1900s – Page 3 – Society for American Baseball Research

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

October 24, 2023

His manager did not initially approve of it. His catcher didn’t…

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

June 21, 2023

Part of the 1903 schedule had the Boston Americans and Cleveland…

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

June 14, 2023

On April 24, 1904, a chilly, wet day, “that threatened to rain…

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

July 18, 2022

The Boston Americans ran away with the American League pennant…

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

June 20, 2022

Less than a week before he boiled over on an umpire and caused…

June 21, 1904: White Sox rally in the 9th to beat Cleveland, but Cincinnati is main focus as baseball, politics collide

June 2, 2022

“Yes, Herrmann Day is a go in Chicago. The [Cincinnati] Blaine…

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

May 10, 2022

The Pittsburgh Pirates, two-time defending National League champions,…

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

May 4, 2022

The Chicago Inter Ocean described it as the “greatest pitchers’…

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

March 31, 2022

Considering the transportation methods available in 1903, a trip…

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

March 3, 2022

The headline ran in the Boston Globe: “Swarm on the Field;…

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

December 21, 2021

Boston right-hander Bill Dinneen shut out the Pirates, 3-0, allowing…

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

November 9, 2021

Eight games into the 1904 season, the Philadelphia Phillies found…

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

September 28, 2021

In what is widely considered the first World Series, Barney Dreyfuss,…

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

September 20, 2021

Roaring Bill Kennedy took the mound for the Pirates in Game…

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

September 19, 2021

The Pirates, back home at Exposition Park, took a three-games-to-one…

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

September 16, 2021

Both teams managed 10 base hits, but the Bostons scored twice…

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

September 16, 2021

Two calculations contributed to the hosts calling for a day off…

August 1, 1904: Pirates’ Charlie Case hurls a one-of-a-kind shutout with 11 hits allowed, no strikeouts

July 9, 2021

Pitching a complete-game shutout in the major leagues is a difficult…

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

October 29, 2020

A crowd of 4,135 fans turned out to watch the New York Highlanders…

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

September 18, 2018

The first World Series ever played was a best-of-nine competition,…

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

July 12, 2018

If there was one man upon whom manager Frank Selee could depend,…

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