19th Century – Page 14 – Society for American Baseball Research

May 16, 1897: Arrested on a day of rest: Cleveland Spiders challenge Sunday baseball

Fred Tenney (BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, MCGREEVEY COLLECTION)

May 31, 1897: Fred Tenney leads Memorial Day parade with 6 hits

June 16, 1897: Sockalexis and Cleveland ‘Indians’ rout Rusie’s Giants

Wee Willie Keeler (TRADING CARD DB)

June 18, 1897: Hitting ’Em Where They Ain’t: Wee Willie Keeler’s streak reaches 44 games in a row

June 19, 1897: Wee Willie Keeler’s 44-game hitting streak ends

Fred Klobedanz (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

June 21, 1897: Two-way threat Fred Klobedanz leads Boston to 11-6 win over Brooklyn

June 29, 1897: The Chicago Colts’ record romp for 36 runs

Hugh Duffy (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

August 6, 1897: An unusual brawl and a wild ending

Bob Allen (Courtesy of Trading Card Database)

September 1, 1897: Bob Allen has big day for Beaneaters — as Bostonians begin to travel underground

Rube Waddell (Trading Card DB)

September 8, 1897: A battery is born: Waddell, Schrecongost cross paths for first time in major-league debuts

Umpire William B. Carpenter (Wilkes-Barre Sunday Leader, September 19, 1897)

September 13, 1897: The Washington Ladies’ Day Riot that never was

September 19, 1897: Cap Anson’s 3,000th hit?

September 24, 1897: Boston rooters flock to Baltimore to see crucial pennant race victory

September 27, 1897: Good (Beaneaters) versus Evil (Orioles)

Bill Duggleby (Baseball-Reference.com)

April 21, 1898: Bill Duggleby’s debut slam clears contentious sign in Philadelphia

Ottawa Wanderers

July 19, 1898: Jimmy ‘Gussie’ Gannon leads Ottawa to its first home victory in professional baseball

July 25, 1898: The Ducky Holmes Game

September 6, 1898: Chicago’s Danny Green struggles in Cincinnati’s sun field

September 17, 1898: Chicago’s Bill Phyle shuts out Washington in historic debut as first Native American pitcher

Jimmy Collins (Courtesy of Trading Card Database)

September 29, 1898: Jimmy Collins grand slam helps Beaneaters score 6 in ninth to beat Philadelphia

Hugh Duffy (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

October 11, 1898: Relieved Beaneaters gain National League title again

June 16, 1899: Honus Wagner and the Louisville Colonels rally in 9th to defeat Cy Young

Heinie Peitz (Trading Card DB)

June 28, 1899: Five Senators tagged out at home plate in narrow loss to Reds

July 4, 1899: Baltimore’s John McGraw is first player to steal second, third, and home in same inning