Lee Richmond Perfect Game Box ScorE

Box Score For Perfect Game in Major League Baseball History

On June 12, 1880, John Lee Richmond of the Worcestor Ruby Legs pitched the first perfect game in Major League Baseball history. The Worcestor Evening Gazette called the twenty-seven up / twenty-seven down moment, "the best game on record" and Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive box score.

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"ON JUNE 12, 1880, THE FIRST PERFECT GAME IN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL HISTORY WAS PITCHED ON THIS SITE (THE FORMER WORCESTER AGRICULTURAL FAIRGROUNDS) BY J. LEE RICHMOND OF WORCESTER AGAINST CLEVELAND IN A NATIONAL LEAGUE GAME." - Inscription on marker where the game took place

Lee Richmond Perfect Game

Lee Richmond Perfect Game | Baseball Almanac

Worcester Agricultural Fairgrounds on June 12, 1880

Worcester Ruby Legs
NAME POS AB R H PO A E
George Wood lf 4 0 0 0 0 0
Lee Richmond p 3 0 1 0 6 0
Lon Knight rf 3 0 0 1 1 0
Arthur Irwin ss 3 1 2 2 3 0
Charlie Bennett c 2 0 0 8 0 0
Art Whitney 3b 3 0 0 1 2 0
Chub Sullivan 1b 3 0 0 14 0 0
Fred Corey cf 3 0 0 1 0 0
George Creamer 2b 3 0 0 0 4 0
TOTALS 27 1 3 27 16 0
Cleveland Blues
NAME POS AB R H PO A E
Fred Dunlap 2b 3 0 0 4 2 2
Frank Hankinson 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0
Doc Kennedy c 3 0 0 9 1 0
Bill Phillips 1b 3 0 0 7 0 0
Orator Shaffer rf 3 0 0 2 0 0
Jim McCormick p 3 0 0 0 10 0
Barney Gilligan cf 3 0 0 1 0 0
Jack Glasscock ss 3 0 0 0 3 0
Ned Hanlon lf 3 0 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 27 0 0 24 16 2
Double Play: Glasscock-Dunlap-Phillips.
Errors
: Dunlap (2).
Left on Base: Worcester 2.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Worcester Ruby Legs 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 x 1 3 0
Cleveland Blues 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Worcester Ruby Legs
Name IP H R ER BB SO HR
Lee Richmond 9.0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Cleveland Blues
Name IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jim McCormick 8.0 3 1 0 1 7 0
Losing Pitcher: McCormick.
Winning Pitcher: Richmond.
Attendance: ~700.
Length of Game: 1:30.
Umpire: Bradley.
Lee Richmond Perfect Game | Baseball Almanac
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The only run in the game occurred when second-baseman Fred Dunlap received and bobbled a throw from pitcher Jim McCormick. Arthur Irwin took off for home plate and Dunlap threw the ball home, but sailed it over Doc Kennedy's head.

Lee Richmond Perfect Game

Lee Richmond Perfect Game | The Boston Globe | 13 June 1880

Did you know that only five days later, on June 17, 1880, John Ward tossed the second perfect game in National League / Major League history? Two historic events in less than a week and a pitching feat that would not be seen in the senior circuit again until June 21, 1964 — eighty-four years later.

On June 16, 1880 Lee Richmond, who would eventually become a medical doctor, was awarded his degree from Brown University. The "spot" where he stood when he tossed this perfect game is now marked by a plaque (inscription is at the top of the page) located on the campus of Becker College in Worcester, Massachusetts.