April 17, 1955: Roberto Clemente records first hit and scores first run with Pirates

Roberto Clemente, the first great Latin American baseball star…

July 25, 1954: Montreal Royals defeat Havana on Roberto Clemente’s walk-off home run

Max Macon, the new manager of the Montreal Royals, knew exactly…
Bob Cooney (Baseball-Reference.com)

July 31, 1932: It was a ‘dark and stormy day’ for Browns, Red Sox

“It was a dark and stormy” day. It was the kind of day that…
Bob Veale (Trading Card DB)

July 23, 1959: Bob Veale fans 14, overcomes 9 walks in Class B no-hitter

When one thinks of baseball’s hardest-throwing starting pitchers…
Miguel Fuentes (Trading Card DB)

September 8, 1969: The first of many that were not to come for Pilots’ Miguel Fuentes

A lot can happen in a year. Miguel Fuentes was proof of that. On…
Charlie Eakle (Baltimore Sun, December 7, 1918)

Charlie Eakle

Charlie Eakle, meter reader, Was a part-time major-leaguer. When…
Elmer Gedeon (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

Elmer Gedeon

A star athlete in high school and at the University of Michigan,…
George Earnshaw (Chicago History Museum, Chicago Daily News)

October 6, 1931: Earnshaw throws two-hit shutout to even Fall Classic

Three games into the 1931 World Series, the Philadelphia Athletics'…

October 5, 1931: Cardinals tag Grove early; Burleigh Grimes grinds in Game 3

When the 1931 World Series opened at Sportsman's Park in St.…

October 2, 1930: George Earnshaw quiets the Cardinals in Game 2

These St. Louis Cardinals were a gang of swaggering roughnecks…

October 1, 1930: Grove outduels Grimes in World Series opener

To win their second consecutive World Series, the Philadelphia…
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