Bill Moore (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, February 17, 1924)

September 27, 1924: Rochester no-hits Syracuse for the second time in a month

Bill Moore’s major-league career was brief and unfortunate.…
Joe DiMaggio (Trading Card Database)

July 23, 1933: Seals’ Joe DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 60 games

When Joe DiMaggio laced a single in the San Francisco Seals’…
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September 11, 1927: Goodbye, Shamokin: Pennsylvania city leaves affiliated ball with win

“‘Finis’ was written to the 1927 chapter of the New York-Pennsylvania…

July 21, 1950: Bob Friend tosses no-hitter at age 19 for Waco Pirates

Bob Friend established a reputation as one of the National League’s…

March 17, 1946: Jackie Robinson plays his first exhibition game for Montreal Royals

On October 23, 1945, it was announced that Branch Rickey had…

May 10, 1939: Olean beats Bradford on New York-Penn League’s first day

Forty-one minor leagues operated in the United States in 1939.…

September 6, 1948: Tallahassee stays alive in Game 3 of Georgia-Florida playoff series

In 1948 Florida’s insular capital city of Tallahassee had a…

September 7, 1921: Teams split four hits in Dakota League action

For a certain type of twenty-first-century baseball fan – one…

April 22, 1948: Bob Porterfield pitches Newark Bears to Opening Day victory

“No one grows up playing baseball pretending that they’re…

August 22, 1943: Pitching pharmacist Sam Hyman helps Hartford Senators out of jam

When The Sporting News, a.k.a. “the bible of baseball,”…
DeLorimier Park, circa 1933 (Musée McCord Museum)

July 18, 1933: Night baseball makes its debut in Montreal

When it opened in 1928, Montreal’s De Lorimier Stadium was…

June 4, 1927: Umpire Gerald Hayes halts tie game, infuriates Syracuse crowd

The Syracuse (New York) Stars, managed by Burt Shotton, were…