Louisville Colonels 14 – 6 St. Louis Cardinals
23 May 1897 · STL05
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | 14-15-4 runs-hits-errors line | Louisville Colonels | 1 in 55,982 games |
| 44 | final score 14–6 | 1 in 1,130 games | |
| 40 | 6-6-3 runs-hits-errors line | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 in 2,985 games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville Colonels | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 14 | 15 | 4 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
Box score
Louisville Colonels batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Clarke | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tom McCreery | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ollie Pickering | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Perry Werden | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 2B |
| Jim Rogers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | HR |
| General Stafford | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Wilson | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Clingman | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Hill | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 38 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
Louisville Colonels pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Hill | 9.0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klondike Douglass | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tuck Turner | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Hartman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Dowd | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Kissinger | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| John Houseman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Monte Cross | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | HR, 3B |
| Morgan Murphy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Totals | 31 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 |