May 18, 1935: Negro League Brooklyn Eagles play inaugural home opener at Ebbets Field
Few names are as synonymous with the development of Negro League…
September 21, 1934: Daffy Dean dazzles with no-hitter against Brooklyn
“We’re just a couple of natural born pitchers from down…
May 14, 1933: Hack Wilson’s pinch-hit, walk-off grand slam sends Dodgers home victorious
A steady rain was pouring down on Ebbets Field in the bottom…
May 18, 1931: Babe Herman becomes first Brooklyn player to hit for the cycle at Ebbets Field
The 1931 Cincinnati Reds started the season with a dismal 2-17…
September 6, 1930: Brooklyn scores season-high 22 runs to ignite win streak
Heavy hitters for the 1930 Brooklyn Robins (L to R): RF Babe…
July 12, 1929: A new ‘dead’ ball? Brooklyn wins after wild 9th inning
When Ebbets Field locker-room attendant Dan Comerford arrived…
September 13, 1925: Dazzy Vance tosses first no-hitter in Ebbets Field history
The Brooklyn Robins were winding down a disappointing season.…
July 20, 1925: Dodgers’ Dazzy Vance ties NL record with 17 strikeouts
Hard-throwing Dazzy Vance was in agony. Brooklyn sportswriter…
July 2, 1925: A Rube Awakening: Brooklyn bats bombard Boston’s Marquard
Good-looking matchups on paper sometimes fail to deliver anywhere…
June 21, 1922: Carson Bigbee’s big day busted by boots
It takes a great deal of effort to secure 25 hits in a baseball…
October 7, 1920: Sherry Smith stymies Cleveland bats in Game 3
Acrowd of just over 25,000 filed into Ebbets Field in Brooklyn…
October 6, 1920: Burleigh Grimes throws World Series shutout for Brooklyn
Fans in Brooklyn lined up outside Ebbets Field for tickets…
June 1, 1919: Brooklyn’s Jeff Pfeffer tosses 18-inning complete game
Jeff Pfeffer was a rugged right-hander who anchored Uncle…
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,…
August 22, 1917: ‘Some Game!’ Brooklyn wins after 22 innings
On a sultry Wednesday afternoon at Ebbets Field, the Robins…
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…
October 10, 1916: Robins stave off Red Sox comeback, climb back into Series
Hall of Famer Zack Wheat played for Brooklyn for 18 years…
April 9, 1913: Brooklyn falls in first regular-season game at Ebbets Field
The iconic main entry of Ebbets Field was located at the…
April 5, 1913: Ebbets Field opens with inaugural exhibition game
The first baseball game in Ebbets Field was an exhibition…
October 3, 1916: Brooklyn clinches NL pennant as John McGraw throws himself out of the game
Proximate geographies, shared histories, and personal relations…
August 30, 1921: Pirates’ Dave Robertson ‘runs gamut of hits’ as first player to hit for the cycle at Ebbets Field
With a little more than a month left in the 1921 regular season,…
May 29, 1928: Bill Terry hits for the cycle with grand slam as Giants rout Brooklyn
Two months into the 1928 season, the National League had a tight…
June 24, 1933: Arky Vaughan hits for the cycle in Pirates’ blowout win in Brooklyn
The Pittsburgh Pirates were nursing a four-game losing streak…
October 5, 1920: Coveleski goes the distance to give Indians 1-0 lead in World Series
The 1920 best-of-nine World Series opened on October 5 at…