The Pittsburgh Rebels made it three in a row over the pennant-contending…
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As the Federal League entered its second season, baseball fans…
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Federal League Park, also known as Handlan’s Park, was first…
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On Tuesday, June 16, 1914, the St. Louis Terriers welcomed the…
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St. Louis Terriers pitcher Dave Davenport nearly single-handedly…
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The end was coming.
Such is the reality any time a 46-year-old…
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The New York Mets arrived at Wrigley Field in August 1986 with…
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The 1939 Boston Red Sox fell from first place to second on their…
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Midway through the 1927 baseball campaign, it appeared as if…
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Whenever pitcher Oliver Drake changed teams in 2018, his hometown…
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“What a happy world this would be if every one was accomplished…
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After winning the 1919 World Series, the Cincinnati Reds had…
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The final day of the 1892 baseball season in the nation’s capital…
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The Cincinnati Reds signed Ryan Joseph “Scooter” Gennett…
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Only the tail-end St. Louis club stood in the way of Bill Phillips’s…
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Mike Rochford
Mike Schmidt
Paul Sentell
October 6, 1914: Terrapins win blowout in Baltimore in doubleheader opener
July 24, 1914: Pittsburgh Rebels escape Federal League cellar in 12-inning win
October 2, 1915: Packers’ Nick Cullop breaks the hearts of St. Louis baseball fans
May 6, 1915: Terriers turn triple play, but Brooklyn snags victory
May 29, 1915: Darkness wins in tie game between Terriers and Tip-Tops
June 16, 1914: Terriers score 8 runs in 12th to top the Tip-Tops, 13-12
September 7, 1915: Dave Davenport tosses a no-hitter for St. Louis Terriers
May 29, 1915: Terriers ace Eddie Plank dominates Brooklyn Tip-Tops in opener
The SABR Bookshelf: Winter/Spring 2021
June 14, 1994: Charlie Hough’s last hurrah is a complete-game shutout for Marlins
August 19, 1969: Juan Marichal battles Mets in scoreless duel; Giants lose 1-0 in 14 innings
August 5, 1986: Jerry Mumphrey’s pinch-hit homer lifts Cubs past first-place Mets
September 10, 1939: Joe Cronin, Ted Williams put a damper on Philadelphia’s 100th anniversary baseball celebration
July 15, 1927: Cardinals’ Jim Bottomley is ‘terror with ash’ as he hits for the cycle
August 4, 2018: Oliver Drake sets major-league record by pitching for fifth team in one season
September 28, 1930: Babe Ruth returns to the mound in Boston, records first win in nine years
April 20, 1921: Eppa Rixey wins his first game for Cincinnati Reds
October 15, 1892: Boston’s Jack Stivetts finishes season with abbreviated no-hitter
June 6, 2017: Scooter Gennett hits four home runs against Cardinals
October 7, 1914: Indianapolis Hoosiers clinch second straight Federal League pennant
May 15, 1915: Chicago’s Claude Hendrix no-hits the Pittsburgh Rebels