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April 20, 1912: Red Sox open Fenway Park with extra-innings win over New York

Navin Field, 1912 (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

April 20, 1912: Frank Navin’s field of dreams opens in Detroit

April 27, 1912: Pirates unleash new bats in 23-run outburst against Reds

May 18, 1912: Tigers stage baseball’s first player strike in support of Ty Cobb

Roy Mitchell

June 5, 1912: Roy Mitchell pitches, hits Browns over A’s

June 9, 1912: Boston’s Tris Speaker hits for the cycle against Browns

June 10, 1912: Chief Meyers hits for the cycle, but Heinie Zimmerman’s homers beat Giants

July 4, 1912: George Mullin tosses first Tigers no-hitter

Christy Mathewson

July 5, 1912: ‘Magician-like’ Christy Mathewson sours Brooklyn’s grins while earning 300th career win

July 8, 1912: Jimmy Lavender and Cubs halt Rube Marquard’s winning streak

July 25, 1912: Bert Daniels becomes first Yankees player to hit for cycle in ‘extremely belligerent’ game

July 31, 1912: Honus Wagner hits game-winner for Pirates in 19-inning marathon

Shoeless Joe Jackson, circa 1912 (CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM, CHICAGO DAILY NEWS, SDN-057584)

August 11, 1912: Shoeless Joe Jackson becomes first American Leaguer to steal home twice in one game

August 20, 1912: Umpires Brick and Brennan leave game bashed and bruised

August 20, 1912: Doubleheader Dandy: Walter Johnson wins AL-record 15th straight game; Carl Cashion hurls 6-inning no-hitter

August 22, 1912: Honus Wagner hits for the cycle, but Pirates fall to Giants

August 30, 1912: Browns’ Earl Hamilton throws the first no-strikeout no-hitter

EasonMal

September 2, 1912: Reds and Cardinals can’t see in the dark, but umpire Mal Eason says, ‘Play on’

Smoky Joe Wood (Trading Card DB)

September 6, 1912: Smoky Joe Wood outduels Walter Johnson in epic clash of ‘smokeball kids’

Jeff Tesreau (Trading Card DB)

September 6, 1912: Official scorer reverses decision, giving Giants rookie Jeff Tesreau a no-hitter

Bill Rapps and Gus Hetling (TRADING CARD DB)

September 14, 1912: Bill Rapps turns unassisted triple play; Gus Hetling steals home for game-winner in Pacific Coast League thriller

September 20, 1912: Smoky Joe Wood foiled by Tigers after 16 straight wins

September 26, 1912: Reds rally for 10 runs in 9th, but Cubs pull out a late victory

September 26, 1912: Heinie Zimmerman won’t go home; Reds’ stalling efforts fail to catch Cubs

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