New York Giants 11 – 2 Cleveland Spiders
22 May 1897 · CLE05
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 2-8-7 runs-hits-errors line | Cleveland Spiders | 1 in 13,029 games |
| 33 | final score 11–2 | 1 in 257 games | |
| 31 | 11-15-1 runs-hits-errors line | New York Giants | 1 in 653 games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 1 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
Box score
New York Giants batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Van Haltren | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Tiernan | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 2B |
| Bill Joyce | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| George Davis | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kid Gleason | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ducky Holmes | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Willie Clark | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2B |
| Jack Warner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ed Doheny | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 44 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
New York Giants pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Doheny | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Cleveland Spiders batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Sockalexis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Cupid Childs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ed McKean | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesse Burkett | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Bobby Wallace | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Blake | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Patsy Tebeau | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Chief Zimmer | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zeke Wilson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 36 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
Cleveland Spiders pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cy Young | 2.2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Zeke Wilson | 6.1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 |