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Anomalies of Protested and Suspended Baseball Games

By Stephen D. Boren

Most major league baseball games that are protested or suspended do not result in unusual situations. Actually, until 1943, suspended/ successfully protested games were very rare: there were only five such games from 1876 through 1942. Since then, there have been 153 such games. Most protests are quickly dismissed by league presidents. Many suspended games are merely resumed the next day, or perhaps two days later. However, there have been some very peculiar box scores and results after protested/suspended games were finally finished. In addition there was the famous . . .

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