1910s – Page 8 – Society for American Baseball Research

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

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

June 28, 1915: Visiting Whales rally to best Tip-Tops as 18,000 attend Fans’ Day in Brooklyn

July 3, 1915: Barnstorming American women compete against male semipros in Saskatchewan

Fielder Jones (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)

July 5, 1915: Holiday fireworks as Terriers manager Fielder Jones ejected, ‘resigns’, suspended

July 5, 1915: Reds’ Heinie Groh hits for the cycle, scores four times against Cubs

July 19, 1915: Washington Senators set a stolen-base record, sort of

August 7, 1915: Newark Peppers ride mud ball to third consecutive extra-inning win

Babe Ruth (TRADING CARD DB)

August 14, 1915: Babe Ruth wins first start against Walter Johnson

August 18, 1915: Braves Field opens in Boston

Alex Main (TRADING CARD DB)

August 16, 1915: The Main Event: Kansas City’s Alex Main tosses no-hitter in Federal League

August 29, 1915: Jim Scott tosses shutout in 68 minutes, shortest game in White Sox history

September 4, 1915: Ball lost in the sun costs Braves rookie Art Nehf a perfect game

September 6, 1915: Laboring (and Traveling) on Labor Day

Tom Seaton (TRADING CARD DB)

September 6, 1915: To the victor goes the revenge: Brooklyn bests Newark in nightcap

September 7, 1915: Dave Davenport tosses a no-hitter for St. Louis Terriers

September 12, 1915: Nashville fans start a riot and players get punished

September 19, 1915: Triple play highlights Whales’ win over Buffalo during Federal League pennant stretch

September 16, 1915: Ty Cobb faces beanballs and a riotous mob in Boston

Dick Rudolph (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)

September 18, 1915: Braves, trying to keep pace, drub Cardinals 20-1

September 19, 1915: St. Louis Terriers’ pennant hopes fall in sloppy 12-inning loss to last-place Baltimore Terrapins

September 29, 1915: Gene Packard does it all for Packers, wins 20th game in pennant race

September 29, 1915: Rip Williams delivers career performance during Senators’ slugfest

October 2, 1915: Packers’ Nick Cullop breaks the hearts of St. Louis baseball fans