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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.
Career pitching records Statistic Player Record Dodgers career Ref Wins: Don Sutton: 233 1966–1980 1988 [9] Losses: Don Sutton: 181 1966–1980 1988 [9] Win–loss percentage: Zack Greinke.773 2013–2015 [10] ERA: Zack Greinke: 2.30 2013–2015 [10] Saves: Kenley Jansen: 350 2010–2021 [11] Strikeouts: Clayton Kershaw: 2,968 2008–present ...
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]
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.
Set by Leon Cadore and Joe Oeschger, respectively of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves, who were the only pitchers in a 26-inning marathon on May 1, 1920 that ended in a 1–1 tie due to darkness. Many commentators have cited this record as unbreakable, noting that modern teams generally use more than one pitcher in a regulation game, much ...
Pitching stars: Burt Hooton had a 1.59 ERA in two starts for the Dodgers while closer Steve Howe went 1-0 with a save. Tommy John of the Yankees went 1-0 with an 0.69 ERA in two starts.
A 2007 HBO film, Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush, is a documentary covering the Dodgers history from early days to the beginning of the Los Angeles era. In the film, the story is related that O'Malley was so hated by Brooklyn Dodger fans after the move to California, that it was said: "If you asked a Brooklyn Dodger fan, if you had a ...