The 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates were victorious in their series against the 1922 New York Giants by virtue of winning the first three games of the series, but all anyone will be talking about is the finale, as the Giants trailed 5-2 in the bottom of the ninth with two outs and no one on base, yet came back to win 6-5 (you can watch this one on the YouTube link below).
Before the amazing comeback, the Pirates (11-9) had won nine of their previous 10, while the Giants (8-12) had lost 10 of their previous 11.
Joe Harris hit .462 (6-for-13) with three extra-base hits to lead Pittsburgh. George Kelly batted .353 (6-for-17) to lead New York.
Game #1: Pittsburgh 3, New York 1
The Giants scored in the top of the first on George Kelly’s RBI single, but that was it. The Pirates tied the game in the sixth on Joe Harris’ home run. In the bottom of the eighth, Glenn Wright had an RBI single and Pie Traynor added an RBI double.
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1927 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Dave Bancroft 3 1 0 0 Lloyd Waner 4 0 0 0
Casey Stengel 4 0 0 0 Joe Harris 4 2 2 1
Frankie Frisch 4 0 1 0 Paul Waner 4 0 1 0
Irish Meusel 4 0 1 0 Glenn Wright 3 1 1 1
George Kelly 4 0 2 1 Pie Traynor 4 0 1 1
Ross Youngs 4 0 0 0 Clyde Barnhart 4 0 1 0
Heinie Groh 3 0 0 0 George Grantham 3 0 1 0
Frank Snyder 3 0 0 0 Johnny Gooch 3 0 0 0
Art Nehf BZ 3 0 1 0 Carmen Hill BY 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 32 1 5 1 TOTALS 32 3 8 3
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 100 000 000 -- 1
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 001 02x -- 3
LOB--1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 5, 1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 6.
ERR--Dave Bancroft, Glenn Wright. 2B--George Kelly, Pie
Traynor, Joe Harris. HR--Joe Harris.
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Art Nehf BZ [L] 8.00 8 3 1 1 4 1
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Carmen Hill BY [W] 9.00 5 1 1 1 7 0
Game #2: Pittsburgh 5, New York 2
The Giants again led 1-0, but the Pirates tied it in the bottom of the first, then scored four times in the third inning on a pair of two-run singles from Glenn Wright and Clyde Barnhart. The Giants added a solo homer from Irish Meusel in the seventh, but that was it.
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1927 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Dave Bancroft 3 1 0 0 Lloyd Waner 4 2 2 0
Casey Stengel 4 0 1 0 Joe Harris 3 1 1 0
Frankie Frisch 4 0 1 1 Paul Waner 3 1 1 1
Irish Meusel 4 1 1 1 Glenn Wright 3 1 1 2
George Kelly 4 0 0 0 Pie Traynor 4 0 0 0
Ross Youngs 4 0 1 0 Clyde Barnhart 4 0 1 2
Heinie Groh 3 0 1 0 George Grantham 2 0 1 0
Frank Snyder 3 0 1 0 Johnny Gooch 3 0 0 0
Phil Douglas BZ 2 0 0 0 Lee Meadows BZ 3 0 0 0
Bill Cunningham 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 2 6 2 TOTALS 29 5 7 5
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 100 000 100 -- 2
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 104 000 00x -- 5
LOB--1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 5, 1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 4.
2B--Ross Youngs, Lloyd Waner. HR--Irish Meusel.
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Phil Douglas BZ [L] 6.00 7 5 5 3 2 0
Hugh McQuillan B 2.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Lee Meadows BZ [W] 9.00 6 2 2 2 1 1
Game #3: Pittsburgh 3, New York 2
This time the Giants took a 2-0 lead after two innings on sacrifice flies by Frankie Frisch and Heinie Groh, only to see it erased. The Pirates got a solo homer from Glenn Wright in the fourth. In the eighth, Paul Waner had an RBI double to tie it and Wright followed with a go-ahead run-scoring single. New York got the tying run to third base with two outs in the bottom of the ninth but stranded him there.
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1922 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Lloyd Waner 4 0 2 0 Dave Bancroft 4 1 1 0
Joe Harris 2 1 1 0 Casey Stengel 4 0 0 0
Paul Waner 4 1 1 1 Frankie Frisch 2 0 0 1
Glenn Wright 4 1 2 2 Irish Meusel 3 0 1 0
Pie Traynor 4 0 0 0 George Kelly 4 1 2 0
Clyde Barnhart 4 0 2 0 Ross Youngs 1 0 0 0
George Grantham 3 0 1 0 Heinie Groh 2 0 0 1
Johnny Gooch 4 0 1 0 Frank Snyder 4 0 1 0
Ray Kremer AYZ 2 0 0 0 Rosy Ryan BX 3 0 0 0
Hal Rhyne 1 0 0 0
Johnny Miljus AYZ 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 3 10 3 TOTALS 27 2 5 2
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 100 020 -- 3
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 110 000 000 -- 2
LOB--1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 6, 1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 6.
ERR--Pie Traynor. 2B--Paul Waner, Dave Bancroft. 3B--George
Kelly. HR--Glenn Wright. SACF--Frankie Frisch, Heinie Groh.
SACB--George Grantham, Joe Harris, Ross Youngs, Heinie Groh.
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ray Kremer AYZ [W] 7.00 4 2 2 3 2 0
Johnny Miljus AYZ [S] 2.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS
Rosy Ryan BX [L] 7.67 8 3 3 1 3 1
Claude Jonnard BXY 1.33 2 0 0 0 0 0
Game #4: New York 6, Pittsburgh 5
Again, New York took the lead (2-0 after the first inning). Again, the Pirates went ahead, scoring five runs, including solo homers from Paul Waner and Johnny Gooch. The Giants finally flipped the script in dramatic fashion in the bottom of the ninth after trailing 5-2. After the first two Giant hitters were retired, Dave Bancroft walked. Pittsburgh then strung together five consecutive singles by Casey Stengel, Frankie Frisch, Irish Meusel, George Kelly and Ross Youngs, the last four of which scored runs, with Youngs providing the walk-off victory. Youngs, the right fielders, also threw out a runner at the plate in the eighth inning.
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1922 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Lloyd Waner 4 2 2 0 Dave Bancroft 3 2 2 0
Joe Harris 4 0 2 2 Casey Stengel 4 2 1 0
Paul Waner 4 1 1 1 Frankie Frisch 5 1 1 1
Glenn Wright 4 0 0 0 Irish Meusel 4 1 2 3
Pie Traynor 4 0 0 0 George Kelly 5 0 2 1
Clyde Barnhart 4 1 2 0 Ross Youngs 5 0 3 1
George Grantham 4 0 0 0 Heinie Groh 4 0 0 0
Johnny Gooch 3 1 2 2 Frank Snyder 4 0 0 0
Vic Aldridge CY 3 0 0 0 Jesse Barnes BZ 3 0 1 0
Bill Cunningham 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 5 9 5 TOTALS 38 6 12 6
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 111 020 -- 5
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 200 000 004 -- 6
LOB--1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 2, 1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 10.
ERR--George Grantham. 2B--Lloyd Waner, Clyde Barnhart, Dave
Bancroft, Irish Meusel. 3B--Joe Harris, Jesse Barnes BZ .
HR--Paul Waner, Johnny Gooch. HBP--Casey Stengel.
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vic Aldridge CY 8.67 8 4 4 3 3 0
Johnny Miljus AYZ [L] 0.00 4 2 2 0 0 0
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS
Jesse Barnes BZ 7.33 8 5 5 0 1 2
Hugh McQuillan B [W] 1.67 1 0 0 0 0 0
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