1900s – Page 5 – Society for American Baseball Research

Christy Mathewson (SABR-Rucker Archive)

October 9, 1905: Mathewson, Giants dominate Athletics in World Series opener as interleague championship resumes

Johnny Bates (Trading Card Database)

April 12, 1906: Boston’s Johnny Bates becomes first twentieth-century player to homer in first career at-bat

May 14, 1906: ‘Humpy’ Badel leads Buffalo Bisons to victory in home opener

June 7, 1906: Cubs wallop Mathewson and Giants, 19-0, at Polo Grounds

June 24, 1906: Tigers’ Germany Schaefer ‘wins by a nose’ after calling his shot

Frank Shaughnessy (COURTESY OF THE CANADIAN BASEBALL HALL OF FAME)

July 12, 1906: Frank Shaughnessy leads Ottawa to victory in outlaw Northern Independent League

August 3, 1906: Steinfeldt called out twice on same play

August 8, 1906: Doc Hillebrand’s shutout moves Ottawa closer to first place in outlaw league

Jake Weimer (TRADING CARD DB)

August 24, 1906: Tornado Jake Weimer tosses abbreviated no-hitter for Reds

August 29, 1906: Athletics settle for no-hitter and win in rain-shortened game

September 1, 1906: A’s rookie Jack Coombs, Red Sox’s Joe Harris battle for 24 innings

September 11, 1906: Reds, Pirates play to 15-inning scoreless tie

September 15, 1906: ‘Hitless Wonder’ White Sox win to move into first place

Stoney McGlynn (TRADING CARD DB)

September 24, 1906: ‘Iron Man’ Stoney McGlynn tosses 7-inning no-hitter for Cardinals

September 26, 1906: Honus Wagner’s hitting, fielding overshadow Lefty Leifield’s darkness-shortened no-hitter

April 11, 1907: Reds celebrate a ‘grand’ Opening Day with win over Pirates

Johnny Bates (TRADING CARD DB)

April 26, 1907: Boston’s Johnny Bates ‘toyed with the sphere’ for the cycle

May 26, 1907: Big Ed Walsh tosses rain-shortened no-hitter in farcical game

June 5, 1907: Three-Finger Brown’s Cubs beat Mathewson’s Giants in duel of aces

Luis Bustamante (Courtesy of Stephen V. Rice)

June 14-17, 1907: Luis Bustamante and the Cuban Stars visit northern Ohio

Branch Rickey (TRADING CARD DB)

June 28, 1907: Branch Rickey sets record by allowing 13 stolen bases to Senators in one game

June 29, 1907: Bemis batters Cobb, but Georgia Peach’s bat does the damage in rout of Naps

August 2, 1907: The Train Departs the Station: Walter Johnson makes major-league debut

George B. Dovey (PUBLIC DOMAIN)

August 7, 1907: Boston Doves delight fans in western Kentucky during owner’s homecoming