
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…

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 25, 1912: Bert Daniels becomes first Yankees player to hit for cycle in ‘extremely belligerent’ game
The Chicago White Sox “grabbed an extremely belligerent…

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 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…

August 20, 1912: Umpires Brick and Brennan leave game bashed and bruised
Helen Owens thought her husband might be dead.
After all,…

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.…

August 22, 1912: Honus Wagner hits for the cycle, but Pirates fall to Giants
Before a sold-out and boisterous Forbes Field crowdi , future…

August 30, 1912: Browns’ Earl Hamilton throws the first no-strikeout no-hitter
The Detroit Tigers played in Bennett Field in 1911. Immediately…

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…

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…

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…

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…

September 20, 1912: Smoky Joe Wood foiled by Tigers after 16 straight wins
For both major leagues, 1912 “was a banner year for streaks…

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…

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…

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…

October 6, 1912: Chief Wilson, Shoeless Joe Jackson set triples records in NL, AL
Pittsburgh’s Chief Wilson set the major league single-season…

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…

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…

October 10, 1912: Josh Devore’s spectacular catch saves Game 3 for the Giants
Rube Marquard (26-11) faced Buck O’Brien (20-13) in Game…

October 11, 1912: Smoky Joe Wood holds Giants to one run and wins his second game of World Series
It was Smoky Joe Wood vs. Jeff Tesreau once more in Game Four…

October 12, 1912: Boston rookie Hugh Bedient outpitches Christy Mathewson in Game 5
It was a dark, damp, foggy, gloomy day. Up until noontime,…

October 14, 1912: Boston’s Buck O’Brien battered and beaten by Giants in Game 6
The sixth game of the 1912 World Series was the one that produced…