Ty Cobb catches the final out and needs a police escort to leave the field

Ty Cobb catches the final out and needs a police escort to leave the field

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1915 – In the first of an important four-game series at Fenway Park, the Tigers (90-48) and Red Sox (90-44) square off. Detroit knocks out starter Rube Foster, then rookie reliever Carl Mays keeps throwing at Ty Cobb till he hits the Tiger star on the wrist. Cobb slings his bat at Mays in retaliation, and the crowd reacts by throwing bottles at Cobb. The next inning, Cobb catches a fly ball for the final out and then needs a police escort to leave the field. The Tigers win, 6 – 1.

The Cardinals, battling for 4th place in the National League, lose 6 – 2 to Brooklyn’s Jack Coombs. Rogers Hornsby is in the starting lineup for the first time, but goes hitless. Tomorrow he will get his first ML hit, a single off Rube Marquard.

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The Cardinals, battling for 4th place in the National League, lose 6 – 2 to Brooklyn’s Jack Coombs. Rogers Hornsby is in the starting lineup for the first time, but goes hitless. Tomorrow he will get his first ML hit, a single off Rube Marquard.

Eddie Plank of the Federal League’s St. Louis Terriers records his300th victory when he defeats the Newark Peppers 12-5. The future Hall of Famer (1946) is the ninth player and first southpaw to reach this milestone.
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Eddie Plank of the Federal League’s St. Louis Terriers records his300th victory when he defeats the Newark Peppers 12-5. The future Hall of Famer (1946) is the ninth player and first southpaw to reach this milestone.

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Eddie Plank of the Federal League’s St. Louis Terriers records his300th victory when he defeats the Newark Peppers 12-5. The future Hall of Famer (1946) is the ninth player and first southpaw to reach this milestone.

Rogers Hornsby makes his major league debut for the Cardinals

Rogers Hornsby makes his major league debut for the Cardinals

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Rogers Hornsby, brought up a week earlier from Class D Denison (Western Association), makes his major league debut for the Cardinals. With the Cards trailing the Reds, 7 – 0, after six innings, Hornsby plays SS and goes hitless in two appearances against Cincinnati rookie King Lear, who wins, 7 – 1.

September 9, 1915 - Sporting goods manufacturer Al Spalding, one of the original players, managers, and executives of the National League, dies at 65 in San Diego, CA

Sporting goods manufacturer Al Spalding, one of the original players, managers, and executives of the National League, dies at 65 in San Diego, CA.

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Sporting goods manufacturer Al Spalding, one of the original players, managers, and executives of the National League, dies at 65 in San Diego, CA.

In the first game of a doubleheader versus the Tigers, the Browns’ George Sisler tosses nine innings and gives up six runs, to lose, 6 – 5. Sisler clubs a home run in the loss.

In the first game of a doubleheader versus the Tigers, the Browns’ George Sisler tosses nine innings and gives up six runs, to lose, 6 – 5. Sisler clubs a home run in the loss.

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1915 – In the first game of a doubleheader versus the Tigers, the Browns’ George Sisler tosses nine innings and gives up six runs, to lose, 6 – 5. Sisler clubs a home run in the loss.

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George Sisler again pitches against Walter Johnson and this time wins, 2 – 1

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1915 – George Sisler again pitches against Walter Johnson and this time wins, 2 – 1. He will be 4-4 for the Browns and 1-2 next year before moving permanently to 1B. Sisler is helped in the 8th inning when Brownie 2B Del Pratt nabs pinch runner Horace Milan, in his major league debut, with a hidden ball trick. Horace is the brother of teammate Clyde Milan.

In the Federal League, Newark takes two from Pittsburgh, winning the opener on Edd Roush’s 10th inning inside-the-park homer. Newark leads by one percentage point over Kansas City, with Pittsburgh 3rd and Chicago 4th, only 1 1/2 games separating the teams. The race is so close by season’s end Newark will be 5th, six games out. Chicago will win it by one game with a record of 86-66 to St. Louis’s 87-67 and Pittsburgh’s 86-67. There will be nine 20-game winners, led by George McConnell’s 25-10 for the Whales, the only year McConnell wins more than eight games.

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In the Federal League, Newark takes two from Pittsburgh, winning the opener on Edd Roush’s 10th inning inside-the-park homer. Newark leads by one percentage point over Kansas City, with Pittsburgh 3rd and Chicago 4th, only 1 1/2 games separating the teams. The race is so close by season’s end Newark will be 5th, six games out. Chicago will win it by one game with a record of 86-66 to St. Louis’s 87-67 and Pittsburgh’s 86-67. There will be nine 20-game winners, led by George McConnell’s 25-10 for the Whales, the only year McConnell wins more than eight games.