NYA @ NY1

October 15, 1923

Final Score: NYA 6 - NY1 4

Game Information

Ballpark
Polo Grounds V
Attendance
34,172
Game Duration
127 minutes
Day/Night
Day
Winning Pitcher
Herb Pennock
Losing Pitcher
Art Nehf
Save
Sad Sam Jones

Umpires

Home Plate
Hank O'Day
First Base
Dick Nallin
Second Base
Bob Hart
Third Base
Billy Evans

Weather & Field Conditions

Sky
Cloudy

Line Score

NYA @ NY1 — Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
NYA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 5 0
NY1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 10 1

NYA Batting

NYA @ NY1 — NYA Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Bullet Joe Bush 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Joe Dugan 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hinkey Haines 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Fred Hofmann 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ernie Johnson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Sad Sam Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bob Meusel 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
Herb Pennock 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Wally Pipp 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Babe Ruth 3 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 .333
Wally Schang 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Everett Scott 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Aaron Ward 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Whitey Witt 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Team Totals 31 6 5 5 4 4 0 0 1 0 .161

NY1 Batting

NYA @ NY1 — NY1 Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Dave Bancroft 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jack Bentley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bill Cunningham 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Frankie Frisch 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .750
Heinie Groh 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
George Kelly 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Irish Meusel 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
Art Nehf 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000
Rosy Ryan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Frank Snyder 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .500
Casey Stengel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ross Youngs 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Team Totals 36 4 10 4 0 6 0 1 1 0 .278

NYA Pitching

NYA @ NY1 — NYA Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Sad Sam Jones (SV) SV 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Herb Pennock (W) W 7.0 9 4 4 0 6 1 5.14
Team Totals 9.0 10 4 4 0 6 1 4.00

NY1 Pitching

NYA @ NY1 — NY1 Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Art Nehf (L) L 7.1 4 5 5 3 3 1 6.14
Rosy Ryan - 1.2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0.00
Team Totals 9.0 5 6 5 4 4 1 5.00

New York Yankees at New York Giants, October 15, 1923

Playing on the road, the New York Yankees won 6-4 over the New York Giants on October 15, 1923 in the World Series. Retrosheet records a crowd of 34,172, a running time of 127 minutes, and a day start for this game. The weather notes give cloudy skies. The New York Yankees scored in the first and eighth innings, with the biggest frame a 5-run eighth. The New York Giants scored single runs in the first, fourth, fifth, and sixth innings. Hits were 5 for the New York Yankees and 10 for the New York Giants, with 0 and 1 errors. Herb Pennock was the winning pitcher, allowing 4 earned runs on 9 hits in 7.0 innings. The loss was charged to Art Nehf after 7.1 innings and 5 runs. The save went to Sad Sam Jones. No pitcher struck out more than Herb Pennock, who had 6. For the New York Yankees, Babe Ruth went 1 for 3, 1 home run, and 1 RBI. Bob Meusel drove in 2 for the New York Yankees. For the New York Giants, Frankie Frisch went 3 for 4. The New York Giants got another home run from Frank Snyder. The home-plate umpire was Hank O'Day.

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