New Jersey hosted its first major-league baseball game, 60 years ago today. The Brooklyn Dodgers played 15 regular-season games at Jersey City’s Roosevelt Stadium during the 1956 and 1957 seasons. The first was on April 19, 1956, and the Dodgers topped the Philadelphia Phillies for a 10-inning 5-4 win in an error-filled game (5 errors…
Today marks the 69th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the major leagues color barrier. On April 15, 1947, Robinson made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers, playing first base and going 0-3 with a run scored. He batted .297 that season to take Rookie of the Year honors. Robinson’s iconic No. 42, retired throughout baseball,…
The New York Giants’ Richard “Rube” Marquard no-hit the Brooklyn Robins/Suberpas at the Polo Grounds in just the second game of the 1915 season, 101 years ago today. The Hall of Famer allowed only three Brooklyn batters to reach base, two on walks and one on an error, as the Giants topped Brooklyn 2-0. “Marquard…
Fred Frankhouse, a Dodgers pitcher who knows what it feels like to reach the eighth inning with a no-hitter intact but not be included in the official record books, was born 112 years ago today. On Friday, August 27, 1937, in the first game of a doubleheader at Ebbets Field, The Brooklyn Dodgers’ curve-baller threw…
The Atlanta Braves’ Kent Mercker threw a no-hitter against the Los Angeles Dodgers on this day in 1994. Mercker, who had already thrown 6 innings of a combined no-hitter in 1991, held the Dodgers to four walks (two of them in the first inning) on Friday, April 8, 1994 at Dodger Stadium. Only one Dodger…
The San Diego Padres, the only club still without a no-hitter, set a major-league record Wednesday night by becoming the first club to begin a season by getting shut out three straight times. In going down 1-2-3 in the ninth against the Los Angles Dodgers in the 7-0 loss, the Padres surpassed the 1943 St.…