Looking for a boxscore

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Posted By: <b>John/z28jd</b><p>Does anyone have the boxscore to the game on June 29,1897 in which Chicago scored 36 runs vs Louisville which is still the single game record for one team.Thanks,John

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Posted By: <b>BillyB</b><p>No luck in my searches, but I found this interesting fact for what its worth<BR>"Eighteen players have had eight at-bats during a nine-inning game; however, the last player to accomplish this feat was Barry McCormick on June 29, 1897."

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Posted By: <b>steve k</b><p>That's because walks and some other things were counted as &quot;at bats&quot; back then. Not sure what year the stat keeping rule changed when walks no longer counted as &quot;at bats&quot; - probably soon after 1897 since you say that was the last year of the record.

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Posted By: <b>steve k</b><p>Looked up one of my favorite all time games. Phils 23 -Cubs 22 in 1979 at Wrigley. Two Phils had 8 at bats but the game did go 10 innings.

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Posted By: <b>Julie Vognar</b><p>I think that changed in the late 80s.

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Posted By: <b>Jeff S</b><p>Walks were counted as Hits and ABs only in 1887. That's the year Tip O'Neill hit about a zillion.

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Posted By: <b>BillyB</b><p>I was reading that record as coming to the plate 8 times in 9 innings. That seems like a reasonable record. Seems like others are reading it as 8 official at-bats. So does that imply that there have been players that have come to the plate more than 8 times in a 9 inning game but just walked or HBP one or more times?

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Posted By: <b>Julie</b><p>a number of batters will have come to the plate quite a few times!

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Posted By: <b>Kevin O</b><p>McCormick did step to the plate eight times, and all were official at-bats. He put the ball in play all eight times, going six for eight. He had four singles, one triple and a homer. He stole second three of the four times he singled. He scored five runs and drove in at least six. The final score was 36 to 7. The most incredible stat? Time of Game = 2:17.<BR><BR>The Chicago Tribune had a field day: "But for the fact that Jack Sheridan [the umpire] entered into the spirit of the farce, and called men out whenever the decision was within feet of close, the Colts might have tallied on and on until darkness put an end to the Colonels' sufferings.<BR><BR>"They did score one more run and had two men on bases in one round when the tired, disgusted crew from the Falls City tramped in under the impression the side was out. Instead of forcing them to return to the field, Sheridan called Connor out for cutting third, although he was standing on the bag when the hit was made.<BR><BR>"The crowd which came out was more than repaid for its visit, for a more spectacularly weird exhibition of the national game was never given. Prairie leaguers stood aghast at the frantic misplays that took place every moment; and yet, betimes, there were startling catches and stops to keep the game agog with enthusiasm."<BR><BR>The Historical Chicago tribune (and other papers) are available to SABR members via Proquest. If you don't belong, here's another great reason to join.<BR><BR>

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Posted By: <b>Ryan Christoff</b><p>Here's the boxscore. Hope it helps.<BR><BR>-Ryan<BR><BR><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1088649589.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>John/z28jd</b><p>Thanks to everyone who wrote and responded here.I love reading the old game summaries,i have a book with some old scores and stories and its amazing how eloquent the writers were back then as compared to now

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Posted By: <b>Julie</b><p><img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>ramram</b><p>No wonder only 520 people came out to watch this team play!