1900s – Page 4 – Society for American Baseball Research

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

Garry Herrmann (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)

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

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

Jesse Tannehill (Trading Card Database)

August 17, 1904: Jesse Tannehill throws Boston’s second no-hitter of season

September 1-3, 1904: Philadelphia Giants defeat Cuban X-Giants in championship series

John McGraw, 1902 (SABR-Rucker Archive)

September 5, 1904: Giants fans send John McGraw to hospital after accidentally trampling him in postgame celebration

George Winter (Trading Card DB)

September 15, 1904: New York Highlanders, Boston Americans tie for second day in a row

October 4, 1904: Sam Mertes hits for cycle, then Giants forfeit to Cardinals

Jack Chesbro (TRADING CARD DB)

October 7, 1904: Jack Chesbro wins 41st game of season for New York Highlanders

Jack Chesbro (TRADING CARD DB)

October 8, 1904: Clark Griffith rolls the dice and Chesbro loses to Boston on no rest

October 8, 1904: Boston’s Lou Criger guns down New York’s pennant hopes

Jack Chesbro (TRADING CARD DB)

October 10, 1904: Jack Chesbro uncorks a wild one

Fred Applegate (Baseball-Reference.com)

October 10, 1904: Rube Waddell salutes last-place Senators; Philadelphia’s Fred Applegate earns sole major-league win

April 25, 1905: Wee Willie Keeler hits walk-off, inside-the-park home run