09-29 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 12000 · 1:18

Brooklyn Robins defeated New York Giants 5–1. Brooklyn Robins put up 2 in the 7th. Dutch Ruether earned the win. Jack Fournier went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Dutch Ruether L: Virgil Barnes SV: (none)

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

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Gene Bailey	3	0	1	1	2
Jimmy Johnston	5	0	0	0	0
Bert Griffith	5	0	2	0	0
Jack Fournier	4	2	2	1	0
Tommy Griffith	4	1	2	0	0
Charlie Hargreaves	4	1	1	0	0
Ivy Olson	4	1	2	1	0
Andy High	3	0	0	0	0
Dutch Ruether	4	0	2	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dave Bancroft	4	0	0	0	0	0
Heinie Groh	3	0	0	0	0	0
Travis Jackson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ross Youngs	3	0	0	0	0	0
Irish Meusel	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Cunningham	1	0	0	0	0	0
High Pockets Kelly	2	1	1	0	1	0
Hank Gowdy	1	0	0	0	0	0
Walt Huntzinger	1	0	0	1	0	0
Hack Wilson	2	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Gaston	2	0	1	0	0	0
Virgil Barnes	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Scott	1	0	0	0	0	0
Freddie Maguire	1	0	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dutch Ruether	9.0	3	1	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Walt Huntzinger	5.0	3	0
Virgil Barnes	2.0	4	2
Jack Scott	2.0	5	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gene Bailey: 43
Jimmy Johnston: 8/L
Bert Griffith: 8/L

Bot 1

Dave Bancroft: 13
Heinie Groh: 9/L
Travis Jackson: 13

Top 2

Jack Fournier: 43
Tommy Griffith: 7/F
Charlie Hargreaves: 7/F

Bot 2

Ross Youngs: 63
Irish Meusel: 8/F
Bill Cunningham: 63

Top 3

Ivy Olson: 63
Andy High: 9/F
Dutch Ruether: 43

Bot 3

High Pockets Kelly: W
Hank Gowdy: SB2#
Hank Gowdy: 43.2-3
Walt Huntzinger: 43.3-H
Dave Bancroft: 63

Top 4

Gene Bailey: 13
Jimmy Johnston: 8/L
Bert Griffith: S9.BX2(94)

Bot 4

Heinie Groh: 4/F
Travis Jackson: E6/TH.B-1
Ross Youngs: 7/F
Irish Meusel: CS2(24)

Top 5

Jack Fournier: S9
Tommy Griffith: 3/FL
Charlie Hargreaves: S8/F8S.1-3;B-2(TH)
Ivy Olson: 63.3-H;2-3
Andy High: 43

Bot 5

Irish Meusel: 4/P
Hack Wilson: K
High Pockets Kelly: S
Alex Gaston: 53

Top 6

Dutch Ruether: 8/F
Gene Bailey: W
Jimmy Johnston: 46(1)/FO
Bert Griffith: S.1-2
Jack Fournier: 4/P

Bot 6

Virgil Barnes: K
Dave Bancroft: 53
Heinie Groh: 8/F

Top 7

Tommy Griffith: S
Charlie Hargreaves: FC3/BG.1-H(E3/TH);B-H(NR)(E2/TH)(E8)
Ivy Olson: S
Andy High: 13/SH.1-2
Dutch Ruether: S.2-3
Gene Bailey: W.1-2
Jimmy Johnston: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Travis Jackson: 8/L
Ross Youngs: 63
Irish Meusel: S
Hack Wilson: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Bert Griffith: 8/F
Jack Fournier: HR/9
Tommy Griffith: S
Charlie Hargreaves: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

High Pockets Kelly: 8/F
Alex Gaston: S
Jack Scott: 14(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Ivy Olson: S7
Andy High: 1/BP
Dutch Ruether: S7.1-2
Gene Bailey: S9/F9S.2-H;1-2
Jimmy Johnston: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Bert Griffith: 63

Bot 9

Dave Bancroft: FLE2#
Dave Bancroft: 4/P
Freddie Maguire: 8/F
Travis Jackson: 5/FL

Notes & reviews

Major league debut of Walt Huntzinger
Major league debut of Hack Wilson
After Kelly's error Gaston got the ball and threw wild to second base trying to catch Griffith off the bag; throw was backed up by Wilson but the ball got through him

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