April 5, 1913: Ebbets Field opens with inaugural exhibition game
The first baseball game in Ebbets Field was an exhibition…
June 14-17, 1907: Luis Bustamante and the Cuban Stars visit northern Ohio
Elyria, Ohio, 23 miles southwest of Cleveland, was a growing…
October 5, 1913: Frank Wickware wins barnstorming battle between the Big Train and ‘Black Walter Johnson’
In 1913 baseball’s popularity was unchallenged in America.…
July 3, 1915: Barnstorming American women compete against male semipros in Saskatchewan
In 1915, a baseball team with female players was a novelty…
August 27, 1894: Charlie Bennett Charity Game
“His hearty ‘glad to see you,’ and the warm grasp of the…
May 12, 1866: Atlanta’s first recorded game of base ball
Photo entitled “Famous Gate City Baseball Club of 1867”…
August 23, 1902: Banned from Pennsylvania, Cleveland’s Nap Lajoie returns home to Rhode Island for exhibition
When Nap Lajoie was a child, he earned the nickname Sandy from…
August 7, 1907: Boston Doves delight fans in western Kentucky during owner’s homecoming
The name George B. Dovey is unfamiliar to most modern-day baseball…
April 12, 1918: Red Faber, White Sox win exhibition game in epicenter of influenza pandemic
The Chicago White Sox are pictured on April 12, 1918,…
April 18, 1919: Babe Ruth thrills hometown Baltimore fans with 6 home runs in 6 at-bats
Babe Ruth put on a home-run show in his hometown on April 18,…
January 26, 1919: The Flu Mask Baseball Game
John "Beans" Reardon, left, wearing a flu mask underneath his…
July 24, 1911: ‘Galaxy of Stars’ takes the field in Cleveland in honor of Addie Joss
It said a lot about who Addie Joss was that the Cleveland Indians…
June 26, 1920: Lou Gehrig homers in high school all-star game at Cubs Park
"The New York Boys have a 17-year-old boy of 190 pounds on first…
September 1-3, 1904: Philadelphia Giants defeat Cuban X-Giants in championship series
The early twentieth century rivalry was intense between the two…
September 29, 1880: Metropolitan club opens new Polo Grounds with a win
The first professional baseball game played in Manhattan took…
May 5, 1918: Breaking the Sabbath: Navy Yard stars win exhibition at Braves Field
Though the crowd for the joyous May 7, 1918, Braves Field record…
May 9, 1921: Collegians versus the Pros: BC’s Jimmy Fitzpatrick stymies Boston Braves
Jimmy “Fitz” Fitzpatrick was already known as one of the…
January 1, 1914: Giants beat White Sox as World Tour visits Australia
“‘Why,’ said an American after the match, ‘your crowd…
February 4, 1861: Brooklyn Atlantics win a baseball game on ice
“Yesterday the hazardous feat of playing a match of base ball…
April 18, 1890: Amateur John Lyston wins Atlantic League tuneup against Gorhams
A reconvening of the annual baseball meetings was held on March…
February 9, 1889: A Wondrous Ball Park: The Pyramid Game in Giza, Egypt
Baseball fans can debate incessantly over what is the greatest…
August 10, 1883: Cap Anson vs. Fleet Walker
The beginning of the end of African American participation…
September 27, 1917: All-stars turn out for Tim Murnane benefit
Baseball’s modern business model has turned major league benefit…
June 21, 1891: A Sunday exhibition at Rocky Point, RI
When it was announced in 1891 that an exhibition game of ball…