“I think I just hit for the cycle.”1 That’s what Dwight…
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It is not uncommon for a major-league club to change managers…
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A packed Riverfront Stadium celebrated future Hall of Fame catcher…
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As the Indianapolis Hoosiers (63-49) prepared to host the Brooklyn…
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The Brooklyn Tip-Tops were very much still in the hunt for the…
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Late in the 1914 season, Brooklyn’s Ed Lafitte pitched his…
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The Pittsburgh Federal League club (known in many newspapers…
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When the Kansas City Packers began a 26-game road trip in the…
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The two bottom-dwellers of the fledgling Federal League took…
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A large crowd of 6,000 turned out to watch the St. Louis Terriers…
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The Chicago Chi-Feds went into Buffalo looking to get back into…
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July in Chicago can feel like a sweltering, steamy greenhouse,…
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It was the Deadball Era, where home runs were few and far between…
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Fledging leagues need paying customers to survive, but sometimes…
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June 28, 1984: Boston’s Dwight Evans hits walk-off home run to complete the cycle
July 23, 1979: Manager Dave Garcia takes over Indians, wins first game of second-half surge
September 17, 1983: Johnny Bench celebrates Riverfront Stadium farewell with final home run, last catching appearance
August 24, 1914: Indianapolis Hoosiers are Tip-Top in doubleheader sweep
September 12, 1914: Bob Groom umpires and pitches in same game for St. Louis
April 24, 1915: No offense in Gateway no-no: Frank Allen pitches a no-hitter for Pittsburgh
July 25, 1914: Pittsburgh Rebels sweep doubleheader in extra innings at Exposition Park
August 16, 1915: The Main Event: Kansas City’s Alex Main tosses no-hitter in Federal League
May 6, 1914: Pittsburgh’s Ed Lennox becomes only Federal League player to hit for the cycle
July 17, 1914: Gene Packard goes the distance as Packers defeat ChiFeds in 14 innings
This Week in SABR: March 19, 2021
Phil Cooney
Don Erickson
Bobby Messenger
Jack Meyer
Dick Redding
Joe Start
Barry Zito
September 29, 1915: Gene Packard does it all for Packers, wins 20th game in pennant race
September 9, 1914: Chicago battles Buffalo to 12-inning tie
July 5, 1915: Holiday fireworks as Terriers manager Fielder Jones ejected, ‘resigns’, suspended
July 14, 1914: Chi-Feds crush Terriers 11-0 in under two hours
April 19, 1914: Art Wilson homers twice, but Packers win ‘toughest baseball combat of the year’
June 28, 1915: Visiting Whales rally to best Tip-Tops as 18,000 attend Fans’ Day in Brooklyn