11 Runs on 1 Hit With 3 Runners Left On Base
Posted by Raphy on November 16, 2009
According to the PI Pitching Event Finder (using multiple searches) there have been only 2 games since 1954 which featured at least 6 bases loaded walks. One of them involved 6 bases loaded walks in the first 2 innings. The other included an inning that is hard to imagine.
Heading into 7th inning in their game against the A's, the White Sox only held a small 8-6 lead. However, they had no reason to worry. In the 7th the White Sox would score 11 runs on 1 hit. That inning would feature a single, two players reaching on errors (plus an additional error), a base-loaded hit batsman, and 10 walks; 8 of them with the bases loaded. Although their lone single made it into RF, Chicago's three outs never even made it past the pitcher. Here is the play by play:
| Top of the 7th, White Sox Batting, Ahead 8-6, Athletics' Tom Gorman facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| Tom Gorman replaces Preston Ward (PH) pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t7 | 0 | --- | 2% | 84% | 8-6 | CHW | R. Boone | T. Gorman | Reached on E6 (throw) (Ground Ball); Boone to 1B | ||
| t7 | 0 | 1-- | 3% | 88% | 8-6 | CHW | A. Smith | T. Gorman | Reached on E5/Sacrifice Bunt; Boone to 2B | ||
| t7 | 0 | 12- | RR | 9% | 97% | 8-6 | CHW | J. Callison | T. Gorman | Single to RF (Line Drive); Boone Scores/unER; Smith Scores/Adv on E9/unER; Callison to 3B | |
| t7 | 0 | --3 | 1% | 97% | 10-6 | CHW | L. Aparicio | T. Gorman | Walk | ||
| t7 | 0 | 1-3 | 0% | 97% | 10-6 | CHW | B. Shaw | T. Gorman | Aparicio Steals 2B | ||
| t7 | 0 | -23 | 0% | 97% | 10-6 | CHW | B. Shaw | T. Gorman | Walk | ||
| Mark Freeman replaces Tom Gorman pitching and batting 9th; Earl Torgeson pinch hits for Sammy Esposito (3B) batting 1st | |||||||||||
| t7 | 0 | 123 | R | 1% | 99% | 10-6 | CHW | E. Torgeson | T. Gorman | Walk; Callison Scores; Aparicio to 3B; Shaw to 2B | |
| t7 | 0 | 123 | R | 1% | 99% | 11-6 | CHW | N. Fox | M. Freeman | Walk; Aparicio Scores; Shaw to 3B; Torgeson to 2B | |
| t7 | 0 | 123 | O | -0% | 99% | 12-6 | CHW | J. Landis | M. Freeman | Groundout: P-C/Forceout at Hm; Torgeson to 3B; Fox to 2B | |
| t7 | 1 | 123 | R | 0% | 100% | 12-6 | CHW | S. Lollar | M. Freeman | Walk; Torgeson Scores/unER; Fox to 3B; Landis to 2B | |
| George Brunet replaces Mark Freeman pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t7 | 1 | 123 | R | 0% | 100% | 13-6 | CHW | R. Boone | G. Brunet | Walk; Fox Scores/unER; Landis to 3B; Lollar to 2B | |
| t7 | 1 | 123 | R | 0% | 100% | 14-6 | CHW | A. Smith | G. Brunet | Walk; Landis Scores/unER; Lollar to 3B; Boone to 2B | |
| t7 | 1 | 123 | R | 0% | 100% | 15-6 | CHW | J. Callison | G. Brunet | Hit By Pitch; Lollar Scores/unER; Boone to 3B; Smith to 2B | |
| Lou Skizas pinch runs for Johnny Callison (LF) batting 7th | |||||||||||
| t7 | 1 | 123 | R | 0% | 100% | 16-6 | CHW | L. Aparicio | G. Brunet | Walk; Boone Scores/unER; Smith to 3B; Skizas to 2B | |
| t7 | 1 | 123 | O | 0% | 100% | 17-6 | CHW | B. Shaw | G. Brunet | Strikeout | |
| Bubba Phillips pinch hits for Earl Torgeson batting 1st | |||||||||||
| t7 | 2 | 123 | R | 0% | 100% | 17-6 | CHW | B. Phillips | G. Brunet | Walk; Smith Scores/unER; Skizas to 3B; Aparicio to 2B | |
| t7 | 2 | 123 | R | 0% | 100% | 18-6 | CHW | N. Fox | G. Brunet | Walk; Skizas Scores/unER; Aparicio to 3B; Phillips to 2B | |
| t7 | 2 | 123 | O | 0% | 100% | 19-6 | CHW | J. Landis | G. Brunet | Groundout: P-1B | |
| 11 runs, 1 hit, 3 errors, 3 LOB. White Sox 19, Athletics 6. | |||||||||||
November 16th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
This one is a legend among White Sox fans who like to invoke the memory of the Hitless Wonders.
In what must surely be an unapproachable all-time record, 12 consecutive batters came to bat with the bases loaded.
November 16th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Wow. "T Gorman faced 5 batters in the 7th inning" yet somehow he gives up six runs! 🙂
The same thing is in the retrosheet source... though they add a little more info: "TORGESON BATTED FOR
ESPOSITO; FREEMAN REPLACED GORMAN (PITCHING); Torgeson walked (walk was charged to Gorman) [Callison scored, Aparicio to third, Shaw to second];"
Looks like Gorman was pulled in the middle of the plate appearance which explains the discrepancy between the "X faced Y batters in the Zth inning" statement and his BFP.
November 17th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
If my books are correct, the all-time record for walks in an inning is 11, by the Yankees, against the Senators, on 11 September 1949, in the 3rd inning of the 1st game. The Yankees scored 12 runs that inning, and won the game 20-5.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
what is the most amount of errors in an inning?
November 18th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
According to the 2008 Sporting News record book, the since-1900 record for errors in one inning is 7, by the Indians, against the White Sox, on 20 September 1905, in the 8th inning. The NL since-1900 record is 6, by the Pirates, against the Giants, in the 1st inning of the 1st game of a doubleheader, on 20 August 1903.