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Protested game

{{short description|Occurs in baseball, initiated by a manager}}

File:Lee MacPhail 2004.jpg upheld the protest by the Kansas City Royals in the Pine Tar Incident in 1983.]]

A protested game occurs in baseball when a manager believes that an umpire's decision is in violation of the official rules. In such cases, the manager can raise a protest by informing the umpires, and the game continues to be played "under protest." Protests were allowed in Major League Baseball (MLB) through the 2019 season, after which they were abolished, thus making all games official following their conclusion.

Rules

Through the {{mlby|2019}} season, protests in Major League Baseball (MLB) were governed by Rule 7.04, "Protesting Games". Managers could initiate a protest "because of alleged misapplication of the rules", provided they notified the umpires "at the time the play under protest occurs and before the next pitch, play or attempted play" (in the case of a game-ending play, a protest could be filed with the league office by noon of the next day).{{cite web|url=https://content.mlb.com/documents/2/2/4/305750224/2019_Official_Baseball_Rules_FINAL_.pdf |title=Official Baseball Rules |date=2019 |publisher=Major League Baseball |via=MLB.com |access-date=July 29, 2019}} A protested game was reviewed and adjudicated by the league president, or the executive vice president of baseball operations,{{cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/glossary/rules/protested-game |title=What is a Protested Game? |website=MLB.com |access-date=July 29, 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1360712-cardinals-vs-braves-infield-fly-rule-protest-denied-as-umpires-get-call-right |title=St. Louis Cardinals vs. Atlanta Braves: Umpires Get Infield Fly Rule Call Right |first=Gil |last=Imber |website=Bleacher Report |date=October 5, 2012 |access-date=July 29, 2019}} who could order a game resumed (replayed from the point of the protested decision) only if finding the umpire's decision was in violation of the rules {{em|and}} the decision "adversely affected the protesting team’s chances of winning the game."{{efn|In practice, if the protesting team went on to win the game, their protest was considered moot, although MLB rules did not specifically state this.}} A well-known example of a protested game in MLB was the Pine Tar Incident in 1983, which was the only time that a protested game in the American League was ordered replayed from the point-of-protest. An umpire's judgment call (such as balls and strikes, safe or out, fair or foul) could not be protested.

In {{mlby|2020}}, the provision to protest a game was removed, as Rule 7.04 now reads:{{Cite book|url=https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/static.wbsc.org/assets/cms/documents/fbbc10f9-2989-be7d-ab8a-00e660e61c36.pdf|title=Official Baseball Rules|publisher=Major League Baseball|isbn=978-1-7348793-0-8|edition=2020|pages=vii, 94|access-date=June 2, 2021|via=amazonaws.com}}{{Cite book|publisher=Major League Baseball|url=https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/mlb/atcjzj9j7wrgvsm8wnjq.pdf|title=Official Baseball Rules|isbn=978-1-62937-893-0|edition=2021|page=94|access-date=June 8, 2021|via=mlbstatic.com}}{{cite book |url=https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/mlb/wqn5ah4c3qtivwx3jatm.pdf |title=Official Baseball Rules |publisher=Major League Baseball |edition=2023 |isbn=978-1-63727-284-8 |page=97 |accessdate=June 27, 2024 |via=mlbstatic.com}}

Protesting a game shall never be permitted, regardless of whether such complaint is based on judgment decisions by the umpire or an allegation that an umpire misapplied these rules or otherwise rendered a decision in violation of these rules.

Upheld protests in MLB

Upheld protests were a rare event; the below tables list upheld protests in MLB.

=Resumed games=

Through 2019, the last season during which protests were allowed in MLB, there were only 15 known occurrences of a protest being upheld and the game being resumed from the point at which the protest was raised.{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/protests.htm |title=Resumed Protested Games |website=Retrosheet |access-date=July 29, 2019}} Of those 15 occurrences, the protesting team went on to win eight of the resumed games.

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|+ Key

|bgcolor=lightgreen|Protesting team won the game

bgcolor=lightgrey|Protesting team lost the game

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|+Upheld protests with game resumed from the point-of-protest

Date

!Venue

!Protesting team

!Inning

!Opposing team

!width=40%|Nature of protest

!Initial result

!Final

!Ref.

August 30, 1913

|Baker Bowl, Philadelphia

|New York Giants

|9th (top)

|Philadelphia Phillies

|League president overruled a forfeit ruling by an umpire (who had awarded the game to the Giants) and awarded the game to the Phillies, who had been leading 8–6 at the time.{{efn|See entry of the same date in the table in the following section.}} The Giants' protest of the league president's decision was upheld by the league's board of the directors, who ordered the game played to completion.{{efn|Although started in Philadelphia, the game was completed in New York at Polo Grounds, reportedly "the first time in the history of major league baseball a game started in one city [was] finished in another."{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-baseball-ruling-a-novel-one-to/150206340/ |title=Baseball Ruling a Novel One to 'Fans' |newspaper=Paterson Evening News |location=Paterson, New Jersey |page=6 |date=September 17, 1913 |accessdate=June 27, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}}}

|bgcolor=lightgrey|Phillies 8
Giants 6

|bgcolor=lightgrey|Phillies 8
Giants 6

|{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1913/B08300PHI1913.htm |title=Philadelphia Phillies 8, New York Giants 6 |website=Retrosheet |date=August 30, 1913 |access-date=July 29, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/pr130830.htm |title=08/30/1913 - New York at Philadelphia NL |website=Retrosheet |access-date=July 29, 2019}}

July 5, 1920

|Polo Grounds, New York City

|Philadelphia Phillies

|7th (top)

|New York Giants

|Placement of runners following a Phillies pop-up that was not caught; one umpire had ruled a force out, the other an infield fly.

|bgcolor=lightgrey|Giants 6
Phillies 0

|bgcolor=lightgrey|Giants 13
Phillies 0

|{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1920/B07052NY11920.htm |title=New York Giants 13, Philadelphia Phillies 0 (2) |website=Retrosheet |date=July 5, 1920 |access-date=July 29, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/pr200705.htm |title=Resumed Protested Game: 7/5/1920 |website=Retrosheet |access-date=July 29, 2019}}

May 28, 1921

|Forbes Field, Pittsburgh

|Pittsburgh Pirates

|8th (bottom)

|Cincinnati Reds

|Umpires allowed a rundown to occur after the ball had been thrown into the Reds' dugout and thrown back to a player.

|bgcolor=lightgrey|Reds 3
Pirates 2

|bgcolor=lightgreen|Pirates 4
Reds 3

|{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1921/B05280PIT1921.htm |title=Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Cincinnati Reds 3 |website=Retrosheet |date=May 28, 1921 |access-date=July 29, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/newslt10.htm#Protested |title=Protested Game |website=Retrosheet |access-date=July 29, 2019}}

July 2, 1934

|Wrigley Field, Chicago

|St. Louis Cardinals

|7th (bottom)

|Chicago Cubs

|Infield fly was not called on a Cubs' pop-up in front of the plate with the bases loaded and one out.

|bgcolor=lightgrey|Cubs 7
{{nowrap|Cardinals 4}}

|bgcolor=lightgrey|Cubs 7
Cardinals 1

|{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1934/B07020CHN1934.htm |title=Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis Cardinals 1 |website=Retrosheet |date=July 2, 1934 |access-date=July 29, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/pr340702.htm |title=Resumed Protested Game: 7/2/1934 |website=Retrosheet |access-date=July 29, 2019}}

June 5, 1943

|Sportsman's Park, St. Louis

|Philadelphia Phillies

|8th (middle)

|St. Louis Cardinals

|Game called on account of rain; Cardinals' grounds crew did not cover the field properly.

|bgcolor=lightgrey|Cardinals 1
Phillies 0

|bgcolor=lightgreen|Phillies 2
Cardinals 1

|{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1943/B06050SLN1943.htm |title=Philadelphia Phillies 2, St. Louis Cardinals 1 |website=Retrosheet |date=June 5, 1943 |access-date=July 29, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/pr430605.htm |title=Resumed Protested Game: 6/5/1943 |website=Retrosheet |access-date=July 29, 2019}}

June 13, 1943

|Polo Grounds, New York City

|New York Giants

|9th (top)

|Philadelphia Phillies

|A Phillies batter deliberately stepped into a pitch, which should be ruled an out, but was not ruled out.

|bgcolor=lightgrey|Phillies 6
Giants 3

|bgcolor=lightgreen|Giants 4
Phillies 3

|{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1943/B06132NY11943.htm |title=New York Giants 4, Philadelphia Phillies 3 (2) |website=Retrosheet |date=June 13, 1943 |access-date=July 29, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/pr430613.htm |title=Resumed Protested Game: 6/13/1943 |website=Retrosheet |access-date=July 29, 2019}}

August 17, 1947

|Shibe Park, Philadelphia

|Brooklyn Dodgers

|7th (bottom)

|Philadelphia Phillies

|Deliberate stalling tactics by the Phillies after allowing a run in the top of the 7th inning so that the game would be halted due to curfew and roll back to the 6th inning tied score.{{efn|Though the game was resumed as if it was protested by the Dodgers, it is unknown if the Dodgers actually protested this game or if then-NL President (and future Commissioner) Ford Frick made the ruling solely after reading the umpire’s report of the Phillies’ stalling tactics.{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/pr470821.htm |title=Resumed Protested Game: 8/17/1947 |website=Retrosheet |date=December 17, 2005 |access-date=July 29, 2019}}}}

|Dodgers 4
Phillies 4

|bgcolor=lightgreen|Dodgers 7
Phillies 5

|{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1947/B08172PHI1947.htm |title=Brooklyn Dodgers 7, Philadelphia Phillies 5 (2) |website=Retrosheet |date=August 17, 1947 |access-date=July 29, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/pr470821.htm |title=Resumed Protested Game: 8/17/1947 |website=Retrosheet |access-date=July 29, 2019}}

August 25, 1948

|Forbes Field, Pittsburgh

|Pittsburgh Pirates

|9th (bottom)

|Brooklyn Dodgers

|Illegal substitution by Brooklyn; pitcher replaced before he had finished pitching to one batter.{{efn|Although started in Pittsburgh, the game was completed in Brooklyn at Ebbets Field. The resumption is the first known time in modern major-league history that a team got a walk-off at their opponent’s stadium.}}

|bgcolor=lightgray|{{nowrap|Dodgers 11}}
Pirates 9

|bgcolor=lightgreen|Pirates 12
{{nowrap|Dodgers 11}}

|{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1948/B08250PIT1948.htm |title=Pittsburgh Pirates 12, Brooklyn Dodgers 11 |website=Retrosheet |date=August 25, 1948 |access-date=July 29, 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34365832/pirate_protest_upheld/ |title=Pirate Protest Upheld |agency=UP |newspaper=Press & Sun-Bulletin |location=Binghamton, New York |page=25 |date=August 26, 1948 |access-date=July 29, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}

September 22, 1954

|County Stadium, Milwaukee

|Cincinnati Reds

|9th (top)

|Milwaukee Braves

|Umpires ruled a Reds baserunner out after batter ran to first on an uncaught third strike (although already out) and drew a throw, which went into the outfield.

|bgcolor=lightgrey|Braves 3
Reds 1

|bgcolor=lightgrey|Braves 4
Reds 3

|{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1954/B09220MLN1954.htm |title=Milwaukee Braves 4, Cincinnati Reds 3 |website=Retrosheet |date=September 22, 1954 |access-date=July 29, 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34366085/redsbraves_game_protest_upheld_by_nl/ |title=Reds-Braves Game Protest Upheld by NL |agency=AP |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pennsylvania |page=27 |date=September 24, 1954 |access-date=July 29, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}

August 1, 1971

|Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia

|St. Louis Cardinals

|12th (top)

|Philadelphia Phillies

|Umpires called game after rain delay, reverting 6–3 Cardinals lead into 3–3 tie (score at end of 11th inning). Cardinals' protest was upheld, as unplayable field was due to breakdown of Phillies' rain removal machine.

|Cardinals 3
Phillies 3

|bgcolor=lightgreen|Cardinals 9
Phillies 6

|{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1971/B08010PHI1971.htm |title=St. Louis Cardinals 9, Philadelphia Phillies 6 |website=Retrosheet |date=August 1, 1971 |access-date=July 29, 2019}}

May 15, 1975

|Jarry Park, Montreal

|Atlanta Braves

|4th (bottom)

|Montreal Expos

|Umpires called game after rain delay, negating a 4–1 Braves lead (game not yet official, so would have been replayed in its entirety). Braves protested, asserting umpires didn't wait long enough or test condition of field.

|No game

|bgcolor=lightgreen|Braves 5
Expos 4

|{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1975/B05150MON1975.htm |title=Atlanta Braves 5, Montreal Expos 4 |website=Retrosheet |date=May 15, 1975 |access-date=July 29, 2019}}

August 21, 1979

|Shea Stadium, New York City

|Houston Astros

|9th (top)

|New York Mets

|Umpires disallowed a single by Houston batter Jeffrey Leonard that had occurred with Mets first baseman Ed Kranepool not on the field. League president Chub Feeney upheld protest and ruled that Leonard's hit was valid.

|bgcolor=lightgrey|Mets 5
Astros 0

|bgcolor=lightgrey|Mets 5
Astros 0

|{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1979/B08210NYN1979.htm |title=New York Mets 5, Houston Astros 0 |website=Retrosheet |date=August 21, 1979 |access-date=July 29, 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34377538/astros_win_protest_still_lose_game_to/ |title=Astros win protest, still lose game to Mets |agency=AP |newspaper=The StarPhoenix |location=Saskatoon |page=D4 |date=August 23, 1979 |access-date=July 29, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}

July 24, 1983

|Yankee Stadium, New York City

|Kansas City Royals

|9th (top)

|New York Yankees

|Pine Tar Incident: Umpires called Royals batter George Brett out after using a bat with too much pine tar on the handle.

|bgcolor=lightgrey|Yankees 4
Royals 3

|bgcolor=lightgreen|Royals 5
Yankees 4

|{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1983/B07240NYA1983.htm |title=Kansas City Royals 5, New York Yankees 4 |website=Retrosheet |date=July 24, 1983 |access-date=July 29, 2019}}

June 16, 1986

|Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh

|Pittsburgh Pirates

|6th (top)

|St. Louis Cardinals

|Pirates protested umpires' decision to call the game on account of rain; didn't wait long enough.

|bgcolor=lightgrey|Cardinals 4
Pirates 1

|bgcolor=lightgrey|Cardinals 4
Pirates 2

|{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1986/B06160PIT1986.htm |title=St. Louis Cardinals 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 |website=Retrosheet |date=June 16, 1986 |access-date=July 29, 2019}}

August 19, 2014

|Wrigley Field, Chicago

|San Francisco Giants

|5th (middle)

|Chicago Cubs

|Giants protested umpires' decision to call the game on account of rain; Cubs' grounds crew had difficulty covering the field during sudden heavy rain.

|bgcolor=lightgrey|Cubs 2
Giants 0

|bgcolor=lightgrey|Cubs 2
Giants 1

|{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2014/B08190CHN2014.htm |title=Chicago Cubs 2, San Francisco Giants 1 |website=Retrosheet |date=August 19, 2014 |access-date=July 29, 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2014/08/20/san-francisco-giants-chicago-cubs-protest-rain-tarp-wrigley-field/14365471/ |title=Giants win protest over rain-shortened Cubs game |first=Bob |last=Nightengale |website=USA Today |date=August 20, 2014 |access-date=August 17, 2019}}

=Non-resumed games=

There have been other instances of a protest being upheld, with the game not resumed from the point at which the protest was raised; most often, the game was ordered replayed. In one instance, the game was declared a no contest, and in another instance, the protesting team was declared the winner without further play being ordered.{{efn|name=Aug1913}} Examples include:

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|+Upheld protests with other remedy

Date

!Venue

!Protesting team

!Inning

!Opposing team

!width=40%|Nature of protest

!Outcome

!Ref.

May 7–8, 1902

|West Side Park, Chicago

|New York Giants

| —

|Chicago Orphans

|The pitcher's plate (pitching rubber) was found to be the wrong distance from home plate. New York's protest was upheld, and the league ordered the games to be replayed.

|Replayed

|{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34383690/new_yorks_protest_upheld/ |title=New York's Protest Upheld |newspaper=Indianapolis Journal |page=2 |date=June 4, 1902 |access-date=July 30, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34383714/new_yorks_protest_upheld_contd/ |title=New York's Protest Upheld (cont'd) |newspaper=Indianapolis Journal |page=2 |date=June 4, 1902 |access-date=July 30, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}

October 2, 1912

|West Side Park, Chicago

|Pittsburgh Pirates

|10th (bottom)

|Chicago Cubs

|Chicago won in extra innings, with the winning run driven in by a player who batted out of order. The basis of Pittsburgh's protest was that "the umpire was required to call attention to any infraction of the rules." The protest was upheld and the game result was simply removed from the league standings, as the protest was ruled on late in the 1912 season, with both teams out of pennant contention.

|No contest

|{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34383396/dumb_work_by_manager_clarke/ |title=Dumb Work by Manager Clarke |newspaper=The Buffalo Times |location=Buffalo, New York |page=18 |date=October 3, 1912 |access-date=July 30, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34383423/pittsburghs_protest_upheld_by_lynch/ |title=Pittsburgh's Protest Upheld by Lynch |newspaper=Washington Times |location=Washington, D.C. |page=10 |date=October 14, 1912 |access-date=July 30, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}

August 30, 1913

|Baker Bowl, Philadelphia

|Philadelphia Phillies

|9th (top)

|New York Giants

|Umpire forfeited game to Giants due to behavior of Phillies' fans, negating an 8–6 Phillies lead.

|Phillies awarded victory{{efn|name=Aug1913|This ruling by the league president was challenged, and the league's board of directors ordered the game resumed. See entry of the same date in the table in the prior section.}}

|

May 14, 1914

|Federal League Park, Buffalo

|Chicago Whales

|9th (bottom)

|Buffalo Blues

|Umpire's ruling following a dropped ball on an infield fly. League president upheld the protest and ordered the entire game replayed.{{efn|name=Federal|Protest occurred within the Federal League, which is considered to have been a major league.}}

|Replayed

|{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34401381/tinker_to_protest_game/ |title=Tinker to Protest Game |newspaper=The Indianapolis Star |page=7 |date=May 15, 1914 |access-date=July 30, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34399616/tinker_protests_yesterdays_game/ |title=Tinker Protests Yesterday's Game |newspaper=Buffalo Evening News |location=Buffalo, New York |page=16 |date=May 15, 1914 |access-date=July 30, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34401140/tinkers_protest_upheld/ |title=Tinker's Protest Upheld |newspaper=The New York Times |page=9 |date=May 23, 1914 |access-date=July 30, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}

June 19, 1915

|Terrapin Park, Baltimore

|Baltimore Terrapins

|1st (top)

|Chicago Whales

|Umpire allowed a Chicago player to score after he had left the field and gone to the bench. League president upheld the protest and ordered the entire game replayed.{{efn|name=Federal}}

|Replayed

|{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34419295/protest_by_baltimore/ |title=Protest by Baltimore |newspaper=The Star Press |location=The Star Press |page=11 |date=June 20, 1915 |access-date=July 31, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34419306/buffalo_protest_upheld/ |title=Buffalo Protest Upheld |newspaper=St. Joseph News-Press |location=St. Joseph, Missouri |page=16 |date=July 9, 1915 |access-date=July 31, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}

April 17, 1917

|Braves Field, Boston

|Philadelphia Phillies

|2nd (top)

|Boston Braves

|Umpire ruled a Phillies player out for running outside the base path, on a play when the runner was not avoiding a tag. League president upheld the protest and ordered the entire game replayed.

|Replayed

|{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34514142/phillies_protest_upheld_by_tener/ |title=Phillies' Protest Upheld by Tener |first=Frederick G. |last=Lieb |newspaper=The Sun |location=New York City |page=13 |date=April 28, 1917 |access-date=August 3, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34514209/karpes_comment_on_sports_topics/ |title=Karpe's Comment on Sports Topics (column) |newspaper=Buffalo Evening News |location=Buffalo, New York |page=20 |date=May 4, 1917 |access-date=August 3, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}

August 19, 1917

|Navin Field, Detroit

|Washington Senators

|9th (bottom)

|Detroit Tigers

|Detroit's third base coach (Ty Cobb) touched the Detroit baserunner who scored the winning run of the game as he rounded third base. League president upheld the protest and ordered the entire game replayed.

|Replayed

|{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34514386/ty_cobb_touches_runner_and_griffith/ |title=Ty Cobb Touches Runner and Griffith Protests Game |newspaper=The Boston Globe |page=5 |date=August 20, 1917 |access-date=August 3, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34514409/griffiths_protest_upheld/ |title=Griffith's Protest Upheld |newspaper=The Sun |location=New York City |page=13 |date=September 21, 1917 |access-date=August 3, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}

June 3, 1918

|Ebbets Field, Brooklyn

|Brooklyn Robins

|6th (top)

|St. Louis Cardinals

|A Cardinals baserunner reached third base, started to run back to second base, then ran directly to home plate without re-touching third base; umpire allowed the run to count. League president upheld the protest and ordered the entire game replayed.

|Replayed

|{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34514652/st_louis_trims_dodgers/ |title=St. Louis Trims Dodgers |newspaper=The Lancaster Daily Intelligencer |location=Lancaster, Pennsylvania |page=9 |date=June 4, 1918 |access-date=August 3, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34514678/dodgers_protest_is_upheld_by_tener/ |title=Dodgers Protest is Upheld by Tener |newspaper=The Daily Standard Union |location=Brooklyn |page=15 |date=June 15, 1918 |access-date=August 3, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}

July 28, 1924

|Sportsman's Park, St. Louis

|St. Louis Browns

|9th (bottom)

|Boston Red Sox

|Umpire's misunderstanding of substitutions led to the Browns batting out of order. League president upheld the protest and ordered the entire game replayed.

|Replayed

|{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34514997/sox_victors_105_browns_to_protest/ |title=Sox Victors, 10-5 Browns to Protest |newspaper=The Boston Globe |page=8 |date=July 29, 1924 |access-date=August 3, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34515018/sislers_protest_upheld_by_johnson/ |title=Sisler's Protest Upheld by Johnson |newspaper=Democrat and Chronicle |location=Rochester, New York |page=25 |date=August 18, 1924 |access-date=August 3, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}

July 20, 1947

|Ebbets Field, Brooklyn

|St. Louis Cardinals

|9th (top)

|Brooklyn Dodgers

|With the Cardinals leading 2–0, their batter hit a deep drive that was signaled as not a home run by one umpire. The batter, in running the bases, slowed up after seeing it signaled as a home run by another umpire and was thrown out at the plate; this was the basis of the protest. The protest was upheld, however the remedy was not to re-play the game from the point of protest; the league president ruled that the home run would count. As the Dodgers had gone on to score three runs in the bottom of the ninth, this turned a 3–2 Dodgers win into a 3–3 tie. The tie game stands as an official result, with all individual records counting. A replay of the tied game was held on August 18, 1947, which was won by the Dodgers.

|Replayed{{efn|The original game of July 20, 1947, was ruled a tie.}}

|{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1947/B07200BRO1947.htm |title=Brooklyn Dodgers 3, St. Louis Cardinals 3 |website=Retrosheet |date=July 20, 1947 |access-date=July 29, 2019}}{{cite magazine |url=http://research.sabr.org/journals/files/SABR-Baseball_Research_Journal-33.pdf |magazine=The Baseball Research Journal |isbn=0-910137-97-8 |volume=33 |date=2004 |first=David W. |last=Smith |title=Protest Upheld, Computer Software Confounded |pages=34–35 |via=SABR}}

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References

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Further reading

  • {{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/07/24/red-sox-manager-alex-cora-protests-game-vs-rays |title=Baseball's Modern-Day Protests Take Root in Principle, Not Results |first=Emma |last=Baccellieri |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=July 24, 2019 |access-date=July 30, 2019}}

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