19th Century – Page 9 – Society for American Baseball Research

August 26, 1887: Bid McPhee hits for the cycle as Cincinnati, Baltimore combine for 30-run ‘fusillade’

October 21, 1887: Sam Thompson’s triple trouble

Harry Stovey (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

May 15, 1888: Philadelphia’s Harry Stovey hits for the cycle

May 27, 1888: Bridegroom Adonis Terry no-hits Louisville on a Sunday in Queens

June 13, 1888: Sam Barkley hits for the cycle but Kansas City Cowboys lose to Cincinnati Reds

June 21, 1888: George Van Haltren tosses rain-shortened no-hitter for Chicago

July 28, 1888: Jimmy Ryan hits for cycle as Chicago White Stockings win 21-17 slugging match

August 10, 1888: Tim Keefe outduels rookie Harry Staley for 19th consecutive victory

August 14, 1888: Tim Keefe finally loses and “Casey at the Bat” premieres

Mike Tiernan (TRADING CARD DB)

August 25, 1888: Mike Tiernan becomes first player in Giants history to hit for the cycle

September 4, 1888: The Little Steam Engine That Could: Pud Galvin’s 300th victory

October 16, 1888: Tim Keefe leads Giants to tense victory in Game One

February 9, 1889: A Wondrous Ball Park: The Pyramid Game in Giza, Egypt

Pete Browning (TRADING CARD DB)

June 7, 1889: Louisville’s Pete Browning hits for second career cycle

Chris Fulmer

June 17, 1889: George Goetz’s only major-league win extends Louisville’s losing streak to 21

June 22, 1889: Sad-sack Louisville Colonels lose 26th game in a row

Lefty Marr (Trading Card DB)

July 6, 1889: Columbus starts lefties at second base, third base, and shortstop in loss to St. Louis

July 27, 1889: Harry Raymond’s wild win

1887-88 photo of Jacob White Eyes as an 18-year-old student of the Educational Home for Boys, by John N. Choate, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

July 30, 1889: Hazleton’s Jacob White Eyes competes in pitchers’ duel in Harrisburg

Jack Glasscock (Trading Card DB)

August 8, 1889: Giants lose uniforms and game as Jack Glasscock hits for only cycle in Hoosiers history

August 15, 1889: Larry Twitchell records 16 total bases, hits for cycle, and pitches in Cleveland blowout of Boston

August 16, 1889: Integrated baseball in Pennsylvania: Cuban Giants defeat Lebanon Grays

August 23, 1889: Kid Nichols and Omaha White Sox edge Sioux City on Ladies’ Day

August 26, 1889: Extra baseball, a free fight, and a protest in Philadelphia