Joe Oeschger “26 Innings” Single Signed Baseball Longest Game In History JSA COA

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Joseph Carl Oeschger(May 24, 1892 July 28, 1986) was an Americanpitcher inMajor League Baseball who played 12 seasons from 1914 to 1925. After starting his career with thePhiladelphia Phillies, Oeschger was traded to theNew York Giants. He was soon traded to theBoston Braves, where he pitched his best seasons.

Oeschger is best known for holding the MLB record for the most innings pitched in a single game (26). In 1920, both Oeschger andLeon Cadore of theBrooklyn Robins pitched 26 innings for their respective teams in a game that was eventually called a tie due to darkness.[1][2]

He played out the rest of his career for the New York Giants before retiring in San Francisco. Never appearing in aWorld Series over his career he had 83 wins and 116 defeats. In San Francisco he was a teacher for theSan Francisco Board of Education for 27 years.

On May 1, 1920 theBrooklyn Robins went to play theBoston Braves at Boston, in front of a crowd of 2,000 spectators.[7]Leon Cadore was starting for the Dodgers. The game was held scoreless until the fifth inning, whenErnie Krueger scored onIvy Olson run batted in single.[7]The game was tied in the sixth whenWalton Cruise tripled, then scored onTony Boeckelsingle.[7]The game was ruled as a tie after 26 innings because of darkness.[7]Oescheger only gave up 9 hits the entire game, while Cadore allowed 15.[8]If they had played one more inning the pitchers would have played the equivalent of three games.[7]

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