Hugh Duffy (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

June 20, 1894: Congress Street’s glorious finale

Hugh Duffy strode to home plate in the bottom of the ninth inning.…
TuckerTommy

July 17, 1894: Beaneaters stall and feign and pray for rain

Unlike most other sports, baseball has no clock, so a team never…
Jack Stivetts (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

July 20, 1894: Beaneaters blast Giants in first game at South End Grounds after fire

The Boston-New York baseball rivalry did not originate with the…

August 7, 1894: Jimmy Bannon slugs two 3-run homers for Beaneaters

On a fine weather day, August 7, 1894, Boston met Philadelphia…

August 15, 1894: Boston’s Tommy McCarthy traps Pirates in triple play

Tommy McCarthy of the Boston Beaneaters was one of the smartest…
Charlie Bennett (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

August 27, 1894: Charlie Bennett Charity Game

“His hearty ‘glad to see you,’ and the warm grasp of the…

April 18, 1895: Phillies stand up to rowdy Orioles on Opening Day

The Philadelphia Phillies and Baltimore Orioles were a study…

August 16, 1895: Browns’ Tommy Dowd hits for the cycle in ‘somnolent game’

The National League’s St. Louis Browns and Louisville Colonels…

September 18, 1895: Boston’s Cozy Dolan shuts out the Orioles

From 1883 until 1906, the Boston entry in the National League…
Jimmy Collins (Courtesy of Trading Card Database)

April 20, 1896: Beaneaters lead a Patriots’ Day hit parade

A combination of fine weather, a state holiday,1 the largest…

April 29, 1896: Brooklyn Bridegrooms bungle home opener

“Wot! Youse didn’t see de Brooklyns dumped? ... Dere eyes…
Herman Long (TRADING CARD DB)

May 9, 1896: Herman Long hits for the cycle as Beaneaters sweep Colonels

Three weeks had passed in the National League’s 1896 season,…
Tim Keefe

May 13, 1896: Playing until dark: Beaneaters get best of Colts

“Timothy Keefe, umpire, cold-bloodedly gave a game of baseball…
Bill Joyce (TRADING CARD DB)

May 30, 1896: Bill Joyce hits for the cycle in a ‘veritable slugging affair’

With Pennsylvania law still barring Sunday baseball,1 the Pittsburgh…

July 13, 1896: Ed Delahanty’s four-home run game

The Philadelphia Phillies had high hopes for the 1896 season.…
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…

April 19, 1897: Beaneaters’ furious comeback falls short against Phillies

At the start of the 1897 season, the Boston Beaneaters set out…
Honus Wagner (COURTESY OF STEPHEN V. RICE)

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…