May 14, 1904: After embracing spitball, Jack Chesbro kicks off impressive streak of 14 successive wins
His manager did not initially approve of it. His catcher didn’t…
June 4, 1904: Giants’ McGinnity, Reds’ Harper duel to 2-2 tie before record crowd
The Cincinnati Reds arrived in New York for a three-game series…
June 11, 1904: Chicago’s Bob Wicker begins game with 9⅓ hitless innings — or does he?
The Chicago Inter Ocean described it as the “greatest pitchers’…
June 20, 1904: Beaneaters’ Duff Cooley becomes 50th major-league player to hit for the cycle
Eight games into the 1904 season, the Philadelphia Phillies found…
June 21, 1904: White Sox rally in the 9th to beat Cleveland, but Cincinnati is main focus as baseball, politics collide
“Yes, Herrmann Day is a go in Chicago. The [Cincinnati] Blaine…
August 1, 1904: Pirates’ Charlie Case hurls a one-of-a-kind shutout with 11 hits allowed, no strikeouts
Pitching a complete-game shutout in the major leagues is a difficult…
August 17, 1904: Jesse Tannehill throws Boston’s second no-hitter of season
Jesse Tannehill led the National League in ERA in 1901 with the…
September 1-3, 1904: Philadelphia Giants defeat Cuban X-Giants in championship series
The early twentieth century rivalry was intense between the two…
September 15, 1904: New York Highlanders, Boston Americans tie for second day in a row
Avoiding stalemate proved difficult for the Boston Americans…
October 4, 1904: Sam Mertes hits for cycle, then Giants forfeit to Cardinals
The New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals had scheduled a doubleheader…
October 7, 1904: Jack Chesbro wins 41st game of season for New York Highlanders
The New York Highlanders had come quickly, rushing into the American…
October 8, 1904: Clark Griffith rolls the dice and Chesbro loses to Boston on no rest
One of the greatest days in Boston baseball history – October…
October 8, 1904: Boston’s Lou Criger guns down New York’s pennant hopes
Lou Criger batted .211 for the Boston Americans in 1904 —…
October 10, 1904: Jack Chesbro uncorks a wild one
The band played Tessie as the penultimate game of the 1904 season…
October 10, 1904: Rube Waddell salutes last-place Senators; Philadelphia’s Fred Applegate earns sole major-league win
Rube Waddell approached home plate as Patsy Donovan came to bat…
April 25, 1905: Wee Willie Keeler hits walk-off, inside-the-park home run
The Washington Senators were dead last in the American League…
April 28, 1905: Youngsters Ty Cobb, Eddie Cicotte, and Clyde Engle excel in Augusta’s South Atlantic League win over Macon
In 1904, the South Atlantic League (aka the “Sally” League)…
June 13, 1905: Christy Mathewson throws second no-hitter, wins duel with Three Finger Brown
For the New York Giants and Christy Mathewson, things could not…
June 29, 1905: Moonlight Graham’s only major-league game
If not for W.P. Kinsella, it’s likely that Archibald "Moonlight"…
July 4, 1905: Rube Waddell pitches 20 innings, wins both games of doubleheader for Philadelphia A’s
July 4 was a long holiday for fans of the Boston Americans in…
August 15, 1905: Rube Waddell tosses rain-shortened no-hitter – or does he?
“With Rube] Waddell hurling the game of his life, the Browns…
August 24, 1905: Rookie Ed Reulbach outlasts Tully Sparks as Cubs beat Phillies in 20 innings
The crowd filing into Baker Bowl on August 24, 1905, expected…
September 27, 1905: Boston’s Big Bill Dinneen no-hits the White Sox
When the August 15 game between the Boston Americans and Chicago…
April 12, 1906: Boston’s Johnny Bates becomes first twentieth-century player to homer in first career at-bat
A very enthusiastic Brooklyn crowd of 12,000 turned out to Washington…