1900s – Page 3 – Society for American Baseball Research

September 20, 1902: Nixey Callahan throws first no-hitter in White Sox history

Patsy Dougherty (TRADING CARD DB)

September 29, 1902: Boston beats Baltimore in season finale as two teams go in very different directions

October 4, 1902: Pittsburgh Pirates finish exceptional season by winning record 103rd game

George Winter (Trading Card DB)

April 20, 1903: Boston Americans open season at 10:30 in the morning

Cy Young, 1903 (SABR-Rucker Archive)

April 20, 1903: Cy Young’s no-hitter collapses as A’s take second game of season-opening doubleheader

April 22, 1903: New York makes its American League debut as Highlanders fall to Washington on Opening Day

April 23, 1903: New York records its first victory in American League play

May 1, 1903: Cleveland’s lengthy battle to acquire Hugh Hill ends with one at-bat in a game that slipped away

May 18, 1903: Cubs sit alone in first place thanks to Tinker to Evers to … Lowe

May 7, 1903: Pirates’ Fred Clarke hits for second career cycle in game full of ejections and errors

Irvin Wilhelm (Carl J. Horner photo)

June 9, 1903: Pirates’ streak of 56 scoreless innings pitched snapped by Phillies

Buck Freeman (Trading Card DB)

June 21, 1903: ‘Biff, bang, smash’: Buck Freeman hits for first cycle in Red Sox franchise history

Ed Delahanty (Trading Card Database)

June 25, 1903: Ed Delahanty appears in final game as Washington Senators continue to struggle

July 29, 1903: New York, Boston combine for 29 runs as Patsy Dougherty hits for the cycle

Nap Lajoie (TRADING CARD DB)

August 8, 1903: Lajoie fumes over old ball; Cleveland’s season reaches crossroad after forfeit to Detroit

September 24, 1903: Bill Bradley hits for reverse natural cycle; teammate Nap Lajoie just misses

Deacon Phillippe

October 1, 1903: Deacon Phillippe, Pirates beat Boston’s Cy Young in first ‘World’s Series’ game

Patsy Dougherty (TRADING CARD DB)

October 2, 1903: Patsy Dougherty hits a pair of home runs as Bill Dinneen shuts out Pirates in Game 2

October 3, 1903: ‘Police unable to control crowd,’ but Pirates prevail in Game 3

Deacon Phillippe (TRADING CARD DB)

October 6, 1903: Deacon Phillippe wins third World Series game for Pirates … and it’s only Game 4

Patsy Dougherty (TRADING CARD DB)

October 7, 1903: Boston breaks open Game 5 with back-to-back big innings

Bill Dineen (TRADING CARD DB)

October 8, 1903: Boston’s Bill Dinneen wins Game 6 to even World Series at three apiece

Lou Criger (TRADING CARD DB)

October 10, 1903: Pirates’ Deacon Phillippe finally proves mortal as Boston wins Game 7

October 13, 1903: Big Bill Dinneen leads Boston to a triumph in first modern World Series