How many records were set?

Professional Baseball was still in its first season of league play when the Philadelphia Athletics Club went to Haymakers Grounds in Troy, New York to play the Troy Haymakers on June 28, 1871. To set the may have set a few records is an understatement, a rather large understatement. Some of the records set that day, stand to this day in the annuals of all of professional baseball history.

So lets get started, first the Athletic Club scored 49 runs, that record stood for almost 31 years. They are still second all-time for runs scored in a single game. The Haymakers scored 33 runs, that record for a losing club still stands. The Athletics out hit the Haymakers 42-32. Both clubs committed 10 errors. Both clubs scored in every inning. The stats for this game were staggering, especially for a game with only 19 players. Sometime during the game, the Athletics chnaged rightfielders. Although he gave 49 runs, Haymaker pitcher John F. McMullen continued in the game, batting sixth and going 3 for 6 with 3 runs scored and 2 RBIs. Athletic pitcher Dick McBride batted second and went 4 for 8 with 7 runs scored and 2 RBIs. 18 players in the haad at least one hit, one run scored and one RBI, only the Athletics replaced rightfielder failed to get an RBI. Only one inning saw a team score in double figures as the Haymakers fourth inning when they scored 10 runs. That must of been a make up for the one run first inning, the only such inning in the game when the Athletics outscored them 2-1.

A game like this today, would take alot longer then 3 hours and 55 minutes to play. The game sure has changed over the years. My gracious thanks to folks at Retrosheet for this one. Tomorrow we look at a weird postponement.