
July 21, 1945: Athletics, Tigers play to record setting 24-inning tie
The Saturday matinee was a matchup between the first-place…

June 2, 1949: Phillies smash 5 homers in one inning to tie major-league record
The 1949 Philadelphia Phillies were in the middle of a youth…

September 28, 1919: Giants and Phillies record 51 outs in 51 minutes, the fastest game in major-league history
More than one major-league regular season has ended with a memorable…

July 14, 1922: Red Sox game vs. Cleveland sets mark for lowest attendance at Fenway Park
The Chicago Tribune reports that only 68 fans attended the Boston…

June 18, 1874: Mutuals’ 38-1 win over Chicago White Stockings is the biggest blowout ever
The Chicago Cubs are the oldest pillar in big-league sports.…

September 9, 1921: Batting explosion ties American League record for total runs as White Sox top Tigers, 20-15
On September 9, 1921, the Chicago White Sox opened a three-game…

June 8, 1950: Red Sox beat up on Browns with 29-4 shellacking
It was quite a homestand for the Boston Red Sox. From June 2…

June 1, 1923: New York Giants score in every inning to blast Phillies, 22-8
When the New York Giants visited Philadelphia’s Baker Bowl…

July 19, 1915: Washington Senators set a stolen-base record, sort of
The 1915 Cleveland Indians, in their first year with that nickname…

July 12, 1931: Cardinals set doubles record with assist from St. Louis crowd
Fans began arriving at Dodier Street and Grand Boulevard shortly…

July 18, 1947: Tigers’ Hutchinson ends Yankees’ 19-game winning streak
Michigan and Trumbull was one of the more popular destinations…

May 11, 1923: Phillies and Cardinals clout 10 home runs in Baker Bowl barrage
It was “a baseball burlesque ... a wild slugfest with a flock…

April 25, 1901: Tigers’ ‘magnificent batting rally’ caps 10-run comeback in AL opener
When Charles Comiskey and other investors purchased the minor…

May 1, 1920: An extreme exercise in futility: Braves, Dodgers play 26 innings to no decision
It rained all morning in Boston. Not hard, just a persistent…

August 19, 1934: Red Sox rookie Moose Solters hits for the cycle before a record Fenway crowd of 46,995
“Boston went baseball crazy again yesterday,” exclaimed the…

September 15, 1928: Braves play the last of record nine straight doubleheaders
When Ben Cantwell took the mound for the Boston Braves at Braves…

June 13, 1916: Braves, Reds play longest scoreless duel in MLB history
Thanks to sterling pitching, no clutch hitting, and two umpiring…

August 17, 1894: Phillies break records for hits and runs; Sam Thompson hits for cycle
A crowd of 1,2501 was on hand to watch the Philadelphia Phillies…

August 25, 1922: Cubs and Phillies combine for 49 runs on 51 hits
From 1901 through the end of the 2015 major-league season, one…

April 25, 1901: Tigers stage 9th-inning comeback in AL opener
More than a century ago, the Detroit Tigers staged the biggest…

September 16, 1899: Misfit Cleveland Spiders lose 24th in a row
It was a “Ladies Day,” but there were few ladies—or gentlemen,…

June 29, 1897: The Chicago Colts’ record romp for 36 runs
Nothing in the buildup suggested it would be remembered more…

April 30, 1944: New York Giants score 26 runs; Weintraub has 11 RBIs
With D-Day still five weeks in the future, baseball was starting…

June 22, 1889: Sad-sack Louisville Colonels lose 26th game in a row
There are days when nothing goes right. In 1889 the Louisville…