St. Louis Cardinals 4 – 15 Cleveland Spiders
12 September 1897 · CLE05
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 15-22-1 runs-hits-errors line | Cleveland Spiders | 1 in 24,611 games |
| 46 | final score 15–4 | 1 in 1,504 games | |
| 45 | 13-9 singles and extra-base hits | Cleveland Spiders | 1 in 6,921 games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| Cleveland Spiders | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – | 15 | 22 | 1 |
Box score
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klondike Douglass | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Monte Cross | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fred Hartman | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Tuck Turner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Grady | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dan Lally | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Harley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bill Hallman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Percy Coleman | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 36 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Hart | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Percy Coleman | 8.0 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
Cleveland Spiders batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Burkett | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 2B |
| Cupid Childs | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Bobby Wallace | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3B |
| Ed McKean | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Ollie Pickering | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patsy Tebeau | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3B, 2B |
| Lou Criger | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Chief Sockalexis | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Zeke Wilson | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 42 | 15 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 1 |
Cleveland Spiders pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeke Wilson | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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