» September 30, 1907:
Cardinals 1B Ed Konetchy steals home twice in St. Louis' three game against Boston. St. Louis sets a ML one-game record with three steals of home as Joe Delahanty also scores in the 8th.
» August 5, 1912:
At St. Louis, the Cards' Ed Konetchy hits two inside-the-park homers in an 8–4 win over Brooklyn.
» June 22, 1913: George Pearce of the Cubs stops the Cards on one hit, a single by Ed Konetchy. Pearce wins, 6–0, over Pol Perritt.
» July 18, 1913: At the Polo Grounds, the Cards win the opener of two, 4–3, with help from the error-prone Giants. In blanking the Cards 5–0, in the nitecap, Christy Mathewson finally yields a base on balls, ending a record string of 68 walkless innings pitched. Ed Konetchy draws the pass in the 8th. Matty's record won't be topped until Bill Fischer, in 1962.
» December 12, 1913:
The Pirates clean house in an 8-player swap with the Cardinals. Going to St. Louis is Dots Miller, a 1909 World Series hero, 14-game winner Hank Robinson, 3B Cozy Dolan, infielder Art Butler, and OF Chief Wilson, king of the triple. The Pirates receive pitcher Bob Harmon, 3B Mike Mowry, and 1B Ed Konetchy, whom the Bucs had been after for years.
» June 28, 1916:
The Giants Ferdie Schupp stops the Braves on one hit, a single by Ed Konetchy.
» June 30, 1916: For the 2nd time in three days, the Braves Ed Konetchy collects the only hit in a game, a single. Today it is Rube Benton of the Giants firing the one hitter.
» September 28, 1916: In the 4th doubleheader whitewash in the NL this month, the Giants' Jeff Tesreau tops the Braves, 2–0, in the opener. In the 2nd game, Ferdie Schupp yields a 7th inning single to Braves 1B Ed Konetchy, breaking up his no hitter. Schupp finishes with a one-hit, 6–0 win, and will end the year with an ERA of 0.90. For New York, it is their 25th consecutive win.
» September 30, 1916: In the opener of a doubleheader, Giants pitcher Rube Benton takes a no hitter into the 8th inning before Braves 1B Ed Konetchy repeats his performance of two days ago by lacing a hit, the only Boston safety. Benton wins the one-hitter, 4–0 for New York's record 26th win in a row. Boston then wins the 2nd game, 8–3, behind Lefty Tyler to snap the historic streak. Jeff Tesreau, in relief of Slim Sallee, is ineffective. Despite the winning streak, and an earlier skein of 17 victories on the road, New York finishes in 4th place.
» July 1, 1919:
Going 5-for-5 in a 9-4 win over the Phils, Brooklyn's Ed Konetchy gets his 10th straight hit, tying Jake Gettman's record with Washington in 1897. Both will be topped by Walt Dropo in 1952.
» May 1, 1920:
In Boston, Brooklyn's Leon Cadore and the Braves'
Joe Oeschger duel 26 innings to a 1-1 tie in the longest game ever played in the ML. Oeschger shuts out the Dodgers for the last 21 innings, topping Art Nehf's 20 scoreless frames in a row on August 1, 1918. He gives up nine hits, and Cadore allows 12, in the 3-hour, 50-minute game. The Dodgers lose to the Phils at home
in 13 innings the next day, then return to Boston for a Monday game where they lose again in 19. For 58 innings work in 3 days, they are 0-2. An unusual
double play occurs in the 17th inning when the bases are loaded with one out. A grounder to P Oeschger results in a throw home, forcing the runner. C Hank Gowdy's throw to 1B Walter Holke is fumbled, and when the runner tries to score from 2B, the throw back to Gowdy nips the sliding Ed Konetchy.
» August 11, 1926:
Dodgers rookie Babe Herman collects his ninth hit in a row, but flies out to Kiki Cuyler in the 6th to fall short of the record of 10 straight, held
by Cuyler and Ed Konetchy.
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