Game 17: April 16, 1908 BSN @ BRO

Game  17: April 16, 1908

                   5                                    0

                 (3-0)                              (0-3)

Doves........... 0 0 0  2 2 0  0 0 1  -  5 11  0
Superbas........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  5  2

BOXSCORE: 1908 Boston Doves At 1908 Brooklyn Superbas               4/16/1908
 
  Doves              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Superbas           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Bates LF          5  0  0  0 .143     H.Pattee 2B         4  0  0  0 .000  
  G.Browne CF         5  2  2  1 .400     B.Maloney CF        3  0  1  0 .100  
  G.Beaumont RF       5  1  3  0 .500     A.Burch RF          4  0  1  0 .250  
  D.McGann 1B         4  1  1  1 .308     T.Jordan 1B         4  0  0  0 .200  
  C.Ritchey 2B        5  0  1  2 .286     W.Alperman 3B       4  0  1  0 .100  
  B.Dahlen SS         5  0  0  0 .286     J.Hummel LF         3  0  0  0 .000  
  B.Sweeney 3B        4  0  2  0 .333     P.Lewis SS          4  0  1  0 .222  
  F.Bowerman C        4  0  1  0 .083     B.Bergen C          3  0  0  0 .000  
  P.Flaherty P        2  1  1  0 .500     K.Wilhelm P         3  0  1  0 .333  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      39  5 11  4                 Totals      32  0  5  0
 
 
Doves (3-0)                      IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
P.Flaherty B (Z) - WIN(1-0)       9       5   0   0   2   1   0 124   0.00
Totals                            9       5   0   0   2   1   0
 
Superbas (0-3)                   IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
K.Wilhelm A (Z) - LOSS(0-1)       9      11   5   4   3   0   0 154   4.00
Totals                            9      11   5   4   3   0   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 3,500 T- 1:48

LEFT ON BASE- Doves:11  Superbas: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Doves: 0  Superbas: 0
TRIPLE PLAYS- Doves: 1  Superbas: 0
ERRORS- J.Hummel, P.Lewis
DOUBLES- C.Ritchey(1st), B.Sweeney(1st)
TRIPLES- P.Flaherty
RBIs- G.Browne(1st), D.McGann(3rd), C.Ritchey-2(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- A.Burch(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Flaherty
WALKS- D.McGann, B.Sweeney, P.Flaherty, B.Maloney, J.Hummel
STRIKE OUTS- J.Hummel
BALKS- P.Flaherty
RLISP 2-out- W.Alperman-2, K.Wilhelm, J.Bates-2, F.Bowerman, B.Dahlen-2,
             G.Browne-2, B.Sweeney

GAME REPORT:

 
Patsy Flaherty shutouts Brooklyn. George Browne had 2 base hits at Washington 

Park where the Boston Doves beat the Brooklyn Superbas by the score of 5 to 0.
 
Flaherty (1-0) looked very much in control throughout the day.  He didn't give
up much, just 5 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings.  Boston banged out 11
hits on the afternoon. One of those hits was a two out triple by Flaherty.  
 
Kaiser Wilhelm(0-1) took the loss.  He gave up 11 hits and 3 walks in 9
innings.

Notes on Patsy Flaherty from SABR Bio Project

Flaherty was the most famous of the early practitioners of the no-wind-up, “quick pitch” delivery in which he returned the ball to the catcher as soon as he received it in an attempt deceive the hitter and disrupt his timing. He also had excellent control for a lefty and was very good at holding runners on base “probably the best there ever was in this respect.” It was said Flaherty would walk batters on purpose just for the fun of picking them off.

It is interesting to note that Flaherty had a balk in today's game. 
In the 1950s, Casey Stengel was managing two Yankee pitchers, Bob Turley and Don Larsen, who also pitched with a no-windup delivery. This caused Casey to recall facing Flaherty more than 50 years earlier. He described his pitching this way, “He took no windup and you never knew when he was going to throw the ball. A master of quick pitches. There was no rule forcing pitchers to come to a full stop. Patsy picks up the ball and you hear the umpire holler strike. The quick, no-windup pitch is called a Patsy Flaherty. As I was digging in, I had no idea the man was ready to pitch.”