Roaring Bill Kennedy took the mound for the Pirates in Game…
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It was a dark, damp, foggy, gloomy day. Up until noontime,…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/BedientHugh.jpg774687/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.png2021-09-19 19:56:542021-09-20 01:44:21October 12, 1912: Boston rookie Hugh Bedient outpitches Christy Mathewson in Game 5
The Pirates, back home at Exposition Park, took a three-games-to-one…
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The Boston Red Sox had finished 14 games ahead of the Washington…
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Hugh “Red” Alexander was a promising 20-year-old, having…
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“I don’t know how you feel about it at the other end of…
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Andy Van Hekken is not listed among the who’s who of Detroit…
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It was Smoky Joe Wood vs. Jeff Tesreau once more in Game Four…
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In 1948 Florida’s insular capital city of Tallahassee had a…
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Both teams managed 10 base hits, but the Bostons scored twice…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Dineen-Bill.jpg250127/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.png2021-09-16 18:21:172021-09-17 03:36:31October 8, 1903: Boston’s Bill Dinneen wins Game 6 to even World Series at three apiece
October 7, 1903: Boston breaks open Game 5 with back-to-back big innings
October 12, 1912: Boston rookie Hugh Bedient outpitches Christy Mathewson in Game 5
October 6, 1903: Deacon Phillippe wins third World Series game for Pirates … and it’s only Game 4
October 8, 1912: Red Sox finally get a measure of revenge against John McGraw in Game 1
Ernie Lindemann
Bill Mills
Charlie Lindstrom
Guy Morrison
Al Naples
Roger McKee
Sparrow McCaffrey
Red Lutz
Hugh Alexander
Frank Mills
Dave Matranga
September 8, 1957: The Last Game: Brooklyn Dodgers versus New York Giants
June 27, 1980: Dodgers’ Jerry Reuss throws no-hitter to beat rival Giants
September 3, 2002: Tigers’ Andy Van Hekken shuts out Cleveland in major-league debut for only career victory
October 11, 1912: Smoky Joe Wood holds Giants to one run and wins his second game of World Series
September 6, 1948: Tallahassee stays alive in Game 3 of Georgia-Florida playoff series
This Week in SABR: September 17, 2021
October 8, 1903: Boston’s Bill Dinneen wins Game 6 to even World Series at three apiece
October 10, 1903: Pirates’ Deacon Phillippe finally proves mortal as Boston wins Game 7
August 7, 1939: Ottawa Senators’ Wally Schang homers two weeks before his 50th birthday