Christy Mathewson (SABR-Rucker Archive)

June 13, 1905: Christy Mathewson throws second no-hitter, wins duel with Three Finger Brown

For the New York Giants and Christy Mathewson, things could not…

June 29, 1905: Moonlight Graham’s only major-league game

If not for W.P. Kinsella, it’s likely that Archibald "Moonlight"…

August 15, 1905: Rube Waddell tosses rain-shortened no-hitter – or does he?

“With Rube] Waddell hurling the game of his life, the Browns…
Bill Dineen (TRADING CARD DB)

September 27, 1905: Boston’s Big Bill Dinneen no-hits the White Sox

When the August 15 game between the Boston Americans and Chicago…

June 7, 1906: Cubs wallop Mathewson and Giants, 19-0, at Polo Grounds

The Chicago Cubs arrived in New York to take on the Giants in…

June 24, 1906: Tigers’ Germany Schaefer ‘wins by a nose’ after calling his shot

“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” So said…

August 3, 1906: Steinfeldt called out twice on same play

In 1906, the Chicago Cubs played the Philadelphia Phillies 22…
Jake Weimer (TRADING CARD DB)

August 24, 1906: Tornado Jake Weimer tosses abbreviated no-hitter for Reds

A torrential rainfall postponed the second game of a three-game…

August 29, 1906: Athletics settle for no-hitter and win in rain-shortened game

The White Sox players were fighting mad. They had just gotten…

September 11, 1906: Reds, Pirates play to 15-inning scoreless tie

In 1906 baseball was at the height — or in the depths — of…

September 15, 1906: ‘Hitless Wonder’ White Sox win to move into first place

The Chicago White Sox are “the luckiest bunch of ballplayers…

April 11, 1907: Reds celebrate a ‘grand’ Opening Day with win over Pirates

By 1907, Opening Day was one of the grand sporting and social…
Johnny Bates (TRADING CARD DB)

April 26, 1907: Boston’s Johnny Bates ‘toyed with the sphere’ for the cycle

The Boston Red Stockings squad was one of the original eight…

May 26, 1907: Big Ed Walsh tosses rain-shortened no-hitter in farcical game

“Rain, hail, thunder, lightning, and flood were summoned to…

June 5, 1907: Three-Finger Brown’s Cubs beat Mathewson’s Giants in duel of aces

The New York Giants and Chicago Cubs were “red-hot rivals for…