Black Sox’s ‘Doc’ Sykes tosses no-no, 98 years ago today
The Baltimore Black Sox’s Franklin “Doc” Sykes tossed a no-hitter against the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants, 98 years ago today.
Jesse ‘Nip’ Winters tosses first of his two no-nos, 98 years ago today
Jesse “Nip” Winters threw the first of his two Negro Leagues no-hitters, 98 years ago today.
WS no-no thrower Grier born 115 years ago today
Today would be the 115th birthday of Claude “Red” Grier, who threw baseball’s first World Series no-hitter in 1926.
Jesse “Nip” Winters born on this date in 1899
Happy birthday to Jesse “Nip” Winters, who threw two Negro Leagues no-hitters. Winters, born on this day in 1899 in Washington D.C., tossed his no-nos while pitching for the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants and Hilldale.
Happy birthday Claude ‘Red’ Grier, threw baseball’s first World Series no-hitter
Today would be the 114th birthday of Claude “Red” Grier, who threw baseball’s first World Series no-hitter in 1926.
Grier throws baseball’s first World Series no-hitter, 91 years ago today
Claude “Red” Grier threw baseball’s first World Series no-hitter, 91 years ago today. On Sunday, October 3, 1926, in the Game 3 of 1926 Colored World Series between Grier’s Atlantic City Bacharach Giants and the opposing Chicago American Giants, Grier no-hit the American Giants for a 10-0 win in front of just 2,857 fans at…