Boston Braves 11 – 4 St. Louis Cardinals
20 May 1897 · STL05
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | Jimmy Collins | 1 in 1,837 player-games |
| 36 | 11-10-0 runs-hits-errors line | Boston Braves | 1 in 1,496 games |
| 32 | final score 11–4 | 1 in 250 games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Braves | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 11 | 10 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
Box score
Boston Braves batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Hamilton | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | HR |
| Fred Tenney | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herman Long | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | HR, 2B |
| Hugh Duffy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Chick Stahl | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bobby Lowe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Collins | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | HR, 2 3B |
| Charlie Ganzel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Lewis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 33 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
Boston Braves pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Lewis | 9.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Dowd | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tuck Turner | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Hartman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Klondike Douglass | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ed McFarland | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | HR, 2B |
| John Houseman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Kissinger | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Monte Cross | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Hutchinson | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Totals | 35 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Hutchinson | 8.0 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 |