Lefty ODoul Pitching

Lefty O’Doul, who will become an outstanding major league hitter later in his career, gives up 13 runs in the sixth inning as the Indians rout the Red Sox, 27-3. The San Francisco native will finish his 11-year stint in the majors with a lifetime batting average of .349.

On July 7, 1923 — At Dunn Field, Cleveland scores in every inning against the Red Sox, but playing at home, the team does not bat in the 9th. In the eight innings, they run up an American League-record 27 runs, including 13 in the 6th, for a 27 – 3 win. The game takes just 2 hours and 10 minutes to complete. 

In 3 innings pitched, Lefty O’Doul, who will become an outstanding major league hitter later in his career, gives up 16 runs in the sixth inning as the Indians rout the Red Sox, 27-3. The San Francisco native will return to the Majors in 1928 and finish his 11-year stint in the majors with a lifetime batting average of .349.

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