Fred Applegate

Fred Applegate

Frederick Romaine Applegate, who won one of three decisions pitching…
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Drake Britton

Left-hander Drake Britton had one win and one loss in his time…
Ike Butler

Ike Butler

Ike Butler is a one-year major-league baseball anecdote – a…
Ed Cole

Ed Cole

After spring training tryouts with the Philadelphia Athletics…
Fred Cambria

Fred Cambria

Although there are many hard-luck cases in the annals of baseball…
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Fred Besana

A wild southpaw, Fred Besana spent the first month of the 1956…
Jim Clinton

Jim Clinton

Nineteenth-century journeyman Jim Clinton logged 400-plus games…
Phillippe Aumont

Phillippe Aumont

Phillippe Aumont pitched in 46 big-league games over the course…
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Scott Brown

If it weren’t for two relatively rare events, Cincinnati Reds…
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John Baker

The Chicago Cubs have a long history of famous games. There was…
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This Week in SABR: September 6, 2024

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Trading Card DB)

March 28, 1970: East-West Major League Baseball Classic honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and a conclave of civil rights advocates…
Ed Durham (Trading Card DB)

September 12, 1931: Fenway Park pigeons play a role in 1-0 Red Sox win in 13 innings

In mid-September of 1931, the Philadelphia Athletics were running…

September 2, 1968: Bob Gibson tosses 10-inning shutout for 20th win, lowers ERA to 0.99

The high-powered Cincinnati Reds “collided head-on with [an]…
Bill Butler (Trading Card DB)

May 7, 1976: Tacoma beats Hawaii with forfeit over footwear

Battles on the field and in the standings between the Hawaii…
Rick Behenna (Trading Card DB)

August 29, 1980: No-hitter caps nightmarish season for Rocky Mount Pines

It was the best of teams, it was the worst of teams. On August…
David Palmer (Trading Card DB)

May 12, 1985: David Palmer and Jeff Reardon toss Expos’ fourth consecutive shutout

The Atlanta Braves’ offense wasn’t exactly feeble in the…
Brien Taylor (Courtesy of Kurt Blumenau)

August 30, 1993: Brien Taylor’s last hurrah: eight shutout innings in Double A

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Bill LeFebvre (Trading Card Database)

Bill LeFebvre

How many pitchers hit a home run their first time up in the major…
Johnny Bates (Trading Card Database)

Johnny Bates

The 1906 season opened for the Boston Beaneaters in Brooklyn…
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This Week in SABR: August 30, 2024

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