. Has a baseball team ever had to forfeit a game because they ran out of players?

Question

The other day the San Francisco Giants had to use a pitcher in the outfield and had only 2 starting pitchers left on the bench. I was wondering if any team has forfeited a game because there were no more players available.

Answer 1

There have been 139 forfeits in major league history, but none occurred due to a lack of players. Here's a complete list, which also gives an explanation for each forfeit:

http://www.retrosheet.org/forfeits.htm

Answer 2

Unlike basketball, where you can continue playing with fewer than five players on the court, baseball requires you to have nine men in the field. Here is rule 4.17:

"A game shall be forfeited to the opposing team when a team is unable or refuses to place nine players on the field."

Answer 3

They have forfeited games but did not have to. They can keep playing untill someone wins

Answer 4

yes once the red sox had to forfiet against the yanks because it went like 20 innings and they ran out of pitchers

Answer 5

If you count the 2002 All star game which ended in a tie b/c of no more players yes it happened.

Answer 6

The year Shoeless Joe Jackson played. 8 of them got suspended and the World Series was over.

Answer 7

The answer is no.....Craig S's answer should be voted as "Best Answer" for this question.

Answer 8

i dont know try going to google and typing it in.