The Pirates pay St. Paul of the American Association $22,500 for right-hander Marty O’Toole, the most expensive purchase of a player to date. Barney Dreyfuss spends another $5,000 for his batterymate Billy Kelly. In 1912, O’Toole will be 15-17 and lead the National League with 159 walks. He will last only two more years.

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The Pirates pay St. Paul of the American Association $22,500 for right-hander Marty O’Toole, the most expensive purchase of a player to date. Barney Dreyfuss spends another $5,000 for his batterymate Billy Kelly. In 1912, O’Toole will be 15-17 and lead the National League with 159 walks. He will last only two more years.

Brooklyn hurler Nap Rucker loses a no-hitter with two outs in the 9th inning when Cincinnati’s Bob Bescher comes through with a hit. Rucker wins the game, 1 – 0, outpitching Frank Smith, who gives up two hits and an unearned run. The Reds set a major-league record for nine innings by going to bat just 24 times (it will be topped in the American League and tied twice in the National League this century) and the two teams combine for just 48 at bats, to tie a major-league record set April 22, 1910.

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Brooklyn hurler Nap Rucker loses a no-hitter with two outs in the 9th inning when Cincinnati’s Bob Bescher comes through with a hit. Rucker wins the game, 1 – 0, outpitching Frank Smith, who gives up two hits and an unearned run. The Reds set a major-league record for nine innings by going to bat just 24 times (it will be topped in the American League and tied twice in the National League this century) and the two teams combine for just 48 at bats, to tie a major-league record set April 22, 1910.