Red Faber (Trading Card DB)

May 12, 1915: Red Faber’s reported 67-pitch complete game beats Washington

Urban “Red” Faber’s Hall of Fame pitching career took off…
Babe Ruth with the Boston Red sox, circa 1917 (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)

June 2, 1915: Boston’s Babe Ruth hits his first game-winning home run

In The Science of Hitting, Ted Williams wrote, “I had a higher…

October 6, 1914: Terrapins win blowout in Baltimore in doubleheader opener

In the final week of the initial Federal League campaign, the…

May 6, 1915: Terriers turn triple play, but Brooklyn snags victory

Jack Tobin’s ears told him to move. Fast! As sound waves…

May 29, 1915: Darkness wins in tie game between Terriers and Tip-Tops

Federal League Park, also known as Handlan’s Park, was first…
Hall of Fame lefty was twice victimized by batters swinging at intentional balls.

May 29, 1915: Terriers ace Eddie Plank dominates Brooklyn Tip-Tops in opener

Eddie Plank had 287 major-league victories to his credit when…
Claude Hendrix (TRADING CARD DB)

May 15, 1915: Chicago’s Claude Hendrix no-hits the Pittsburgh Rebels

Years before he would become infamous for inadvertently starting…

May 31, 1915: Newark, Brooklyn split a home-and-away doubleheader

The Federal League magnates experimented with a number of innovations…
Russ Ford (TRADING CARD DB)

May 20, 1915: Buffalo Blues bats come alive in St. Louis

The start of the 1915 season was going so poorly for the Buffalo…
Russ Ford (TRADING CARD DB)

October 9, 1914: Buffalo’s Russ Ford throws 16-inning shutout to beat Pittsburgh

Russ Ford took the mound on the next to last day of the 1914…

June 11, 1915: Reds’ Rube Benton fans 14 in extra-inning shutout

As readers scanned the morning editions of their hometown dailies…

April 26, 1915: Reds blow big lead, come back to beat Cubs, 13-12

In the long, often inglorious history of the Chicago Cubs, they…

May 6, 1915: Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth hits first major-league homer

Boston Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth, later nicknamed the Sultan…

October 13, 1914: Braves finish off shocking World Series upset in Game Four

Backed by stout defense,1 Dick Rudolph easily won his second…

October 12, 1914: Braves win Game Three in 12 innings

In the second consecutive thrilling contest, Philadelphia played…

October 10, 1914: Bill James outduels Eddie Plank in Game Two

On an unusually warm October day in Philadelphia in front of…

October 9, 1914: Rudolph outpitches Bender in World Series opener

The upstart Boston Braves surprised the defending World Series…