Cy Young Perfect Game Box Score by Baseball Almanac

Cy Young Perfect Game Box Score

The first perfect game in American League history was thrown by Cy Young who had his last no-hit game in the National League in 1897. His appearances in games prior to this one included two hitless innings on April 25th and six hitless innings on April 30th. He then pitched this game which featured true perfection.

"A pitcher's got to be good and he's got to be lucky to get a no hit game." - Cy Young

Hitting & Fielding Notes


NAME	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	O	A
Topsy Hartsel	lf	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
a-Danny Hoffman	ph-lf	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Ollie Pickering	cf	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Harry Davis	1b	3	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
Lave Cross	3b	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Socks Seybold	rf	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Danny Murphy	2b	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Monte Cross	ss	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	3
Ossee Schreckengost	c	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Rube Waddell	p	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
TOTALS		27	0	0	0	0	8	24	8


NAME	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	O	A
Patsy Dougherty	lf	4	0	1	0	0	uk	1	0
Jimmy Collins	3b	4	0	2	0	0	uk	2	0
Chick Stahl	cf	4	1	1	0	0	uk	3	0
Buck Freeman	rf	4	0	1	1	0	uk	2	0
Freddy Parent	ss	4	0	2	0	0	uk	1	4
Candy LaChance	1b	3	0	1	0	0	uk	9	0
Hobe Ferris	2b	3	1	1	0	0	uk	0	3
Lou Criger	c	3	1	1	1	0	uk	9	0
Cy Young	p	3	0	0	0	0	uk	0	2
TOTALS		32	3	10	2	0	6	27	9

a: Flied out to Stahl for Hartsel in 4th inning.

Double Plays: Hoffman-Schreckengost, L.Cross-Davis.
Doubles: Collins, Criger.
Error: Davis.
Left on Base: Philadelphia 0, Boston 6.
Sacrifice: LaChance.
Triples: Stahl, Freeman, Ferris.

Line Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Philadelphia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Boston	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	x	3	10	0

Pitching Notes


NAME	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Rube Waddell	8.0	10	3	3	0	6


NAME	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Cy Young	9.0	0	0	0	0	8

Losing Pitcher: Waddell (4-1).
Winning Pitcher: Young (2-2).

Game Notes

Attendance: 10,267.
Length of Game: 1:25.
Umpire: HP: Frank Dwyer.

Cy Young Perfect Game Box Score

In the intro we gave dates of hitless innings prior to the game. After this perfect game, Cy Young threw six more hitless innings for a record twenty-three consecutive innings without a single hit.

Not a single ball was hit hard by the Athletics and Connie Mack himself commented that this was the most impressive game ever pitched.

In the ninth inning with two outs, Connie Mack sent Rube Waddell (the pitcher) to the plate. Cy Young popped him out on a fly ball to center. Was this right? Wrong? Correct for the times? Discuss these strategies on our baseball message boards.

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