September 6, 1898: Chicago’s Danny Green struggles in Cincinnati’s sun field

“The sun is right bang in your eyes all the time,” said right…
Hugh Duffy (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

October 11, 1898: Relieved Beaneaters gain National League title again

As the skies darkened over the nation’s capital, the spirit…
Heinie Peitz (Trading Card DB)

June 28, 1899: Five Senators tagged out at home plate in narrow loss to Reds

The Washington Senators are “nonentities,” said the Washington…

September 16, 1899: Misfit Cleveland Spiders lose 24th in a row

It was a “Ladies Day,” but there were few ladies—or gentlemen,…
Bill Ging (Baseball-Reference.com)

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…

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…
Wee Willie Keeler (TRADING CARD DB)

June 21, 1900: Republicans witness a pennant race turn in Philadelphia

Over three days, June 19-21, the Republican Party held its 1900…
Noodles Hahn (Trading Card DB)

July 12, 1900: Noodles Hahn blanks ‘greatest batting team ever organized’ in final no-hitter of nineteenth century

Nearing the midway point of the 1900 season, Noodles Hahn made…

April 25, 1901: Tigers stage 9th-inning comeback in AL opener

More than a century ago, the Detroit Tigers staged the biggest…

April 26, 1901: Baltimore Orioles win home opener in a new major league

In late January of 1901, American League President Ban Johnson…