On July 11 of 1916, the Philadelphia Athletics won the second game of a double header against the St. Louis Browns. The 3-0 victory came together on two runs in the first and an insurance run in the fifth, orchestrated by six hits, all singles, eight walks, and a stolen base by Connie Mack’s basement-dwelling backstop, Wally Schang.
Just over a week later on July 20, the A’s fought off another double header sweep, this time against the Indians, winning game two with a pair of runs in the sixth inning. The Athletics outdid themselves, managing an actual extra base hit via centerfielder Amos Strunk amid, again, an offense comprised of six singles, as well as a walk and a stolen base, this time courtesy of shortstop Whitey Witt, a man best known for being brained unconscious by a hurled soda bottle six years later with the Yankees.