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June 5, 1912: Roy Mitchell pitches, hits Browns over A’s
Philadelphia was off to a sluggish 19-18 start in 1912. The Athletics…
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June 9, 1912: Boston’s Tris Speaker hits for the cycle against Browns
Boston’s Tris Speaker, described in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch…
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June 10, 1912: Chief Meyers hits for the cycle, but Heinie Zimmerman’s homers beat Giants
A respectable crowd1 passed through the turnstiles at the Polo…
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July 4, 1912: George Mullin tosses first Tigers no-hitter
An aging veteran, who had battled weight problems all season…
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July 5, 1912: ‘Magician-like’ Christy Mathewson sours Brooklyn’s grins while earning 300th career win
Despite watching Cy Young pitch effectively into his 40s in the…
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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,…
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July 25, 1912: Bert Daniels becomes first Yankees player to hit for cycle in ‘extremely belligerent’ game
The Chicago White Sox “grabbed an extremely belligerent…
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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…
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August 11, 1912: Shoeless Joe Jackson becomes first American Leaguer to steal home twice in one game
The August 11 game in Cleveland’s League Park between the sixth-place…
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August 20, 1912: Umpires Brick and Brennan leave game bashed and bruised
Helen Owens thought her husband might be dead.
After all,…
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August 20, 1912: Doubleheader Dandy: Walter Johnson wins AL-record 15th straight game; Carl Cashion hurls 6-inning no-hitter
Washington skipper Clark Griffith had reason to be confident.…
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August 22, 1912: Honus Wagner hits for the cycle, but Pirates fall to Giants
Before a sold-out and boisterous Forbes Field crowdi , future…
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August 30, 1912: Browns’ Earl Hamilton throws the first no-strikeout no-hitter
The Detroit Tigers played in Bennett Field in 1911. Immediately…
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September 2, 1912: Reds and Cardinals can’t see in the dark, but umpire Mal Eason says, ‘Play on’
Before the arrival of stadium lights, an umpire decided when…
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September 6, 1912: Smoky Joe Wood outduels Walter Johnson in epic clash of ‘smokeball kids’
“You might say I’ve seen some pretty good pitching. But I’ve…
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September 6, 1912: Official scorer reverses decision, giving Giants rookie Jeff Tesreau a no-hitter
With multiple hits in four of his past five games, Philadelphia…
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September 14, 1912: Bill Rapps turns unassisted triple play; Gus Hetling steals home for game-winner in Pacific Coast League thriller
In more than 200,000 games in major-league history through…
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September 20, 1912: Smoky Joe Wood foiled by Tigers after 16 straight wins
For both major leagues, 1912 “was a banner year for streaks…
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September 26, 1912: Reds rally for 10 runs in 9th, but Cubs pull out a late victory
The Cincinnati Reds, trailing the Chicago Cubs 9-0 after eight…
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September 26, 1912: Heinie Zimmerman won’t go home; Reds’ stalling efforts fail to catch Cubs
Mention the name Heinie Zimmerman to followers of baseball lore…
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September 27, 1912: Hall of Fame pitchers’ duel as Senators beat A’s in 19-inning marathon
Eddie Plank won 326 games in the major leagues – and a game…
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October 6, 1912: Chief Wilson, Shoeless Joe Jackson set triples records in NL, AL
Pittsburgh’s Chief Wilson set the major league single-season…
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October 8, 1912: Red Sox finally get a measure of revenge against John McGraw in Game 1
The Boston Red Sox had finished 14 games ahead of the Washington…
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October 9, 1912: Giants make 5 errors and still finish in tie with Red Sox in Game 2
No one won. No one lost. Game Two of the 1912 World Series ended…