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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1919-08-16 · Day game · Baker Bowl · 2:02

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 6–4. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 1st. Frank Miller earned the win. Gavvy Cravath went 1-for-1 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	11
PHI	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	9

W: Frank Miller L: Eppa Rixey SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carson Bigbee	4	1	1	0	0	1
Max Carey	5	2	2	0	0	0
Billy Southworth	4	2	2	0	0	0
Possum Whitted	4	0	3	3	0	0
Walter Barbare	2	0	0	2	0	0
George Cutshaw	3	0	0	0	0	0
Zeb Terry	3	1	1	0	1	0
Cliff Lee	4	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Miller	4	0	1	1	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dave Bancroft	5	0	0	0	0	1
Lena Blackburne	4	2	3	0	0	0
Cy Williams	3	0	1	0	0	1
Irish Meusel	3	0	0	1	0	1
Fred Luderus	3	1	2	1	0	0
Leo Callahan	3	0	1	0	1	0
Gene Paulette	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bert Adams	4	0	0	0	0	1
Nig Clarke	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Murray	2	0	0	0	0	1
Gavvy Cravath	1	1	1	2	0	0
Brad Hogg	1	0	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Miller	9.0	9	1	5

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Eppa Rixey	3.0	5	0	0
Pat Murray	6.0	6	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Carson Bigbee: 63
Max Carey: S7
Billy Southworth: S8.1-2
Possum Whitted: S7.2-H;1-3(THH);B-2(THH)
Walter Barbare: 8/SF.3-H;2-3
George Cutshaw: 43

Bot 1

Dave Bancroft: K
Lena Blackburne: 8
Cy Williams: 3/P

Top 2

Zeb Terry: 53
Cliff Lee: 4/P
Frank Miller: 13

Bot 2

Irish Meusel: K
Fred Luderus: HR/7
Leo Callahan: S8/89
Gene Paulette: 53/DP.1X3(315)

Top 3

Carson Bigbee: S5
Max Carey: E7/F.1-2
Billy Southworth: 8/F8S
Possum Whitted: S9.2-H(UR);1-3
Walter Barbare: 7/SF.3-H(UR)
George Cutshaw: CS2(26)

Bot 3

Bert Adams: 63
Nig Clarke: 9/FL
Dave Bancroft: 7

Top 4

George Cutshaw: 43
Zeb Terry: W
Cliff Lee: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Lena Blackburne: S8
Cy Williams: K
Irish Meusel: 8
Fred Luderus: HP.1-2
Leo Callahan: WP.2-3;1-2
Leo Callahan: W
Gene Paulette: 63

Top 5

Frank Miller: E4/G
Carson Bigbee: 43/SH.1-2
Max Carey: 53
Billy Southworth: 3/L

Bot 5

Bert Adams: 7/L
Pat Murray: E7/F
Dave Bancroft: 9
Lena Blackburne: PO1(13)

Top 6

Possum Whitted: 7
Walter Barbare: 63
George Cutshaw: HP
Zeb Terry: SB2
Zeb Terry: 63

Bot 6

Lena Blackburne: S9
Cy Williams: D9/G3L.1-3
Irish Meusel: 8/SF.3-H
Fred Luderus: 7
Leo Callahan: 7

Top 7

Cliff Lee: T8/8XDW
Frank Miller: 43
Carson Bigbee: FC4.3XH(42);B-1
Max Carey: BK.1-2
Max Carey: CS3(25)

Bot 7

Gene Paulette: 53
Bert Adams: K
Pat Murray: K

Top 8

Max Carey: 63
Billy Southworth: D9/89XD
Possum Whitted: D7.2-H
Walter Barbare: 7/FL
George Cutshaw: 43

Bot 8

Dave Bancroft: 7
Lena Blackburne: S9
Gavvy Cravath: HR/9.1-H
Irish Meusel: 5/FL
Fred Luderus: S7/G5
Leo Callahan: 2/FL

Top 9

Zeb Terry: S2/BG.B-3(E2/TH1)
Cliff Lee: 63
Frank Miller: S6.3-H
Carson Bigbee: K
Max Carey: D7/F7D.1-3
Billy Southworth: PO2(26)

Bot 9

Gene Paulette: 63
Bert Adams: 7
Brad Hogg: S7
Dave Bancroft: 7

Notes & reviews

Whitted thought there were three outs and rolled ball to mound after ground out; Callahan kept running, but pitcher Miller retrieved ball and threw him out at 3rd
CF Cy Williams injured crashing into bleacher fence

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