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ADDISON WRIGLEY FIELD: THE FRIENDLY CONFINES AT CLARK AND World Series titles, concluded the season with an SOURCES career-best 3012/3 49 RUNS ON 51 1]113 NL-most 47 appearances and a In addition to the sources cited in the Notes, the author also innings. Given the moniker "Old Jess" in his later accessed Retrosheet.org, Baseball-Reference.com, and SABR.org. years, Haines retired as the franchise leader in wins AUGUST 25, 1922 (210), complete games (209), appearances as a pitcher NOTES CHICAGO CUBS 26, PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 23 (3,2032/3). (554), and innings pitched "High Baseball Court Favored by St. Louis Men," St. Louis By c9Viike Tuber The pitching adversaries in this game teamed Star and Times, October 2, 1920: 4. in Cardinals to Beat Cards, 3-3; up in one of the most famous games 2 James Crusinberry, "Cubs Go 17 Innings October 2, 19zo: 13. and World Series history on October io, 1926. Aleck Mound Hero," Chicago Tribune, Facing the New York Yankees in Game Seven at 3 Ibid. lead, the Yankee Stadium, Haines departed with a 3-z 4 Neither BaseballReference.com or Retrosheet.org has detailed play-by-play FROM 1901 THROUGH THE END OF THE with the bases loaded and two outs in the seventh, play-by-play for this game; however, a dropped a pop fly in foul territory off the bat of is available at "Haines Battles With Alexander in Chicago 2015 major-league season, one of the two teams has the knuckles on his right hand bleeding from his Heathcote. The floodgates opened, as Heathcote Park," St. Louis Star and Times, October I, 192o: zo. scored zo or more runs in at mesmerizing hard floater. Alexander, whom the least 236 games.' Only walked to load the bases and the next eight batters 5 Ibid. twice has each team scored at Cardinals had acquired on June 22 that season, least 20 runs. Both also reached. Hack Miller and Bob O'Farrell both games involved the Philadelphia entered in what is regarded as one of the best relief Phillies and the homered, and the Cubs got six hits and three walks. Chicago Cubs, and appearances in the history of the Fall Classic. He both games were played in The Phillies made two errors, and all to runs were Chicago. The first, on August fanned Tony Lazzeri to end the threat, then set down 25, 1922, was played unearned. After two innings of play, Chicago led, before approximately 7,000 fans in Cubs six of the next seven batters, issuing only a walk to Park, and 11-3. Philadelphia responded with two runs in the the Phillies prevailed, 26-23.2 This set a Babe Ruth in the ninth to secure the Cardinals' first record for third and another in the fourth. The score was the most runs scored in a world championship. major-league game.3 now ri-6. Philadelphia batters had z6 hits, while the Cubs A few other records were tied in this hitfest. low hitters mustered 25. (The 51 hits in the game also Chicago right fielder Marty Callaghan tied a record smashed the existing record, set on June 9, 1901, when for most times facing a pitcher in one inning. In the the New York Giants and Cincinnati Reds collected top of the fourth, he led off with a single to right. 49 hits as the New Yorkers beat the Reds, 25-13.4) The Cubs sent 19 batters to the plate, and the second The Phillies and Cubs pitchers faced a total of 125 time up, Callaghan stroked a second single to center, batters and walked 21 of them. Jimmy Ring started driving in two runs. He made the last out of the the game for the Phillies, and Tony Kaufmann took inning, striking out. As if this weren't enough, the the mound for Chicago. Cubs pushed 14 runs across the plate (rz earned) in the The game began normally enough. With one out fourth inning. This tied a record set on July 6, 1920, in the top of the first, Philadelphia's Frank Parkinson when the New York Yankees scored 14 runs in the singled and was forced at second on a Cy Williams fifth inning of a 17-0 shutout against the Washington grounder to first. Williams was then caught stealing. Senators. Kaiser Wilhelm, the Philadelphia manager, Fut_ -e Hall of FamerJesse Haines completed thefirst of his 18 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals by tossing 161/3 Three up, three down. Chicago's Cliff Heathcote led finally pulled Ring when Heathcote singled with the Cubs on innings, including 92/3 hitlessfr ames, against the off the bottom of the first with a single to center. He bases loaded and only one out, driving in October 1, 1920, but lost 3-2, to another Hall of Famer, the second Pete Alexander, who also went the distance. moved up two bases on two groundballs and scored and third runs of the inning. Lefty Weinert came in on Ray Grimes's single to center. Philadelphia sent and proceeded to pitch batting practice to the Cubs, nine batters to the plate in the top of the second, and who collected two singles, four doubles, a walk, a with four singles, two Cubs errors, and a walk, the hit batsman, and a home run (Miller's second of the Phillies scored three unearned runs. game) off him in the inning. Suddenly it was 25-6 Chicago then erupted for to runs in the bottom and the game was not even official yet. Weinert was of the second. With two outs and men on first and battered but stayed in to pitch 42/3 innings and finish second, Phillies third baseman Russ Wrightstone the game for Philadelphia. 54 55 WRIGLEY FIELD: THE FRIENDLY CONFINES AT CLARK AND ADDISON WRIGLEY FIELD: THE FRIENDLY CONFINES AT CLARK AND ADDISON Chicago added another run in the sixth on a In the other Cubs-Phillies game, on May 17, 1979, the 3 Phillies 5 Frank Schreiber, "Comedy of Runs, Hits, and Errors to double by Heathcote and an RBI single by Charlie and Cubs combined to score 45 runs on so hits in a game Cubs, 26-23," Chicago Tribune, August 26, 1922. Hollocher. In the eighth and ninth the Phillies made played at Wrigley Field. For more information, read this SABR Games Project 6 Ibid. the game appear closer than it was. They scored article. According eight runs in the eighth and six in the ninth, almost 4 to retrosheet.org, the Reds forfeited the game to the Giants. making an impossible comeback. Chicago used five pitchers. Starter Kaufmann pitched only four innings but was credited with the win. George Stueland pitched three innings, allowing three runs. Uel Eubanks started the eighth but lasted only two-thirds of an inning. Ed Morris relieved him with two outs, the bases loaded, and five Philadelphia runs already in. Frank Withrow greeted Morris with a base-clearing double. If the save was an official statistic in those days (it was not), Tiny Osborne would have earned one after relieving the ineffective Morris in the ninth inning. Osborne allowed two earned runs on three hits and two walks, but struck out the side, including Bevo LeBourveau In one of the wildest games in Wrigley Field history, shortstop to end the game. Charlie Hollocher knocked in six runs. He enjoyed his best season Philadelphia left 16 runners on base. (Chicago in 1922, collecting 201 hits and batting .340. left 9.) The Cubs had eight doubles and three home runs. Philadelphia had an amazing zo singles as part a 'touchdown,' while others besought the players of its z6-hit attack. Wrightstone led the Phillies with to 'shoot another basket.'"6 The previous record for a 4-for-7 afternoon, scoring three runs and driving runs in a game was 44, set on July 12, 1890, when the in four. For Chicago, Heathcote was perfect, 5-for-5 Brooklyn Ward's Wonders beat the Buffalo Bisons, plus two walks. He scored five of the Cubs' runs 28-16. and collected four RBIs. Hollocher, who followed knocked in six runs Heathcote in the batting order, SOURCES with his 3-for-5 performance. Hack Miller added two Notes, the author singles to his two home runs; he scored three times In addition to the sources mentioned in the consulted baseball-reference.com, inlb.com, and retrosheet.org. and drove in six runs. Despite allowing 16 runs in 31/3 innings, Ring's NOTES ERA rose only slightly, from 4.22 to 4.44. He had For more information on games in which a team has scored faced 28 Chicago batters and allowed 12 hits and 5 at least 20 runs, see Michael R. Huber and Rodney X. walks, but the Philadelphia errors meant that to of Sturdivant, "Building a Model for Scoring 20 or More Runs the 16 runs off him were unearned. He and Weinert in a Baseball Game," Annals ofApplied Statistics, Volume 4, had "endured a terrific mauling."5 In all, 21 of the 49 Number z, June 2010. runs were unearned, as Philadelphia committed four 2 The story of August 26,1922, in the New York Times led with, errors and Chicago had five. "Two world's records were smashed and two other marks were equaled in a weird slugging match which the Cubs won The game lasted 3 hours and i minute. Frank from the Phillies today by a score of z6 to 23." The article had Schreiber of the Chicago Tribune wrote that "cries neither a staff byline nor a wire-service credit, so its source from various parts of the park were imploring for is unknown.