
June 13, 1918: Cardinals rookie Cliff Heathcote hits for cycle in 19-inning tie game
A Thursday afternoon Philadelphia crowd of 3,500 fans got their…

July 2, 1918: Burleigh Grimes blanks Braves amid pressure to ‘work or fight’
In July of 1918, during World War I, American servicemen were…

July 17, 1918: Cubs’ Lefty Tyler outduels Phillies’ Watson in 21-inning marathon
When Chicago Cubs hurler George “Lefty” Tyler arrived at…

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…

July 25, 1918: Senators’ Walter Johnson and Browns’ Allen Sothoron battle for 15 innings
Perhaps no baseball season has ever begun with more uncertainty…

August 1, 1918: Boston Braves’ Art Nehf blanks Pirates for 20 innings, loses shutout and game in 21st
When it comes to hard-luck losses, the textbook example is Harvey…

August 4, 1918: Ty Cobb’s single in 18th inning defeats Walter Johnson
The decision had come down barely a week before: baseball was…

August 16, 1918: Tigers rally for six in 9th, beat Walter Johnson and Senators in 16 innings
This Friday afternoon game was the final meeting of the year…

August 24, 1918: Cubs clinch fifth National League pennant in 13 years with doubleheader sweep
On August 24, 1918, the Chicago Cubs hosted the fifth-place Brooklyn…

September 2, 1918: Braves, Giants finish a season cut short by war
With baseball nearing the end of its second season of play since…

September 5, 1918: Babe Ruth tosses shutout in Game 1 as patriotism prevails in World Series opener
With the war in Europe two months from the Allies’ victory,…

September 6, 1918: Lefty Tyler’s pitching, batting tie World Series at 1-1
Prior to the start of Game Two of the 1918 World Series, Fred…

September 7, 1918: Boston’s Carl Mays outduels Cubs’ Hippo Vaughn in Game 3
Chicago Cubs ace James “Hippo” Vaughn had a dream regular…

September 9, 1918: Babe Ruth finally gets his first base hit in a World Series game
Through the first three games of the 1918 World Series, the Boston…

September 10, 1918: Players decide not to strike during World Series as Cubs shut out Red Sox in Game 5
Game Five of the 1918 World Series was an elimination game for…

September 11, 1918: Red Sox win their fifth World Series as Carl Mays stops Cubs
Attendance was down dramatically for Game Six of the 1918 World…

January 26, 1919: The Flu Mask Baseball Game
John "Beans" Reardon, left, wearing a flu mask underneath his…

April 18, 1919: Babe Ruth thrills hometown Baltimore fans with 6 home runs in 6 at-bats
Babe Ruth put on a home-run show in his hometown on April 18,…

April 19, 1919: Baseball resumes after World War I on Patriots Day in Boston
No matter your perspective, the 1919 Patriots Day opening day…

April 23, 1919: Lefty Williams, White Sox win in Kid Gleason’s managerial debut
When the Chicago White Sox took the field for Opening Day in…

April 30, 1919: Burleigh Grimes and Joe Oeschger go the distance in epic 20-inning tie
“One of the most sensational ballgames ever played on any ballpark,”…

May 5, 1919: Cincinnati is red as Cubs overcome 6-0 deficit in the 9th
Things looked bleak for the Chicago Cubs in the top of the ninth…

May 9, 1919: Pete Alexander’s return from World War I spoiled by Ray Fisher, Reds
There died a myriad of them,
And of the best, among them,
For…

May 11, 1919: Hod Eller tosses first no-hitter at Crosley Field
Hod Eller displayed a “splendid exhibition of perfect hurling,”…