When one thinks of baseball’s hardest-throwing starting pitchers…
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A lot can happen in a year. Miguel Fuentes was proof of that.
On…
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From 1929 through 1931, the Philadelphia Athletics claimed…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/shibe-park-000029.jpg600800admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-06-04 23:44:302023-06-04 23:44:30July 15, 1932: Al Simmons becomes first A’s player to homer three times at Shibe Park
“There were just seven wonders of the world before this world…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Hallahan-Bill.jpeg288237admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-06-04 23:40:352023-06-04 23:40:35October 7, 1931: Wild Bill and the Wild Horse of the Osage lead Cardinals’ charge in Game 5
Three games into the 1931 World Series, the Philadelphia Athletics'…
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When the 1931 World Series opened at Sportsman's Park in St.…
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The Philadelphia Athletics had a veritable lock on first place.…
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These St. Louis Cardinals were a gang of swaggering roughnecks…
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To win their second consecutive World Series, the Philadelphia…
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Babe Ruth made history on May 21, 1930, when, in the first…
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Thirty games into the 2022 season, the Cincinnati Reds were already…
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No other player in baseball history has had a career quite like…
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For years, the major-league baseball season began in mid-April.…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Lackey-John-BOS-1.jpg600800admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-06-02 07:49:122023-06-02 11:07:05April 28, 2013: Red Sox complete four-game sweep of Astros, tie club record with 18 wins in April
The hopes of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of repeating as…
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On Saturday night, April 10, 2004, the Boston Red Sox evened…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/OrtizDavid-BOS-600x400-1.jpg600800admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-06-02 07:36:072023-06-02 11:04:33April 11, 2004: David Ortiz hits game-winning home run for second game in succession
On a rainy Wednesday afternoon, the Minnesota Twins were at the…
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The summer of 1980 was undoubtedly the high-water mark in the…
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The expansion Montreal Expos had finally developed their first…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Landreth-Larry.jpg600800admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-06-02 06:48:322024-02-13 20:35:54September 16, 1976: Larry Landreth, Expos’ first Canadian starting pitcher, wins big-league debut
July 23, 1959: Bob Veale fans 14, overcomes 9 walks in Class B no-hitter
September 8, 1969: The first of many that were not to come for Pilots’ Miguel Fuentes
Charlie Eakle
Elmer Gedeon
July 15, 1932: Al Simmons becomes first A’s player to homer three times at Shibe Park
October 7, 1931: Wild Bill and the Wild Horse of the Osage lead Cardinals’ charge in Game 5
October 6, 1931: Earnshaw throws two-hit shutout to even Fall Classic
October 5, 1931: Cardinals tag Grove early; Burleigh Grimes grinds in Game 3
September 15, 1931: Philadelphia A’s clinch American League pennant without fanfare
October 2, 1930: George Earnshaw quiets the Cardinals in Game 2
October 1, 1930: Grove outduels Grimes in World Series opener
October 8, 1930: Earnshaw’s complete-game gem on one-day rest gives Athletics second straight championship
September 4, 1930: Al Simmons’ sixth RBI scores reliever Grove for A’s marathon win
May 21, 1930: Babe Ruth first to hit three home runs in a game at Shibe Park
Josías Manzanillo
This Week in SABR: June 2, 2023
May 11, 2022: Brewers’ Christian Yelich triples into third career cycle in slugfest with Reds
May 7, 2016: Bartolo Colón’s only career home run leads Mets to victory
April 28, 2013: Red Sox complete four-game sweep of Astros, tie club record with 18 wins in April
May 12, 2008: Nick Adenhart earns first and only career win for Angels
April 11, 2004: David Ortiz hits game-winning home run for second game in succession
May 26, 1993: George Tsamis records a win in ‘wet and wild’ matchup with Athletics
September 5, 1980: Holyoke raises its first and only Eastern League championship title
September 16, 1976: Larry Landreth, Expos’ first Canadian starting pitcher, wins big-league debut