Erve Beck, Trading Card Database

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…
Cy Young (CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM)

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…
Courtesy of M. Shawn Hennessy/Chevrons and Diamonds Collection

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…
Nap Lajoie, 1901 (SABR-Rucker Archive)

June 24, 1901: “He Didn’t Have the Energy to Strike a Lucifer”

Coming off a third-place finish in 1900, the Philadelphia Phillies…
Mike Donlin (TRADING CARD DB)

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,…
Baseball game at the South Side Grounds, Missoula, Montana, circa 1900, by photographer John E. Dunn, from the archives of the University of Montana. The Clark Fork River is near the first-base line. Mount Jumbo is in the background on the right.

June 30, 1901: Missoula defeats Butte in baseball by the river in Montana

“[Missoula right fielder] Hugh Campbell jumped into the river…