September 7, 1899: Louisville Colonels’ ‘Mysterious Twirler’ Clay Fauver defeats Pirates for only big-league win
“Expect the unexpected,” an overused yet reliable phrase…
September 16, 1899: Misfit Cleveland Spiders lose 24th in a row
It was a “Ladies Day,” but there were few ladies—or gentlemen,…
September 25, 1899: Beaneaters’ Bill Ging earns only big-league win against Giants
The 1899 baseball season had not gone as expected, and the defending…
October 13, 1899: Kid Nichols’ masterful 3-hitter caps 10 straight seasons with 21-plus victories
For 10 straight seasons, one pitcher in the National League was…
April 19, 1900: A “Basket of Fresh Goose Eggs”
On April 19, 1900, hundreds of baseball fans gathered outside…
April 26, 1900: Beaneaters, Giants play to a controversial 10-10 tie
The Boston Beaneaters, under manager Frank Selee, won the National…
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,…