August 12, 1890: Farmer Weaver strokes 6 hits and hits for cycle as Louisville clobbers Syracuse
The 1890 Louisville Colonels – dubbed the “Cyclones” in…
July 5, 1890: Toledo’s Bill Van Dyke hits for the cycle but Maumees lose to Syracuse Stars
The Syracuse Stars and Toledo Maumees both spent exactly one…
July 27, 1889: Harry Raymond’s wild win
In 1889 the Louisville Colonels of the American Association were…
August 8, 1889: Giants lose uniforms and game as Jack Glasscock hits for only cycle in Hoosiers history
The New York Giants arrived in Indianapolis in August 1889 after…
August 15, 1889: Larry Twitchell records 16 total bases, hits for cycle, and pitches in Cleveland blowout of Boston
What one newspaper called the “greatest batting exhibition…
August 26, 1889: Extra baseball, a free fight, and a protest in Philadelphia
The courses of the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Beaneaters…
August 23, 1889: Kid Nichols and Omaha White Sox edge Sioux City on Ladies’ Day
Located 100 miles apart along the Missouri River, Omaha, Nebraska,…
August 6, 1890: John Reilly becomes first player to hit for the cycle three times in his career
Almost 90 games into the 1890 season, the National League had…
May 6-8, 1890: Canton’s Cy Young wins one and loses one in Akron
With an impressive 67-37 record, Canton, Ohio, won the 1889 pennant…
July 30, 1889: Hazleton’s Jacob White Eyes competes in pitchers’ duel in Harrisburg
In the 1880s, the Educational Home for Boys in Philadelphia…
September 23, 1890: Browns teenager George Nicol tosses 7-inning no-hitter in debut
He was such a green recruit that a hometown newspaper did not…
July 18, 1890: Jumbo Davis hits for the cycle, but Brooklyn falls to Louisville in a walk-off
A crowd of 1,236 turned out to watch the second-place Louisville…
August 16, 1889: Integrated baseball in Pennsylvania: Cuban Giants defeat Lebanon Grays
Thirteen teams played in the Middle States League, an integrated…
May 1, 1890: Detroit Wolverines top Toronto in ragged season opener
After losing the Syracuse, Rochester, and Toledo franchises to…
August 6, 1890: Farm boy Cy Young arrives in major leagues
“You ought to have seen it. Mr. Young, formerly of Canton,…
October 6, 1890: The first worst-to-first team
In 1889, the Louisville Colonels of the American Association…
June 21, 1890: No hits — but no win for Silver King
A hit that wasn’t a hit turned an exciting, but hardly unique,…
May 12, 1890: The Kid, the Bolt, and Silent Mike
In 1890 the Players League sat on top of the baseball world,…
April 19, 1890: Debut of the Players League
The Players League opened the 1890 season with seven of eight…
October 29, 1889: Giants win back-to-back World’s Series
They might have called it the first “Subway Series” if there…
October 18, 1889: Genesis of a rivalry: Brooklyn vs. New York
In 1889, for the first time, both the National League and the…
October 5, 1889: The Giants win the pennant on the last day
The 1889 New York Giants were loaded with talent and charisma,…
October 2, 1889: King Kelly’s Downfall
From mid-July until the final days of the 1889 season, the National…
September 7, 1889: The Candlelight Game
The September 7, 1889, game between the St. Louis Browns and…