May 1, 1900: With encouragement from his manager, Christy Mathewson wins his first start for Norfolk
Early in his career, John Francis Smith was a pitcher of great…
May 20, 1900: Buffalo Bisons, Chicago White Stockings play on Sunday on rough, swampy grounds
“The [Pine Hill] grounds were in very poor shape … for when…
June 21, 1900: Republicans witness a pennant race turn in Philadelphia
Over three days, June 19-21, the Republican Party held its 1900…
September 17, 1900: Phillies’ Pearce Chiles caught using technology to steal signs
Before the 2020 baseball season got underway, the national pastime…
April 24, 1901: White Stockings thump Cleveland as American League turns from minor to major
Whether because of a “gloomy day” in Detroit that stalled…
April 25, 1901: Tigers stage 9th-inning comeback in AL opener
More than a century ago, the Detroit Tigers staged the biggest…
April 25, 1901: Tigers’ ‘magnificent batting rally’ caps 10-run comeback in AL opener
When Charles Comiskey and other investors purchased the minor…
April 26, 1901: Baltimore Orioles win home opener in a new major league
In late January of 1901, American League President Ban Johnson…
May 1, 1901: Cleveland’s Earl Moore pitches with ‘quality of Cy Young’ in first home appearance
As Earl Moore dominated the Class B Interstate League in 1900,…
May 7, 1901: Boston’s Win Kellum earns the first American League win by a Canadian pitcher
The first pitch ever thrown by the team that since 1908 has been…
May 8, 1901: Boston wins first home game in Red Sox franchise history
“The diamond shone in the sun like a great canvas of freshly…
May 9, 1901: Cleveland’s Earl Moore hurls nine no-hit innings but can’t contain White Stockings in 10th
On May 7, 1901, three men pulled off a brazen heist on Euclid…
May 14, 1901: McAleer makes unusual proposal in effort to shore up deteriorated pitching corps after Milwaukee sweeps Cleveland
With his pitchers falling by the wayside on a seemingly daily…
May 18, 1901: In first Army vs. Navy baseball game, Cadets get best of Midshipmen in Annapolis
Baseball folklore has it that Abner Doubleday “chased the…
May 23, 1901: Cleveland Blues turn hopeless defeat into glorious victory
The newly-minted American League was barely a month old on May…
June 21, 1901: Reds’ Doc Parker allows record 26 hits to Superbas in first game after 5-year absence
When Cincinnati Reds pitcher Dr. Harley “Doc” Parker stepped…
June 24, 1901: “He Didn’t Have the Energy to Strike a Lucifer”
Coming off a third-place finish in 1900, the Philadelphia Phillies…
June 24, 1901: Turkey Mike Donlin trots to a 6-for-6 day at the plate for Orioles
John McGraw, the third baseman-manager of the Baltimore Orioles,…
June 30, 1901: Cleveland’s Pete Dowling tosses the American League’s first no-hitter — or does he?
Baseball records, like other forms of knowledge, are not chiseled…
July 10, 1901: Harry Davis becomes first American League player to hit for the cycle
The year was 1901, the inaugural season of the new American…
July 15, 1901: Christy Mathewson pitches no-hitter as Giants avoid sweep in St. Louis
For many baseball fans, 1901 marks the beginning of the “modern”…
July 23, 1901: Player-manager Fred Clarke hits for the cycle, leading Pirates over crippled Reds
It was just past the midpoint of the 1901 season.1 Pittsburgh…
July 30, 1901: Nap Lajoie, ‘champion batsman of the world,’ hits for the cycle with grand slam
In late July 1901, the Philadelphia Athletics traveled to Cleveland…
August 5, 1901: Jesse Burkett leads Cardinals over Pirates with 11-run outburst
The second-place St. Louis Cardinals arrived in Pittsburgh for…