Cleveland Spiders 1 – 9 Pittsburgh Pirates
12 October 1898 · PIT05
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | 1-3-5 runs-hits-errors line | Cleveland Spiders | 1 in 7,997 games |
| 28 | final score 9–1 | 1 in 151 games | |
| 19 | 15 hits allowed | Cy Young | 1 in 76 pitcher-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Spiders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – | 9 | 15 | 0 |
Box score
Cleveland Spiders batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Burkett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ed McKean | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Bobby Wallace | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lou Criger | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jack O'Connor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emmet Heidrick | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jimmy Burke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Frank | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Cy Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 30 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Cleveland Spiders pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cy Young | 8.0 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Pirates batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patsy Donovan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom McCreery | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Clark | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Bill Gray | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Dick Padden | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Rickert | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pop Schriver | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bones Ely | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Leever | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 41 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Leever | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |