Bill Dineen (TRADING CARD DB)

September 27, 1905: Boston’s Big Bill Dinneen no-hits the White Sox

When the August 15 game between the Boston Americans and Chicago…
Christy Mathewson (SABR-Rucker Archive)

October 9, 1905: Mathewson, Giants dominate Athletics in World Series opener as interleague championship resumes

The fall classic, the world’s championship of baseball, was…

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…

August 3, 1906: Steinfeldt called out twice on same play

In 1906, the Chicago Cubs played the Philadelphia Phillies 22…
Jake Weimer (TRADING CARD DB)

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 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…
Ed Reulbach

October 10, 1906: Ed Reulbach tosses one-hitter in Game 2 as Cubs even World Series

When Ed Reulbach was a 19-year-old freshman at the University…

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…
Johnny Bates (TRADING CARD DB)

April 26, 1907: Boston’s Johnny Bates ‘toyed with the sphere’ for the cycle

The Boston Red Stockings squad was one of the original eight…

May 26, 1907: Big Ed Walsh tosses rain-shortened no-hitter in farcical game

“Rain, hail, thunder, lightning, and flood were summoned to…