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1923 World Series (4-2): New York Yankees (98-54) over New York Giants (95-58)

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1923 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Giants              0  0  4    0  0  0    0  0  1     5  8  0
    New York Yankees             1  2  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     4 12  1

    PITCHERS: NYG - Watson, Ryan (3)
              NYY - Hoyt, Bush (3)

               WP - Rosy Ryan
	       LP - Joe Bush
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYG - Stengel
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 55,307

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 1923 at Polo Grounds (New York Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  1  0    2  1  0    0  0  0     4 10  0
    New York Giants              0  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     2  9  2

    PITCHERS: NYY - Pennock
              NYG - McQuillan, Bentley (4)

               WP - Herb Pennock
	       LP - Hugh McQuillan
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Ruth (2), Ward
              NYG - Meusel

  ATTENDANCE: 40,402

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 12, 1923 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

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

    PITCHERS: NYG - Nehf
              NYY - Jones, Bush (9)

               WP - Art Nehf
	       LP - Sam Jones
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYG - Stengel
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 62,430

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 13, 1923 at Polo Grounds (New York Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  6  1    1  0  0    0  0  0     8 13  1
    New York Giants              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  1     4 13  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Shawkey, Pennock (8)
              NYG - Scott, Ryan (2), McQuillan (2), Jonnard (8), Barnes (9)

               WP - Bob Shawkey
	       LP - Jack Scott
             SAVE - Herb Pennock

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              NYG - Youngs

  ATTENDANCE: 46,302

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 14, 1923 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

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

    PITCHERS: NYG - Bentley, Scott (2), Barnes (4), Jonnard (8)
              NYY - Bush

               WP - Joe Bush
	       LP - Jack Bentley
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYG - none
              NYY - Dugan

  ATTENDANCE: 62,817

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 15, 1923 at Polo Grounds (New York Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             1  0  0    0  0  0    0  5  0     6  5  0
    New York Giants              1  0  0    1  1  1    0  0  0     4 10  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Pennock, Jones (8)
              NYG - Nehf, Ryan (8)

               WP - Herb Pennock
	       LP - Art Nehf
             SAVE - Sam Jones

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Ruth
              NYG - Snyder

  ATTENDANCE: 0

Series Batting Stats

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New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Joe Bush            4   7  2  3  1  0  0   1  1  1  .429  .500  .571  0 | 113  31  2  .274  .718   0
 Joe Dugan           6  25  5  7  2  1  1   5  3  0  .280  .357  .560  0 | 644 182  7  .283  .695   4
 Hinkey Haines       2   1  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  25   4  0  .160  .516   3
*Harvey Hendrick     1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  66  18  3  .273  .779   3
 Fred Hofmann        2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .500  .000  0 | 238  69  3  .290  .753   2
 Waite Hoyt          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  84  16  0  .190  .432   0
*Ernie Johnson       2   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+ 91  27  1  .297  .718   2
 Sam Jones           2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  85  19  0  .224  .564   0
 Bob Meusel          6  26  1  7  1  2  0   8  0  3  .269  .269  .462  0 | 460 144  9  .313  .837  13
#Herb Pennock        3   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .143  .000  0 |  83  16  0  .193  .501   0
*Wally Pipp          6  20  2  5  0  0  0   2  4  1  .250  .360  .250  0 | 569 173  6  .304  .749   6
*Babe Ruth           6  19  8  7  1  1  3   3  8  6  .368  .556 1.000  0 | 522 205 41  .393 1.309  17
#Wally Schang        6  22  3  7  1  0  0   0  1  2  .318  .348  .364  0 | 272  75  2  .276  .702   5
 Everett Scott       6  22  2  7  0  0  0   3  0  1  .318  .318  .318  0 | 533 131  6  .246  .591   1
 Bob Shawkey         1   3  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  .333  .250  .333  0 |  99  20  0  .202  .434   0
 Aaron Ward          6  24  4 10  0  0  1   2  1  3  .417  .440  .542  1 | 567 161 10  .284  .773   8
*Whitey Witt         6  25  1  6  2  0  0   4  1  1  .240  .269  .320  0 | 596 187  6  .314  .794   2
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 205 30 60  8  4  5  29 20 22  .293  .355  .444  1 |        105  .291  .776  69

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

New York Giants

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
#Dave Bancroft       6  24  1  2  0  0  0   1  1  2  .083  .120  .083  1 | 444 135  1  .304  .790   8
 Virgil Barnes       2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  14   0  0  .000  .000   0
*Jack Bentley        5   5  0  3  1  0  0   0  0  0  .600  .600  .800  0 |  89  38  1  .427 1.019   0
 Bill Cunningham     4   7  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  1  .143  .143  .143  0 | 203  55  5  .271  .694   5
#Frankie Frisch      6  25  2 10  0  1  0   1  0  0  .400  .400  .480  0 | 641 223 12  .348  .880  29
*Dinty Gearin        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   7   2  0  .286  .572   0
 Hank Gowdy          3   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .200  .000  0 |+170  46  1  .271  .780   3
 Heinie Groh         6  22  3  4  0  1  0   2  3  1  .182  .280  .273  0 | 465 135  4  .290  .764   3
 Travis Jackson      1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 327  90  4  .275  .712   3
 Claude Jonnard      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  26   1  0  .038  .145   0
 George Kelly        6  22  1  4  0  0  0   1  1  2  .182  .217  .182  0 | 560 172 16  .307  .814  14
 Freddie Maguire     2   0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  30   6  0  .200  .483   1
 Hugh McQuillan      2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  82  14  0  .171  .404   1
 Irish Meusel        6  25  3  7  1  1  1   2  0  2  .280  .280  .520  0 | 595 177 19  .297  .818   8
*Art Nehf            2   6  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  4  .167  .167  .167  0 |  63  12  0  .190  .504   0
*Jimmy O'Connell     2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .500  .000  0 | 252  63  6  .250  .724   7
*Rosy Ryan           3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  53  11  0  .208  .495   0
*Jack Scott          2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  79  25  1  .316  .754   1
 Frank Snyder        5  17  1  2  0  0  1   2  0  2  .118  .118  .294  0 | 402 103  5  .256  .654   5
*Casey Stengel       6  12  3  5  0  0  2   4  4  0  .417  .563  .917  0 | 218  74  5  .339  .905   6
 Mule Watson         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+ 54  10  0  .185  .426   0
*Ross Youngs         6  23  2  8  0  0  1   3  2  0  .348  .400  .478  0 | 596 200  3  .336  .858  13
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 201 17 47  2  3  5  17 12 18  .234  .280  .348  1 |         85  .295  .769 106

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Herb Pennock        3   3.63 2-0  1  1 17.3 19  7  1  8 | 19-6  238  3.13  1.27  93  3
 Joe Bush            3   1.08 1-1  0  1 16.7  7  2  4  5 | 19-15 276  3.43  1.38 125   
 Sam Jones           2   0.90 0-1  1  0 10.0  5  1  2  3 | 21-8  243  3.63  1.27  68  4
 Bob Shawkey         1   3.52 1-0  0  0  7.7 12  3  4  2 | 16-11 259  3.51  1.29 125  1
 Waite Hoyt          1  15.43 0-0  0  0  2.3  4  4  1  0 | 17-9  239  3.02  1.23  60  1
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.83 4-2  2  2 54.0 47 17 12 18 |            3.62 1.340   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

New York Giants

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Art Nehf            2   2.76 1-1  0  1 16.3 10  5  6  7 | 13-10 196  4.50  1.37  50  2
 Rosy Ryan           3   0.96 1-0  0  0  9.3 11  1  3  3 | 16-5  173  3.49  1.25  58  4
 Hugh McQuillan      2   5.00 0-1  0  0  9.0 11  5  4  3 | 15-14 230  3.41  1.26  75   
*Jack Bentley        2   9.45 0-1  0  0  6.7 10  7  4  1 | 13-8  183  4.48  1.45  80  3
 Virgil Barnes       2   0.00 0-0  0  0  4.7  4  0  0  4 |  2-3   53  3.91  1.47   6  1
 Jack Scott          2  12.00 0-1  0  0  3.0  9  4  1  2 | 16-7  220  3.89  1.31  79  1
 Mule Watson         1  13.50 0-0  0  0  2.0  4  3  1  1 |+ 9-7  140  3.80  1.43  36  1
 Claude Jonnard      2   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  1  0  1  1 |  4-3   96  3.28  1.46  45  5
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.25 2-4  0  1 53.0 60 25 20 22 |            3.90 1.350   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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