SABR Games Project celebrates Opening Day and start of 2023 baseball season

Babe Ruth, center, leads the New York Yankees across the field…
Red Ehret (Courtesy of Trading Card Database)

August 19, 1893: Unsafe passage for Beaneaters on long road trip

The 1893 season for the Boston Beaneaters began in a mediocre…

April 28, 1893: Beaneaters open season with rout of Giants

Even in the nineteenth century, Opening Day was a much-anticipated…
Hugh Duffy (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

September 3, 1896: Boston Beaneaters put their batting clothes on

It was the third doubleheader in as many days for the weary Boston…
Trading Card Database

May 19, 1893: The home run that wasn’t

Discerning Beaneaters fans had a choice on Friday, May 19, 1893.…
Tommy McCarthy (Courtesy of John Thorn)

May 26, 1893: A barrage of batting for McCarthy, Beaneaters

It had been a rough opening month for the defending National…
Trading Card Database

May 15, 1893: Beaneaters win home opener in front of star-studded crowd

The stars of Massachusetts came out to the South End Grounds…
TWIS archives

This Week in SABR: March 24, 2023

Welcome to "This Week in SABR" on Friday, March 24, 2023. Click…

June 4, 2009: Andrew McCutchen sparks Pirates to win over Mets in major-league debut

Nearing an ignominious record for consecutive losing seasons,…

August 6, 2013: Red Sox overcome four first-inning passed balls in 15-10 win over Astros

Boston Red Sox knuckleballer Steven Wright made his first big-league…
Ellis Valentine

April 6, 1979: Expos edge Pirates in 10-inning season opener

On a blustery afternoon at Three Rivers Stadium, the Pittsburgh…
Cum Posey

April 12, 1925: Homestead Grays open season by defeating McConkey Macks

It wasn’t easy being an independent team in 1925. These teams…
Ad Liska

April 17, 1929: Athletics open season by setting tone for dynasty to come

The 1929 season was expected to be the latest installment of…
Nolan Ryan (Trading Card DB)

August 4, 1993: Ventura, White Sox ‘knuckle under’ against Nolan Ryan, Rangers

In the summer of 1993, the American League’s West Division…
FreislebenDave

August 9, 1977: Expos, Padres become backdrop to kidnap drama

At 3 P.M. on Tuesday, August 9, 1977, and then again at 4,1…
RettenmundMerv

May 21, 1977: Merv Rettenmund homer for Padres sinks Expos after 21 innings

When Montreal Expos pitcher Dan Warthen wound and delivered the…
Tim Wakefield

July 6, 2004: Red Sox win their second 11-0 game of the season

Less than three weeks earlier, on June 17 at Denver’s Coors…
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