May 6, 1915: Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth hits first major-league homer

Boston Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth, later nicknamed the Sultan…

May 6, 1915: Terriers turn triple play, but Brooklyn snags victory

Jack Tobin’s ears told him to move. Fast! As sound waves…
Ernie Shore (SABR-Rucker Archive)

May 12, 1915: Ernie Shore denies emery charge, throws complete-game win for Red Sox

The losing team accuses the winning pitcher of doctoring the…
Larry Cheney (SABR-Rucker Archive)

May 12, 1915: Four-error inning sets tone for rainy, sloppy Cubs loss

Even by the Chicago Cubs’ deep-rooted standards of frustration,…
Red Faber (Trading Card DB)

May 12, 1915: Red Faber’s reported 67-pitch complete game beats Washington

Urban “Red” Faber’s Hall of Fame pitching career took off…
Claude Hendrix (TRADING CARD DB)

May 15, 1915: Chicago’s Claude Hendrix no-hits the Pittsburgh Rebels

Years before he would become infamous for inadvertently starting…
Russ Ford (TRADING CARD DB)

May 20, 1915: Buffalo Blues bats come alive in St. Louis

The start of the 1915 season was going so poorly for the Buffalo…
Hall of Fame lefty was twice victimized by batters swinging at intentional balls.

May 29, 1915: Terriers ace Eddie Plank dominates Brooklyn Tip-Tops in opener

Eddie Plank had 287 major-league victories to his credit when…

May 29, 1915: Darkness wins in tie game between Terriers and Tip-Tops

Federal League Park, also known as Handlan’s Park, was first…

May 31, 1915: Newark, Brooklyn split a home-and-away doubleheader

The Federal League magnates experimented with a number of innovations…
Babe Ruth with the Boston Red sox, circa 1917 (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)

June 2, 1915: Boston’s Babe Ruth hits his first game-winning home run

In The Science of Hitting, Ted Williams wrote, “I had a higher…

June 11, 1915: Reds’ Rube Benton fans 14 in extra-inning shutout

As readers scanned the morning editions of their hometown dailies…

July 19, 1915: Washington Senators set a stolen-base record, sort of

The 1915 Cleveland Indians, in their first year with that nickname…

August 7, 1915: Newark Peppers ride mud ball to third consecutive extra-inning win

The Federal League’s Newark (New Jersey) Peppers, in the midst…
Babe Ruth (TRADING CARD DB)

August 14, 1915: Babe Ruth wins first start against Walter Johnson

Emerging as one of the American League’s top young pitching…

August 18, 1915: Braves Field opens in Boston

A brief glance at the box score for the mid-August game between…

September 4, 1915: Ball lost in the sun costs Braves rookie Art Nehf a perfect game

Throughout human history, many cultures and religions have worshipped…

September 6, 1915: Laboring (and Traveling) on Labor Day

When the Brooklyn Tip-Tops and Newark Peppers met in Brooklyn…