Longest game Joe Oeschger
a ballfield named him in ferndale, california. plaque commemorates longest game of baseball ever played.
on may 1, 1920 brooklyn robins went play boston braves @ boston, in front of crowd of 2,000 spectators. leon cadore starting dodgers. game held scoreless until fifth inning, when ernie krueger scored on ivy olson run batted in single. game tied in sixth when walton cruise tripled, scored on tony boeckel single. game ruled tie after 26 innings because of darkness. oescheger gave 9 hits entire game, while cadore allowed 15. if had played 1 more inning pitchers have played equivalent of 3 games. rest of 1920 season oescheger won 15 games 3.46 earned run average.
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