Marathon games for starting hurlers are ancient history - Baseball

Baseball Digest, Nov, 2000 by Jerome Holtzman

"I remember saying, `Sure, but I can go one more,' figuring something just had to happen one way or the other, but that was the way it went through the 26th. True, maybe a couple more innings could have been played. But as you can see what a crime it would have been to have a loss marked up against either pitcher.

"Let me state right here the way they rate pitchers today is little short of criminal. Here was a game that neither pitcher got much credit for as far as averages are concerned. I contend that any pitcher, win or lose, who pitches nine innings of shutout ball should be given credit for a winning performance."

Cadore died in 1958, Joe Oeschger in 1986. Both were born in Chicago, 16 months apart.

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BROOKLYN DODGERS

Player, Pos          AB    H   R   RBI

Ivy Olson, 2b        10    1   0     1
Bernie Neis, rf      10    1   0     0
Jimmy Johnston, 3b   10    2   0     0
Zach Wheat, If        9    2   0     0
Hy Myers, cf          2    1   0     0
Wally Hood, cf        6    1   0     0
Ed Konetchy, 1b       9    1   0     0
Chuck Ward, ss       10    0   0     0
Ernie Kruger, c       2    0   1     0
Rowdy Elliot, c       7    0   0     0
Leon Cadore, p       10    0   0     0
Totals               85   10   1     1
BOSTON BRAVES

Player, Pos              AB    H   R   RBI

Ray Powell, cf            1    1   0     0
Charlie Pick, 2b         11    0   0     0
Les Mann, If             10    2   0     0
Walt Cruise, rf           9    1   1     0
Walt Holke, 1b           11    2   0     0
Tony Boeckel, 3b         11    3   0     1
Rabbit Maranville, ss    10    3   0     0
Mickey O'Neil, c          2    0   0     0
Lloyd Christenbury, ph    1    1   0     0
Hank Gowdy, c             6    1   0     0
Joe Oeschger, p           5    1   0     0
Totals                   83   15   1     1
Brooklyn   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --1
Boston     0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --1

E--Olson, Ward, Pick (3). 2B--Maranville, Oeschger. 3B--Cruise SB-- Myers, Hood. DP-- Brooklyn 1, Boston 2. LOB--Brk. 8, Bos. 14.

BROOKLYN

Pitcher    IP    H   R   ER   BB   SO

Cadore     26   15   1    1    5    6

BOSTON

Oeschger   26    9   1    1    4    7

Jerome Holtzman is the Official Historian for Major League Baseball. He is a frequent contributor to majorleaguebaseball.com.