page_title: Joe Oeschger
section_title: Longest game
hierarchical_section_title: Joe Oeschger / Major league career / Longest game
caption_attribution_description: English: Historical Marker at Ferndale Fireman's Park ballfields. Inscription reads: "Joseph C. Oeschger Field. Dedicated to Joseph Carl Oeschger in recognition of his contribution to sports and to the youth who participate. An all around athlete who began his career in Ferndale, he went on to professional baseball where he distinguished himself as a major league pitcher for 12 years, on May 1, 1920, he set a record never equaled by pitching the longest game ever played. He, and the opposing pitcher, pitched a full 26 innings before the game was called because of darkness. Longest Major League Game Score by Innings - Joseph C. Oeschger - Boston Braves 000 001 000 000 000 000 000 000 00....- Leon Cadore - Brooklyn Dodgers 000 010 000 000 000 000 000 000 00....- Dedicated by the Native Sons of the Golden West, Richard L. Barnes Grand President, May 1, 1977"
context_page_description: Joseph Carl Oeschger was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played 12 seasons from 1914 to 1925. After starting his career with the Philadelphia Phillies, Oeschger was traded to the New York Giants. He was soon traded to the Boston 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. In 1920, both Oeschger and Leon Cadore of the Brooklyn Robins pitched 26 innings for their respective teams in a game that was eventually called a tie due to darkness.
  He played out the rest of his career for the New York Giants before retiring in San Francisco. Never appearing in a World Series over his career he had 83 wins and 116 defeats. In San Francisco he was a teacher for the San Francisco Board of Education for 27 years.
context_section_description: On May 1, 1920 the Brooklyn Robins went to play the Boston Braves at Boston, in front of a crowd of 2,000 spectators. Leon Cadore was starting for the Robins. The game was held scoreless until the top of the fifth inning, when Ernie Krueger scored on Ivy Olson run batted in single. The game was tied in the sixth when Walton Cruise tripled, then scored on Tony Boeckel single. The game was ruled as a tie after 26 innings because of darkness. Oescheger only gave up 9 hits the entire game, while Cadore allowed 15.  Oeschger had one hit in nine trips to the plate.  It was a double.    If they had played one more inning the pitchers would have played the equivalent of three games.
  For the rest of the 1920 season Oescheger won 15 games with a 3.46 earned run average.
caption: A baseball field is named for him in Ferndale, California.  The plaque commemorates the longest game of baseball ever played.
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