On this date (August 13) in 1910, major league baseball saw one of its most “oddly even” games ever.\u00a0 It was part of a double header played in Brooklyn between the Superbas (Dodgers) and the Pittsburgh Pirates.\u00a0 The first game of the double tilt had been a close contest, with the Pirates emerging with a 13-inning, 3-2 victory.\u00a0\u00a0 The last half of the double header, however, would prove an even tighter contest \u2013 and the time used in completing game one\u2019s 13 innings would come into play.<\/p>\n

First, here is the line score of Game 2, August 13, 1910<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0 1 1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a00 5 1\u00a0 \u00a00 0 0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8\u00a0\u00a0 13\u00a0\u00a0 2<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Brooklyn \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a00 0 0\u00a0 \u00a03 3 0\u00a0 \u00a00 2 0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8\u00a0\u00a0 13\u00a0\u00a0 2<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The two-hour and five-minute game ended in an 8-8 tie, called due to darkness.\u00a0 As you look at the line score, you\u2019ll notice it was pretty even.\u00a0 Each team scored eight runs on 13 hits and each squad made two errors.\u00a0 But, when it came to an \u201cevenly\u201d played game, that was just the tip of the iceberg.\u00a0 Each team recorded 27 putouts (that\u2019s, of course, pretty much a given for a complete nine innings).\u00a0 Each team, however, also recorded: 13 assists; three walks; five strikeouts; one hit batsman; and one passed ball.\u00a0 Further, the hitters collected their 13 safeties apiece on an identical 38 at bats and were awarded an identical five RBI per team. In addition, the pitchers on each team not only gave up eight runs for the game, each set of hurlers gave up seven earned runs over the nine innings.\u00a0 \u00a0So, we end up with two teams with identical totals for: runs scored; earned runs; putouts, assists; errors; at bats; hits; runs batted in; walks; strikeouts; hit batsmen; and passed balls.<\/p>\n

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Pirates’ right fielder John Owen “Chief” Wilson hit the only home run in, arguably, MLB’s most evenly contested game. Wilson holds the MLB record for triples in a season (36 in 1912).<\/p><\/div>\n

Each team also collected one double – and each started a future Hall of Famer in LF (Fred Clarke for the Pirates and Zack Wheat for the Superbas). \u00a0Pittsburgh, however, had three additional extra base hits (two triples and a home run), while Brooklyn’s\u00a0only additional extra base hit was a triple. In addition, the Pirates had a second future HOFer in the lineup (Honus Wagner at SS). As an aside, Nap Rucker, the starting pitcher for Brooklyn ended his career with 134 wins and, of course, 134 losses.<\/p>\n

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