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August 15, 1894: Boston’s Tommy McCarthy traps Pirates in triple play
Tommy McCarthy of the Boston Beaneaters was one of the smartest…
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August 17, 1894: Phillies break records for hits and runs; Sam Thompson hits for cycle
A crowd of 1,2501 was on hand to watch the Philadelphia Phillies…
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August 27, 1894: Charlie Bennett Charity Game
“His hearty ‘glad to see you,’ and the warm grasp of the…
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September 28, 1894: Reds pitcher Tom Parrott plays second base and hits for the cycle
In mid-September of 1894, the New York Giants were 3½ games…
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April 18, 1895: Phillies stand up to rowdy Orioles on Opening Day
The Philadelphia Phillies and Baltimore Orioles were a study…
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August 16, 1895: Browns’ Tommy Dowd hits for the cycle in ‘somnolent game’
The National League’s St. Louis Browns and Louisville Colonels…
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September 18, 1895: Boston’s Cozy Dolan shuts out the Orioles
From 1883 until 1906, the Boston entry in the National League…
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September 30, 1895: Washington’s Ed Cartwright hits for the cycle on season’s final day
The final day of the 1895 National League season, September 30,…
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April 20, 1896: Beaneaters lead a Patriots’ Day hit parade
A combination of fine weather, a state holiday,1 the largest…
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April 28, 1896: There used to be a hay market here: Detroit Tigers open Bennett Park
It’s been said that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,”…
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April 29, 1896: Brooklyn Bridegrooms bungle home opener
“Wot! Youse didn’t see de Brooklyns dumped? ... Dere eyes…
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May 9, 1896: Herman Long hits for the cycle as Beaneaters sweep Colonels
Three weeks had passed in the National League’s 1896 season,…
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May 13, 1896: Playing until dark: Beaneaters get best of Colts
“Timothy Keefe, umpire, cold-bloodedly gave a game of baseball…
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May 30, 1896: Bill Joyce hits for the cycle in a ‘veritable slugging affair’
With Pennsylvania law still barring Sunday baseball,1 the Pittsburgh…
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July 13, 1896: Ed Delahanty’s four-home run game
The Philadelphia Phillies had high hopes for the 1896 season.…
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September 3, 1896: Boston Beaneaters put their batting clothes on
It was the third doubleheader in as many days for the weary Boston…
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October 5, 1896: Baltimore’s Birds building to sweep the Temple Cup from Cleveland
“Three games they lost for the Temple Cup;
Three games right…
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April 19, 1897: Beaneaters’ furious comeback falls short against Phillies
At the start of the 1897 season, the Boston Beaneaters set out…
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April 27, 1897: Amos Rusie returns from a year away with dominant start for Giants
“[W]ith his great right arm in splendid order,” gushed the…
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May 5, 1897: Honus Wagner leads Paterson to victory in Lancaster’s home opener
In the 1890s, Paterson, New Jersey, was a thriving city of 100,000…
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May 8, 1897: Pink Hawley, Bones Ely lead Pirates to sweep over Reds
Pink Hawley’s pitching and Bones Ely’s bases-loaded home…
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May 16, 1897: Arrested on a day of rest: Cleveland Spiders challenge Sunday baseball
Stanley Robison, owner of the Cleveland Spiders, pushed the…
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May 31, 1897: Fred Tenney leads Memorial Day parade with 6 hits
It was a cold, wet day in Boston. The morning half of the Memorial…
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June 16, 1897: Sockalexis and Cleveland ‘Indians’ rout Rusie’s Giants
All the crowd cries: “Sockalexis, Sockalexis, Sockalexis!”When…