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New York Giants @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1931-06-12 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 5000 · 1:49

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 8–2. New York Giants put up 3 in the 2nd. Freddie Fitzsimmons earned the win. Freddy Leach went 1-for-6 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY1	0	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	8	14
PIT	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6

W: Freddie Fitzsimmons L: Ray Kremer SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cy Pfirman · 1B: Bob Clarke · 2B: (none) · 3B: Cy Rigler · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hughie Critz	5	0	2	0	1	1
Freddy Leach	6	1	1	1	0	0
Freddie Lindstrom	4	1	1	0	1	0
Bill Terry	4	3	1	0	1	0
Mel Ott	4	2	4	2	1	0
Travis Jackson	4	1	1	1	1	0
Johnny Vergez	5	0	1	2	0	0
Shanty Hogan	4	0	3	0	1	0
Freddie Fitzsimmons	5	0	0	1	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Paul Waner	3	1	0	0	1	0
George Grantham	3	1	2	0	1	0
Lloyd Waner	4	0	2	1	0	0
Fred Bennett	4	0	1	1	0	0
Pie Traynor	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gus Suhr	4	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Grace	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Thevenow	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Osborn	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Mosolf	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Freddie Fitzsimmons	9.0	6	2	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Kremer	2.1	6	1	0
Bob Osborn	5.2	7	3	1
Spades Wood	1.0	1	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Hughie Critz: S8
Freddy Leach: 5/FL
Freddie Lindstrom: 54(1)/FO
Bill Terry: CS2(24)

Bot 1

Paul Waner: W
George Grantham: D9.1-3
Lloyd Waner: S9.3-H;2-3
Fred Bennett: 9/F.3-H
Pie Traynor: 6(B)64(1)/LDP

Top 2

Bill Terry: S7
Mel Ott: S9/89.1-3
Travis Jackson: W.1-2
Johnny Vergez: D9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Shanty Hogan: 4/P
Freddie Fitzsimmons: 8/L.3-H;2-3
Hughie Critz: 4/P

Bot 2

Gus Suhr: 43
Earl Grace: 63
Tommy Thevenow: 4/P

Top 3

Freddy Leach: 8/F
Freddie Lindstrom: S7
Bill Terry: E6/G.1-2
Mel Ott: D9.2-H;1-H(UR)
Travis Jackson: FC1.2X3(1545);B-2
Johnny Vergez: 63

Bot 3

Bob Osborn: 2/FL
Paul Waner: 7/F
George Grantham: W
Lloyd Waner: 54(1)/FO

Top 4

Shanty Hogan: S8
Freddie Fitzsimmons: 53.1-2
Hughie Critz: 13
Freddy Leach: 8/F

Bot 4

Fred Bennett: S9
Pie Traynor: S9.1-3
Gus Suhr: 16(1)/FO.3-3
Earl Grace: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Freddie Lindstrom: W
Bill Terry: 46(1)/FO
Mel Ott: S9.1-3
Travis Jackson: 4(B)43(1)/LDP

Bot 5

Tommy Thevenow: 5/FL
Bob Osborn: K
Paul Waner: 1/P

Top 6

Johnny Vergez: 13
Shanty Hogan: S7/F7S
Freddie Fitzsimmons: 23.1-2
Hughie Critz: S7.2XH(72)

Bot 6

George Grantham: D9/9D
Lloyd Waner: 13
Fred Bennett: 43.2-3
Pie Traynor: 8/F

Top 7

Freddy Leach: HR/9
Freddie Lindstrom: 13
Bill Terry: W
Mel Ott: S9.1-2
Travis Jackson: S8.2-H;1-3;B-2(E8)
Johnny Vergez: 3/P
Shanty Hogan: IW
Freddie Fitzsimmons: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Gus Suhr: 3/G
Earl Grace: 43
Tommy Thevenow: K/C

Top 8

Hughie Critz: K/C
Freddy Leach: E4/TH.B-3
Freddie Lindstrom: 9/F
Bill Terry: 63

Bot 8

Jim Mosolf: 2/FL
Paul Waner: 63
George Grantham: 9/F

Top 9

Mel Ott: W
Travis Jackson: 8/F
Johnny Vergez: 8/F89
Shanty Hogan: S7.1-2
Freddie Fitzsimmons: K+WP.2-H;1-3;B-2(E1)
Hughie Critz: W
Freddy Leach: 3/G

Bot 9

Lloyd Waner: S9
Fred Bennett: 6/F7S
Pie Traynor: 13.1-2
Gus Suhr: 2/FL