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New York Yankees @ New York Giants

1921-10-10 · 1921 World Series · Game 5 of 8 ◀ Game 4 Game 6 ▶ · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 35758 · sunny · 1:52

New York Yankees defeated New York Giants 3–1. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 4th. Waite Hoyt earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Waite Hoyt L: Art Nehf SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cy Rigler · 1B: George Moriarty · 2B: Ernie Quigley · 3B: Ollie Chill · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Elmer Miller	3	0	1	1	0	0
Roger Peckinpaugh	4	0	1	0	0	0
Babe Ruth	4	1	1	0	0	3
Bob Meusel	4	1	2	1	0	0
Wally Pipp	3	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Ward	3	0	0	1	0	1
Mike McNally	2	1	0	0	1	0
Wally Schang	3	0	1	0	0	0
Waite Hoyt	3	0	0	0	0	1

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Burns	5	0	1	0	0	2
Dave Bancroft	4	1	1	0	0	0
Frankie Frisch	4	0	2	0	0	0
Ross Youngs	3	0	1	0	1	0
High Pockets Kelly	4	0	3	1	0	1
Irish Meusel	4	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Rawlings	4	0	1	0	0	0
Earl Smith	3	0	0	0	1	0
Art Nehf	3	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Snyder	1	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Waite Hoyt	9.0	10	2	6

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Art Nehf	9.0	6	1	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Elmer Miller: 6/P
Roger Peckinpaugh: 53/G5L
Babe Ruth: K

Bot 1

George Burns: E5/G
Dave Bancroft: 64(1)/FO
Frankie Frisch: S1/G.1-2
Ross Youngs: W.2-3;1-2
High Pockets Kelly: S8.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Irish Meusel: K/C
Johnny Rawlings: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Bob Meusel: S9/F9S
Wally Pipp: 53/SH.1-2
Aaron Ward: K+CS3(2E5)
Mike McNally: OA.3XH(52)

Bot 2

Earl Smith: 8/L8D
Art Nehf: 7/F7
George Burns: S3/BG
Dave Bancroft: S9/L/TH1.1XH(934362)

Top 3

Mike McNally: W
Wally Schang: D7/G5L.1-3
Waite Hoyt: 63
Elmer Miller: 7/SF.3-H;2-3
Roger Peckinpaugh: 3/G

Bot 3

Frankie Frisch: S4/G4M
Ross Youngs: 54(1)/FO
High Pockets Kelly: K/C
Irish Meusel: D7.1-3
Johnny Rawlings: 5/FL

Top 4

Babe Ruth: S1/BG25
Bob Meusel: D7/7D.1-H
Wally Pipp: 43.2-3
Aaron Ward: 8/F/SF.3-H
Mike McNally: 8!/F8XD

Bot 4

Earl Smith: W
Art Nehf: K
George Burns: K+CS2(24)/DP

Top 5

Wally Schang: 5/FL
Waite Hoyt: 53
Elmer Miller: D7/78
Roger Peckinpaugh: 7/F7L

Bot 5

Dave Bancroft: 9/F
Frankie Frisch: 6/L
Ross Youngs: 3/G

Top 6

Babe Ruth: K
Bob Meusel: 3/FL
Wally Pipp: 13

Bot 6

High Pockets Kelly: S8/F8S
Irish Meusel: 46(1)/FO
Johnny Rawlings: 8/F
Earl Smith: 43

Top 7

Aaron Ward: 6/P78S
Mike McNally: 6/P
Wally Schang: 7/F

Bot 7

Art Nehf: 7/F
George Burns: 13
Dave Bancroft: 3/BG3S

Top 8

Waite Hoyt: K
Elmer Miller: 53
Roger Peckinpaugh: S5/G
Babe Ruth: K

Bot 8

Frankie Frisch: 3/G
Ross Youngs: S6/G6M
High Pockets Kelly: S9/9L.1-3;BX2(94)
Irish Meusel: 3/FL

Top 9

Bob Meusel: 53
Wally Pipp: 31/G34
Aaron Ward: 43

Bot 9

Johnny Rawlings: D7/L5D
Earl Smith: 4/P
Frank Snyder: K
George Burns: K

Notes & reviews

Continuation of the previous play
Meusel threw behind Bancroft and trapped him off first. Burns was out trying to score during rundown on Bancroft.
Giants player Stengel (not in game) ejected by 1B umpire Moriarty for bench jockeying

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