September 6, 1930: Brooklyn scores season-high 22 runs to ignite win streak

Heavy hitters for the 1930 Brooklyn Robins (L to R): RF Babe…
Dazzy Vance (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

July 12, 1929: A new ‘dead’ ball? Brooklyn wins after wild 9th inning

When Ebbets Field locker-room attendant Dan Comerford arrived…
He didn’t “dazzle” in the minors while suffering from a chronic sore arm. In 1920, while pitching in New Orleans, he had surgery following a poker incident and found himself cured. He broke in as a 31-year-old rookie in 1922 with Brooklyn.

September 13, 1925: Dazzy Vance tosses first no-hitter in Ebbets Field history

The Brooklyn Robins were winding down a disappointing season.…
Ebbets Field: Great, Historic, and Memorable Games in Brooklyn's Lost Ballpark

July 20, 1925: Dodgers’ Dazzy Vance ties NL record with 17 strikeouts

Hard-throwing Dazzy Vance was in agony. Brooklyn sportswriter…
Jack Fournier (Trading Card DB)

July 2, 1925: A Rube Awakening: Brooklyn bats bombard Boston’s Marquard

Good-looking matchups on paper sometimes fail to deliver anywhere…
Carson Bigbee (Trading Card DB)

June 21, 1922: Carson Bigbee’s big day busted by boots

It takes a great deal of effort to secure 25 hits in a baseball…
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Sherry Smith (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)

October 7, 1920: Sherry Smith stymies Cleveland bats in Game 3

Acrowd of just over 25,000 filed into Ebbets Field in Brooklyn…
Burleigh Grimes (Trading Card DB)

October 6, 1920: Burleigh Grimes throws World Series shutout for Brooklyn

Fans in Brooklyn lined up outside Ebbets Field for tickets…

June 1, 1919: Brooklyn’s Jeff Pfeffer tosses 18-inning complete game

Jeff Pfeffer was a rugged right-hander who anchored Uncle…

May 6, 1918: Brooklyn’s Dan Griner loses no-hitter with two outs in the ninth

Exterior view of Ebbets Field’s iconic brick and arches,…

August 22, 1917: ‘Some Game!’ Brooklyn wins after 22 innings

On a sultry Wednesday afternoon at Ebbets Field, the Robins…
Larry Gardner (Boston Public Library)

October 11, 1916: Larry Gardner’s 3-run homer deflates Robins in Boston’s Game 4 win

With a Game Three win under their belts, the Brooklyn Robins…

October 10, 1916: Robins stave off Red Sox comeback, climb back into Series

Hall of Famer Zack Wheat played for Brooklyn for 18 years…

April 9, 1913: Brooklyn falls in first regular-season game at Ebbets Field

The iconic main entry of Ebbets Field was located at the…

April 5, 1913: Ebbets Field opens with inaugural exhibition game

The first baseball game in Ebbets Field was an exhibition…
Carroll Hardy (Trading Card DB)

April 11, 1962: Carroll Hardy breaks scoreless tie with 12th-inning grand slam

For the Boston Red Sox team, it was a nice way to even up a new…
Bill Singer (Trading Card DB)

April 7, 1974: Angels, White Sox tie amid snow flurries

Entering the 2024 season, the Los Angeles/California/Anaheim…
Dusty Baker (Trading Card DB)

May 4, 1980: Dusty Baker bats out of turn, then homers as Dodgers beat Phillies

The visiting Los Angeles Dodgers (13-9) and the host Philadelphia…
Sanders Field, circa 1953 (Courtesy of the Eastern Benton County Historical Society)

Sanders-Jacobs Field (Kennewick, WA)

As a kid growing up in Pasco across the river, being able to…

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