Babe Ruth (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

August 15, 1916: Boston’s Babe Ruth outlasts Walter Johnson in 13 innings

Clark Griffith was prescient. At the end of the 1914 season,…
Joe Bush, pitching for the “Red Sox” versus Hilldale, tried to use a damaged ball in the ninth inning. When that ball was thrown (liter- ally) out of the game, he purposefully spiked a new ball, prompting Hilldale to call for a forfeit. (TRADING CARD DB)

August 26, 1916: Bullet Joe Bush fires no-hitter for A’s

“Such a brand of revenge was never seen before,” gushed…

August 30, 1916: Boston’s Dutch Leonard no-hits the Browns at Fenway Park

Oh, what a difference a day makes. In the first game of an August…
A promotional poster advertising the September 4, 1916 matchup between Mordecai Brown and Christy Mathewson. This game would be the last of 24 matchups in which the two future Hall of Famer pitchers would face each other. (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

September 4, 1916: Pitching legends Mordecai Brown, Christy Mathewson duel for the final time

A promotional poster advertising the September 4, 1916 matchup…

September 9, 1916: The Babe and the Big Train, Round Five

The fans at Griffith Stadium were in for a treat in the first…
Play Ball! film publicity poster, 1916 (IMDB.com)

September 10, 1916: Giants, Yankees play exhibition for Hollywood, charity

Exhibition games involving major-league teams were once commonplace.…

September 28, 1916: Jack Nabors finishes season with a 1-20 record

The 1916 Philadelphia Athletics were the worst major-league…

October 7, 1916: Red Sox win a World Series home game — a mile away from home

The 1916 season began with the reigning world champion Boston…

October 10, 1916: Robins stave off Red Sox comeback, climb back into Series

Hall of Famer Zack Wheat played for Brooklyn for 18 years…
Larry Gardner (Boston Public Library)

October 11, 1916: Larry Gardner’s 3-run homer deflates Robins in Boston’s Game 4 win

With a Game Three win under their belts, the Brooklyn Robins…
Ernie Shore (SABR-Rucker Archive)

October 12, 1916: Red Sox claim championship on adopted turf

It was Columbus Day and the biggest crowd of the 1916 World Series.…

April 14, 1917: White Sox ace Eddie Cicotte hurls no-hitter at Sportsman’s Park

Chicago Tribune  sportswriter  I.E. Sanborn confidently predicted…

April 24, 1917: Lefty George Mogridge hurls the Yankees’ first no-hitter

By 1917 the New York American League franchise, first called…

May 3, 1917: Cubs get revenge after double no-hitter on Cueto misplay

Would May 3, 1917, be another extraordinary day at Chicago’s…

May 5, 1917: On second thought, it’s a no-hitter for Ernie Koob

An incorrect headline is a publisher’s nightmare. The most…

May 6, 1917: Bob Groom tosses St. Louis Browns’ second no-hitter in two days

It was almost as if sportswriters had a sense of relief following…

June 23, 1917: Boston’s Babe Ruth and Ernie Shore combine to no-hit Senators

The Boston Red Sox’ Ernie Shore achieved what could be characterized…