Tom Fisherâ former National League pitcherâ pitches a perfect game for Shreveport in a win over Montgomery in the Southern Association. He strikes out 14.
With the regular umpires sick from food poisoningâ Cub P Carl Lundgren and Cardinal C Pete Noonan are picked to umpire at the West Side Grounds. The Cubsâ behind Mordecai Brownâs 5-hitterâ win, 8 â 1, for their 14th win in a row.
The Highlanders win their 6th game in three days from Washingtonâ sweeping their third straight doubleheaderâ 5 â 4 and 5 â 3â for an American League record.
The American Leagueâs longest game to date takes place in Boston before 16â000. Rookies Jack Coombs and 24-year-old Joe Harris go the route in a 24-inning struggleâ ending with a 4 â 1 Athletics victory after 4 hours and 47 minutes. It sets the major league recordâ later brokenâ and is still the AL mark for two pitchers. Two batters single, and then Socks Seybold and Danny Murphy hit triples with two outs to end the contest. Philadelphiaâs Coombs faces 89 battersâ striking out a major league record 18 (broken in 1962) and giving up 14 hitsâ while the Americansâ Harris fans 14 and yields 16 hits. Harris drops his record to 2-21â and will start next year at 0-6 before exiting the majors for Providenceâ holding the distinctions of the worst winning percentage (.091 for a 3-30 record) and the fewest wins for any pitcher with 300 innings pitched. The 24 innings pitched will only be exceeded this century by the 26-inning battle on May 1â 1920 between Joe Oeschger and Leon Cadore. There wonât be a longer game in the AL until May 8â 1984.
Enjoy our free trial and start listening to games, interviews and shows! Ruth, Mantle, Aaron, and Seaver!