There are now six major league teams with 10,000 franchise wins:
San Francisco/New York Giants - 10,528
Chicago Cubs - 10,314
Los Angeles/Brooklyn Dodgers - 10,227
St. Louis Cardinals - 10,204
Atlanta/Milwaukee/Boston Braves - 10,042
Cincinnati Reds - 10,000
Up next: Pittsburgh Pirates - 9,887; New York Yankees - 9,774
Source: baseball-reference.com
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The only hit was off the bat of the Pirates’ starting pitcher James McDonald.
According to the unwritten rules of baseball Cain may now have McDonald killed. I could be wrong.
(On a serious note: How often has that happened? A one-hitter with the only hit by a pitcher. Someone find that out.)
UPDATE: He’s the first Giant since Hooks Wiltse in 1908 to be separated from a perfect game by just one hit to the opposing pitcher. The last major leaguer with such a game was the Padres’ Jimmy Jones, who gave up just a triple to Houston’s Bob Knepper on Sept. 21, 1986. Courtesy of Trent McCrotter, SABR
(h/t to Hunting Cows)
