» September 14, 1903: The Giants take the opener, 8-2, of a doubleheader in St. Louis. In the nitecap, Giants rookie Red Ames begins his 17-year career with a 5-inning 5-0 no-hitter, striking out seven Cards. The game is called in mid afternoon due to darkness caused by an impending storm.
» July 6, 1904: The Giants pound the Phillies, 12–3, as Christy Mathewson wins his 15th. Again, Matty is lifted after six innings, having given up no runs, and Red Ames finishes. Chick Fraser takes the loss for Philadelphia.
» August 6, 1904:
At the Polo Grounds, 20,488 watch the Giants roll over St. Louis, 8–1. Christy Mathewson, the winner, exits after six innings, and is replace by Red Ames.
» September 5, 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 Irv 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.
» September 23, 1904: The Giants sleepwalk against the Pirates ("Pittsburg Plays All By Itself" is the NY Herald headline) as Red Ames allows three runs in eight innings before John McGraw pulls him. His replacement is Frank Bowerman who gives up four runs in his only ML inning. The Pirates win, 7-0.
» May 16, 1905: Red Ames stops Chicago, 4-0, the 3rd shutout in a row over Chicago by the Giants.
» June 2, 1905: The Giants score five runs in the 13th to beat Boston and give Red Ames his 9th win since the start of the season.
» June 8, 1905: Red Ames, 22-year-old righthander, loses to Pittsburgh after winning nine in a row. A surprise winner for the Giants, Ames will have the best season of his 19-year career, 22–8.
» September 26, 1905:
The Giants top the Pirates, 9-5, with the help of eight walks and hit by pitch in six innings by usually steady Mike Lynch. Red Ames goes six innings to pick up the win, and Christy Mathewson tosses the last three innings of shut out ball.
» April 12, 1906:
With Christy Mathewson sidelined with diphtheria, Red Ames pitches the opener for the Giants, a 3-2 win over the Phils at Baker Bowl.
» April 20, 1906: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants win their home opener, 8-2 over the Brooklyn Superbas. Red Ames is the winner for the defending world champions.
» July 10, 1906: The Reds reach Christy Mathewson for five runs before Red Ames relieves in the 5th. Bob Wicker, the ex-Cub, holds New York in check for a 5-3 Cincy win.
» September 3, 1906:
At the Polo Grounds, the Giants flatten the Beaneaters twice, 4-0 and 3-2. Christy Mathewson wins his 17th in the opener, beating a wild Big Jeff Pfeffer. Cy Seymour completes the scoring with a solo homer in the 8th inning. Hooks Wiltse, in relief of Red Ames, wins the nitecap.
» September 14, 1906: The Superbas sweep the Giants for the 2nd time in a week. Red Ames loses the opener for New York, 5-3, and Harry McIntire outpitches Christy Mathewson for a 1-0 win in the nitecap.
» October 1, 1906:
The Cardinals get whitewashed twice today, losing 3-0 and 2-0 to the Giants. Red Ames wins the opener and George Ferguson takes the nitecap victory.
» September 16, 1907: In a doubleheader sweep, 3–1 and 3–2, of the Giants, Boston slugger Dave Brain hits his 10th homer, off the Giants Red Ames. Brain's ten round trippers will lead the NL this year, but he will never hit another. The same fate befell Fred Odwell two years ago. Brain will be sold to the Reds in May, the same route that will taken by the 1910 NL homer champion, Fred Beck.
» August 13, 1908:
The Giants drop the Superbas, 5-3, behind Red Ames and Christy Mathewson. Mathewson pitches seven innings of shutout ball for the win.
» August 16, 1908: The Cardinals deal a blow to the Giants' pennant hopes by defeating them twice in St. Louis. With Christy Mathewson refusing to pitch on Sundays, Red Ames and Joe McGinnity take the losses. Matty will toss a shutout tomorrow for New York.
» August 22, 1908: At League Park, veteran Joe McGinnity, in relief of Red Ames who walks the first two batters, stops the Reds, 5-1, beating Buck Ewing. Earlier in the day, the Reds turned down John McGraw's offer for McGinnity.
» September 4, 1908:
The Giants sweep two more from the Doves, beating Boston 3-0 and 8-5. Joe McGinnity wins the first game, while three pitchers combine for the 2nd win. Red Ames is the victor.
» September 15, 1908: The Cardinals rattle Red Ames for five hits in the 8th inning to tie the Giants at 4-4. Cardinal killer Christy Mathewson relieves and when Al Bridwell scores the go-ahead run, Matty stops the Birds for his major-league record 24th consecutive win over St. Louis.
» September 26, 1908:
The Giants sweep the Reds, 6-2 and 3-1, behind victories by Christy Mathewson and Red Ames. For Matty, it is his 35th win.
» October 7, 1908: The Giants complete a 3-game sweep in Boston, winning the final, 7–2, with two wins going to Red Ames and a victory to Joe McGinnity. The season ends with New York and the Cubs each 98–55, and Pittsburgh 98–56. The Giants sweep Boston in all three games, New York ends tied with Chicago: a playoff game will be held tomorrow.
» April 15, 1909: With Christy Mathewson sidelined with a bruised hand, the result of a line drive off the bat of Moose McCormick, Red Ames gets the call. Before an Opening Day crowd of 30,000 at New York, Ames pitches a no-hitter for nine innings against the Brooklyn Superbas, loses it with one out in the 10th, then loses the game 3-0 in the 13th. Kaiser Wilhelm matches Ames by not allowing a hit until the 8th inning. The Giants outfield has no putouts.
» July 30, 1909: After winning 13 in a row, Christy Mathewson loses to Pittsburgh 3–1, giving up four hits and three runs in the first inning. Red Ames relieves in the 2nd. Mathewson's record is now 15–3.
» April 14, 1910:
The Giants Red Ames pitches hitless ball for six innings but loses to Braves, 3–2, in 11 innings. Chick Evans, in relief of Al Mattern, is the winner.
» May 10, 1910: The Cubs' Heinie Zimmerman makes four errors and four hits in a 9–5 win over the Giants. Red Ames, in relief of Christy Mathewson, is hammered for the loss.
» October 8, 1910: The Superbas tip the Giants, 3–2 in 10 innings when reliever Red Ames wild pitches in the winning Brooklyn run.
» April 12, 1911:
At the Polo Grounds, the Phillies' Earl Moore shuts out the Giants, 2–0, in the season opener. Red Ames is the loser as Christy Mathewson is being held out for Saturday's game.
» May 30, 1911: New York takes the National League lead, winning two from Brooklyn. Giants C Art Wilson makes the first nine putouts in the morning game as four Superbas fan, three foul out, and two are thrown out at home trying to score on base hits. The Giants win, 4–1, before 8,000. Before a turnaway crowd of 25,000 in the nitecap, Bugs Raymond gives up just a single in five innings before leaving with acute stomach pain "just southwest of the fourth rib" (NY Times) caused by eating a strawberry sundae between games. Red Ames allows two hits the rest of the way as the Giants whip the Dodgers Nap Rucker, 3–0.
» September 30, 1911:
At the West Side Grounds, Red Ames gives the Giants a needed 3–1 victory over the 2nd-place Cubs.
» October 26, 1911: Chief Bender cruises to his second victory, a 4-hit 13–2 breeze. The A's cap the win with a 7-run 7th, battering three tired Giant hurlers, Red Ames, Hooks Wiltse, and Rube Marquard. Overall, the Giants manage just 13 runs and a .175 BA off Chief Bender, Jack Coombs, and Eddie Plank. Because of the NL's extended playing season, this is the latest ending ever for a World Series, until the "Earthquake Series" of 1989.
» May 27, 1912: In the 5th inning of a Giants' 6–2 win over Brooklyn, New York pitcher Red Ames swipes home.
» June 11, 1912: New York's Red Ames is the victory over the Cubs, 8–3. Christy Mathewson relieves Ames with a 4–3 lead, and K's three of the six batters he faces. Heinie Zimmerman argues a strike call and gets an ejection and 3-day suspension.
» June 28, 1912: The Giants sweep another two from the Braves, winning 10–3 and 12–3. Christy Mathewson wins the opener, adding a steal of home in the 4th inning. This is the 2nd time in a month that a Giants pitcher has stolen home: Red Ames did it May 22 against Brooklyn. The Giants will steal home 17 times this year to tie the NL mark set by Chicago last season.
» August 12, 1912: The Cards paste Red Ames for six runs in three innings, then add two more against reliever Christy Mathewson to win, 8–6. Matty takes the loss; his record is now 17–8.
» May 7, 1913:
Christy Mathewson relieves Red Ames in the 2nd inning with New York ahead, 3–1, and the bases full of Reds. Matty shuts down Cincy and rolls to a 6–4 win over Rube Benton.
» May 22, 1913:
The Giants send Red Ames, Heinie Groh, and outfielder Josh Devore to Cincinnati for P Art Fromme and infielder Eddie Grant. The little-used Groh will star in Cincinnati, and eventually manage the team. Devore will be sold to the Phillies in August. Grant, a starter until today, will not play until June 4th, so there is some confusion (as noted by Cliff Blau) about whether he was sold on that date or part of today's trade.
» June 22, 1914: The Giants shade the Reds, 3–2, scoring the winning run in the bottom of the 9th off Red Ames. Christy Mathewson gives up seven hits and no walks as the Giants increase their lead over the NL to four games. For the second year in a row, Matty will end the season with fewer walks than victories, the only pitcher ever to accomplish that.
» July 21, 1914:
The Reds lose, 6–5, to the Giants in 13 innings. Christy Mathewson pitches the last five innings of shut out ball and singles in the winning run to pin the loss on Red Ames.
» August 11, 1914: Boston Braves P Lefty Tyler begins a string of 23 shutout innings, but Red Ames of the Reds matches him today in a 13-inning 0–0 tie. Four days later, Tyler will beat Christy Mathewson 2–0 in 10.
» July 5, 1915:
The Reds sweep two from the Cubs, winning 8–5 and 12–7. Red Ames wins the nitecap with the help of Heinie Groh, who hits for the cycle, off Jimmy Lavender. Pete Schneider tops Zip Zabel in the opener.
» August 4, 1915: On a cold and damp day in St. Louis, the Giants sweep the Cardinals. In the opener, New York pounds Red Ames and Christy Mathewson coasts to a 10–0 lead after six innings, but the Cards come back to make it close, losing 11–9. Jeff Tesreau saves Matty's 6th win of the year. New York takes the nitecap, 7–0.
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