Exhibitions – Page 2 – Society for American Baseball Research

June 26, 1920: Lou Gehrig homers in high school all-star game at Cubs Park

May 9, 1921: Collegians versus the Pros: BC’s Jimmy Fitzpatrick stymies Boston Braves

October 3, 1921: A Negro League team plays in Sportsman’s Park for the first time

Oscar Charleston (SABR-RUCKER ARCHIVE)

October 4, 1921: Oscar Charleston and Charlie Blackwell bash the Cardinals’ barnstormers in Game 2

Jack Fournier (TRADING CARD DB)

October 9, 1921: Cardinals barnstormers smash St. Louis Giants in doubleheader sweep

Milt Stock (TRADING CARD DB)

October 10, 1921: Cardinals barnstormers blow out St. Louis Giants in exhibition series finale

August 14, 1922: Lizzie Murphy becomes first woman to play against major leaguers at Fenway Park

July 19, 1923: Judge Landis Day in Salisbury, MD

April 11, 1925: Braves, Red Sox resume City Series in Boston

DonaldsonJohn

June 14, 1925: ‘Outlaw’ Swede Risberg defeats John Donaldson in Montana duel

October 18, 1925: Oscar Charleston’s Lincoln Giants fall to Lou Gehrig and the Bronx Giants in an avalanche of runs

Biz Mackey (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

October 14, 1928: Baltimore Black Sox beat Lefty Grove and all-star team

October 29, 1928: Young Bob Feller catches glimpse of his future as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig barnstorm into Iowa

April 14, 1929: Sunday baseball in Boston for the first time

September 7, 1929: Havana’s Luis E. Tiant knocked out in Baltimore exhibition game

September 8, 1930: Old-timers make history in charity game at Braves Field

June 20, 1931: Old Pete brings night baseball to Jamestown

Billy Evans (Walter P. Reuther collection, Wayne State University)

August 17, 1931: Thousands turn out to honor Billy Evans at Indians’ exhibition in Youngstown

September 9, 1931: Al Capone turns out for Cubs-White Sox charity exhibition in Chicago

September 23, 1931: Charity begins at home plate: Red Sox, Braves team up for benefit game

August 1, 1932: The Beards versus the Braves: House of David visits Boston

Courtesy of the Center for Negro League Baseball Research

October 16, 1934: Philadelphia Stars defeat Dizzy and Daffy all-stars in double bill

May 5, 1935: Satchel Paige loses North Dakota’s semipro season opener

May 3, 1936: Satchel Paige and the Pittsburgh Crawfords visit Zanesville, Ohio