August 4, 1918: Ty Cobb’s single in 18th inning defeats Walter Johnson
The decision had come down barely a week before: baseball was…
August 16, 1918: Tigers rally for six in 9th, beat Walter Johnson and Senators in 16 innings
This Friday afternoon game was the final meeting of the year…
August 24, 1918: Cubs clinch fifth National League pennant in 13 years with doubleheader sweep
On August 24, 1918, the Chicago Cubs hosted the fifth-place Brooklyn…
September 2, 1918: Braves, Giants finish a season cut short by war
With baseball nearing the end of its second season of play since…
September 5, 1918: Babe Ruth tosses shutout in Game 1 as patriotism prevails in World Series opener
With the war in Europe two months from the Allies’ victory,…
September 6, 1918: Lefty Tyler’s pitching, batting tie World Series at 1-1
Prior to the start of Game Two of the 1918 World Series, Fred…
September 7, 1918: Boston’s Carl Mays outduels Cubs’ Hippo Vaughn in Game 3
Chicago Cubs ace James “Hippo” Vaughn had a dream regular…
September 9, 1918: Babe Ruth finally gets his first base hit in a World Series game
Through the first three games of the 1918 World Series, the Boston…
September 10, 1918: Players decide not to strike during World Series as Cubs shut out Red Sox in Game 5
Game Five of the 1918 World Series was an elimination game for…
September 11, 1918: Red Sox win their fifth World Series as Carl Mays stops Cubs
Attendance was down dramatically for Game Six of the 1918 World…
January 26, 1919: The Flu Mask Baseball Game
John "Beans" Reardon, left, wearing a flu mask underneath his…
April 18, 1919: Babe Ruth thrills hometown Baltimore fans with 6 home runs in 6 at-bats
Babe Ruth put on a home-run show in his hometown on April 18,…
April 19, 1919: Baseball resumes after World War I on Patriots Day in Boston
No matter your perspective, the 1919 Patriots Day opening day…
April 23, 1919: Lefty Williams, White Sox win in Kid Gleason’s managerial debut
When the Chicago White Sox took the field for Opening Day in…
April 30, 1919: Burleigh Grimes and Joe Oeschger go the distance in epic 20-inning tie
“One of the most sensational ballgames ever played on any ballpark,”…
May 5, 1919: Cincinnati is red as Cubs overcome 6-0 deficit in the 9th
Things looked bleak for the Chicago Cubs in the top of the ninth…
May 9, 1919: Pete Alexander’s return from World War I spoiled by Ray Fisher, Reds
There died a myriad of them,
And of the best, among them,
For…
May 11, 1919: Hod Eller tosses first no-hitter at Crosley Field
Hod Eller displayed a “splendid exhibition of perfect hurling,”…
May 11, 1919: Walter Johnson retires 28 in a row as 12-inning shutout ends in a tie
The Yankees were expecting a huge crowd at the Polo Grounds on…
May 12, 1919: Yankees, Senators play a 15-inning tie game
Entering the 1919 season, the strength of the New York Yankees…
May 14, 1919: Chicago’s Eddie Cicotte begins scoreless streak by shutting out Red Sox, 1-0
Entering a summer when the boxing world famously crowned a new…
May 20, 1919: Babe Ruth clobbers his first career grand slam
When Boston’s 1918 World Series championship season was over,…
May 24, 1919: Hank Gowdy Day at Braves Field
Welcoming back their popular soldier-catcher Hank Gowdy after…
May 31, 1919: Gandil, Speaker drop gloves for ‘old time fistfight’ as White Sox top Indians
Chick Gandil and Tris Speaker were cut from the same cloth. They…