Chicago Cubs 5 – 4 St. Louis Cardinals
18 April 1903 · STL05
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | 5-5-6 runs-hits-errors line | Chicago Cubs | 1 in 110,751 games |
| 14 | final score 5–4 | 1 in 23 games | |
| 6 | 9 hits allowed | Jock Menefee | 1 in 13 pitcher-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cubs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 |
Box score
Chicago Cubs batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davy Jones | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jimmy Slagle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Kling | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Dobbs | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Tinker | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Evers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Lowe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Bill Hanlon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jock Menefee | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Totals | 36 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Chicago Cubs pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jock Menefee | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Farrell | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Homer Smoot | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Brain | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Burke | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Art Nichols | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Patsy Donovan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Otto Williams | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jack Ryan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| War Sanders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 35 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| War Sanders | 9.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |