Pittsburgh Pirates 5 – 9 Cleveland Spiders
10 August 1897 · CLE05
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 3 doubles | Mike Smith | 1 in 2,195 player-games |
| 40 | 9-18-1 runs-hits-errors line | Cleveland Spiders | 1 in 2,839 games |
| 27 | final score 9–5 | 1 in 125 games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 3 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | 9 | 18 | 1 |
Box score
Pittsburgh Pirates batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Tannehill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Leahy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mike Smith | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 2B |
| Dick Padden | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Davis | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Rothfuss | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3B |
| Patsy Donovan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Bones Ely | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Sugden | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Killen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 42 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Killen | 8.0 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
Cleveland Spiders batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Burkett | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed McKean | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cupid Childs | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Wallace | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3B, 2B |
| Jack O'Connor | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ollie Pickering | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Patsy Tebeau | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chief Zimmer | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3B |
| Cy Young | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 39 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
Cleveland Spiders pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cy Young | 9.0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 |