This day in baseball: One ball contest
Posted: August 4, 2016 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn Superbas, history, Major League Baseball, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Park 2 CommentsOn August 4, 1908, the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Brooklyn Superbas, 3-0, at Washington Park. What is particularly of note about this contest is that the entire game was played with only one baseball.
Washinton Park in 1909 (Wikimedia Commons)
i don’t know what’s more amazing – the one ball, the three dirty ball runs, or that someone thought to mark down that only one ball was used.
It’s a strange thing to track. I wouldn’t have thought to note it had I been taking score. Someone clearly had good attention to detail.