Boston score the first runs off Rube Waddell in 44 innings
1905 – When Boston beats the Athletics, 3 – 2, in 13 innings, they score the first runs off Rube Waddell in 44 innings. Waddell strikes out 17.
Giants sweep the Beaneaters Christy Mathewson wins the opener
1904 – In front of 37,000 fans the Giants sweep the Beaneaters, beating Boston, 6 – 1 and 4 – 3. Christy Mathewson wins the opener, beating Kaiser Wilhelm, and is not scored upon until the 9th when Jim Delahanty and Tom Needham triple. Red Ames wins the nitecap. Following the Giant sweep, excited fans hoist John McGraw up to carry him to the Polo Grounds field house. But McGraw gets dropped during the excitement, sustaining a sprained ankle.
Christy Mathewson beats Brooklyn’s Bill Reidy, 3 – 1, allowing just one hit and striking out 5
In a game stopped by rain after five innings, Christy Mathewson beats Brooklyn’s Bill Reidy, 3 – 1, allowing just one hit and striking out 5. The only Superbas score comes in the 4th when RF George Browne makes two errors.
At Boston, the Americans trounce the Athletics, 12 – 1, in eight innings. Patsy Dougherty leads the way with three triples and two singles.
At Boston, the Americans trounce the Athletics, 12 – 1, in eight innings. Patsy Dougherty leads the way with three triples and two singles.
1901 – In the first of two in Detroit, Tiger ace Roscoe Miller puts on a disgraceful exhibition against the A’s, lobbing in the ball, grinning as the A’s batters hit it, and throwing a buntinto the stands to allow three runs to score. Miller settles down in the last three innings, allowing only a single, but the Tigers lose, 11 – 9. His performance is explained by writers in that he is in one of his sulks. The A’s light up rookie Frank Owen in game two to win, 9 – 3.
1901 – In the first of two in Detroit, Tiger ace Roscoe Miller puts on a disgraceful exhibition against the A’s, lobbing in the ball, grinning as the A’s batters hit it, and throwing a buntinto the stands to allow three runs to score. Miller settles down in the last three innings, allowing only a single, but the Tigers lose, 11 – 9. His performance is explained by writers in that he is in one of his sulks. The A’s light up rookie Frank Owen in game two to win, 9 – 3.
Phils 3B Harry Wolverton is struck in the head by a pole beside the tracks suffering a possible skull fracture
1900 – While riding on the steps of a crowded streetcar in Philadelphia, Phils 3B Harry Wolverton is struck in the head by a pole beside the tracks, suffering a possible skull fracture. He recovers and finishes his major league career as a player-manager for the Highlanders in 1912.
With the NA race for the whip-pennant getting closer‚ Boston defeats the league-leading White Stockings for their first win in the 3 matches played. With the Whites leading 3-0 after 4 innings‚ Boston scores 6 in the 5th inning‚ highlighted by a HR over the LF fence by Charley Gould‚ off George Zettlein‚ with Dave Birdsall‚ McVey‚ and Spalding on the bases. It is the first Grandslam in history and the only grand slam hit this year; George Zettlein‚ the pitcher who serves up the slam‚ also served up the league’s first homer‚ to Cleveland’s Ezra Sutton on May 8 (as noted by David Vincent). The final score today is 6-3.
With the NA race for the whip-pennant getting closer‚ Boston defeats the league-leading White Stockings for their first win in the 3 matches played. With the Whites leading 3-0 after 4 innings‚ Boston scores 6 in the 5th inning‚ highlighted by a HR over the LF fence by Charley Gould‚ off George Zettlein‚ with Dave Birdsall‚ McVey‚ and Spalding on the bases. It is the first Grandslam in history and the only grand slam hit this year; George Zettlein‚ the pitcher who serves up the slam‚ also served up the league’s first homer‚ to Cleveland’s Ezra Sutton on May 8 (as noted by David Vincent). The final score today is 6-3.
Pittsfield‚ MA‚ a bylaw is passed making it illegal to play baseball and other sports within eighty yards of the town hall
September 5, 1791 At a town meeting in Pittsfield‚ MA‚ a bylaw is passed making it illegal to play baseball and other sports within eighty yards of the town hall to prevent the breaking of windows. The bylaws were discovered in 2004 by town historian David Potts and baseball historian John Thorn and it…
