The NL's biggest Opening Day crowd, 6,311 at Chicago,
watches 30-year-old righthander Wild Bill Hutchison
beat Cincinnati 5-4, the first of his 42
wins and 65 complete games out of 66 starts. He'll
work 603 innings and relieve 5 times while sporting
a 2.70 ERA.
Philadelphia and Syracuse (AA) combine for a ML record
19 stolen bases in a single game.
St. Louis (AA) P Jack Stivetts strikes out the first
7 Columbus batters he faces. He finishes the
game with 12 K's.