Unlike the gentleman who preceded him as baseball’s home-run…
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One game short of his 300th career victory, Early Wynn was without…
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Wes Parker was the National League’s iron man in 1970,…
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The 24,220 fans attending the second game of the day-night doubleheader…
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The Baltimore Orioles began 1966 questing to break into the upper…
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There are records from baseball’s early years of deaths that…
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The 1919 Chicago American Giants team with manager Rube Foster…
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Mickey Mantle had done it 535 times before, so his solo clout…
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Getting caught stealing forever links Ray Morgan to Babe Ruth and Ernie…
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Add a whale of a book to your collection from the SABR Digital…
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One player on the Royals Stadium field didn’t share in the…
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The National League celebrated the Golden Jubilee of the league…
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Expectations were high for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2007.…
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September 12, 1984: Mets’ Dwight Gooden becomes new rookie strikeout rajah
April 23, 1954: Hank Aaron hits first career home run as Braves and Cardinals battle for 14 innings
July 7, 1963: Early Wynn misses 300th win again as Cleveland’s 9th-inning rally falls short
April 4, 1989: Wrigley Field welcomes the ‘Wild Thing’
May 7, 1970: Wes Parker hits for cycle; triple in 10th wins it for Dodgers
June 19, 2019: Blue Eye, Brown Eye, Black Eye: Scherzer pitches with a broken nose
April 12, 1966: Red Sox lose season opener to Orioles in 13th inning on bases-loaded balk
September 17, 1920: Giants’ Burns hits for the cycle as Toney pitches 10 innings to win 20th
This Week in SABR: April 17, 2020
June 18, 1916: The death of Johnny Dodge
July 16, 1921: Cristóbal Torriente, Chicago American Giants knock the starch out of ‘Iron Man’ McGinnity
September 20, 1968: Mickey Mantle’s 536th and final home run marks end of an era
April 24, 1970: Dodgers beat Mets 1-0 in 15 innings
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Brioso, Newman, Phillips win 2020 SABR Baseball Research Awards
July 6, 1970: Tommie Agee hits for the cycle; Mets pound Cardinals for 10 runs, 17 hits
September 1, 1972: Expos’ Bill Stoneman loses shutout, game in 12th inning
This Week in SABR: April 10, 2020
Ival Goodman
Ray Morgan
SABR Digital Library: Whales, Terriers, and Terrapins: The Federal League 1914-15
April 4, 1988: Angry George Bell hits unprecedented three home runs on Opening Day
April 22, 1925: Cardinals inflict death by a thousand singles to win home opener over Reds
April 6, 2007: Devil Rays score three in the ninth to beat Blue Jays in home opener