Today, July 2 1963 the greatest game ever pitched

July 2, 1963
The greatest game that was ever pitched.
Spahn and Marachal, 15 + innings of shutout ball each, until Willie Mays hit a solo shot.

Inn	Score	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R/O	@Bat	Batter	Pitcher	wWPA	wWE	Play Description
Top of the 1st, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Giants' Juan Marichal facing 1-2-3
t1	0-0	0	---		O	MLN	Lee Maye	Juan Marichal	2%	52%	Popfly: 1B
t1	0-0	1	---			MLN	Frank Bolling	Juan Marichal	-2%	50%	Single to LF
t1	0-0	1	1--		O	MLN	Hank Aaron	Juan Marichal	3%	52%	Foul Flyball: 1B
t1	0-0	2	1--		O	MLN	Eddie Mathews	Juan Marichal	2%	54%	Strikeout
									0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 1-2-3
b1	0-0	0	---		O	SFG	Harvey Kuenn	Warren Spahn	-2%	52%	Popfly: SS
b1	0-0	1	---		O	SFG	Willie Mays	Warren Spahn	-1%	51%	Strikeout Looking
b1	0-0	2	---		O	SFG	Willie McCovey	Warren Spahn	-1%	50%	Groundout: 1B-P
									0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Top of the 2nd, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Giants' Juan Marichal facing 5-6-7
t2	0-0	0	---		O	MLN	Norm Larker	Juan Marichal	2%	52%	Groundout: 3B-1B
t2	0-0	1	---		O	MLN	Mack Jones	Juan Marichal	2%	54%	Strikeout
t2	0-0	2	---			MLN	Del Crandall	Juan Marichal	-2%	51%	Reached on E5 (throw to 1B) (Ground Ball); Crandall to 2B
t2	0-0	2	-2-		O	MLN	Roy McMillan	Juan Marichal	3%	55%	Flyball: CF
									0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Bottom of the 2nd, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 4-5-6
b2	0-0	0	---		O	SFG	Felipe Alou	Warren Spahn	-2%	53%	Flyball: LF
b2	0-0	1	---			SFG	Orlando Cepeda	Warren Spahn	3%	55%	Single to CF
b2	0-0	1	1--			SFG	Ed Bailey	Warren Spahn	2%	57%	Cepeda Steals 2B
b2	0-0	1	-2-		O	SFG	Ed Bailey	Warren Spahn	-3%	54%	Flyball: CF; Cepeda to 3B
b2	0-0	2	--3		O	SFG	Jose Pagan	Warren Spahn	-4%	50%	Foul Flyball: C
									0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Top of the 3rd, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Giants' Juan Marichal facing 9-1-2
t3	0-0	0	---		O	MLN	Warren Spahn	Juan Marichal	2%	52%	Groundout: P-1B
t3	0-0	1	---		O	MLN	Lee Maye	Juan Marichal	2%	54%	Flyball: RF
t3	0-0	2	---		O	MLN	Frank Bolling	Juan Marichal	1%	55%	Flyball: 3B
									0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Bottom of the 3rd, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 8-9-1
b3	0-0	0	---		O	SFG	Chuck Hiller	Warren Spahn	-2%	53%	Groundout: 2B-1B
b3	0-0	1	---		O	SFG	Juan Marichal	Warren Spahn	-2%	51%	Flyball: CF
b3	0-0	2	---		O	SFG	Harvey Kuenn	Warren Spahn	-1%	50%	Groundout: 2B-1B
									0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Top of the 4th, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Giants' Juan Marichal facing 3-4-5
t4	0-0	0	---		O	MLN	Hank Aaron	Juan Marichal	3%	53%	Flyball: LF
t4	0-0	1	---		O	MLN	Eddie Mathews	Juan Marichal	2%	54%	Strikeout
t4	0-0	2	---			MLN	Norm Larker	Juan Marichal	-1%	53%	Walk
t4	0-0	2	1--			MLN	Mack Jones	Juan Marichal	-2%	50%	Single to LF; Larker to 2B
t4	0-0	2	12-		O	MLN	Del Crandall	Juan Marichal	5%	56%	Single to CF (CF-RF); Jones to 2B; Larker out at Hm/CF-C
									0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Bottom of the 4th, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 2-3-4
									Denis Menke replaces Eddie Mathews playing 3B batting 4th
b4	0-0	0	---		O	SFG	Willie Mays	Warren Spahn	-3%	53%	Groundout: SS-1B
b4	0-0	1	---			SFG	Willie McCovey	Warren Spahn	3%	56%	Single to RF
b4	0-0	1	1--		O	SFG	Felipe Alou	Warren Spahn	-3%	53%	Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
b4	0-0	2	1--		O	SFG	Orlando Cepeda	Warren Spahn	-3%	50%	Popfly: P
									0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Top of the 5th, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Giants' Juan Marichal facing 8-9-1
t5	0-0	0	---		O	MLN	Roy McMillan	Juan Marichal	3%	53%	Groundout: SS-1B
t5	0-0	1	---		O	MLN	Warren Spahn	Juan Marichal	2%	55%	Strikeout
t5	0-0	2	---			MLN	Lee Maye	Juan Marichal	-2%	53%	Walk
t5	0-0	2	1--			MLN	Frank Bolling	Juan Marichal	-2%	52%	Maye Steals 2B
t5	0-0	2	-2-		O	MLN	Frank Bolling	Juan Marichal	5%	56%	Lineout: 3B
									0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Bottom of the 5th, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 6-7-8
b5	0-0	0	---		O	SFG	Ed Bailey	Warren Spahn	-3%	53%	Groundout: 1B unassisted
b5	0-0	1	---		O	SFG	Jose Pagan	Warren Spahn	-2%	51%	Popfly: SS
b5	0-0	2	---		O	SFG	Chuck Hiller	Warren Spahn	-1%	50%	Popfly: 2B
									0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Top of the 6th, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Giants' Juan Marichal facing 3-4-5
t6	0-0	0	---		O	MLN	Hank Aaron	Juan Marichal	3%	53%	Foul Flyball: C
t6	0-0	1	---			MLN	Denis Menke	Juan Marichal	-4%	50%	Single to LF
t6	0-0	1	1--			MLN	Norm Larker	Juan Marichal	-3%	47%	Menke Steals 2B
t6	0-0	1	-2-		O	MLN	Norm Larker	Juan Marichal	5%	52%	Popfly: 2B
t6	0-0	2	-2-		O	MLN	Mack Jones	Juan Marichal	5%	57%	Popfly: 3B
									0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Bottom of the 6th, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 9-1-2
b6	0-0	0	---		O	SFG	Juan Marichal	Warren Spahn	-3%	54%	Flyball: CF
b6	0-0	1	---		O	SFG	Harvey Kuenn	Warren Spahn	-2%	52%	Flyball: RF
b6	0-0	2	---		O	SFG	Willie Mays	Warren Spahn	-2%	50%	Flyball: RF
									0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Top of the 7th, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Giants' Juan Marichal facing 7-8-9
t7	0-0	0	---			MLN	Del Crandall	Juan Marichal	-6%	44%	Single (LF-CF)
t7	0-0	0	1--		O	MLN	Roy McMillan	Juan Marichal	10%	54%	Crandall Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
t7	0-0	1	---		O	MLN	Roy McMillan	Juan Marichal	3%	56%	Popfly: 2B
t7	0-0	2	---			MLN	Warren Spahn	Juan Marichal	-4%	52%	Double to RF
t7	0-0	2	-2-		O	MLN	Lee Maye	Juan Marichal	6%	58%	Groundout: 1B-P
									0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Bottom of the 7th, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 3-4-5
b7	0-0	0	---		O	SFG	Willie McCovey	Warren Spahn	-4%	54%	Flyball: CF
b7	0-0	1	---		O	SFG	Felipe Alou	Warren Spahn	-3%	52%	Groundout: SS-1B
b7	0-0	2	---			SFG	Orlando Cepeda	Warren Spahn	2%	54%	Single to LF
b7	0-0	2	1--			SFG	Ed Bailey	Warren Spahn	3%	57%	Single to RF; Cepeda to 2B
									Jim Davenport pinch hits for Jose Pagan (SS) batting 7th
b7	0-0	2	12-		O	SFG	Jim Davenport	Warren Spahn	-7%	50%	Flyball: CF
									0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Top of the 8th, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Giants' Juan Marichal facing 2-3-4
									Ernie Bowman replaces Jim Davenport (PH) playing SS batting 7th
t8	0-0	0	---		O	MLN	Frank Bolling	Juan Marichal	4%	54%	Foul Flyball: 3B
t8	0-0	1	---			MLN	Hank Aaron	Juan Marichal	-5%	50%	Walk
t8	0-0	1	1--		O	MLN	Denis Menke	Juan Marichal	3%	52%	Groundout: SS-1B; Aaron to 2B
t8	0-0	2	-2-		O	MLN	Norm Larker	Juan Marichal	7%	60%	Flyball: LF
									0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Bottom of the 8th, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 8-9-1
b8	0-0	0	---		O	SFG	Chuck Hiller	Warren Spahn	-4%	55%	Groundout: P-1B
b8	0-0	1	---		O	SFG	Juan Marichal	Warren Spahn	-3%	52%	Groundout: 3B-1B
b8	0-0	2	---		O	SFG	Harvey Kuenn	Warren Spahn	-2%	50%	Foul Flyball: C
									0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Top of the 9th, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Giants' Juan Marichal facing 6-7-8
t9	0-0	0	---		O	MLN	Mack Jones	Juan Marichal	5%	55%	Flyball: CF
t9	0-0	1	---		O	MLN	Del Crandall	Juan Marichal	4%	59%	Flyball: LF
t9	0-0	2	---		O	MLN	Roy McMillan	Juan Marichal	3%	62%	Groundout: 2B-1B
									0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Bottom of the 9th, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 2-3-4
b9	0-0	0	---		O	SFG	Willie Mays	Warren Spahn	-5%	57%	Groundout: P-SS-1B
b9	0-0	1	---		O	SFG	Willie McCovey	Warren Spahn	-4%	53%	Groundout: 1B-P
b9	0-0	2	---			SFG	Felipe Alou	Warren Spahn	3%	56%	Single
b9	0-0	2	1--		O	SFG	Orlando Cepeda	Warren Spahn	-6%	50%	Popfly: 3B
									0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Top of the 10th, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Giants' Juan Marichal facing 9-1-2
t10	0-0	0	---		O	MLN	Warren Spahn	Juan Marichal	5%	55%	Strikeout
t10	0-0	1	---		O	MLN	Lee Maye	Juan Marichal	4%	59%	Groundout: 1B unassisted
t10	0-0	2	---		O	MLN	Frank Bolling	Juan Marichal	3%	62%	Groundout: SS-1B
									0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Bottom of the 10th, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 6-7-8
b10	0-0	0	---		O	SFG	Ed Bailey	Warren Spahn	-5%	57%	Groundout: 2B-1B
b10	0-0	1	---			SFG	Ernie Bowman	Warren Spahn	5%	62%	Single/Bunt
b10	0-0	1	1--		O	SFG	Chuck Hiller	Warren Spahn	-6%	56%	Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
b10	0-0	2	1--		O	SFG	Juan Marichal	Warren Spahn	-6%	50%	Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
									0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Top of the 11th, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Giants' Juan Marichal facing 3-4-5
t11	0-0	0	---		O	MLN	Hank Aaron	Juan Marichal	5%	55%	Strikeout
t11	0-0	1	---		O	MLN	Denis Menke	Juan Marichal	4%	59%	Flyball: LF
t11	0-0	2	---		O	MLN	Norm Larker	Juan Marichal	3%	62%	Groundout: 2B-1B
									0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Bottom of the 11th, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 1-2-3
b11	0-0	0	---		O	SFG	Harvey Kuenn	Warren Spahn	-5%	57%	Groundout: SS-1B
b11	0-0	1	---		O	SFG	Willie Mays	Warren Spahn	-4%	53%	Flyball: LF
b11	0-0	2	---		O	SFG	Willie McCovey	Warren Spahn	-3%	50%	Groundout: P-1B
									0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Top of the 12th, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Giants' Juan Marichal facing 6-7-8
t12	0-0	0	---		O	MLN	Mack Jones	Juan Marichal	5%	55%	Strikeout
t12	0-0	1	---		O	MLN	Del Crandall	Juan Marichal	4%	59%	Flyball: RF
t12	0-0	2	---		O	MLN	Roy McMillan	Juan Marichal	3%	62%	Groundout: 3B-1B
									0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Bottom of the 12th, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 4-5-6
b12	0-0	0	---		O	SFG	Felipe Alou	Warren Spahn	-5%	57%	Flyball: CF
b12	0-0	1	---		O	SFG	Orlando Cepeda	Warren Spahn	-4%	53%	Groundout: SS-1B
b12	0-0	2	---		O	SFG	Ed Bailey	Warren Spahn	-3%	50%	Groundout: 1B unassisted
									0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Top of the 13th, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Giants' Juan Marichal facing 9-1-2
t13	0-0	0	---		O	MLN	Warren Spahn	Juan Marichal	5%	55%	Strikeout
t13	0-0	1	---		O	MLN	Lee Maye	Juan Marichal	4%	59%	Flyball: RF
t13	0-0	2	---			MLN	Frank Bolling	Juan Marichal	-3%	56%	Single to RF
t13	0-0	2	1--		O	MLN	Hank Aaron	Juan Marichal	6%	62%	Foul Flyball: 1B
									0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Bottom of the 13th, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 7-8-9
b13	0-0	0	---			SFG	Ernie Bowman	Warren Spahn	8%	70%	Single
b13	0-0	0	1--		O	SFG	Chuck Hiller	Warren Spahn	-13%	57%	Bowman Picked off 1B (P-1B-SS)
b13	0-0	1	---		O	SFG	Chuck Hiller	Warren Spahn	-4%	53%	Groundout: 2B-1B
b13	0-0	2	---		O	SFG	Juan Marichal	Warren Spahn	-3%	50%	Flyball: CF
									0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Top of the 14th, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Giants' Juan Marichal facing 4-5-6
t14	0-0	0	---		O	MLN	Denis Menke	Juan Marichal	5%	55%	Strikeout
t14	0-0	1	---			MLN	Norm Larker	Juan Marichal	-6%	50%	Walk
									Don Dillard pinch hits for Mack Jones (CF) batting 6th
t14	0-0	1	1--		O	MLN	Don Dillard	Juan Marichal	7%	56%	Strikeout
t14	0-0	2	1--		O	MLN	Del Crandall	Juan Marichal	6%	62%	Groundout: P-1B
									0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Bottom of the 14th, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 1-2-3
									Don Dillard moves from PH to CF
b14	0-0	0	---			SFG	Harvey Kuenn	Warren Spahn	18%	80%	Double to CF
b14	0-0	0	-2-			SFG	Willie Mays	Warren Spahn	1%	80%	Intentional Walk
b14	0-0	0	12-		O	SFG	Willie McCovey	Warren Spahn	-11%	69%	Foul Flyball: C
b14	0-0	1	12-		O	SFG	Felipe Alou	Warren Spahn	-9%	60%	Flyball: CF
b14	0-0	2	12-			SFG	Orlando Cepeda	Warren Spahn	5%	65%	Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Mays to 2B; Kuenn to 3B
b14	0-0	2	123		O	SFG	Ed Bailey	Warren Spahn	-15%	50%	Flyball: CF
									0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Top of the 15th, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Giants' Juan Marichal facing 8-9-1
t15	0-0	0	---		O	MLN	Roy McMillan	Juan Marichal	5%	55%	Foul Flyball: 1B
t15	0-0	1	---		O	MLN	Warren Spahn	Juan Marichal	4%	59%	Foul Flyball: 3B
t15	0-0	2	---		O	MLN	Lee Maye	Juan Marichal	3%	62%	Flyball: RF
									0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Bottom of the 15th, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 7-8-9
b15	0-0	0	---		O	SFG	Ernie Bowman	Warren Spahn	-5%	57%	Flyball: RF
b15	0-0	1	---		O	SFG	Chuck Hiller	Warren Spahn	-4%	53%	Flyball: LF
b15	0-0	2	---		O	SFG	Juan Marichal	Warren Spahn	-3%	50%	Strikeout
									0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Top of the 16th, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Giants' Juan Marichal facing 2-3-4
t16	0-0	0	---		O	MLN	Frank Bolling	Juan Marichal	5%	55%	Flyball: RF
t16	0-0	1	---		O	MLN	Hank Aaron	Juan Marichal	4%	59%	Flyball: CF
t16	0-0	2	---			MLN	Denis Menke	Juan Marichal	-3%	56%	Single to LF
t16	0-0	2	1--		O	MLN	Norm Larker	Juan Marichal	6%	62%	Groundout: P-1B
									0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
Bottom of the 16th, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Braves' Warren Spahn facing 1-2-3
b16	0-0	0	---		O	SFG	Harvey Kuenn	Warren Spahn	-5%	57%	Flyball: CF
b16	0-0	1	---		R	SFG	Willie Mays	Warren Spahn	43%	100%	Home Run
									1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 1.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:SFN196307020
BackToBaseball.com Game Playback

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	BF
Warren Spahn, L (11-4)	15.1	9	1	1	1	2	2.84	56
Team Totals	15.1	9	1	1	1	2	0.59	56
Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	BF
Juan Marichal, W (13-3)	16	8	0	0	4	10	2.14	59
Team Totals	16	8	0	0	4	10	0	59

oh wow nashy. good stuff

Originally Posted by Smoke

oh wow nashy. good stuff

That's enough out of you Smokey

Warren Spahn was 42 years old ?

Jesus Christ, 227 and 201 pitches thrown by each.

Originally Posted by stevenash

That's enough out of you Smokey

:

The only Brave with an extra-base hit was Spahn lol

Originally Posted by Smoke

:

Joking around.

Originally Posted by stevenash

Joking around.

oh ok. willie mays one of my all time favorites

Originally Posted by Smoke

oh ok. willie mays one of my all time favorites

Say Hey Kid.
Ask any Giants fan, he was the best centerfielder in NY, ask any Giants fan, he was better than Mantle.
I think they're both equal, and that Duke Snider guy wasn't too shabby either.

Thank You, Nash.

Great stuff.
Great memory.



Mick, Duke and "The Say Hey Kid"

Originally Posted by stevenash

Say Hey Kid.
Ask any Giants fan, he was the best centerfielder in NY, ask any Giants fan, he was better than Mantle.
I think they're both equal, and that Duke Snider guy wasn't too shabby either.

Mantle could drink him under the table tho

Originally Posted by MickeyMan

Mantle could drink him under the table tho

Mantle, "If I had known that I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself."

did you consider:
Haddix ( 12 perfect innings, first base runner on by error in 13th , 1 hit, 1 run, losing pitcher)
vs
Burdette (13 inning shutout)

Originally Posted by MickeyMan

Mantle could drink him under the table tho

You got that right, if Mantle doesn't twist his ankle in the drain ditch he probably becomes the greatest ever instead of one of the greatest ever.