April 12, 1912: Cincinnati’s Redland Field hosts its first game

The Cincinnati Reds started the 1912 season in a new venue, one…

April 20, 1912: Red Sox open Fenway Park with extra-innings win over New York

Boston's Fenway Park is pictured in 1912, the year it opened…
Navin Field, 1912 (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

April 20, 1912: Frank Navin’s field of dreams opens in Detroit

The first game to be played at Navin Field was scheduled for…

April 27, 1912: Pirates unleash new bats in 23-run outburst against Reds

Pittsburgh baseball fans were frustrated over their team’s…

May 18, 1912: Tigers stage baseball’s first player strike in support of Ty Cobb

The story of the Philadelphia Athletics’ 24-2 shellacking of…
Roy Mitchell

June 5, 1912: Roy Mitchell pitches, hits Browns over A’s

Philadelphia was off to a sluggish 19-18 start in 1912. The Athletics…

June 9, 1912: Boston’s Tris Speaker hits for the cycle against Browns

 Boston’s Tris Speaker, described in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch…

July 4, 1912: George Mullin tosses first Tigers no-hitter

An aging veteran, who had battled weight problems all season…

July 8, 1912: Jimmy Lavender and Cubs halt Rube Marquard’s winning streak

Rube Marquard, a 25-year-old southpaw on the New York Giants,…

July 31, 1912: Honus Wagner hits game-winner for Pirates in 19-inning marathon

On July 23, 1912, Boston Braves pitcher Otto Hess elected to…

August 20, 1912: Umpires Brick and Brennan leave game bashed and bruised

Helen Owens thought her husband might be dead. After all,…

August 22, 1912: Honus Wagner hits for the cycle, but Pirates fall to Giants

Before a sold-out and boisterous Forbes Field crowdi , future…