Pittsburgh Pirates 12 – 0 Chicago Cubs
26 September 1899 · CHI08
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | 0-4-7 runs-hits-errors line | Chicago Cubs | 1 in 36,917 games |
| 42 | final score 12–0 | 1 in 902 games | |
| 38 | 6 RBI | Jimmy Williams | 1 in 1,786 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | 12 | 12 | 2 |
| Chicago Cubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 4 | 7 |
Box score
Pittsburgh Pirates batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ginger Beaumont | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Jack McCarthy | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3B, 2B |
| Jimmy Williams | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | HR |
| Tom McCreery | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Pop Dillon | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bones Ely | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pop Schriver | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Heinie Smith | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bill Hoffer | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 37 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 5 |
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Hoffer | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Chicago Cubs batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Ryan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Lange | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Everitt | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Mertes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry McCormick | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Bradley | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Magoon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tim Donahue | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jack Taylor | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Totals | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Chicago Cubs pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Taylor | 8.0 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 5 |