Pittsburgh Pirates 5 – 4 St. Louis Cardinals
6 August 1897 · STL05
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | 5-18-3 runs-hits-errors line | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 in 36,917 games |
| 42 | 14 innings | 1 in 122 games | |
| 41 | 14 innings pitched | Pink Hawley | 1 in 613 pitcher-games |
Also here: 61 plate appearances.
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 3 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 2 |
Box score
Pittsburgh Pirates batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Tannehill | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Mike Smith | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3B, 2B |
| Dick Padden | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Davis | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 3B |
| Jesse Hoffmeister | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patsy Donovan | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bones Ely | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Merritt | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pink Hawley | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 57 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pink Hawley | 14.0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klondike Douglass | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tuck Turner | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 2B |
| Fred Hartman | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Grady | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dan Lally | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Hallman | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Monte Cross | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3B |
| John Houseman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Donahue | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 53 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Donahue | 14.0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 |