When Ben Cantwell took the mound for the Boston Braves at Braves…
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No ballpark was more suited to the Deadball Era in which it was…
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By the late 1920s, the longstanding prohibition against playing…
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Though the crowd for the joyous May 7, 1918, Braves Field record…
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“The Greatest Game in the History of Major League Base Ball”1…
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At the end of the day on July 21, 1925, the Washington Senators…
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The second game of a Sunday doubleheader on June 3, 1951, at…
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The Philadelphia Phillies opened a two-game weekend series at…
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September 15, 1928: Braves play the last of record nine straight doubleheaders
June 2, 1928: Les is more: Braves’ Bell wallops three home runs
April 28, 1929: Red Sox fall in first official Sunday game in Boston
This Week in SABR: June 2, 2017
May 5, 1918: Breaking the Sabbath: Navy Yard stars win exhibition at Braves Field
May 7, 1918: Boston Braves blow out Brooklyn, 16-0
October 12, 1916: Red Sox claim championship on adopted turf
July 7, 1925: Bernie Neis’s historic clout leaves Braves Field
May 25, 1949: Cannonball Jackman stars at Braves Field
Gabe Paul
Bill Schwartz
Tex Clevenger
Billy Colgan
September 1, 1906: A’s rookie Jack Coombs, Red Sox’s Joe Harris battle for 24 innings
July 23, 1925: Lou Gehrig hits first of 23 career grand slams
June 3, 1951: Preacher Roe, Gene Hermanski lead Dodgers to sweep of Cubs
SABR Digital Library: No-Hitters
This Week in SABR: May 26, 2017
Bud Byerly
Norm Gigon
Fred Hoey
George Jeffcoat
April 17, 1976: Phillies slugger Mike Schmidt hits four home runs at Wrigley Field
April 11, 1967: Kansas City A’s shock baseball by unveiling new white shoes