Chicago Cubs 4 – 16 St. Louis Cardinals
6 May 1923 · STL07
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | final score 16–4 | 1 in 1,819 games | |
| 24 | 5 RBI | Rogers Hornsby | 1 in 492 player-games |
| 19 | 12 hits allowed | Virgil Cheeves | 1 in 76 pitcher-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cubs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 16 | 19 | 1 |
Box score
Chicago Cubs batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jigger Statz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3B |
| Cliff Heathcote | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Grantham | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| John Kelleher | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bernie Friberg | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hack Miller | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Butch Weis | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sparky Adams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gabby Hartnett | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tiny Osborne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Virgil Cheeves | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Barrett | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Chicago Cubs pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiny Osborne | 1.1 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Virgil Cheeves | 6.2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Blades | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jack Smith | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Rogers Hornsby | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 HR |
| Jim Bottomley | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | HR |
| Milt Stock | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 2B |
| Hi Myers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Howard Freigau | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Eddie Ainsmith | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3B |
| Jeff Pfeffer | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 43 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Pfeffer | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |