September 19, 1897: Cap Anson’s 3,000th hit?
Among more than two dozen men credited with at least 3,000 career…
June 29, 1897: The Chicago Colts’ record romp for 36 runs
Nothing in the buildup suggested it would be remembered more…
June 19, 1897: Wee Willie Keeler’s 44-game hitting streak ends
Presumably due to his size, William Henry “Wee Willie” Keeler…
May 16, 1897: Arrested on a day of rest: Cleveland Spiders challenge Sunday baseball
Stanley Robison, owner of the Cleveland Spiders, pushed the…
July 13, 1896: Ed Delahanty’s four-home run game
The Philadelphia Phillies had high hopes for the 1896 season.…
May 30, 1894: Four home runs for Bobby Lowe
Fans arriving for the second portion of the Boston Beaneaters’…
May 15, 1894: “It Was a Hot Game, Sure Enough!”
Nineteenth-century baseball often suffered game delays, suspensions,…
August 16, 1893: Bill Hawke’s no-hitter
In the early days of baseball, a multitude of changes occurred…
October 1892: The Split-Season Playoff
Major-league baseball faced a serious crisis in the early 1890s.…
October 15, 1892: Bumpus Jones, the no-hit phenom
Bumpus Jones was the talk of the baseball world at 22, a pitcher…
June 10, 1892: Seven hits in seven tries for Wilbert Robinson
Until Rennie Stennett matched the feat in September of 1975,…
September 28-30, 1891: The Clouded Finish: Beaneaters take over first place
When first-place Chicago hosted second-place Boston on September…
October 6, 1890: The first worst-to-first team
In 1889, the Louisville Colonels of the American Association…
June 21, 1890: No hits — but no win for Silver King
A hit that wasn’t a hit turned an exciting, but hardly unique,…
May 12, 1890: The Kid, the Bolt, and Silent Mike
In 1890 the Players League sat on top of the baseball world,…
April 19, 1890: Debut of the Players League
The Players League opened the 1890 season with seven of eight…
October 29, 1889: Giants win back-to-back World’s Series
They might have called it the first “Subway Series” if there…
October 18, 1889: Genesis of a rivalry: Brooklyn vs. New York
In 1889, for the first time, both the National League and the…
October 5, 1889: The Giants win the pennant on the last day
The 1889 New York Giants were loaded with talent and charisma,…
October 2, 1889: King Kelly’s Downfall
From mid-July until the final days of the 1889 season, the National…
September 7, 1889: The Candlelight Game
The September 7, 1889, game between the St. Louis Browns and…
June 22, 1889: Sad-sack Louisville Colonels lose 26th game in a row
There are days when nothing goes right. In 1889 the Louisville…
February 9, 1889: A Wondrous Ball Park: The Pyramid Game in Giza, Egypt
Baseball fans can debate incessantly over what is the greatest…
September 4, 1888: The Little Steam Engine That Could: Pud Galvin’s 300th victory
The 21st-century baseball devotee has at his fingertips an abundance…