On June 28, 1907, the last place Washington Senators steal an American League record 13 bases off C Branch Rickey in a 16 – 5 win over New York. Rickey, acquired last February from the Browns, is pressed into service despite a bad shoulder because of an injury to starter Red Kleinow. Rickey’s first throw…
1907 – The New York Highlanders acquire catcher Branch Rickey from the St. Louis Browns in exchange for infielder Joe Yeager. The religiously-observant Rickey will not play on Sundays, while new catcher Fritz Buelow will.
Oct 6, 1906 – Chick Stahl‚ Boston Americans player-manager‚ closes out the season and his career last at-bat with an 8th-inning two-run homer off New York Highlanders Tom Hughes. But Long Tom emerges with a 5-4 win. One scribe wrote that Stahl was “the only man on the team who played his real game…
Patsy Dougherty of the New York Highlanders, catcher Charlie Graham, and umpire Jack Sheridan await George Winter’s pitch during a game at Boston’s Huntington Avenue Grounds, April 17, 1906. The 17,697 fans in attendance see New York go on to defeat the Americans, 4-3. Dougherty, batting leadoff, goes 2-for-5 with two RBI and a double;…
The Highlanders find themselves a little short on infielders so RF Willie Keeler, who is lefthanded, plays 2B in both games of a twin bill. The talented Keeler played two games at shortstop for New York in 1893.
In his first major league at-bat, 18 year-old center fielder Ty Cobb doubles off Jack Chesbro in the first inning of the Tigers’ 5-3 victory over the Highlanders at Detroit’s Bennett Park. The two-bagger is the first of the 4,189 hits the ‘Georgia Peach’ will collect during his 24-year Hall of Fame career.
1904 – More than 23,000, reputedly the largest crowd in Boston history, show up for the showdown twinbill with the New York Highlanders. New York scores three runs in each of the first two innings against Bill Dineen. Jack Chesbro (35-8) holds on for a 6 – 4 win, his 7th win in a row. New York briefly takes over 1st place. But Cy Young tops New York, 4 – 2, in the nitecap, beating Ned Garvin, recently acquired from Brooklyn. The two teams complete their three doubleheaders at 2-2-2.
On August 24, 1904, New York Highlander outfielder “Wee Willie” Keeler hit two inside-the-park home runs in a 9-1 victory over the St. Louis Browns at New York’s Hilltop Park. Keeler batted .341 in his Hall of Fame career, and 30 of his 33 career homers were of the inside-the-park variety. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@ [jetpack_subscription_form title=”Join the…
1904 – The Highlanders trade pitchers Long Tom Hughes (7-11) and Barney Wolfe (0-3) to the Senators for Al Orth (3-4). Orth will regain his form in New York, going 11-6 this year and will win 27 games in 1906.
With Napoleon Lajoie lining a major-league record three triples, Cleveland rolls past the Highlanders, 16 – 3.
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