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Both Leon Cadore of Brooklyn and Joe Oeschger of Boston pitched complete games, and with 26 innings pitched, jointly hold the record for the longest pitching appearance in MLB history. Their record is considered unbreakable, as modern pitchers rarely pitch even nine innings, and newer baseball rules have made long extra-innings games a rarity.
On May 1, the Braves and the Brooklyn Robins (later the Brooklyn Dodgers and now the Los Angeles Dodgers) played what remains the longest major league baseball game, tied 1 to 1 at the end of nine innings and then going scoreless for 17 more until the 26-inning game was called because of darkness [1]
On September 8, 1921, Oeschger became the fourth pitcher in major league history to throw an immaculate inning, striking out all three batters on a total of nine pitches in the fourth inning of a game against the Philadelphia Phillies. [9] He had his only 20-win season that year, which was the third-best in the National League. [5]
Somebody wrote, May 1, and Langill immediately said, “Brooklyn Robins against the Boston Braves, 26 innings in 1920, longest game in major league history.” On May 5 he said, “ Russell Martin ...
Saturday, May 1, 1920 began like any other day in baseball in its era, with a modest crowd of 4,500 people gathered at Braves Field in Boston to watch the hometown Braves face off against the ...
Toggle Brooklyn Dodgers 1, Boston Braves 1 (26 innings) subsection. 1.1 Airship's flyby. 1.2 Harrias – abandoned. 1.2.1 More. 1.3 CommentsSupport by RoySmith.
Anderson, Indiana, native Carl Erskine played for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1948 to 1959. Several major league teams had their eyes on Erskine in high school, "but the Dodgers," Erskine said ...
Hoyt finished his career with a win–loss record of 237–182 and an ERA of 3.59. By the time he retired in 1938, he had pitched the most victories in World Series history (his World Series record with the Yankees and A's was 6–4). As a hitter, Hoyt posted a .198 batting average (255-for-1287) with 96 runs, 100 RBI and 40 bases on balls.