October 14, 1923 World Series Game 5 at Yankee Stadium Box Score and Play by Play

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1923 World Series Game 5

Game 1
NYG  5
@NYY  4
Game 2
NYY  4
@NYG  2
Game 3
NYG  1
@NYY  0
Game 4
NYY  8
@NYG  4
Game 5
NYY  8
NYG  1
Game 6
NYY  6
@NYG  4

Yankee Stadium, Attendance: 62,817

Sunday, October 14, 1923
Time of Game: 1:55

Giants

John McGraw

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Giants          0  1  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    1  3  2
Yankees         3  4  0   1  0  0   0  0  X    8 14  0

W: J Bush (1-1), L: J Bentley (0-1)

Yankees

Miller Huggins

BATTING

New York Giants              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Bancroft SS                 4   0   0   0    0   1  .100  .243    0    2   3   
H Groh 3B                     4   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .564    0    0   3   
F Frisch 2B                   4   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .666    0    4   0   
R Youngs RF                   3   0   0   0    1   0  .316  .855    0    2   1   
I Meusel LF                   4   1   3   0    0   0  .286  .857    0    0   0   3B,2B
C Stengel CF                  3   0   0   1    0   0  .455 1.600    0    3   0   
G Kelly 1B                    2   0   0   0    1   0  .222  .485    0    6   1   
H Gowdy C                     3   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .200    0    6   0   
J Bentley P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .750 1.750         0   0   
  J Scott P                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    0    0   0   
  V Barnes P                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    0    1   2   
  J O'Connell PH              1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .500    0    0   0   
  C Jonnard P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
Totals                       30   1   3   1    2   3                    24  11

BATTING

2B: I Meusel (1, off J Bush).

3B: I Meusel (1, off J Bush).

TB: I Meusel 6.

RBI: C Stengel (4).

Team LOB: 4.

With RISP: 0 for 3.

FIELDING

DP: 1. D Bancroft-F Frisch.

E: G Kelly (1); F Frisch (1).

New York Yankees             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
W Witt CF                     4   1   1   0    1   0  .273  .668    0    5   0   
J Dugan 3B                    5   3   4   3    0   0  .318 1.011    0    0   3   HR
B Ruth RF                     4   2   1   0    1   1  .375 1.503    0    4   0   
B Meusel LF                   5   1   3   3    0   0  .273  .773    0    1   0   3B
W Pipp 1B                     3   0   0   2    1   1  .313  .742    0   11   2   SF
A Ward 2B                     4   0   2   0    0   1  .450 1.076    0    0   5   SB
W Schang C                    4   0   1   0    0   1  .333  .757    0    3   0   
E Scott SS                    4   0   1   0    0   0  .333  .666    0    1   1   
J Bush P                      4   1   1   0    0   1  .429 1.000    0    2   1   
Totals                       37   8  14   8    3   5                    27  12

BATTING

3B: B Meusel (2, off J Bentley).

HR: J Dugan (1, off J Bentley; 2nd inn, 2 on, 1 out).

SF: W Pipp (1, off J Bentley).

TB: J Dugan 7; B Meusel 5; A Ward 2; J Bush; E Scott; W Witt; W Schang; B Ruth.

RBI: B Meusel 3 (6); J Dugan 3 (4); W Pipp 2 (2).

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 3 for 10.

BASERUNNING

SB: A Ward (1, 2nd base off J Bentley/H Gowdy).

PITCHING

New York Giants               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Bentley, L (0-1)             1.1   5   7   6    2   1   1   9.45   12     -       ·  ·      1· 3· 0· 5     17    -     0.80  -0.39
J Scott                        2     5   1   1    1   1   0  12.00   11     -       ·  ·      2· 1· 1· 5          1-1    0.22  -0.03
V Barnes                       3.2   4   0   0    0   2   0   0.00   15     -       ·  ·      7· 2· 0· 4          2-0    0.05   0.01
C Jonnard                      1     0   0   0    0   1   0   0.00    3     -       ·  ·      1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         8    14   8   7    3   5   1          41     -       ·  ·     11· 7· 1·14          3-1

New York Yankees              IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Bush, W (1-1)                9     3   1   1    2   3   0   1.08   32     -       ·  ·     13·11· 0· 3     78    -     0.28   0.09
Totals                         9     3   1   1    2   3   0          32     -       ·  ·     13·11· 0· 3           -

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Evans, 1B - O'Day, 2B - Nallin, 3B - Hart.

Time of Game: 1:55.

Attendance: 62,817.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: Unknown.

LINEUPS

   New York Giants               New York Yankees                     
1. D Bancroft           SS    1. W Witt               CF 
2. H Groh               3B    2. J Dugan              3B 
3. F Frisch             2B    3. B Ruth               RF 
4. R Youngs             RF    4. B Meusel             LF 
5. I Meusel             LF    5. W Pipp               1B 
6. C Stengel            CF    6. A Ward               2B 
7. G Kelly              1B    7. W Schang             C  
8. H Gowdy              C     8. E Scott              SS 
9. J Bentley            P     9. J Bush               P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 1   1  0-0  12-      17%  76% B Meusel        J Bentley       Triple (LF-CF); Dugan Scores; Ruth Scores
   b 2   1  1-3  12-      14%  91% J Dugan         J Bentley       Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; Bush Scores; Witt Scores
   t 2   1  3-0  ---      -5%  74% I Meusel        J Bush          Triple (LF-CF)
   b 1   1  0-0  1--       3%  58% B Ruth          J Bentley       Walk; Dugan to 2B
   b 2   1  1-3  1--       2%  77% W Witt          J Bentley       Walk; Bush to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Joe Bush facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---      52%  D Bancroft      Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---      54%  H Groh          Flyball: RF
   O      ---      55%  F Frisch        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Yankees 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Jack Bentley facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      53%  W Witt          Foul Flyball: C
          ---      55%  J Dugan         Single to RF
          1--      58%  B Ruth          Walk; Dugan to 2B
   RR     12-      76%  B Meusel        Triple (LF-CF); Dugan Scores; Ruth Scores
   RO     --3      77%  W Pipp          Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep RF); Meusel Scores
          ---      78%  A Ward          Single to LF
          1--      79%  W Schang        Ward Steals 2B
   O      -2-      77%  " "             Strikeout Looking
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Yankees 3.

Top of the 2nd, Giants Batting, Behind 0-3, Joe Bush facing 4-5-6
   O      ---      79%  R Youngs        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---      74%  I Meusel        Triple (LF-CF)
   RO     --3      73%  C Stengel       Groundout: 1B-P; Meusel Scores
   O      ---      74%  G Kelly         Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Yankees 3.

Bottom of the 2nd, Yankees Batting, Ahead 3-1, Jack Bentley facing 8-9-1
   O      ---      72%  E Scott         Flyball: CF
          ---      74%  J Bush          Single to CF
          1--      77%  W Witt          Walk; Bush to 2B
   RRR    12-      91%  J Dugan         Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; Bush Scores; Witt Scores
          ---      91%  B Ruth          Reached on E3 (Ground Ball); Ruth to 1B
                  Jack Scott replaces Jack Bentley pitching and batting 9th
          1--      93%  B Meusel        Single to CF; Ruth to 3B
   R      1-3      95%  W Pipp          Reached on E4 (throw to Hm) (Ground Ball); Ruth Scores/unER; Meusel to 2B; Pipp to 1B
   OO     12-      93%  A Ward          Line Drive Double Play: SS-2B
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Yankees 7.

Top of the 3rd, Giants Batting, Behind 1-7, Joe Bush facing 8-9-1
   O      ---      94%  H Gowdy         Flyball: RF
   O      ---      95%  J Scott         Foul Flyball: 1B
   O      ---      95%  D Bancroft      Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Yankees 7.

Bottom of the 3rd, Yankees Batting, Ahead 7-1, Jack Scott facing 7-8-9
   O      ---      95%  W Schang        Popfly: SS
          ---      95%  E Scott         Single to RF
   O      1--      95%  J Bush          Strikeout
   O      1--      94%  W Witt          Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Yankees 7.

Top of the 4th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-7, Joe Bush facing 2-3-4
   O      ---      95%  H Groh          Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---      96%  F Frisch        Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---      96%  R Youngs        Walk
          1--      94%  I Meusel        Double to RF (RF Line); Youngs to 3B
   O      -23      96%  C Stengel       Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Yankees 7.

Bottom of the 4th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 7-1, Jack Scott facing 2-3-4
          ---      97%  J Dugan         Single
   O      1--      97%  B Ruth          Single to RF; Dugan to 3B; Ruth out at 2B/RF-1B
   R      --3      98%  B Meusel        Single to RF; Dugan Scores
          1--      98%  W Pipp          Walk; Meusel to 2B
                  Virgil Barnes replaces Jack Scott pitching and batting 9th
   O      12-      98%  A Ward          Strikeout Looking
   O      12-      98%  W Schang        Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Yankees 8.

Top of the 5th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-8, Joe Bush facing 7-8-9
   O      ---      98%  G Kelly         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---      98%  H Gowdy         Flyball: CF
   O      ---      99%  V Barnes        Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Yankees 8.

Bottom of the 5th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 8-1, Virgil Barnes facing 8-9-1
   O      ---      99%  E Scott         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---      98%  J Bush          Flyball: CF (LF-CF)
          ---      98%  W Witt          Single to 1B
          1--      99%  J Dugan         Single to RF; Witt to 2B
   O      12-      98%  B Ruth          Strikeout
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Yankees 8.

Top of the 6th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-8, Joe Bush facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      99%  D Bancroft      Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---      99%  H Groh          Flyball: RF
   O      ---      99%  F Frisch        Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Yankees 8.

Bottom of the 6th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 8-1, Virgil Barnes facing 4-5-6
   O      ---      99%  B Meusel        Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---      99%  W Pipp          Groundout: 1B-P
          ---      99%  A Ward          Single (LF-CF)
          1--      99%  W Schang        Single to 3B; Ward to 2B
   O      12-      99%  E Scott         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Yankees 8.

Top of the 7th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-8, Joe Bush facing 4-5-6
   O      ---      99%  R Youngs        Bunt Groundout: 1B-P
          ---      99%  I Meusel        Single to CF
   O      1--      99%  C Stengel       Flyball: CF
          1--      99%  G Kelly         Walk; Meusel to 2B
   O      12-     100%  H Gowdy         Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Yankees 8.

Bottom of the 7th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 8-1, Virgil Barnes facing 9-1-2
   O      ---     100%  J Bush          Flyball: RF
   O      ---     100%  W Witt          Bunt Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---     100%  J Dugan         Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Yankees 8.

Top of the 8th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-8, Joe Bush facing 9-1-2
                  Jimmy O'Connell pinch hits for Virgil Barnes batting 9th
   O      ---     100%  J O'Connell     Strikeout Looking
   O      ---     100%  D Bancroft      Strikeout
   O      ---     100%  H Groh          Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Yankees 8.

Bottom of the 8th, Yankees Batting, Ahead 8-1, Claude Jonnard facing 3-4-5
                  Claude Jonnard replaces Jimmy O'Connell pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---     100%  B Ruth          Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---     100%  B Meusel        Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---     100%  W Pipp          Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Yankees 8.

Top of the 9th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-8, Joe Bush facing 3-4-5
   O      ---     100%  F Frisch        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---     100%  R Youngs        Flyball: CF
   O      ---     100%  I Meusel        Groundout: 2B-1B
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Yankees 8.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:NYA192310140

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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Play-by-Play Explanation