9/23/1952, BsN52-NYN52, Polo Grounds
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1952 Boston (N) 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 8 16 7 10 2
1952 New York (N) 0 1 4 0 1 4 0 0 x 10 9 1 9 1
Boston (N) AB R H BI AVG New York (N) AB R H BI AVG
Stewart,E rf 5 1 2 0 .335 O'Connell 2b 4 2 1 0 .258
Marsh ss 3 1 2 0 .215 Spencer,D ss 5 2 1 0 .227
Wilson,R pr 2 1 1 0 .182 Gordon lf 3 2 2 1 .278
Ward 1b 5 3 1 0 .194 Rice,H rf 4 1 1 1 .281
Mathews 3b 4 2 2 1 .276 Merson 3b 3 2 3 6 .251
Greengrass lf 5 0 2 0 .301 Thomson cf 5 0 1 0 .260
Woodling 2b 2 0 1 4 .215 Cox c 4 0 0 0 .279
Umphlett cf 5 0 2 2 .303 Smith,P 1b 3 0 0 1 .242
FitzGerald c 5 0 2 1 .229 Fornieles p 2 0 0 0 .176
Spahn p 2 0 0 0 .262 Jones,Sh p 2 1 0 0 .188
Liddle p 0 0 0 0 .000 Hughes p 0 0 0 0 .286
Grasso ph 1 0 0 0 .253 Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0 .200
Bearden p 0 0 0 0 .429 35 10 9 9
Schmidt p 1 0 1 0 .200
Kelly p 1 0 0 0 .000
41 8 16 8
Boston (N) INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Spahn L 16-9 4.0 5 6 5 2 1 65 44 3.53
Liddle 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 18 10 3.34
Bearden 0.2 2 4 0 0 0 22 12 3.86
Schmidt 1.2 1 0 0 2 1 25 13 6.64
Kelly 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 8 5 3.48
8.0 9 10 5 5 3 138 84
New York (N) INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Fornieles 4.2 10 5 3 0 5 88 59 5.49
Jones,Sh W 2-5 2.1 0 0 0 1 1 34 19 6.16
Hughes 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 6 5 3.75
Wilhelm 1.1 4 3 3 1 2 37 24 3.91
9.0 16 8 6 2 8 165 107
BsN: Wilson,R ran for Marsh in the 5th
Wilson,R moved to ss in the 5th
Grasso batted for Liddle in the 6th
E-Ward, Mathews, Woodling 2, Spahn, Wilson,R 2, Spencer,D. 2B-Stewart,E(17),
Umphlett(18), FitzGerald(17), Gordon(18). HR-Merson(2). RBI-Mathews(132),
Woodling 4(14), Umphlett 2(72), FitzGerald(23), Gordon(94), Rice,H(18),
Merson 6(25), Smith,P(39). K-Stewart,E, Marsh, Ward, Mathews, Greengrass,
FitzGerald, Spahn 2, Spencer,D, Thomson 2. BB-Mathews, Woodling, O'Connell,
Gordon, Rice,H, Merson, Smith,P. SH-Cox. SF-Woodling 2, Merson. HBP-Gordon.
HB-Bearden.
GWRBI: Merson
Fred Marsh was injured for this game and 5 more days
Temperature: 73, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 3 MPH.
9/23/1952, BsN52-NYN52, Polo Grounds
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1952 Boston (N) 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 8 16 7 10 2
1952 New York (N) 0 1 4 0 1 4 0 0 x 10 9 1 9 1
Boston (N) -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Stewart,E rf 1>D 3/g 5>S 3/g Wilhelm
k
Marsh ss S.2-3 3>k S.1-2
Wilson,R pr 63 9>S
Ward 1b note 1 k note 2 7>63 S.1-2
Mathews 3b k S S.3-H;1-2 9 W.2-3;1-2
Greengrass lf note 3 S.1-2 S.2-3;1-2 3/g k
Woodling 2b note 4 43 note 5 8>W note 6
Umphlett cf 9 4>53 S.3-H;1-3 Hughes D.3-H;1-3
643/gdp
FitzGerald c 2>63 63 Jones,Sh D S.3-H;2-3
k
Spahn p k k
Liddle p
Grasso ph 6>3/fl
Bearden p
Schmidt p S.2-3
Kelly p 8
1: 52.3xH;1-2;B-1 2: 46/f.2-3;B-1 3: e6.2-3;1-2;B-1 4: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
5: 8/SF.3-H;2-3 6: 9/SF.3-H;2-3
New York (N) -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
O'Connell 2b 1>63 3>W 63 S.1-2 e3.2-3;B-1
Spencer,D ss 6 k 5>S note 1 9
Gordon lf W e1.1-2;B-1 Liddle note 2 8>S
D.1-3
Rice,H rf 64/f S.2-H;1-3 W note 3 46/f.B-1
Merson 3b 2>S HR.3-H;1-H note 4 note 5 W.1-2
Thomson cf S.1-2 4 643/gdp Schmidt Kelly
k k
Cox c note 6 7 6>Bearden 7>63 7
e4.B-1
Smith,P 1b 63.3-H 4>9 643/gdp W
Fornieles p 63 43
Jones,Sh p e5.B-1 note 7
Hughes p
Wilhelm p
1: e4.2-3;1-2;B-1 2: HBP.3-H;2-3;1-2 3: e6.3-H;2-3;1-2;B-1 4: 8/SF.3-H;2-3
5: S.3-H;2-H;1-2 6: 13/SH.2-3;1-2 7: 46/f.B-2(e6/th)
Boston (N) IN OUT ER New York (N) IN OUT ER
Spahn A1 C2 5 L 16-9 Fornieles A1 C7 3
Liddle C3 C6 0 Jones,Sh C8 D6 0 W 2-5
Bearden C7 D5 0 Hughes D7 D9 0
Schmidt D6 E5 0 Wilhelm E1 E9 3
Kelly E6 E7 0
9/23/1952, BsN52-NYN52, Polo Grounds
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1952 Boston (N) 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 8 16 7 10 2
1952 New York (N) 0 1 4 0 1 4 0 0 x 10 9 1 9 1
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Boston (N) batting
0-0 0 --- 01 Stewart,E lined a double to right center (CX)
0-0 0 -2- 12 Marsh grounded a single between third and short,
Stewart,E to third (BCFbX)
0-0 0 1-3 00 Ward grounded to third, Stewart,E out at home, Marsh to
second, Ward to first (X)
0-0 1 12- 22 Mathews struck out (BSFBFS)
0-0 2 12- 11 Marsh to third, Ward to second, Greengrass to first on an
error by the shortstop Spencer,D (CBX)
0-0 2 123 11 Woodling grounded a single up the middle, Marsh scored,
Ward scored, Greengrass to second (CBX)
2-0 2 12- 11 Umphlett flied out to right (CBX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, New York (N) batting
2-0 0 --- 10 O'Connell grounded out to short (BX)
2-0 1 --- 11 Spencer,D popped out to short (CBX)
2-0 2 --- 32 Gordon walked (FFBFBBB)
2-0 2 1-- 11 Rice,H grounded to short, forcing Gordon at second (CBX)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Boston (N) batting
2-0 0 --- 12 FitzGerald grounded out to short (FCBX)
2-0 1 --- 12 Spahn struck out (FSBS)
2-0 2 --- 00 Stewart,E grounded out to first (X)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, New York (N) batting
2-0 0 --- 01 Merson lined a single to shallow center (CX)
2-0 0 1-- 00 Thomson lined a single to right, Merson to second (X)
2-0 0 12- 00 Cox sacrifice bunted to the mound, Merson to third,
Thomson to second (Xb)
2-0 1 -23 02 Smith,P grounded out to short, Merson scored (CFFFX)
2-1 2 -2- 11 Fornieles grounded out to short (SBX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Boston (N) batting
2-1 0 --- 32 Marsh struck out (BCBSFBS)
2-1 1 --- 22 Ward struck out (BCBCC)
2-1 2 --- 21 Mathews lined a single to center (BBCX)
2-1 2 1-- 12 Greengrass lined a single to shallow left, Mathews to
second (BCC1X)
2-1 2 12- 10 Woodling grounded out to second (BX)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, New York (N) batting
2-1 0 --- 32 O'Connell walked (CBBBFB)
2-1 0 1-- 02 Spencer,D struck out (CFC)
2-1 1 1-- 11 O'Connell to second, Gordon to first on an error by the
pitcher Spahn (BCX)
2-1 1 12- 32 Rice,H singled to left center, O'Connell scored, Gordon
to third (BCBSBX)
2-2 1 1-3 00 Merson homered deep down the right field line, Gordon
scored, Rice,H scored (X)
2-5 1 --- 00 Thomson popped out to second (X)
2-5 2 --- 20 Cox flied out to left (BBX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Boston (N) batting
2-5 0 --- 00 Umphlett grounded out to third (X)
2-5 1 --- 22 FitzGerald grounded out to short (CBFBX)
2-5 2 --- 32 Spahn struck out (BFCBBFS)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, New York (N) batting
2-5 0 --- 00 Smith,P flied out to right (X)
2-5 1 --- 22 Fornieles grounded out to second (CBFFBX)
2-5 2 --- 12 O'Connell grounded out to short (FFFBFX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Boston (N) batting
2-5 0 --- 01 Stewart,E lined a single to shallow right (CX)
2-5 0 1-- 00 Marsh lined a single to shallow center, Stewart,E to
second (X)
Marsh left the game with an injury
Wilson,R pinch running for Marsh
2-5 0 12- 00 Ward grounded to second, forcing Wilson,R at second,
Stewart,E to third, Ward to first (X)
2-5 1 1-3 22 Mathews lined a single to left, Stewart,E scored, Ward to
second (SBBCX)
3-5 1 12- 10 Greengrass reached on an infield single to the pitcher,
Ward to third, Mathews to second (BX)
3-5 1 123 12 Woodling hit a sacrifice fly to center, Ward scored,
Mathews to third (BCFFX)
4-5 2 1-3 32 Umphlett singled down the left field line, Mathews
scored, Greengrass to third (BBFCB>X)
Jones,Sh now pitching
5-5 2 1-3 22 FitzGerald struck out (1BBSC1FS)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, New York (N) batting
Wilson,R moved to shortstop
5-5 0 --- 01 Spencer,D grounded a single up the middle (FX)
Liddle now pitching
5-5 0 1-- 22 Gordon doubled deep down the left-field line, Spencer,D
to third (BBSSF1X)
5-5 0 -23 32 Rice,H walked (CCBBBFB)
5-5 0 123 01 Merson hit a sacrifice fly to center, Spencer,D scored,
Gordon to third (CX)
5-6 1 1-3 20 Thomson grounded into a double play, Wilson,R to Woodling
to Ward (BBX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Boston (N) batting
Grasso pinch hitting for Liddle
5-6 0 --- 11 Grasso popped out to first (BFX)
5-6 1 --- 11 Stewart,E grounded out to first (FBX)
5-6 2 --- 21 Wilson,R grounded out to short (BSBX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, New York (N) batting
Bearden now pitching
5-6 0 --- 00 Cox to first on an error by the second baseman Woodling
(X)
5-6 0 1-- 01 Smith,P grounded into a double play, Wilson,R to Woodling
to Ward (CX)
5-6 2 --- 10 Jones,Sh to first on an error by the third baseman
Mathews (BX)
5-6 2 1-- 10 O'Connell grounded a single between first and second,
Jones,Sh to second (BX)
5-6 2 12- 10 Jones,Sh to third, O'Connell to second, Spencer,D to
first on an error by the second baseman Woodling (BX)
5-6 2 123 21 Gordon was hit by a pitch, Jones,Sh scored, O'Connell to
third, Spencer,D to second (FBBH)
5-7 2 123 11 O'Connell scored, Spencer,D to third, Gordon to second,
Rice,H to first on an error by the shortstop Wilson,R
(BCX)
5-8 2 123 32 Merson grounded a single between first and second,
Spencer,D scored, Gordon scored, Rice,H to second
(BBBCF>X)
Schmidt now pitching
5-10 2 12- 22 Thomson struck out (CBBCS)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Boston (N) batting
5-10 0 --- 22 Ward grounded out to short (BSFBFFFX)
5-10 1 --- 21 Mathews lined out to right (BBFX)
5-10 2 --- 10 Greengrass grounded out to first (BX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, New York (N) batting
5-10 0 --- 10 Cox grounded out to short (BX)
5-10 1 --- 30 Smith,P walked (BBBB)
5-10 1 1-- 00 Jones,Sh grounded to second, forcing Smith,P at second,
Jones,Sh to second on an error by the shortstop
Wilson,R (X)
5-10 2 -2- 01 Jones,Sh to third, O'Connell to first on an error by the
first baseman Ward (CX)
5-10 2 1-3 01 Spencer,D flied out to right (CX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Boston (N) batting
5-10 0 --- 30 Woodling walked (BBBB)
Hughes now pitching
5-10 0 1-- 00 Umphlett grounded into a double play, Spencer,D to
O'Connell to Smith,P (X)
5-10 2 --- 11 FitzGerald lined a double to right center (BFX)
5-10 2 -2- 01 Schmidt lined a single between third and short,
FitzGerald to third (CX)
Wilhelm now pitching
5-10 2 1-3 22 Stewart,E struck out (CSFBBS)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, New York (N) batting
5-10 0 --- 10 Gordon lined a single down the right field line (BX)
5-10 0 1-- 00 Rice,H grounded to second, forcing Gordon at second,
Rice,H to first (X)
5-10 1 1-- 32 Merson walked, Rice,H to second (BFFBBB)
Kelly now pitching
5-10 1 12- 32 Thomson struck out (CBFBFBS)
5-10 2 12- 00 Cox flied out to left (X)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Boston (N) batting
5-10 0 --- 32 Wilson,R lined a single between third and short (BFBSFBX)
5-10 0 1-- 00 Ward grounded a single between first and second, Wilson,R
to second (X)
5-10 0 12- 31 Mathews walked, Wilson,R to third, Ward to second (BBFBB)
5-10 0 123 22 Greengrass struck out (BCCBS)
5-10 1 123 11 Woodling hit a sacrifice fly to right, Wilson,R scored,
Ward to third (CBX)
6-10 2 1-3 01 Umphlett lined a double down the third base line, Ward
scored, Mathews to third (CX)
7-10 2 -23 12 FitzGerald lined a single to shallow left, Mathews
scored, Umphlett to third (CFFFBX)
8-10 2 1-3 01 Kelly flied out to center (FX)