April 15, 1915: Rube Marquard’s no-hitter marks first step toward reconciling reputation after shocking offseason
By 1914, New York Giants executives had accepted that inconsistent…
May 12, 1915: Red Faber’s reported 67-pitch complete game beats Washington
Urban “Red” Faber’s Hall of Fame pitching career took off…
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…
April 16, 1915: Federal League comes to New Jersey as Terrapins beat Newark Peppers in home opener
Local baseball teams parade through Harrison Park in Harrison,…
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…
May 29, 1915: Terriers ace Eddie Plank dominates Brooklyn Tip-Tops in opener
Eddie Plank had 287 major-league victories to his credit when…
October 7, 1914: Indianapolis Hoosiers clinch second straight Federal League pennant
Only the tail-end St. Louis club stood in the way of Bill Phillips’s…
May 15, 1915: Chicago’s Claude Hendrix no-hits the Pittsburgh Rebels
Years before he would become infamous for inadvertently starting…
October 6, 1914: Another day, another doubleheader, another tie for Pittsburgh Rebels, Baltimore Terrapins
Their home-field victory over the Pittsburgh Rebels in the opener…
April 24, 1915: No offense in Gateway no-no: Frank Allen pitches a no-hitter for Pittsburgh
Late in the 1914 season, Brooklyn’s Ed Lafitte pitched his…
June 28, 1915: Visiting Whales rally to best Tip-Tops as 18,000 attend Fans’ Day in Brooklyn
Fledging leagues need paying customers to survive, but sometimes…
May 31, 1915: Newark, Brooklyn split a home-and-away doubleheader
The Federal League magnates experimented with a number of innovations…
May 20, 1915: Buffalo Blues bats come alive in St. Louis
The start of the 1915 season was going so poorly for the Buffalo…
October 2, 1914: A sign of so many swats to come: Babe Ruth doubles for first big-league hit
Even after the game, the 1,500 people who watched a meaningless…
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…