1910s – Society for American Baseball Research

Hippo Vaughn (Trading Card DB)

April 14, 1910: Red Sox, Highlanders finish Opening Day in a 14-inning tie

April 14, 1910: Walter Johnson impresses President Taft on Opening Day

His major league career was essentially over when he pitched for the Hog Island team in 1918.

May 12, 1910: Charles Bender tosses first no-hitter in Shibe Park history

Fred Olmstead (Trading Card DB)

June 13, 1910: White Sox end three-game scoreless skid by beating Senators, Walter Johnson

Comiskey Park, 1910 (SDN-008839, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum)

July 1, 1910: ‘Baseball Palace of the World’ opens with White Sox’s first game at Comiskey Park

July 3, 1910: Pirates’ Chief Wilson hits for the cycle

Larry McLean (Trading Card DB)

July 9, 1910: Larry McLean leads Cincinnati to 14-inning win over Brooklyn

July 19, 1910: Cy Young wins 500th game in major leagues thanks to late Cleveland rallies

Russ Ford - Courtesy Library of Congress - https://www.loc.gov/item/2014691647/

July 19, 1910: Russ Ford loses no-hitter in ninth on misjudged fly ball

King Cole (TRADING CARD DB)

July 31, 1910: King for a Day: Cubs’ Cole tosses abbreviated no-hitter in St. Louis

Ed Walsh (TRADING CARD DB)

August 4, 1910: Jack Coombs, Ed Walsh hook up in scoreless, 16-inning pitchers’ duel for the ages

August 25, 1910: Philadelphia native Danny Murphy cycles but Athletics fall to Browns

August 26, 1910: Jack Coombs fans 14 in four-hit shutout for A’s

Bill Collins (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)

October 6, 1910: Boston rookie Bill Collins hits for a natural cycle

October 17, 1910: Charles Bender baffles Cubs in World Series opener

October 18, 1910: Jack Coombs, Eddie Collins lead Athletics over Cubs

Clark Griffith, right, and Philadelphia A's manager Connie Mack shake hands on Opening Day 1919 at Griffith Stadium in Washington, DC. The Washington Senators began playing at Griffith Stadium in 1912. (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)

April 12, 1911: Senators’ victory inaugurates not-yet-completely-built Griffith Stadium

April 13, 1911: Cobb and Crawford lead Tigers to Opening Day victory

May 7, 1911: Cleveland’s Shoeless Joe Jackson beats Browns in 12th inning with grand slam

Ty Cobb (TRADING CARD DB)

May 13, 1911: Ty Cobb’s 5 RBIs not enough to withstand Red Sox comeback

George Mullin (Trading Card Database)

May 23, 1911: Tigers prevail after manager’s ejection, Washington’s eighth-inning collapse

June 4, 1911: Baseball in the fast lane: Reds race past Boston Rustlers, 26-3

June 18, 1911: Tigers trail by 12, then triumph 16-15 over White Sox

June 28, 1911: Mathewson shuts out Boston in Giants’ first game at new Polo Grounds