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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1919-05-16 · Day game · Baker Bowl · Att: 1000 · 1:40

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 8–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 1st. Wilbur Cooper earned the win. Gavvy Cravath went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Wilbur Cooper L: Joe Oeschger SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Pete Harrison · 1B: Lord Byron · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carson Bigbee	3	2	1	0	1	0
Zeb Terry	5	2	2	0	0	0
Casey Stengel	5	1	2	1	0	1
George Cutshaw	4	0	0	1	0	0
Fritz Mollwitz	5	0	1	2	0	0
Tony Boeckel	3	2	3	1	2	0
Billy Zitzmann	4	1	1	0	0	1
Walter Schmidt	4	0	2	2	0	0
Wilbur Cooper	4	0	1	1	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Harry Pearce	4	0	0	0	0	0
Irish Meusel	4	1	2	0	0	1
Doug Baird	3	0	0	0	1	1
Fred Luderus	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gavvy Cravath	2	1	1	1	2	0
Possum Whitted	4	0	0	1	0	1
Ed Sicking	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bert Adams	3	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Oeschger	3	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wilbur Cooper	9.0	4	3	4

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Oeschger	9.0	13	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Carson Bigbee: S8
Zeb Terry: FC1.1X2(1E6);B-1
Casey Stengel: K
George Cutshaw: 31.2-3;1-2
Fritz Mollwitz: T7.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Tony Boeckel: W
Billy Zitzmann: SB2
Billy Zitzmann: 4/L

Bot 1

Harry Pearce: 8
Irish Meusel: 63
Doug Baird: 9

Top 2

Walter Schmidt: 4/P
Wilbur Cooper: 6/P
Carson Bigbee: W
Zeb Terry: SB2
Zeb Terry: 63

Bot 2

Fred Luderus: 2/FL
Gavvy Cravath: 3/P
Possum Whitted: K

Top 3

Casey Stengel: 43
George Cutshaw: 63
Fritz Mollwitz: 8/L

Bot 3

Ed Sicking: 13
Bert Adams: 3/FL
Joe Oeschger: 13

Top 4

Tony Boeckel: D7
Billy Zitzmann: 14/SH.2-3
Walter Schmidt: S8.3-H
Wilbur Cooper: 7/FL
Carson Bigbee: CS2(26)

Bot 4

Harry Pearce: 9
Irish Meusel: K
Doug Baird: K

Top 5

Carson Bigbee: 13
Zeb Terry: S7
Casey Stengel: 63.1-2
George Cutshaw: FC5.2X3(5)

Bot 5

Fred Luderus: 7
Gavvy Cravath: W
Possum Whitted: 7/L
Ed Sicking: 7

Top 6

Fritz Mollwitz: 4/P
Tony Boeckel: S7
Billy Zitzmann: SB2
Billy Zitzmann: K
Walter Schmidt: 63

Bot 6

Bert Adams: 7/L
Joe Oeschger: 43
Harry Pearce: 2/FL

Top 7

Wilbur Cooper: 53
Carson Bigbee: HP
Zeb Terry: S8.1-2
Casey Stengel: S8.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
George Cutshaw: 53/DP.3-H;2XH(32)

Bot 7

Irish Meusel: S7/7D
Doug Baird: W.1-2
Fred Luderus: K
Gavvy Cravath: W.2-3;1-2
Possum Whitted: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Ed Sicking: 9

Top 8

Fritz Mollwitz: 53
Tony Boeckel: W
Billy Zitzmann: S7/G5.1-2
Walter Schmidt: S7.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Wilbur Cooper: S8/G46.3-H;2-3
Carson Bigbee: 3/G.1-2
Zeb Terry: 63

Bot 8

Bert Adams: S8
Joe Oeschger: 3/G.1-2
Harry Pearce: 63.2-3
Irish Meusel: WP.3-H
Irish Meusel: S7
Doug Baird: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Casey Stengel: S1/BG
George Cutshaw: 24/SH.1-2
Fritz Mollwitz: 9
Tony Boeckel: D7/7D.2-H
Billy Zitzmann: 63

Bot 9

Fred Luderus: 7
Gavvy Cravath: HR/8
Possum Whitted: 3/P
Ed Sicking: 2/FL