1900s – Page 6 – Society for American Baseball Research

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

Honos Wagner

June 24, 1908: Honus Wagner begins surge to historic batting title with three hits in win over Reds

Hooks Wiltse (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)

July 4, 1908: Giants’ Hooks Wiltse denied 10-inning perfect game by umpire error, settles for no-hitter

July 16, 1908: Christy Mathewson bolts from the shower to preserve Giants’ victory over Cubs

Ty Cobb (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)

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

August 6, 1908: Cardinals’ Johnny Lush twirls rain-shortened no-hitter in 6 innings

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

Frank Smith (TRADING CARD DB)

September 20, 1908: Frank Smith no-hits the A’s as White Sox win 1-0 in bottom of the ninth

September 23, 1908: Giants, Cubs play to disputed tie in ‘Merkle Game’

Ed Reulbach (TRADING CARD DB)

September 26, 1908: Cubs’ Ed Reulbach tosses back-to-back shutouts in doubleheader sweep of Brooklyn

October 2, 1908: Addie Joss outduels Ed Walsh, throws perfect game

October 2, 1908: Otis Clymer hits for the cycle, leads Senators to rout over Highlanders

Mordecai Brown (Library of Congress)

October 4, 1908: Mordecai Brown prevents Pirates from clinching pennant, helps Cubs regain first place

October 5, 1908: Ed Walsh beats Detroit for his 40th win, keeping Chicago’s pennant hopes alive

Wild Bill Donovan (TRADING CARD DB)

October 6, 1908: Bill Donovan blanks White Sox on two hits, sending Detroit Tigers to the World Series

October 14, 1908: Cubs win World Series for second year in a row

From Shibe Park to Connie Mack Stadium: Great Games in Philadelphia’s Lost Ballpark, edited by Gregory H. Wolf

April 12, 1909: Shibe Park opens to celebration and sorrow

April 14, 1909: The dawn of a new era: St. Louis Browns fall in first game at Sportsman’s Park

Ralph Works, Trading Card Database

May 1, 1909: Ralph Works makes favorable debut in snow-delayed Tigers victory

May 2, 1909: Pirates’ Honus Wagner steals his way around the bases

May 12, 1909: Reds lefty Ed Karger is wild and unhittable

June 29, 1909: Pirates bid farewell to Exposition Park in Pittsburgh

June 30, 1909: Forbes Field, Pirates’ house of thrills, celebrates Opening Day

Jim Thorpe (Courtesy of Stephen V. Rice)

July 14, 1909: Rocky Mount pitcher Jim Thorpe defeats Wilmington in Eastern Carolina League