Cleveland Spiders 1 – 5 Brooklyn Dodgers
1 September 1897 · NYC11
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 2 triples | Candy LaChance | 1 in 1,837 player-games |
| 28 | 1-2-1 runs-hits-errors line | Cleveland Spiders | 1 in 467 games |
| 19 | final score 5–1 | 1 in 42 games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Spiders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 5 | 15 | 0 |
Box score
Cleveland Spiders batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Burkett | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Cupid Childs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bobby Wallace | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Jack O'Connor | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed McKean | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ollie Pickering | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chief Zimmer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sport McAllister | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cy Young | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Cleveland Spiders pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cy Young | 8.0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Brooklyn Dodgers batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fielder Jones | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mike Griffin | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 2B |
| Billy Shindle | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Anderson | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Candy LaChance | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 3B, 2B |
| George Shoch | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Grim | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Brickyard Kennedy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Germany Smith | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Brooklyn Dodgers pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brickyard Kennedy | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |