Category Archive: Games Project

Wee Willie Keeler (TRADING CARD DB)

June 21, 1900: Republicans witness a pennant race turn in Philadelphia

Over three days, June 19-21, the Republican Party held its 1900…
Noodles Hahn (Trading Card DB)

July 12, 1900: Noodles Hahn blanks ‘greatest batting team ever organized’ in final no-hitter of nineteenth century

Nearing the midway point of the 1900 season, Noodles Hahn made…
Erve Beck, Trading Card Database

April 25, 1901: Tigers stage 9th-inning comeback in AL opener

More than a century ago, the Detroit Tigers staged the biggest…

April 26, 1901: Baltimore Orioles win home opener in a new major league

In late January of 1901, American League President Ban Johnson…
Cy Young (CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM)

May 8, 1901: Boston wins first home game in Red Sox franchise history

“The diamond shone in the sun like a great canvas of freshly…
Courtesy of M. Shawn Hennessy/Chevrons and Diamonds Collection

May 18, 1901: In first Army vs. Navy baseball game, Cadets get best of Midshipmen in Annapolis

Baseball folklore has it that Abner Doubleday “chased the…

May 23, 1901: Cleveland Blues turn hopeless defeat into glorious victory

The newly-minted American League was barely a month old on May…
Nap Lajoie, 1901 (SABR-Rucker Archive)

June 24, 1901: “He Didn’t Have the Energy to Strike a Lucifer”

Coming off a third-place finish in 1900, the Philadelphia Phillies…
Mike Donlin (TRADING CARD DB)

June 24, 1901: Turkey Mike Donlin trots to a 6-for-6 day at the plate for Orioles

John McGraw, the third baseman-manager of the Baltimore Orioles,…