Jim Bottomley, St. Louis Cardinals, 9/16/1924
St. Louis Cardinals 17, Brooklyn Dodgers 3
I find it a little hard to believe that a game with 20 runs scored total ended in a tidy 1 hour and 55 minutes. It’s almost like this game happened a hundred years ago…
Game of 9/16/1924 -- St.Louis at Brooklyn (D) St.Louis AB R H RBI Brooklyn AB R H RBI Mueller H, rf-1b 3 3 2 1 High A, 2b 4 0 2 0 Douthit T, cf 3 3 1 0 Mitchell J, ss 4 0 1 1 Hornsby R, 2b 4 2 2 0 Wheat Z, lf 4 0 0 0 Blades R, pr-2b 0 1 0 0 Fournier J, 1b 2 1 0 0 Bottomley J, 1b 6 3 6 12 Loftus D, 1b 1 0 1 0 Smith J, pr-rf 0 0 0 0 Brown E, cf 4 0 1 0 Hafey C, lf 6 1 2 2 Stock M, 3b 3 1 1 0 Gonzalez M, c 4 1 1 1 Griffith T, rf 2 0 0 0 Clemons V, c 2 0 0 0 DeBerry H, c 3 0 1 1 Toporcer S, 3b 1 0 0 0 Ehrhardt R, p 0 0 0 0 Cooney J, 3b 4 0 1 1 Hollingsworth B, p 1 0 0 0 Thevenow T, ss 5 0 0 0 Decatur A, p 0 0 0 0 Sherdel B, p 4 3 3 0 Johnston J, ph 1 0 1 0 Rhem F, p 0 0 0 0 Wilson T, p 0 0 0 0 Taylor Z, ph 1 1 1 0 Roberts J, p 0 0 0 0 Hargreaves C, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 42 17 18 17 31 3 9 2 St.Louis 410 404 211 -- 17 Brooklyn 010 000 011 -- 3 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Sherdel B (W) 8.0 8 2 2 2 1 Rhem F (S) 1.0 1 1 0 3 0 Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO Ehrhardt R (L)* 0.0 4 4 4 1 0 Hollingsworth B+ 3.0 2 3 3 3 2 Decatur A 3.0 6 6 5 2 0 Wilson T 2.0 4 3 3 0 1 Roberts J 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 * Pitched to 5 batters in 1st + Pitched to 2 batters in 4th E -- Fournier J DP -- St.Louis 3 LOB -- St.Louis 7, Brooklyn 6 2B -- Bottomley J, Sherdel B 3B -- Hafey C, Gonzalez M, Mueller H, Hornsby R HR -- Bottomley J 2 SB -- Douthit T, Cooney J SH -- Douthit T 2, Hornsby R WP -- Decatur A, Rhem F PB -- Clemons V T -- 1:55 A -- 7000