Polo Grounds V
aka Brush Stadium

1911 - 1963

New York, NY
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Team Years Games
Giants
(1911 - 1957)
3565
Yankees
(1912 - 1922)
764
Mets
(1962 - 1963)
161
No-Hitters

4/15/1915: Rube Marquard, W (1-0)

New York Giants (2) vs Brooklyn Robins (0)
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HBP BR BF AB IBB GDP ROE GSc
Rube Marquard
9.0
0
0
0
2
2
0
3
30
28
1
87

Starter Age: 28.188
Rank among 327: 196
Opposing Starter: Nap Rucker
Catcher: Chief Meyers
Plate Umpire: Cy Rigler
Attendance: N/A
Time of Game: 1:25
Did You Know?
  • Marquard's no-hitter came on the earliest calendar date for a no-hitter before Eddie Cicotte threw one against the Browns on April 14, 1917 at Sportsman's Park III in St. Louis.
  • Only three balls were hit to the outfield by Brooklyn batters and each outfielder--George Burns, Fred Snodgrass, Jim Thorpe--recorded one putout apiece.
  • Giants first baseman Fred Merkle had 17 putouts and Marquard led all Giants infielders with six assists.
  • Casey Stengel walked in the second inning, Zack Wheat walked in the seventh, and George Cutshaw reached on Art Fletcher's error following Wheat's walk, but that was as close as the Robin's would get to home plate.
  • Marquard spent most of the season with the Giants and appeared in 27 games before being claimed off waivers by the Robins, for whom he made six appearances to end the season.
  • Among no-hit pitchers who made at least 10 starts, Marquard's 65 ERA+ in 1915 is the worst.

8/31/1915: Jimmy Lavender, W (9-9)

Chicago Cubs (2) vs New York Giants (0)
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HBP BR BF AB IBB GDP ROE GSc
Jimmy Lavender
9.0
0
0
0
1
8
0
2
29
28
1
94

Starter Age: 31.158
Rank among 327: 265
Opposing Starter: Rube Schauer
Catcher: Jimmy Archer
Plate Umpire: Bill Klem
Attendance: 12,000
Time of Game: 1:41
Did You Know?
  • The only Giant to get on base was Fred Merkle who reached on shortstop Bob Fisher's error in the second inning and walked in the eighth.
  • Only two balls were hit out of the infield and one, a deep drive to center field by Larry Doyle in the seventh inning, almost broke up the no-hitter but Cy Williams made a spectacular catch.
  • In the same inning, Eddie Grant hit a high chopper over Jimmy Lavender's head that second baseman Heinie Zimmerman fielded and threw Grant out at first base by an eyelash.
  • Lavender's no-hitter evened his record on the season at 9-9, but he lost his next six decisions and seven of his last eight and finished at 10-16.

9/10/1919: Ray Caldwell, W (10-5)

Cleveland Indians (3) vs New York Yankees (0)
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HBP BR BF AB IBB GDP ROE GSc
Ray Caldwell
9.0
0
0
0
1
5
0
2
29
28
1
91

Starter Age: 31.137
Rank among 327: 263
Opposing Starter: Carl Mays
Catcher: Steve O'Neill
Plate Umpire: Billy Evans
Attendance: 25,000
Time of Game: 1:40
Did You Know?
  • Caldwell was making only his fourth start with the Indians after being released by the Boston Red Sox on August 4.
  • He pitched for the Yankees from 1910-1918 before being traded to the Red Sox on December 18, 1918 and this was his first start against his old team.
  • Losing pitcher Carl Mays was a former Red Sox teammate who was making only his ninth start for the Yankees after being traded from Boston on July 30.
  • Indians first baseman Joe Harris drove in all three runs with a two-run homer in the first inning and a double in the sixth.
  • Caldwell averted disaster in his first start with Cleveland on August 24 when a lightning strike knocked him down in the ninth inning and dazed him for "several moments" before he recovered and finished a complete game victory over the Philadelphia Athletics at League Park in Cleveland.

5/7/1922: Jesse Barnes, W (4-1)

New York Giants (6) vs Philadelphia Phillies (0)
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HBP BR BF AB IBB GDP ROE GSc
Jesse Barnes
9.0
0
0
0
1
5
0
1
27
26
1
0
91

Starter Age: 29.254
Rank among 327: 225
Opposing Starter: Lee Meadows
Catcher: Earl Smith
Plate Umpire: Bob Hart
Attendance: 32,000
Time of Game: 1:37
Did You Know?
  • The only Phillies hitter to reach base against Jesse Barnes was Cy Williams, who walked leading off the top of the fifth before being erased on the bases by a double play grounder hit by Art Fletcher. Thanks to the double play, Barnes faced the minimum 27 batters.
  • According to contemporary reports, the Phillies hit only four fly balls to the outfield, three of which were caught by Giants center fielder Ralph Shinners.

5/8/1929: Carl Hubbell, W (3-0)

New York Giants (11) vs Pittsburgh Pirates (0)
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HBP BR BF AB IBB GDP ROE GSc
Carl Hubbell
9.0
0
0
0
1
4
0
4
30
28
0
1
3
90

Starter Age: 25.320
Rank among 327: 110
Opposing Starter: Jesse Petty
Catcher: Bob O'Farrell
Plate Umpire: Charlie Moran
Attendance: 8,000
Time of Game: 1:35
Did You Know?
  • This was the only National League no-hitter thrown between 1925 (Dazzy Vance vs. Pirates on September 13, 1925 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn) and 1934 (Paul Dean vs. Dodgers on September 21, 1934 at Ebbets Field).
  • The Pirates put a runner on third base in the top of the first inning when shortstop Travis Jackson misplayed a Sparky Adams grounder into a two-base error and Lloyd Waner bunted, but Hubbell worked his way out of the jam.
  • They also put the first two runners on base in the top of the ninth on an error by left fielder Chick Fullis and another Jackson miscue, but Hubbell completed the no-hitter with a strikeout of Lloyd Waner and double play grounder by Paul Waner.
  • The Giants homered in each of the first three innings--Mel Ott in the first off Jesse Petty, Chick Fullis in the second off Petty, Andy Cohen in the third off Fred Fussell--and had a 6-0 lead going into the fourth. Ott homered again in the sixth off Ray Kremer in a five-run inning that increased New York's lead to 11-0 and Ott's home run total to a league-leading six.

9/9/1948: Rex Barney, W (13-10)

Brooklyn Dodgers (2) vs New York Giants (0)
Pitcher IP H R ER BB SO HBP BR BF AB IBB GDP ROE GB FB LD PU GSc
Rex Barney
9.0
0
0
0
2
4
0
4
29
27
0
2
2
11
12
2
0
89

Starter Age: 23.265
Rank among 327: 53
Opposing Starter: Monty Kennedy
Catcher: Bruce Edwards
Plate Umpire: Babe Pinelli
Attendance: 36,324
Time of Game: 2:06
Did You Know?
  • Rex Barney got off to a rough start and walked leadoff batter Jack Lohrke, made a throwing error on Sid Gordon's grounder, and walked Johnny Mize to load the bases in the bottom of the first inning, but a double play grounder got him out of the inning and he faced the minimum 24 batters the rest of the way.
  • Dodgers manager Burt Shotton had no idea Barney had just thrown a no-hitter and couldn't understand why so many photographers were in the clubhouse after the game.
  • Barney just missed a no-hitter five starts before when he tossed a one-hitter against the Phillies, allowing only a fifth inning single to Putsy Caballero.