Less than one calendar year since winning the National League…
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Dick Fowler (left) and Phil Marchildon (right) at Philadelphia…
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The victory this day brought the Beaneaters to within a half-game…
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After a 2-1 loss at Cincinnati May 29, Boston’s record dropped…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/18-Klobedanz-Frederick-384-56_HS_PD.jpg1200839admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-03-13 00:01:502023-02-28 13:52:56June 21, 1897: Two-way threat Fred Klobedanz leads Boston to 11-6 win over Brooklyn
The idea of Luis Tiant pitching at Chicago’s Wrigley Field…
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Pete Rose’s 24-season career, spent entirely in the National…
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As the skies darkened over the nation’s capital, the spirit…
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Patriots Day commemorates the Revolutionary War Battles of Lexington…
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Two weeks after the Cleveland Indians’ Larry Doby broke the…
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Several hundred loyal Boston rooters blew their tin horns,…
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As the morning of August 6 dawned, the Boston Beaneaters,…
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Baseball wasn’t the only thing on the minds of Bostonians…
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In late July 1901, the Philadelphia Athletics traveled to Cleveland…
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In 2013, eight Boston Red Sox players stopped shaving during…
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October 13, 1899: Kid Nichols’ masterful 3-hitter caps 10 straight seasons with 21-plus victories
June 6, 1894: Pirates crush Beaneaters 27-11 at Congress Street Grounds
August 17, 1947: Canadian pitchers Fowler, Marchildon win both ends of doubleheader for Philadelphia A’s
July 22, 1893: Tucker ‘hit like a fiend’ and Nichols ‘saved the day’
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September 19, 1892: Kid Nichols’ batting fest
June 21, 1897: Two-way threat Fred Klobedanz leads Boston to 11-6 win over Brooklyn
August 6, 1892: Boston’s Jack Stivetts no-hits the Bridegrooms
September 15, 1981: Luis Tiant baffles Cubs in only appearance at Wrigley Field
May 5, 1978: Pete Rose collects his 3,000th hit
October 11, 1898: Relieved Beaneaters gain National League title again
April 15, 1991: Brook Jacoby’s home run delivers 13-inning Patriots Day win for Cleveland
August 13, 1947: Willard Brown hits first American League home run by a Black player
June 14, 1925: ‘Outlaw’ Swede Risberg defeats John Donaldson in Montana duel
September 24, 1897: Boston rooters flock to Baltimore to see crucial pennant race victory
August 6, 1897: An unusual brawl and a wild ending
September 1, 1897: Bob Allen has big day for Beaneaters — as Bostonians begin to travel underground
July 30, 1901: Nap Lajoie, ‘champion batsman of the world,’ hits for the cycle with grand slam
July 11, 1892: A close victory for Beaneaters, but still a laugher