Luis Bustamante (Courtesy of Stephen V. Rice)

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

Elyria, Ohio, 23 miles southwest of Cleveland, was a growing…

October 5, 1907: Boston Americans finish season with sixth tie game of the year

With Judd Boyce Doyle—known as Slow Joe Doyle—on the mound…

April 17, 1908: Memphis Turtles win season opener; Tris Speaker debuts for Little Rock

Thomas F. McCullough, business manager of the Southern Association’s…
Ty Cobb (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)

July 17, 1908: Biff Bang Boom! Cobb, Tigers score 21 runs to beat Mack’s Athletics

The year 1908 in baseball gave us the invention of the electric…

September 5, 1908: Brooklyn’s Nap Rucker no-hits Boston Doves, striking out 14

Nap Rucker spent his entire major-league career pitching for…

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

“Rain, hail, thunder, lightning, and flood were summoned to…

August 11, 1907: Ed Karger Tosses Seven-Inning Perfect Game

It was scorching hot, with temperatures approaching 100 degrees…

September 20, 1907: Nick Maddox tosses first no-hitter in Pirates’ history

From Pittsburgh’s inaugural season in the National League,…

May 25, 1908: Cubs beat Giants in 10th on Joe Tinker’s walkoff hit

By the time the Cubs and Giants renewed their rivalry in 1908,…

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

The New York Giants and Chicago Cubs were “red-hot rivals for…

June 12, 1908: Joe Jackson slugs the ball for his hometown team

On June 11, 1908, the Greenville (South Carolina) Spinners won…

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

By 1907, Opening Day was one of the grand sporting and social…