September 15, 1928: Braves play the last of record nine straight doubleheaders

When Ben Cantwell took the mound for the Boston Braves at Braves…

June 2, 1928: Les is more: Braves’ Bell wallops three home runs

No ballpark was more suited to the Deadball Era in which it was…

April 28, 1929: Red Sox fall in first official Sunday game in Boston

By the late 1920s, the longstanding prohibition against playing…

This Week in SABR: June 2, 2017

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May 7, 1918: Boston Braves blow out Brooklyn, 16-0

Shortstop Johnny Rawlings had the game of his life leading the…
Ernie Shore (SABR-Rucker Archive)

October 12, 1916: Red Sox claim championship on adopted turf

It was Columbus Day and the biggest crowd of the 1916 World Series.…

July 7, 1925: Bernie Neis’s historic clout leaves Braves Field

An ordinary doubleheader on a lazy Tuesday afternoon turned extraordinary…

May 25, 1949: Cannonball Jackman stars at Braves Field

St. Patrick's Church on Magazine Street in Roxbury was in need…

Gabe Paul

David LeFevre, who once tried to buy the Cleveland Indians, said…

Bill Schwartz

Over the winter of 1909-10, Bill Schwartz refused to sign with…

Tex Clevenger

Right-hander Truman Eugene Clevenger was born and raised in Visalia,…

Billy Colgan

Catcher Billy Colgan appeared in 48 big-league games in the summer…

July 23, 1925: Lou Gehrig hits first of 23 career grand slams

At the end of the day on July 21, 1925, the Washington Senators…

June 3, 1951: Preacher Roe, Gene Hermanski lead Dodgers to sweep of Cubs

The second game of a Sunday doubleheader on June 3, 1951, at…

SABR Digital Library: No-Hitters

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This Week in SABR: May 26, 2017

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Bud Byerly

Bud Byerly grew up and pitched for his hometown St. Louis Cardinals…

Norm Gigon

After an eight-year apprenticeship in the minor leagues, from…

Fred Hoey

“Eddie Morris, chubby little commodore of the Massachusetts…

George Jeffcoat

George Edward Jeffcoat, the older of two brothers who played…
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