
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…

May 14, 1906: ‘Humpy’ Badel leads Buffalo Bisons to victory in home opener
Under the leadership of manager George Stallings, the Buffalo…

June 7, 1906: Cubs wallop Mathewson and Giants, 19-0, at Polo Grounds
The Chicago Cubs arrived in New York to take on the Giants in…

June 24, 1906: Tigers’ Germany Schaefer ‘wins by a nose’ after calling his shot
“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” So said…

July 12, 1906: Frank Shaughnessy leads Ottawa to victory in outlaw Northern Independent League
The Northern Independent League, formerly known as the Northern…

August 3, 1906: Steinfeldt called out twice on same play
In 1906, the Chicago Cubs played the Philadelphia Phillies 22…

August 24, 1906: Tornado Jake Weimer tosses abbreviated no-hitter for Reds
A torrential rainfall postponed the second game of a three-game…

August 29, 1906: Athletics settle for no-hitter and win in rain-shortened game
The White Sox players were fighting mad. They had just gotten…

September 1, 1906: A’s rookie Jack Coombs, Red Sox’s Joe Harris battle for 24 innings
“The Greatest Game in the History of Major League Base Ball”1…

September 11, 1906: Reds, Pirates play to 15-inning scoreless tie
In 1906 baseball was at the height — or in the depths — of…

September 15, 1906: ‘Hitless Wonder’ White Sox win to move into first place
The Chicago White Sox are “the luckiest bunch of ballplayers…

September 24, 1906: ‘Iron Man’ Stoney McGlynn tosses 7-inning no-hitter for Cardinals
Ulysses Simpson Grant “Stoney” McGlynn was a legendary pitcher…

September 26, 1906: Honus Wagner’s hitting, fielding overshadow Lefty Leifield’s darkness-shortened no-hitter
Pitching on a staff with three established 30-something stars…

April 11, 1907: Reds celebrate a ‘grand’ Opening Day with win over Pirates
By 1907, Opening Day was one of the grand sporting and social…