October 13, 1917: White Sox’s big push brings bedlam in Game 5 comeback

Game Five of the 1917 World Series was back in Chicago and the…
The Chicago White Sox are pictured on April 12, 1918, before an exhibition game against a US Army team at Camp Funston, outside of Junction City, Kansas. Just weeks ear- lier, the first major outbreak of a global influenza pandemic killed 38 soldiers at the base. An estimated 50 million people around the world died from the flu by the time the pandemic subsided in 1920. (BlackBetsy.com)

April 12, 1918: Red Faber, White Sox win exhibition game in epicenter of influenza pandemic

The Chicago White Sox are pictured on April 12, 1918,…

April 15, 1918: Truck Hannah debuts against Walter Johnson on Opening Day

Only 17 men born in North Dakota have appeared in a major-league…

April 16, 1918: Reds’ Pete Schneider tosses one-hitter on Opening Day

It was the “first opening game since our energies have been…

May 6, 1918: Brooklyn’s Dan Griner loses no-hitter with two outs in the ninth

Exterior view of Ebbets Field’s iconic brick and arches,…

May 6, 1918: Boston’s Babe Ruth makes his first start as a position player

Boston Red Sox manager Ed Barrow scoffed at the very idea.…

May 7, 1918: Boston Braves blow out Brooklyn, 16-0

Shortstop Johnny Rawlings had the game of his life leading the…

May 8, 1918: The wildest, wobbliest, weirdest windup as Reds score nine in 9th

“The outlook wasn’t rosy for the Redland tribe that day; The…

May 15, 1918: Walter Johnson and Lefty Williams spar for 18 innings

Had there been room, the Griffin Stadium scoreboard would have…

May 19, 1918: Senators’ first Sunday game draws record crowd in Washington

Paid-admission Sunday baseball came with relative ease to the…

May 20, 1918: Four late-game comebacks result in dizzying victory for A’s

The 1918 season did not start well for either the Philadelphia…
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July 22, 1918: Bullet Joe Bush throws his fifth 1-0 shutout of season for surging Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox played only 126 games in 1918, a season abbreviated…

August 4, 1918: Ty Cobb’s single in 18th inning defeats Walter Johnson

The decision had come down barely a week before: baseball was…

September 2, 1918: Braves, Giants finish a season cut short by war

With baseball nearing the end of its second season of play since…