1900s – Page 3 – Society for American Baseball Research

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

Buck Freeman (Trading Card DB)

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

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

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

Deacon Phillippe

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

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

April 24, 1904: White Sox beat Cleveland on fierce rally as Tom Dougherty picks up only career win

May 5, 1904: Cy Young pitches a perfect game

May 11, 1904: Cy Young goes 15 innings for Boston in 1-0 win over Detroit

Jack Chesbro (TRADING CARD DB)

May 14, 1904: After embracing spitball, Jack Chesbro kicks off impressive streak of 14 successive wins

June 4, 1904: Giants’ McGinnity, Reds’ Harper duel to 2-2 tie before record crowd

June 11, 1904: Chicago’s Bob Wicker begins game with 9⅓ hitless innings — or does he?

June 20, 1904: Beaneaters’ Duff Cooley becomes 50th major-league player to hit for the cycle