1909 – Ty Cobb clinches the American League home run title with his 9th round-tripper. It is an inside-the-park drive against the Browns. In fact, all his nine home runs this season are inside-the-park, including two on July 15th. Only Sam Crawford (12 in 1901) has hit more inside-the-park homers in a year than Cobb.
1909 – Harry Krause of the A’s loses, 5 – 4, in 11 innings to the Browns, ending his 10-game winning streak.
October 2, 1908, Ty Cobb steals third base, one of three in the game against St Louis Browns at Bennett Park. Detroit chases Rube Waddell in the first inning, then they nearly toss the game away. Trailing 6-5 in the bottom of the 9th, Cobb ties the game with a single and scores the…
St. Louis Browns purchase future Hall of Fame pitcher George “Rube” Waddell from the Philadelphia Athletics
1907 – Chicago’s Doc White blanks the Browns, 2 – 0. However, his one base on balls ends his American League record run of 65 1/3 innings pitched without issuing a walk. He will win a career high 27 games and walk only 38 in 291 innings.
1907 – The Washington Post reports that Browns SS Bobby Wallace is the highest-paid player in either league at a salary of $6,500.
In St. Louis, the Cardinals defeat the Browns, 9 – 1, to take the City Series four games to three. The two teams will reprise the rivalry in the fall, and the Cardinals will also take that one, 5 games to 2.
1907 – The St. Louis Browns trade second baseman Pete O’Brien to the Cleveland Naps in exchange for catcher Fritz Buelow.
On January 16, 1905, It seems simple enough on paper: the Boston Americans buy outfielder George Stone from the Washington Senators; the St. Louis Browns reclaim Frank Huelsman from Washington, where he had been on loan, and send him along with Jesse Burkett to Boston for Stone. Boston then sends Huelsman back to Washington in…
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…
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