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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1919-08-18 · Day game · Baker Bowl · 13 innings · Att: 2000 · 2:15

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 3–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 7th. Wilbur Cooper earned the win. Irish Meusel went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	11
PHI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	5

W: Wilbur Cooper L: George Smith SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carson Bigbee	6	1	2	1	0	0
Max Carey	6	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Southworth	5	0	2	0	1	0
Possum Whitted	5	0	2	0	0	0
Walter Barbare	5	0	0	0	0	0
George Cutshaw	5	0	0	0	0	0
Zeb Terry	5	1	2	0	0	0
Walter Schmidt	5	1	2	0	0	0
Wilbur Cooper	5	0	1	2	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dave Bancroft	4	0	1	0	2	0
Lena Blackburne	5	1	1	0	0	0
Cy Williams	6	0	0	0	0	0
Irish Meusel	5	1	2	2	0	0
Fred Luderus	5	0	0	0	0	2
Gavvy Cravath	3	0	0	0	2	0
Gene Paulette	3	0	1	0	1	0
Walt Tragesser	5	0	0	0	0	2
George Smith	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bert Adams	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wilbur Cooper	13.0	5	5	7

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
George Smith	13.0	11	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Carson Bigbee: 3/G
Max Carey: 13
Billy Southworth: S9
Possum Whitted: 3/P

Bot 1

Dave Bancroft: W
Lena Blackburne: 53/SH.1-2
Cy Williams: 8
Irish Meusel: 53

Top 2

Walter Barbare: 9
George Cutshaw: 2/FL
Zeb Terry: E7/F7S
Walter Schmidt: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Fred Luderus: 2/FL
Gavvy Cravath: 8
Gene Paulette: 3/L

Top 3

Wilbur Cooper: K
Carson Bigbee: E3/G
Max Carey: 2/FL
Billy Southworth: SB2
Billy Southworth: 7

Bot 3

Walt Tragesser: 3/P
George Smith: K
Dave Bancroft: W
Lena Blackburne: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Possum Whitted: S8
Walter Barbare: 16(1)/FO/BG
George Cutshaw: 8
Zeb Terry: 13

Bot 4

Cy Williams: 13/BG
Irish Meusel: 43
Fred Luderus: 7

Top 5

Walter Schmidt: S7/G5
Wilbur Cooper: 64(1)3/GDP
Carson Bigbee: 8

Bot 5

Gavvy Cravath: 9
Gene Paulette: S9/F9D
Walt Tragesser: CS2(24)
Walt Tragesser: K

Top 6

Max Carey: 43
Billy Southworth: D9/G3
Possum Whitted: 9
Walter Barbare: 13

Bot 6

George Smith: K
Dave Bancroft: 7/L
Lena Blackburne: 7

Top 7

George Cutshaw: 7
Zeb Terry: S7
Walter Schmidt: D9/9DW.1-3
Wilbur Cooper: S7/5D.3-H;2-H
Carson Bigbee: S9/G3.1-3
Max Carey: CS2(26)
Max Carey: 8/L

Bot 7

Cy Williams: 7
Irish Meusel: S5
Fred Luderus: K
Gavvy Cravath: 4/P

Top 8

Billy Southworth: 8/F8XD
Possum Whitted: S5
Walter Barbare: 3(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 8

Gene Paulette: W
Walt Tragesser: 54(1)3/GDP
George Smith: E1/P2
Dave Bancroft: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

George Cutshaw: 3/L
Zeb Terry: S5/G2
Walter Schmidt: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Lena Blackburne: S8
Cy Williams: 4/L
Irish Meusel: HR/7.1-H
Fred Luderus: K
Gavvy Cravath: W
Gene Paulette: 2/FL

Top 10

Wilbur Cooper: K
Carson Bigbee: 3/G
Max Carey: 63

Bot 10

Walt Tragesser: 4/P
George Smith: 5/P
Dave Bancroft: 2/FL

Top 11

Billy Southworth: 9
Possum Whitted: 63
Walter Barbare: 3/FL

Bot 11

Lena Blackburne: 7/L
Cy Williams: 53/BG
Irish Meusel: 9

Top 12

George Cutshaw: 63
Zeb Terry: 4/P
Walter Schmidt: 63

Bot 12

Fred Luderus: 8
Gavvy Cravath: W
Gene Paulette: HP.1-2
Walt Tragesser: K+SB3
George Smith: CS2(263)

Top 13

Wilbur Cooper: 4/P
Carson Bigbee: HR/9
Max Carey: 2/FL
Billy Southworth: W
Possum Whitted: CS2(26)

Bot 13

Bert Adams: K
Dave Bancroft: S7/7L
Lena Blackburne: 8/F8S
Cy Williams: 13