Boston Braves 9 – 5 Washington Senators (1897-99)
2 August 1897 · WAS06
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | 9-8-3 runs-hits-errors line | Boston Braves | 1 in 7,997 games |
| 27 | final score 9–5 | 1 in 125 games | |
| 9 | 10 hits allowed | Jim Sullivan | 1 in 23 pitcher-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Braves | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 3 |
| Washington Senators (1897-99) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
Box score
Boston Braves batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chick Stahl | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3B, 2B |
| Fred Tenney | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Collins | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Hugh Duffy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jack Stivetts | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bobby Lowe | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bob Allen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fred Lake | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jim Sullivan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 33 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
Boston Braves pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Sullivan | 9.0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Washington Senators (1897-99) batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kip Selbach | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Tom Brown | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene DeMontreville | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deacon McGuire | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Tommy Tucker | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| John O'Brien | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Abbey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Zeke Wrigley | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les German | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cy Swaim | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Silver King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 36 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Washington Senators (1897-99) pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les German | 3.0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Cy Swaim | 6.0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
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