
July 9, 1902: Rube Waddell fans 16 batters in 17-inning marathon
During the 1900 season, pitcher Rube Waddell compiled a 10-3…

August 23, 1902: With three stars banned, Cleveland falters in front of AL-record crowd in Philadelphia
Ban Johnson conceived the idea of a more gentlemanly major league…

August 23, 1902: Banned from Pennsylvania, Cleveland’s Nap Lajoie returns home to Rhode Island for exhibition
When Nap Lajoie was a child, he earned the nickname Sandy from…

September 4, 1902: Canadian Alex Hardy tosses two-hit shutout for Chicago Orphans in major-league debut
Alex “Dooney” Hardy of the Chicago Orphans had an uphill…

September 20, 1902: Ike Butler earns only major-league win for Orioles
Baltimore had been a respectable team for the first half of the…

September 20, 1902: Nixey Callahan throws first no-hitter in White Sox history
When seventh-place teams visit fourth-place teams in the third…

September 29, 1902: Boston beats Baltimore in season finale as two teams go in very different directions
Monday, September 29, was the last day of the American League’s…

October 4, 1902: Pittsburgh Pirates finish exceptional season by winning record 103rd game
The 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates were one of the greatest teams…

April 20, 1903: Boston Americans open season at 10:30 in the morning
One constant in the Boston Red Sox schedule each year is the…

April 20, 1903: Cy Young’s no-hitter collapses as A’s take second game of season-opening doubleheader
The first game of the 1903 season went nicely for the home-team…

April 22, 1903: New York makes its American League debut as Highlanders fall to Washington on Opening Day
A new, glorious chapter in baseball’s chronicles began on April…

April 23, 1903: New York records its first victory in American League play
Enthusiasm reigned among Washington’s baseball fans after…

May 1, 1903: Cleveland’s lengthy battle to acquire Hugh Hill ends with one at-bat in a game that slipped away
Considering the transportation methods available in 1903, a trip…

May 18, 1903: Cubs sit alone in first place thanks to Tinker to Evers to … Lowe
If there was one man upon whom manager Frank Selee could depend,…

May 7, 1903: Pirates’ Fred Clarke hits for second career cycle in game full of ejections and errors
The Pittsburgh Pirates, two-time defending National League champions,…

June 9, 1903: Pirates’ streak of 56 scoreless innings pitched snapped by Phillies
After they were thumped 10-2 by the New York Giants on June 1,…

June 21, 1903: ‘Biff, bang, smash’: Buck Freeman hits for first cycle in Red Sox franchise history
Part of the 1903 schedule had the Boston Americans and Cleveland…

June 25, 1903: Ed Delahanty appears in final game as Washington Senators continue to struggle
Ed Delahanty, one of baseball’s most feared sluggers and most…

July 29, 1903: New York, Boston combine for 29 runs as Patsy Dougherty hits for the cycle
A crowd of 4,135 fans turned out to watch the New York Highlanders…

August 8, 1903: Lajoie fumes over old ball; Cleveland’s season reaches crossroad after forfeit to Detroit
Less than a week before he boiled over on an umpire and caused…

September 24, 1903: Bill Bradley hits for reverse natural cycle; teammate Nap Lajoie just misses
The Boston Americans ran away with the American League pennant…

October 1, 1903: Deacon Phillippe, Pirates beat Boston’s Cy Young in first ‘World’s Series’ game
In what is widely considered the first World Series, Barney Dreyfuss,…

October 2, 1903: Patsy Dougherty hits a pair of home runs as Bill Dinneen shuts out Pirates in Game 2
Boston right-hander Bill Dinneen shut out the Pirates, 3-0, allowing…

October 3, 1903: ‘Police unable to control crowd,’ but Pirates prevail in Game 3
The headline ran in the Boston Globe: “Swarm on the Field;…