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.
New York, NY · 1911–1963
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.
Rube Marquard threw a no-hitter for the New York Giants against the Brooklyn Robins on April 15, 1915, winning 2–0.
Jimmy Lavender threw a no-hitter for the Chicago Cubs against the New York Giants on August 31, 1915, winning 2–0.
Ray Caldwell threw a no-hitter for the Cleveland Indians against the New York Yankees on September 10, 1919, winning 3–0.
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.
Jesse Barnes threw a no-hitter for the New York Giants against the Philadelphia Phillies on May 7, 1922, winning 6–0.
Carl Hubbell threw a no-hitter for the New York Giants against the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 8, 1929, winning 11–0.
Rex Barney threw a no-hitter for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the New York Giants on September 9, 1948, winning 2–0.
Jack Meyers hit for the cycle for the New York Giants against the Chicago Cubs on June 10, 1912.
George Burns hit for the cycle for the New York Giants against the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 17, 1920.
Dave Bancroft hit for the cycle for the New York Giants against the Philadelphia Phillies on June 1, 1921.
Sam Leslie hit for the cycle for the New York Giants against the Philadelphia Phillies on May 24, 1936.
Arky Vaughan hit for the cycle for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the New York Giants on July 19, 1939.
Harry Danning hit for the cycle for the New York Giants against the Pittsburgh Pirates on June 15, 1940.
Don Mueller hit for the cycle for the New York Giants against the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 11, 1954.
Jim Hickman hit for the cycle for the New York Mets against the St. Louis Cardinals on August 7, 1963.
George Kelly hit three home runs for the New York Giants against the Cincinnati Reds on June 14, 1924.
George Harper hit three home runs for the St. Louis Cardinals against the New York Giants on September 20, 1928.
Mel Ott hit three home runs for the New York Giants against the Boston Braves on August 31, 1930.
Bill Terry hit three home runs for the New York Giants against the Brooklyn Dodgers on August 13, 1932.
Bill Nicholson hit three home runs for the Chicago Cubs against the New York Giants on July 23, 1944.
Willard Marshall hit three home runs for the New York Giants against the Cincinnati Reds on July 18, 1947.
Bob Elliott hit three home runs for the Boston Braves against the New York Giants on September 24, 1949.
Wes Westrum hit three home runs for the New York Giants against the Cincinnati Reds on June 24, 1950.
Andy Pafko hit three home runs for the Chicago Cubs against the New York Giants on August 2, 1950.
Don Mueller hit three home runs for the New York Giants against the Brooklyn Dodgers on September 1, 1951.
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