St. Louis Cardinals 16 – 2 Pittsburgh Pirates
5 August 1931 · PIT06
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Six-Hit Game · 6 | Jim Bottomley | 1 in 1,641 games |
| 55 | 16-23-1 runs-hits-errors line | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 in 31,643 games |
| 51 | final score 16–2 | 1 in 2,686 games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 23 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Box score
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sparky Adams | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Wally Roettger | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Frankie Frisch | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy High | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim Bottomley | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Chick Hafey | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | HR |
| Ernie Orsatti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pepper Martin | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3B |
| Jimmie Wilson | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Gus Mancuso | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Charlie Gelbert | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3B |
| Bill Hallahan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 48 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 6 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Hallahan | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Pittsburgh Pirates batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Waner | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| George Grantham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gus Suhr | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adam Comorosky | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Pie Traynor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ben Sankey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Waner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Howdy Groskloss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Eddie Phillips | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tommy Thevenow | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Spades Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Osborn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Swetonic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spades Wood | 4.1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Bob Osborn | 0.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Swetonic | 4.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |