1891 Boston Beaneaters: 18 Straight Down the Stretch

At the close of the 1890 baseball season the upstart Players’…

Boston Beaneaters of 1892

The result of the prior year’s conflict between the two major…

1893 Boston Beaneaters: 35-5 Summer Stretch Garners Third Straight Flag

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was…

1894 Boston Beaneaters: No Four-Peat For Champions

After winning three pennants in a row from 1891 to 1893, the…

King Kelly’s Funeral

On November 9, 1894, the Boston Globe reported, “At 9:55 PM…

1895 Boston Beaneaters: Strictly for the Birds, Again

The Boston Beaneaters were coming off a disappointing third-place…

1896 Boston Beaneaters: Another Pennant From a Birds-Eye View

The Boston Beaneaters dominated the beginning of the 1890s, winning…

1897 Beaneaters: Boston’s Crusade

The war for the pennant The 1897 Beaneaters opened spring training…

1897: Last Gasp of the Temple Cup

The 1897 Temple Cup series opened on October 4 in Boston exactly…

1898 Boston Beaneaters: A Very Long Season Ends with Another Flag

Coming off their fourth National League pennant of the decade…

1899 Boston Beaneaters: The Cracks Begin to Show

With a little luck and considerable pluck, the 1898 Boston Beaneaters…

San Diego Padres Near No-Hitters

In 7,976 regular-season games through the end of the 2018 season,…

San Diego Breaks Pacific Coast League Color Barrier

Johnny Ritchey broke the Pacific Coast League's color barrier…

Bill Starr: The San Diego Padre Who Batted for Ted Williams and Integrated the PCL

In December 1936, the San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League…

The San Diego Tigers of the West Coast Negro Baseball League

As World War II ended, baseball was moving in a new direction.…

Researching Ted Williams’ Latino Roots

There was one sentence that I read in Ted Williams’ autobiography,…

The Guide to Spalding: San Diego, 1900–15

Albert Spalding lived an extraordinary life as one of baseball’s…

Charlie Schmutz: The First San Diego-Born Major Leaguer

With its temperate Pacific Coast climate and rich baseball tradition,…

No. 19, Ted Williams, LF, San Diego Padres

It was June 1936 and a 17-year-old San Diego high school student…

The Shared National Pastime: San Diego’s First Japanese Ball Game

The Japanese Base Ball Association in 1911. (COURTESY OF…

Relief Pitching and the San Diego Padres: A Half-Century of Excellence

While the San Diego Padres experienced only two World Series…

Raw Materials: The Padres’ Expansion 30

On October 14, 1968, just four days after the final out of the…