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Polo Grounds V

New York, NY · 1911–1963

Polo Grounds V
Photo: David Shapinsky, CC BY-SA 2.0
4,293
Games on file
1912
First
1963
Last

Polo Grounds V was a ballpark in New York, NY. The first major-league game the register places here was on June 28, 1911 and the last on September 18, 1963.

4,536 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1911 and 1963. The game logs list the New York Giants, the New York Yankees, the New York Mets, and the New York Highlanders as home clubs here. Its recorded capacity is 34,000. 28 games played here have a page of their own in this archive, among them Rube Marquard's No-Hitter in 1915, Jimmy Lavender's No-Hitter in 1915, and Ray Caldwell's No-Hitter in 1919.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on June 28, 1911, when the New York Giants beat the Boston Rustlers 3–0. Al Mattern started for the Boston Rustlers and Christy Mathewson for the New York Giants. Hank O'Day was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 18, 1963, when the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets 5–1. Chris Short started for the Philadelphia Phillies and Craig Anderson for the New York Mets. Doug Harvey was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 64,417, for a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Giants on September 13, 1936.

Other parks stood on this ground: Polo Grounds III (1889–1890) and Polo Grounds IV (1890–1911). The major leagues also played in New York, NY at Polo Grounds I (Southeast Diamond) (1883–1888), Polo Grounds II (Southwest Diamond) (1883–1883), Metropolitan Park (1884–1884), St. George Cricket Grounds (1886–1889), and Polo Grounds III (1889–1890), and 6 other grounds.

Other parks on this site

1889–1890
1890–1911

Home clubs

Games remembered here

1915

Rube Marquard's No-Hitter

Rube Marquard threw a no-hitter for the New York Giants against the Brooklyn Robins on April 15, 1915, winning 2–0.

1915

Jimmy Lavender's No-Hitter

Jimmy Lavender threw a no-hitter for the Chicago Cubs against the New York Giants on August 31, 1915, winning 2–0.

1919

Ray Caldwell's No-Hitter

Ray Caldwell threw a no-hitter for the Cleveland Indians against the New York Yankees on September 10, 1919, winning 3–0.

1920

The Death of Ray Chapman

Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman is struck in the head by a pitch from Yankees pitcher Carl Mays and dies the next morning, the only fatality from an injury sustained during a Major League Baseball game.

1922

Jesse Barnes's No-Hitter

Jesse Barnes threw a no-hitter for the New York Giants against the Philadelphia Phillies on May 7, 1922, winning 6–0.

1929

Carl Hubbell's No-Hitter

Carl Hubbell threw a no-hitter for the New York Giants against the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 8, 1929, winning 11–0.

1948

Rex Barney's No-Hitter

Rex Barney threw a no-hitter for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the New York Giants on September 9, 1948, winning 2–0.

1912

Jack Meyers Hits for the Cycle, 1912

Jack Meyers hit for the cycle for the New York Giants against the Chicago Cubs on June 10, 1912.

1920

George Burns Hits for the Cycle, 1920

George Burns hit for the cycle for the New York Giants against the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 17, 1920.

1921

Dave Bancroft Hits for the Cycle, 1921

Dave Bancroft hit for the cycle for the New York Giants against the Philadelphia Phillies on June 1, 1921.

1936

Sam Leslie Hits for the Cycle, 1936

Sam Leslie hit for the cycle for the New York Giants against the Philadelphia Phillies on May 24, 1936.

1939

Arky Vaughan Hits for the Cycle, 1939

Arky Vaughan hit for the cycle for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the New York Giants on July 19, 1939.

1940

Harry Danning Hits for the Cycle, 1940

Harry Danning hit for the cycle for the New York Giants against the Pittsburgh Pirates on June 15, 1940.

1954

Don Mueller Hits for the Cycle, 1954

Don Mueller hit for the cycle for the New York Giants against the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 11, 1954.

1963

Jim Hickman Hits for the Cycle, 1963

Jim Hickman hit for the cycle for the New York Mets against the St. Louis Cardinals on August 7, 1963.

1924

George Kelly's Three-Home-Run Game, 1924

George Kelly hit three home runs for the New York Giants against the Cincinnati Reds on June 14, 1924.

1928

George Harper's Three-Home-Run Game, 1928

George Harper hit three home runs for the St. Louis Cardinals against the New York Giants on September 20, 1928.

1930

Mel Ott's Three-Home-Run Game, 1930

Mel Ott hit three home runs for the New York Giants against the Boston Braves on August 31, 1930.

1932

Bill Terry's Three-Home-Run Game, 1932

Bill Terry hit three home runs for the New York Giants against the Brooklyn Dodgers on August 13, 1932.

1944

Bill Nicholson's Three-Home-Run Game, 1944

Bill Nicholson hit three home runs for the Chicago Cubs against the New York Giants on July 23, 1944.

1947

Willard Marshall's Three-Home-Run Game, 1947

Willard Marshall hit three home runs for the New York Giants against the Cincinnati Reds on July 18, 1947.

1949

Bob Elliott's Three-Home-Run Game, 1949

Bob Elliott hit three home runs for the Boston Braves against the New York Giants on September 24, 1949.

1950

Wes Westrum's Three-Home-Run Game, 1950

Wes Westrum hit three home runs for the New York Giants against the Cincinnati Reds on June 24, 1950.

1950

Andy Pafko's Three-Home-Run Game, 1950

Andy Pafko hit three home runs for the Chicago Cubs against the New York Giants on August 2, 1950.

1951

Don Mueller's Three-Home-Run Game, 1951

Don Mueller hit three home runs for the New York Giants against the Brooklyn Dodgers on September 1, 1951.

Further reading: Wikipedia