on May 28, 1900, An early morning fire at League Park destroyed the main grandtstand and part of the pavilion. Al that was left standing was a 50-foot section down the right field line. Groundskeeper Matty Schwab, who lived at the corner of Western Avenue and York Street, discovered the fire at 3:30 a.m., but…
At West Side Park, the Chicago Orphans defeat the Brooklyn Superbas, 1 – 0, in just 95 minutes. Nixey Callahan is the winning pitcher and Frank Kitson the loser.
Ronaldo Romero of the Gastonia Rangers dies of an enlarged heart; he collapsed in the dugout in the second inning after starting the game for Gastonia.
John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson end their holdout and sign with the Cardinals. Both contracts have the reserve clause crossed out, freeing McGraw to return to Baltimorein the American League in 1901.
1900 – Brothers Joe, Jim, and Tom Delahanty, playing their third year together with the Allentown Peanuts, open the Atlantic League season by banging out a family total of 11 hits for 20 total bases.
At Schorling’s Park on Chicago’s south side, the White Sox, as a minor league team, play their first game in franchise history, losing to Milwaukee, 5-4. The small wooden ballpark located at 39th and Princeton, also known as Southside Park, will continue to be the Windy City home for the team when they join the American League next season.
1900 – The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Boston Beaneaters, 19 – 17, in 10 innings to set a major league record for most runs scored by two clubs on opening day. The Braves score nine runs in the 9th inning to put the game into extra innings.
At the request of club owners in Cincinnati and New York, the National League bans umpire Tim Hurst, considered the most colorful, cantankerous ump, from working in cities whose club owners “object to having a man of that type associated with their grounds, where ladies and gentlemen watch the games.”
On March 31, 1900, George “Mule” Suttles is born in Blocton, Alabama. A hard-hitting first baseman and outfielder whose career spanned both World War I and II, Suttles was one of the most feared sluggers in Negro league history, and earned election to the Hall of Fame in 2006. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IGp1c3QgY2xpY2sgdGhlIHRhZ3MhICAiLCJhZnRlciI6IiIsImxpbmtfdG9fdGVybV9wYWdlIjoib24iLCJzZXBhcmF0b3IiOiIgfCAiLCJjYXRlZ29yeV90eXBlIjoicG9zdF90YWcifX0=@
1900 – The Brooklyn Superbas sell John McGraw, Wilbert Robinson and Bill Keister to the St. Louis Cardinals for $15,000. McGraw and Robinson refuse to report.
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