» March 6, 1884: High winds in New York destroy much of the fence and blow off part of the Polo Grounds grandstand roof, depositing it a block away.

» February 8, 1889: In NYC, workers are dismantling fences at the Polo Grounds to cut a street through the property, leaving the Giants without a home for the coming season.

» January 4, 1896: A portion of the fence surrounding the Polo Grounds blows down in a fierce storm.

» February 16, 1896: New York City Parks Commissioner McMillan announces a plan to cut a street through the Polo Grounds leading to the Speedway, a new privately constructed horse track. The street is never built.

» December 1, 1898: Club president Andrew Freedman renews the Giants' lease on the Polo Grounds for the next 10 years.

» April 26, 1900: On their way to the Polo Grounds, New York Giants George Davis, Kid Gleason, and Mike Grady spot smoke rising from an apartment building and rush to help with the rescue. Davis climbs a fireman's ladder to rescue a woman who fainted in the heat, and Gleason and Davis help a woman and child down a fire escape. Forty five families are left homeless from the major blaze. Then the trio, with Davis stroking a triple, help the Giants tie Boston 5-5 after nine innings, then rally with a five spot to tie again in the bottom of the 10th.

» September 6, 1900: At the Polo Grounds, the Cardinals jump on Giants starter Ed Doheny, scoring eight runs in the first three innings. Christy Mathewson makes his first appearance in a month, giving up three runs on seven hits in five innings of relief. St. Louis wins, 11-4.

» September 13, 1900: At the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson makes his first start, pitching a complete game loss to the Colts. Chicago wins, 6-5, scoring four runs in the first, thanks to an error by 1B Jack Doyle.

» September 14, 1900: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants pull off the first triple play of the 20th century. With Chicago's Johnny Kling behind the plate, Jack Doyle, George Davis and Kid Gleason do the deed. It'll be another 10 years before a trifecta is pulled off in the NL.

» April 19, 1901: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants open a day late, losing 7-0 to Boston. Dummy Taylor is hit hard and takes the loss.

» May 21, 1901: Giants fractious owner Andrew Freedman accuses umpire Billy Nash of incompetence and bars him from the Polo Grounds. Pirate Chief Zimmer and the Giants John Warner are forced to officiate. Mathewson then wins his 7th straight, 2-1, but his scoreless streak stops at 39 innings when the Bucs score an unearned run in the 9th.

» May 24, 1901: At the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson wins his 8th straight, beating Cincinnati's Bill Phillips, 1-0. Matty gives up just three hits.

» June 1, 1901: At the Polo Grounds, the first-place Giants top Boston Somersets' Kid Nichols, 2-1, behind Christy Mathewson's 5-hitter. Matty fans 10 Boston batters, much to the delight of the overflow crowd. He strikes out Gene DeMontreville in the 6th and when the bat sails out of the DeMontreville's hands on the 3rd strike, Matty tosses it to 1B to complete the play.

» July 1, 1901: Colts 1B Jack Doyle, harassed by a Polo Grounds fan, jumps into the stands and hits him once with his left reinjuring his hand, which he had broken several weeks before. The Giants' Dummy Taylor trims Chicago's Jack Taylor, 6-4.

» July 29, 1901: At the Polo Grounds, Boston's Kid Nichols and Christy Mathewson square off for a ten-inning shootout, with Boston prevailing, 5-4. Matty gives up 11 hits in bringing his record to 15-11.

» August 8, 1901: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants and Brooklyn split two, Brooklyn winning the opener, 3-0, before losing the nitecap to Christy Mathewson, 4-1. Brooklyn threatens in the 6th, putting two on with no outs, but Matty K's Cozy Dolan, allows a single, then strikes out Tom Daly and Bill Dahlen to end the threat.

» April 17, 1902: After the playing of "The Star Spangled Banner" before infield practice at the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson tosses a four-hit shutout over the Phillies. New York wins, 7-0, beating Harry Felix, before a a crowd of 24,000.

» May 30, 1902: In front of a Polo Grounds crowd of 26,000, the Phillies sweep two from the Giants, winning 5-3 and 6-0.

» June 16, 1902: At the Polo Grounds, the Reds rattle Mathewson for 12 hits to beat the Giants, 6-4. Matty strikes out just one.

» August 1, 1902: At the Polo Grounds, the Cards and Giants split a pair, St. Louis topping Joe McGinnity in the opener to win, 4-3, then losing 4-2. Christy Mathewson scatters 11 hits in beating Alex Pearson.

» September 1, 1902: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants follow a successful road trip (7-4) by dropping two games to the Cards. St. Louis wins, 6-4 and then pummels Christy Mathewson for 12 hits in the nitecap to win, 8-2.

» April 17, 1903: At the opener at the Polo Grounds, Brooklyn scores four in the first against Christy Mathewson, but New York counters to take a 5–4 lead. Matty allows another five runs as his teammates contribute six errors. Brooklyn wins, 9–7.

» May 7, 1903: At the Polo Grounds, Giants 1B Dan McGann steals four bases to lead New York to an 8-4 win over the Phillies. Christy Mathewson beats the Phils for the 2nd time in a week, scattering nine hits. Teammate Iron Joe McGinnity, a bench spectator, is tossed in the 8th inning by umpire August Moran for mouthing off too much.

» May 16, 1903: A record 31,500 at the Polo Grounds see the Giants beat Pittsburgh, 7-3, behind Christy Mathewson. Matty allows eight hits in beating William Kennedy, who is bricked for 13 safeties. The first-place New Yorkers will soon fade, and the Pirates, now in 3rd place, will win their 3rd straight pennant.

» May 26, 1903: The first place Giants (22-9) top Chicago, 4-3, at the Polo Grounds, scoring the winning run in the bottom of the 9th. Mathewson is the winner over Jack Taylor.

» May 29, 1903: At the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson tosses his 2nd shutout of the year, blanking Boston, 3-0, to keep New York in first place. A split with Boston tomorrow will drop them a half game off the pace.

» June 18, 1903: Opening a home stand at the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson and Chicago's Jake Weimer battle with Matty taking the loss, 1-0. A walk to Jimmy Slagle with the bases loaded in the 6th provides Chicago with the needed margin. It is Matty's first loss in his last 10 decisions.

» June 22, 1903: At the Polo Grounds, a crowd of 19,000 is on hand for the twinbill with Chicago; Iron Joe McGinnity wins the opener, 5-4, in 10 innings, over Jack Taylor. But Chicago takes the nitecap, scoring six runs against Christy Mathewson in the 9th inning to enable Jock Menefee to pick up a win, 10-6. Matty gives up 13 hits and 10 runs in losing his 4th game of the year.

» August 7, 1903: The Giants sweep the Phillies at the Polo Grounds, taking the opener 7-5 behind Christy Mathewson. Matty surrenders five hits, but fans 10. Dummy Taylor wins the nitecap, 6-2, to put the Giants back into 2nd place.

» August 24, 1903: The Cubs split with the Giants at the Polo Grounds, beating Joe McGinnity 7-3 in the opener. Iron Joe is not helped by eight Giant errors, including five by SS Charlie Babb. The nitecap is called after Chicago's at-bats in the 7th with the score 8-1. Christy Mathewson picks up the victory for New York over Jock Menefee.

» April 21, 1904: In the Giants home opener, more than 32,000 fans crowd the Polo Grounds for the match against the Phillies. The visitors fail to cooperate, hammering Christy Mathewson for six hits and seven runs in the 5th inning. Rookie Hooks Wiltse relieves, but Philadelphia coasts to a 12-1 win.

» May 27, 1904: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants Dan McGann steals five bases in a 3-1 victory over Brooklyn, a feat not duplicated in the NL until August 24, 1974, by Davey Lopes. Otis Nixon will steal six for the record. Christy Mathewson (5-5) is victorious over Ned Garvin. The win gives the Giants (21-10) a tie with Chicago for first place, with the Reds in 3rd place by .001.

» May 28, 1904: The Superbas score a run in the 10th against the Giants to take a 3-2 lead at the Polo Grounds, but the Giants answer with a pair for a 4-3 win. After a walk by Billy Gilbert, Jack Warner lines a pitch down the RF line into the stands, 258 feet away for the dramatic win, Joe McGinnity's 12th straight.

» June 4, 1904: At the Polo Grounds, the largest baseball crowd ever (37,223) cheers Iron Joe McGinnity, trying for his 14th straight win, against Cincinnati's Jack Harper. The game ends in a 2-2 deadlock after 11 innings.

» June 10, 1904: In the opener of the battle for first place at the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson pitches a brilliant one-hitter to beat Chicago, 5-0. The lone hit is Johnny Kling's 4th-inning single. The other action is provided by ump Charlie Zimmer, who ejects Sam Mertes on a strike call. He also thumbs John McGraw, coaching at 3B, to the bench, and sends Dummy Taylor, the 1B coach, to the clubhouse. One wag said later that Taylor was making too much noise.

» June 11, 1904: Before a record-breaking 38,805 at New York's Polo Grounds, Iron Joe McGinnity pitches nine innings of scoreless ball against Chicago. The Colts Bob Wicker goes one better, tossing nine innings without allowing a hit before former Cub Sam Mertes singles with one out in the 10th to break the no hitter. Chicago win it in the 12th, 1-0, when Johnny Evers 2-out single off McGinnity scores Frank Chance. It is Iron Joe's first loss after 14 straight wins. Wicker is flawless, allowing no other hits and striking out 10. Mertes also broke up another no-hitter on May 9th.

» June 13, 1904: At the Polo Grounds, Chicago tops the Giants, 3-2, as Three Finger Brown outduels Christy Mathewson for the win. Frank Chance leads the Chicago offense by hitting for the cycle. The loss drops New York back into 2nd place, one-half game behind Chicago.

» July 4, 1904: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants sweep a doubleheader from the Phils to run their win streak to 18 games. This ties the record of the 1894 Orioles. New York wins the opener, 4–1, behind Dummy Taylor then take the nitecap 11–3 behind Christy Mathewson. Matty leaves after seven innings, leading 11–1. The streak of 18 games matches one rung up by the 1885 White Stockings and the 1894 Baltimore Orioles: the record is 20 games, held by the 1884 Providence Grays.

» 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.

» August 11, 1904: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants paint the Reds, 5–2, with Christy Mathewson striking out 11. Bob Ewing is the loser.

» August 16, 1904: The Pirates disappoint 23,000 at the Polo Grounds by sweeping two from the Giants, 7–2 and 4–1. The Bucs jump on Christy Mathewson for five runs in two innings of the opener. It's the first doubleheader loss for New York this year.

» 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 15, 1904: Giants rookie Hooks Wiltse wins his 12th straight game, beating Boston, 3-2 at the Polo Grounds. Hooks sets a ML mark for consecutive games won at the start of a career, a record that will be tied by relief hurler Butch Metzger, in 1976. He'll end up at 13-3.

» September 24, 1904: At the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson wins his 32nd, defeating the Pirates, 3-1. Matty allows just four hits-two each to Ginger Beaumont and Tommy Leach-in beating Joe Robitaille.

» April 14, 1905: Wait Till Next Year: Boston's Kaiser Wilhelm loses to the Giants' Joe McGinnity 10-1 in the opener at the Polo Grounds before an enthusiastic estimate of 40,000. He will finish the year 4-22, one of four Beaneaters who will lose 20 or more this year. The other three are Irv Young, Vic Willis, and Chick Fraser. The only other team ever to have a quartet of 20-game losers will be the Beaneaters again in 1906.

» May 6, 1905: At the Polo Grounds, Boston's Irv "Little Cy" Young wins a duel with Christy Mathewson, beating the Giants, 2-1. New York (13-4) keeps its hold on first place.

» May 19, 1905: Banished yesterday for brawling with Pittsburgh manager Fred Clarke, John McGraw roams the Polo Grounds before today's game with the Pirates, shouting insults at Pirates owner Barney Dreyfuss. McGraw accuses him of controlling the NL umpires through league president Harry Pulliam and welching on gambling debts. McGraw is again ejected during the game. Dreyfuss will files a formal protest with the league about McGraw's behavior, his swearing, and his shouting "Hey, Barney" at Dreyfuss from the field. He also contends that the Giants manager offered to wager $10,000 that the Giants would win the game. McGraw responds to Dreyfuss' complaint by stating that NL President Pulliam could not "forget his former role as the secretary to Dreyfuss." A meeting of the Leagues directors results in a $150 fine and 15-day suspension for McGraw, but John Brush immediately gets a Superior Court injunction blocking the suspension and further hearings exonerate McGraw.

» May 27, 1905: At the Polo Grounds, Mathewson stops Brooklyn, 4-1, beating Oscar Jones. Except for a poor throw by Roger Bresnahan, Matty would've had his 3rd shutout.

» June 24, 1905: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants beat Boston, 2–1, in 12 innings, with Christy Mathewson getting the win. With two outs in the 12th, Matty hits a flyball to CF Rip Cannell, who drops the ball. Catcher Frank Bowerman, on 1B, chugs around with the winning run. Irv Young is the unfortunate loser.

» July 21, 1905: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants score six runs in the 2nd inning against St. Louis, with Sam Mertes' grand slam providing the big blow. Christy Mathewson is given the afternoon off after five innings, with New York in command, 10-2. New York wins, 14-2, pinning the loss on Jack Taylor.

» July 24, 1905: Giant LF Sam Mertes makes an unassisted double play to help New York stop the Reds, 4-3, at the Polo Grounds. In the 2nd inning, the Reds have one out and a runner on 3rd, outfielder Cy Seymour, once a wild pitcher for the Giants. Mertes catches a short fly off the bat of George Schlei and continues running to double off Cy.

» September 1, 1905: At the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson allows three hits, strikes out nine and allows no earned runs as New York whips the Phillies, 4-1.

» September 12, 1905: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants and Brooklyn split a twinbill. Christy Mathewson wins the opener, 3-2, when Bill Dahlen singles home the winner in the 9th. The 2nd game is called after seven innings with Brooklyn leading, 8-5.

» 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.

» June 1, 1906: Women appear at the Polo Grounds ticket windows for the first time. Coincidentally, new ticket-selling machines are also introduced.

» June 17, 1906: At the Polo Grounds, Mathewson appears in old form, yielding eight hits in beating the Cardinals, 2-1. Jack Taylor takes the loss when 2B Pug Bennett bobbles Roger Bresnahan's grounder in the 8th and a run scores.

» June 21, 1906: At the Polo Grounds, umpire Bob Emslie tosses John McGraw in the 4th inning, but his fellow ump Hank O'Day goes one better, banishing Joe McGinnity and first sacker Dan McGann in the 5th. Down 4-2, Christy Mathewson relieves for the Giants and shuts out the Pirates over the last four innings. The Giants load the bases in the 9th and Chappie McFarland relieves a tired Sam Leever. A single scores one and with two outs, Doc Marshall singles to score the winning run. Mathewson wins, 5-4.

» June 23, 1906: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants whip the Phils 5-0 in a match that takes one hour: 20 minutes. Christy Mathewson allows six hits in outpitching Lew Richie.

» June 30, 1906: At the Polo Grounds, the Beaneaters score four runs in seven innings off Christy Mathewson to beat the Giants 4-3.

» July 5, 1906: At the Polo Grounds, Boston's Big Jeff Pfeffer and Christy Mathewson match zeros for eight innings before the Giants finally score in the 9th on a single by Sammy Strang. Matty allows six hits in the 1-0 win.

» July 30, 1906: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants jump on Cincy's Bob Wicker, lighting him up for 17 hits to win 9-1. Christy Mathewson and Cy Seymour each have three hits, with Matty exiting the game after six innings. The umps call the game after eight innings on account of darkness.

» August 7, 1906: On John McGraw's orders, umpire James Johnstone is refused admittance to the Polo Grounds, and the ump, standing outside the Polo Grounds, forfeits the match to the Cubs. McGraw insists the game go on with a player from each team umpiring. McGraw picks reserve Sam Strang, but Cubs manager Frank Chance refuses to go along, pointing out the game has already been forfeited.

» 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.

» October 3, 1906: The smallest crowd in Polo Grounds history-300-watches the Phils beat the Giants 3-1. The Giants will attract about 400,000 over the season and be outdrawn by the Highlanders by about 20,000.

» October 4, 1906: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants light up Tully Sparks for six runs in the first inning, and Christy Mathewson coasts to a 7-6 win over the Phils. Matty ends the season at 22-12.

» May 3, 1907: At the Polo Grounds, Brooklyn's Elmer Stricklett allows just three Giant hits but Christy Mathewson goes one better, and the Giants win, 1-0.

» May 17, 1907: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants sweep two from the Cards by the scores of 2-1 and 4-0. Christy Mathewson wins the opener, allowing just three hits in 12 innings, while striking out 11. Matty's single in the bottom of the 12th off Fred Beebe provides the winning score. Joe McGinnity's shutout in the nitecap is New York's 16th victory in a row.

» May 21, 1907: Three Finger Brown and Christy Mathewson hook up in a pitching duel, with the Chicago ace emerging the winner, 3-2. Matty's batterymate Roger Bresnahan makes two errors to cause Mathewson to lose his 1st of the year. Mobbed at the Polo Grounds after the loss, umpires Hank O'Day and Bob Emslie require police protection. The crowd is egged on by John McGraw, who will be thrown out of games seven times this year. The next day AL ump Billy Evans needs a police escort after argumentative Hugh Jennings incites a riot. Jennings will be suspended.

» May 24, 1907: At the Polo Grounds, Boston pitcher Pat Flaherty clubs the first grand slam by an NL pitcher when he connects in the 2nd inning off Hooks Wiltse of the Giants.

» May 30, 1907: In an a.m.-p.m. doubleheader, The Phils edge the Giants in the morning contest as Lew Moren bests Hooks Wiltse, 5-2. The afternoon match attracts 25,000 to the Polo Grounds. Christy Mathewson scatters eight hits to beat the Phillies, 6-1.

» July 19, 1907: At the Polo Grounds, the visiting Cubs beat up on the Giants, winning 12-3.

» August 15, 1907: At the Polo Grounds, Hooks Wiltse edges the Reds for a 4-3 Giants win. Christy Mathewson preserves the win with a scoreless 9th.

» August 17, 1907: A matchup of Three Finger Brown and Christy Mathewson attracts a crowd of 20,000 at the Polo Grounds. Matty is unhittable for eight innings, with only a bunt single for the Cubs. But Chicago scores two in the 9th to tie as reliever Jack Pfiester matches Matty for the last three innings. Johnny Kling wins it, 3-2, for the Cubs in the 12th with a drive into the LF bleachers.

» June 6, 1908: At the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson beats the Cardinals, 3-2, for his 20th straight win over St. Louis stretching back to June 16, 1904. Art Fromme takes the loss. Matty allows four hits and strikes out 8, including Joe Delahanty three times. He also walks two in a row, an unusual occurrence.

» June 23, 1908: The Braves and Giants split a doubleheader a the Polo Grounds, with the Giant taking the opener 6-3 and the Braves winning the nitecap, 9-7. Christy Mathewson preserves Joe McGinnity's win in game 1, pitching a perfect 9th inning; in the nitecap, he relieves Dummy Taylor in the 9th with the score 7-7, but the Braves score twice for the win. Fred Merkle cracks his 1st ML homer, against Patsy Flaherty, in the nitecap.

» July 24, 1908: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants edge the visiting Pirates, 2–1, behind Hooks Wiltse. Larry Doyle leads the offense with a single, double and RBI triple.

» August 10, 1908: Twenty thousand fans, the largest ever to watch a Monday game, crowd the Polo Grounds to see the matchup of Christy Mathewson and the Cubs Orval Overall. Matty doesn't disappoint, winning 3-2.

» September 25, 1908: At the Polo Grounds, Rube Marquard makes his ML debut and the Reds rough up the Giants $18,000 rookie for seven hits and five runs in five innings.

» September 29, 1908: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants split with the Phils, winning 6-2 and losing 7-0. Mathewson wins the opener, despite giving up nine hits. Philadelphia then operates on Doc Crandall for a 2nd game win.

» October 4, 1908: The Cubs and Pirates play their last game of the year before 30,247, the largest crowd ever at Chicago's West Side Grounds. The Cubs win, 5–2, behind Three Finger Brown to eliminate the Pirates. Chicago ends the year at 98-55 while the Pirates finish at 98-56. Then they await the results of the three Giants games with Boston. Back in Pittsburgh, 50,000 people watch the progress of the Cub's game on temporary scoreboards. Fans fill New York's Polo Grounds to watch the action in the same way. Men with megaphones announce each pitch.

» October 8, 1908: According to published reports, nearly 250,000 fans show up at the Polo Grounds to watch the disputed replay of the September 23 game between the Cubs and Giants. The gates were closed at 1:30 for the 3:00 game, but still fans tried to storm the gates. Fireman with high pressure hoses knocked down fans who tried to scale the walls. Nearly 40,000 fans watched from Coogan's Bluff, telephone poles and other vantage points. Two fans are killed when they fall from a pillar on the elevated subway platform. Later admitting he had nothing on the ball, Christy Mathewson loses, 4–2, to the Cubs, giving way to Hooks Wiltse in the 8th.: Three Finger Brown, relieving Jack Pfiester in the first, gets the win. The Giants played to a record 910,000 in attendance for the year, a figure that will be unmatched until 1920.

» May 28, 1909: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants and Phils split two. The Phils win the opener, 11-1, then lose to Christy Mathewson 3-0 in a rain-shortened six inning affair.

» June 23, 1909: At the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson wins a doubleheader against Boston. Matty relieves Rube Marquard in the opener with the score tied 4-4 in the 9th. After shutting down Boston, the Giants score a run for the 5-4 win. Matty then coasts in the nitecap to an 11-1 win. Mathewson leaves after two innings with a 4-1 lead, and Doc Crandall operates the rest of the way. The official scorer awards the game to Christy.

» September 6, 1909: In the holiday doubleheader at the Polo Grounds, the Boston Doves take the opener, 2-0 and New York wins the nitecap, 5-4. Christy Mathewson wins his own game for the Giants with a 10th inning triple to score Admiral Schlei.

» April 20, 1910: At the Polo Grounds, Hooks Wiltse tosses a 3-hit shutout over the Doves in the Giants' home opener. New York tops Boston, 4–0.

» June 6, 1910: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants cut the Cards, 6–1, as Christy Mathewson is victorious over Harry Sallee.

» June 29, 1910: At the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson relieves in the 9th with the Giants ahead of the Phils, 2–0. The Quakers rattle Matty for four hits and two runs to tie, but in the bottom of the 10th, Mathewson lines a single to score Fred Merkle with the game winner.

» August 2, 1910: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants score four runs in the 1st off Orval Overall, but Overall tightens his belt and allows no more scoring. The Cubs come back with five runs off Christy Mathewson to win, 5–4.

» September 7, 1910: At the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson allows seven hits in beating the Boston doves, 2–0. Sam Frock is hung with the loss.

» September 30, 1910: In a shootout at the Polo Grounds, Beals Becker hits a pinch grand slam inside-the-park as the Giants outslug Brooklyn, 17–8. It is the 2nd pinch slam IPHR in ML history; Mike O'Neill hit the first.

» October 13, 1910: At the Polo Grounds, 25,000 fans show up for the start of the City Series between the Giants and Highlanders, and to watch Christy Mathewson and rookie phenom Russ Ford square off. The score is 1–1 when Mathewson and Devore single in the bottom of the 8th. An error loads the bases and Ford plunks Al Bridwell to score the winning run. The Giants score three more for a 5–1 win, with Matty striking out 14 Highlanders. The American Leaguers will win tomorrow when Jack Warhop tops Hooks Wiltse, but the Giants take the game on the 15th when Matty preserves the 5–1 win for Drucke. Matty will win game four by another 5–1 score.

» 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.

» April 13, 1911: Phillies P Jack Rowan allows just three hits while his teammates pepper Christy Mathewson for 14 hits in 18 innings. The Quakers beat the Giants, 6–1. Hours later, the Polo Grounds grandstand and LF bleachers ignite in a mysterious fire, lighting up the night sky with flames. President Frank Farrell of the Highlanders invites the Giants to use the AL grounds, Hilltop Park; the offer is accepted, paving the way for the Giants' invitation for the AL team to use the Polo Grounds when the Hilltop Park lease expires after the 1912 season. A $500,000 steel-and-concrete structure will replace the wooden stands of the Polo Grounds.

» June 28, 1911: Just two and a half months after a fire destroyed the old Polo Grounds, the new grounds open for business. The old bleachers, seating 10,000, were untouched, but the new double-decker seats another 16,000. Only 6,000 fans show up for the inauguration as Christy Mathewson shuts out the Rustlers, 3–0, on nine hits. On the front end of a double steal, Mathewson swipes home in the 4th inning. While guests at the Highlanders' Hilltop Park, the Giants won 21 of 29 games.

» July 8, 1911: New York's Rube Marquard hits his only career home run, off Chicago's Harry McIntire, to help himself to a 5–2 win at the newly refurbished Polo Grounds.

» July 10, 1911: At the Polo Grounds, Chicago scores unearned runs in three innings to beat Christy Mathewson, 3–2, in 10 innings.

» August 16, 1911: At the Polo Grounds, it take Christy Mathewson just 92 pitches to top the Reds, 6–1. Big Six allows just two Cincy hits in beating George Suggs. It is Matty's 22nd straight win over the Ohioans.

» August 19, 1911: Thirty-five thousand gather at the not-yet-completed Polo Grounds to watch the Reds finally get to Christy Mathewson after 22 straight losses, beating him for the first time since May 1908. Matty, after saving the 5–4 opener for Hooks Wiltse with two scoreless frames, starts the nightcap, goes five innings, and loses 7–4. Mike Mitchell leads the Reds in the nitecap by hitting for the cycle off Matty, and adding a double. A crowd of 35,000 view the loss.

» August 26, 1911: Pittsburgh, playing without Honus Wagner, is no match for Christy Mathewson, as the Giants win, 6–2. Tommy Leach, filling in for Wagner at SS, makes three errors behind Howie Camnitz. The Giants announce that for the first 11 playing days at the new Polo Grounds, the average attendance was 23,864.

» October 7, 1911: With just 1,000 fans on hand at the Polo Grounds, New York Giants' mascot Victory Faust hurls an inning against Boston, allowing a hit and a run. Faust also hits, circling the bases for a score as the Rustlers deliberately throw wildly. Faust will reprise his act on October 12th against Brooklyn: he allows a hit in his one inning; is hit by a pitch and then steals 2B and 3B, and scores on a grounder.

» October 14, 1911: The Athletics go into the World Series minus their star rookie 1B Stuffy McInnis. The veteran Harry Davis replaces him and drives in the first run as Chief Bender tries again to outpitch Christy Mathewson. The Giants are dressed in the same black uniforms they wore in their 1905 conquest of the Mackmen, and this Series starts as their last meeting ended: Mathewson wins it 2–1. The largest crowd ever to watch a ball game—38,281—is at the Polo Grounds. Gate receipts are $77,379.

» October 25, 1911: Before 33,228 at the Polo Grounds, the Giants put three hits together off Coombs in the last of the 9th for two runs and a 3–3 tie. The A's Eddie Plank comes on in the 10th and gives up the winning run in the 4–3 contest. Relief specialist Doc Crandall gets the win after working two scoreless innings.

» April 17, 1912: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants and Yankees play an charity game to raise money for the survivors of the Titanic, which sunk on April 14. The Giants belt the Yankees, now clad in their new pinstriped uniforms, to win 11–2.

» August 3, 1912: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants score runs on two solo homers by Fred Merkle and one by Beals Becker, off Art Fromme, to beat the Reds, 3–2. In a typical game, Christy Mathewson scatters 10 hits and walks none for the win. Armando Marsans is 4-for-4 for the Reds.

» September 2, 1912: In a rainy doubleheader at the Polo Grounds, Red Sox ace Joe Wood tops the Yankees in the nitecap, 1–0, for his 30th win and his 13th straight victory. It is Wood's 8th shutout and 2nd in a row. Boston takes the opening squeeker, 2–1 to finish the year in New York with 10 wins in 10 tries. With three wins last year, and five wins in their first five road games with New York in 1913, Boston ties the major-league record for most consecutive wins on the road against one team (18).

» September 9, 1912: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants sweep two from Brooklyn, 2–1 and 7–2. Jumbo Jeff Tesreau takes the opener and Christy Mathewson the nitecap.

» October 5, 1912: The Highlanders also play their last game at their field, Hilltop Park, beating the Senators, 8–6, on the strength of Hal Chase's 3-run home run. Next year the team will play at the Polo Grounds. Homer Thompson, in his only game in the majors, is behind the plate for New York; pitching is his brother Tommy, the first brother battery in AL history.

» January 22, 1913: The Giants give the Yankees permission to use the Polo Grounds for the 1913 season only, as the lease on the Hilltop grounds has expired. The Yankees will remain as tenants through 1922.

» April 17, 1913: Before 25,000 at the Polo Grounds, Washington mars the debut of new manager Frank Chance, but routing his Yankees, 9–3. The Yanks are renting the Polo Grounds on a temporary basis.

» May 28, 1913: At the Polo Grounds, Grover Cleveland Alexander goes the first eight innings against the Giants, and exits with the score 66. Tom Seaton relieves, but the Giants finally score in the 14th to win, 7–6.

» May 31, 1913: Before 35,000, the Giants finish a series with the NL-leading Phils by taking all four games. Christy Mathewson wins today, 3–2 over Eppa Rixey, allowing six hits and no walks. The four games draw 100,000 to the Polo Grounds.

» June 23, 1913: Before 25,000 at the Polo Grounds, the Giants split with Brooklyn, losing the opener in 10 innings, 4–2, and winning the 2nd, 5–1. Christy Mathewson walks none in beating Cliff Curtis in the 2nd.

» July 18, 1913: At the Polo Grounds, the Cards win the opener of two, 4–3, with help from the error-prone Giants. In blanking the Cards 5–0, in the nitecap, Christy Mathewson finally yields a base on balls, ending a record string of 68 walkless innings pitched. Ed Konetchy draws the pass in the 8th. Matty's record won't be topped until Bill Fischer, in 1962.

» August 14, 1913: At the Polo Grounds, the Pirates broadside Christy Mathewson for eight hits and eight runs in just three innings. Honus Wagner goes 4-for-5 on the afternoon with two hits off Matty: one a single and the other a 3-run homer. The only time the Giants get Hans out is when a pitch hits his bat as he tries to get out of way and the ball rolls fair. The Giants make a game of it, but lose 8–6.

» October 9, 1913: In game 3, the A's have no trouble solving Jeff Tesreau. Rookie P Bullet Joe Bush throws a 5-hit 8–2 win before 36,896 at the Polo Grounds, the largest crowd of the Series. Again, the Giants use Wiltse at 1B when Snodgrass pulls up lame.

» April 14, 1914: Before 22,000 at the Polo Grounds, the Yankees rock the World Champion Athletics, 8–2, driving Joe Bush from the mound after two innings. With only one starter, Roy Hartzell, back from last year's opening lineup, New York scores four in the first and would have scored another in the 2nd inning but Jeff Sweeney falls rounding 3B. When the burly catcher is helped to his feet by coach and manager Frank Chance, he is declared out by Billy Evans: a new rule prohibits coaches from helping runners. Sweeney redeems himself when he and pitcher Marty McHale pull off a double steal. New York has seven steals, including two by Sweeney and Fritz Maisel, who steals 2B and 3B in the 4th inning. Maisel will swipe 74 bases on the year, while Sweeney will pick up 19, tops for Yankee catchers.

» May 4, 1914: At the Polo Grounds, the Dodgers hit for the cycle against Christy Mathewson in the 4th inning to take a 3–0 lead. Casey Stengel's double caps the scoring. But New York is gifted with two runs on an errant throw by catcher Lew McCarty in the 4th, and they go on to win, 4–3.

» June 29, 1914: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants and Dodgers battle to a split. Brooklyn lurches to an 8–7 win in the opener. In game 2, Giants starter Jeff Tesreau is tossed in the 3rd inning for disputing a call, and Christy Mathewson rushes in to relieve with the score 1–1. New York scores four in the 3rd off Frank Allen and goes on to win, 8–6.

» July 4, 1914: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants sweep an A.M.-P.M. twinbill from the Phils, winning 5–4 and 3–0. Christy Mathewson, in winning the shutout, records his 350th victory.

» August 15, 1914: At the Polo Grounds, 32,000 watch as Lefty Tyler and Christy Mathewson throw goose eggs for nine innings. In the 10th, Red Smith singles and Hank Gowdy triples him home. Matty then wild pitches home Gowdy for 2–0 lead. New York loads the bases in the 10th with no outs, but Tyler slams the door with no Giants scoring. The Braves trail by three 1/2.

» September 11, 1914: At the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson stops Brooklyn seven hits and the Giants schmeer Charlie Schmutz, 3–0.

» September 22, 1914: At the Polo Grounds, the Cubs score five runs in the 1st inning against Christy Mathewson. It is all Larry Cheney needs, as he tosses a 3-hitter to win, 5–0. The Giants now trail the Braves by five games.

» May 6, 1915: Red Sox P Babe Ruth clouts his first ML home run, off the Yankees Jack Warhop in the 3rd inning at New York's Polo Grounds. Ruth has two other hits but loses the game in the 13th, 4–3, as the Sox makes four errors behind him. Cy Pieh is the winner.

» May 12, 1915: At the Polo Grounds, veteran Christy Mathewson wins his 1st, topping the Reds, 6–5. Gene Dale is the loser.

» May 27, 1915: At the Polo Grounds, the Cards jump on Christy Mathewson for four runs in the first inning. Matty stays to the 7th and the Giants tie the game at five runs apiece. The Cards push across the winning run in the 10th off Ralph Stroud.

» June 2, 1915: At the Polo Grounds, Babe Ruth and the traveling Red Sox stop the Yankees, 7–1. Today's game is the last stop on a 29-day road trip for the Sox. Ruth allows five hits and bangs his 2nd ML homer, a 3-run shot, again connecting off Jack Warhop. After his 2nd inning drive, the Babe is given two intentional walks. Ruth ends up kicking the bench and breaking his toe, sidelining him for two weeks.

» July 5, 1915: At the Polo Grounds, Phils ace Grover Cleveland Alexander fires a one-hitter to win, 2–0. The only baserunner for the Giants is Fred Merkle, who doubles off Pete in the second inning.

» July 12, 1915: At the Polo Grounds, Cincinnati's Gene Dale pitches an 8-hit shutout to beat the Giants, 6–0. Christy Mathewson takes the loss.

» July 23, 1915: In the first of two at the Polo Grounds, Pittsburgh's Doc Johnston clouts a 3-run homer in the 3rd, off Christy Mathewson, to lead the Pirates to a 6–1 win. The Bucs take the nitecap as well, 4–3.

» August 23, 1915: At the Polo Grounds, the Cardinals sweep two from the Giants, winning 5–4 and 4–3. New York is in 7th place, eight 1/2 games in back of the leading Phillies.

» April 12, 1916: Before 20,000 at the Polo Grounds, the Yankees and Nationals battle 11 innings before the Nats push across an unearned run against starter Ray Caldwell to win 3–2. Walter Johnson strikes out 10 and walks none in the win. Frank Baker, after sitting out last season in a salary protest, has two of the five hits for New York, while Clyde Milan homers for the Nats.

» April 25, 1916: At the Polo Grounds, Boston's Babe Ruth goes 10 innings to defeat the Yankees, 4–3. The Babe gives up two earned runs on eight hits, but is hitless at the plate.

» June 2, 1916: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants lose to the Reds in 13 innings, 6–4. The Reds knock out starter Christy Mathewson with four runs in the first three innings, then score two in the 13th off Bill Perritt for the win. The last score in the 13th on Hal Chase's steal of home.

» June 21, 1916: At a soggy Polo Grounds, the Braves edge the Giants, 5–4, in 10 innings. Christy Mathewson, in relief of Bill Perritt in the 9th, takes the loss.

» June 26, 1916: The Dodgers split with the Giants, losing 11–8 before winning the nitecap, 2–1. New York takes a 6–0 lead in the opener, but the Dodgers score five in the 5th off starter Bill Perritt, then put two on against reliever Rube Schauer. Christy Mathewson then takes over and George Cutshaw cranks a 3-run homer to give the Dodgers an 8–6 lead. Matty allows just one other hit and New York comes back against Duster Mails to win. It is Mathewson's last major league victory. During the game, police at the Polo Grounds and arrest three fans for not throwing back baseballs hit into the stands.

» August 26, 1916: The Reds, led by Christy Mathewson, top the Giants at the Polo Grounds, 4–2, beating up on the newly re-acquired Slim Sallee.

» September 7, 1916: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants Ferdie Schupp beats Brooklyn's Nap Rucker, 4–1, to launch New York's record 26–game winning streak.

» April 11, 1917: In pregame drills before the Yankees Opening Day at the Polo Grounds, the Yankees impress General Leonard Wood by marching in drills. The Sox, having not practiced, decline, but then drill New York 10–3 in the game. Boston breaks a 3-3 tie with four runs in the 7th, three coming home on round tripper by Dick Hoblitzell. Tilly Walker adds a double, two triples and four RBIs for Boston, while Babe Ruth allows just three hits, all singles, in beating Ray Caldwell.

» June 18, 1917: At the Polo Grounds, Yankee pitcher Ray Fisher walks Burt Shotton, the Browns leadoff batter, who comes around to score the game's only run. It's Fisher's only walk, but he loses to Bob Groom, who tosses a six-hitter.

» August 14, 1917: The Giants and the Brooklyn Robins split a doubleheader at the Polo Grounds,. New York's Ferdie Schupp takes the opener, 5–4, and ex-Giant Rube Marquard wins the 2nd game for Brooklyn, 3–1. A highlight of the nitecap is a fight between Brooklyn Casey Stengel and Giant SS Art Fletcher.

» September 11, 1917: The Giants sweep the Robins at the Polo Grounds. New York takes the opener 3–2 by scoring the winning run in the 10th on George Burns' inside-the-park homer. They do it again in the nitecap, scoring two runs in the 9th to beat Jack Coombs. Pol Perritt, with relief help in the 9th, wins.

» September 15, 1917: At the Polo Grounds, Boston's Babe Ruth takes an 8–0 lead into the 9th before allowing three Yankee runs. He finishes with a complete game 8–3 win and slugs his 2nd and last homer of the season.

» September 17, 1917: At Boston, the Braves whip the Pirates, 4–1. Honus Wagner makes his last appearance of the year and is pinch hit for by Bill Wanger. Wanger strikes out. Wagner has played sparingly since being spiked by Stengel on July 14; at the Polo Grounds on August 29, he played SS, the only game of the year at that position.

» September 24, 1917: At the Polo Grounds, Slim Sallee tops the Cards, 2–1, and clinches the N.L. pennant for the Giants, their 6th under McGraw. The New Yorkers manage just four hits (and six walks) off Bill Doak, but they come when needed.

» April 16, 1918: In their season openers, the Reds' Pete Schneider and the Red Sox' Carl Mays each pitch one-hitters. The Giants play before a record crowd of 30,000 at the Polo Grounds, beating Brooklyn 6-4.

» September 10, 1919: The Indians' Ray "Slim" Caldwell, struck by lightning 2 weeks earlier, no-hits his former teammates the Yankees 3-0 at the Polo Grounds.

» September 20, 1919: Babe Ruth ties Ned Williamson's major-league HR mark of 27 with a game-winner off Lefty Williams of the White Sox. Four days later he will hit No. 28 over the roof of the Polo Grounds.

» May 1, 1920: Babe Ruth hits his first HR as a Yankee in a 6-0 win over the Red Sox. The HR clears the roof of the Polo Grounds.

» July 13, 1920: The fans are flocking to see the mighty Ruth hit home runs (12 in June). A twin bill with the Browns draws a Polo Grounds record of 38,823, the third record-breaker of the year.

» September 27, 1920: At the Polo Grounds, the Braves eliminate the 2nd-place Giants in game two by a 3–2 score on Tony Boeckel's homer in the 9th. The Giants win the opener, 2–1. The loss cinches the pennant for Brooklyn.

» May 30, 1921: A memorial to Captain Eddie Grant, killed in action in the Argonne Forest October 20, 1918, is unveiled at the Polo Grounds.

» June 13, 1921: The first pitch to Ruth goes 460 feet into the CF bleachers in the Polo Grounds, the first HR ever hit to that spot. He adds HR number 21 in a 13-8 win over Detroit. He also pitches five innings for the win, giving up four runs, but striking out Ty Cobb. The next day Ruth hits two more HRs, his sixth and seventh in five games, in a 9-6 win.

» September 25, 1921: At the Polo Grounds, the Yankees thrash the 2nd place Indians 21–7 to move a full game ahead of the Tribe. The Yanks knock out Caldwell in the 2nd and dust Mails for 10 runs in his two innings. Carl Mays goes the distance for the win.

» September 29, 1921: With New York in 1st place by one 1/2 games over Cleveland, and facing the Indians in the 4th game of the series, Miller Huggins polls his players to find out who they'd like to see start. The team elects to go with veteran Jack Quinn, but the spitballer comes up dry giving up three runs in the 1st inning before Waite Hoyt relieves. Ruth hits a 1st inning home run, adds an RBI double in the 3rd and a 2-run home run in the 5th to give the Yankees the lead. Carl Mays, who took over in the 5th, strikes out Steve O'Neill with two on in the 9th to end it 5–4. The win increases New York's lead to two 1/2 games. The four-game series at the Polo Grounds draws a record 147,000 people.

» October 5, 1921: In the first one-city World Series since 1906, the Polo Grounds will be the site for all nine games. Carl Mays (27-9) is at his best, needing 86 pitches to set the Giants down with five hits—4 of them by Frank Frisch. Ruth drives in the first run of the Series in the opening inning of this 3–0 Yankee win. Mike McNally, subbing for Frank Baker at 3B, steals home in the 5th while Phil Douglas (15-10) is winding up. The game is broadcast on KDKA radio, with Grantland Rice announcing. It is the only game of the season's World Series to be aired.

» April 25, 1922: Promising rookie outfielder Ralph Shinners is beaned by Phils righty George Smith in a 9–2 Giants win. When Shinners returns in a few days he is not the same hitter. An angry John McGraw accuses Smith of a deliberate beaning and Shinners and Smith will later brawl at the Polo Grounds over the beaning. McGraw will finally send the Giants rookie down on August 3rd.

» May 20, 1922: Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel (and since-traded pitcher Bill Piercy), suspended on October 16, 1921, by Judge Landis, are reinstated and return to the New York lineup going hitless in New York's 8–2 loss to the rallying Browns at the Polo Grounds. The Browns, down 2–0 after 7, score one in the 8th and seven in the 9th, six of them coming after the game-ending out is called by ump Ollie Chill at first base. Pitcher Sam Jones, taking the throw at 1B from Wally Pipp, apparently makes the 3rd out and fans swarm the field. But Jones does not hold onto the ball cleanly and plate ump Brick Owens instructs Chill to make a safe call. The tying run scores on the play and, when the action resumes 15 minutes later, Wally Gerber singles to make the score 3–2. Walks to Sisler and Williams force home another run, and Baby Doll Jacobson clears the bases with a grand slam into the RF stands to complete the scoring. Winner Urban Shocker allows just three hits, including a two-run homer by second baseman Aaron Ward. The loss to Jones starts him on a 10-game losing streak, while a cold Ban Johnson will let umpire Ollie Chill go after the season.

» May 26, 1922: In the nitecap at the Polo Grounds, Heinie Groh walks five times as New York pounds the Braves, 10–2.

» June 4, 1922: At the Polo Grounds, Carl Mays collects three hits and beats the A's for the 21st straight time. The Yanks win 8–3. Ruth clouts a 3-run HR over the RF fence for NY.

» June 10, 1922: The Giants raise their WS pennant on George Burns Day; it’s the first appearance at the Polo Grounds for the popular outfielder now with the Reds after 10 years in a Giants uniform.

» July 29, 1922: At the Polo Grounds, the under-performing Pirates crack five homers and trounce the league-leading Giants, 8–3. Max Carey hits two and starter Wilbur Cooper another.

» August 22, 1922: At the Polo Grounds, Indians P George Uhle singles in the sixth inning and the Yankees (as noted by Retrosheet) allow a courtesy pinch runner Les Nunnamaker while Uhle gets his shoe repaired. Uhle returns to mound to finish the game, winning, 6–2. The loss drop New York to second place behind St. Louis.

» August 25, 1922: In the first of a doubleheader before a sold-out Polo Grounds, the Browns beat the Yankees, 3–1, behind Urban Shocker. Waite Hoyt is the loser, but stops Ken Williams hit streak at 28 consecutive games. George Sisler hits in his 24th straight game. In game two, the Yankee jump to a 2–0 lead on Ruth's 2-run triple, then extend it to 6–1 behind Joe Bush. The Browns close to 6–5, but that is it.

» September 4, 1922: At the start of the day, both New York teams are on top, and both Boston teams are on the bottom. But today, the Red Sox will take two and knock the leaders off their perch as they sweep the Yankees, 4–3 and 6–5. Babe Ruth hits his last regular season home run, in the Polo Grounds. He gets it off Herb Pennock, who also gave up Ruth's first Yankee homer, also at the Polo Grounds.

» September 10, 1922: The Yankees play their farewell home game in the Polo Grounds. An estimated 40,000 overflow the stadium with another 25,000 turned away. Joe Bush beats the Philadelphia A's 10–3 in the opener, and Waite Hoyt edges the A's in the second 2–1. Plans are in the works to expand the park to 56,000 capacity, but this is the last regular season American League game at the Polo Grounds. The Yanks will play their next 18 games on the road, and then open in Yankee Stadium next spring.

» September 23, 1922: Rogers Hornsby belts his 40th homer, a solo shot in the 6th at the Polo Grounds, but the Giants hang on to win, 7–5. Ross Youngs saves a homer in the 9th when he leaps to snag Jack Smith's drive. Jack Scott hits 4-for-4 and goes all the way for the win to keep the Giants six games in front of Pittsburgh.

» May 20, 1923: With the Polo Grounds newly expanded, the Giants set a National League attendance record with 42,000+ fans on hand. The Giants clip the Cardinals, 14–4, on 20 hits.

» October 3, 1923: Babe Ruth, playing in an exhibition game for John McGraw at the Polo Grounds, bashes the first home run ever hit over the RF roof.

» October 11, 1923: Babe Ruth hits two home runs, and Aaron Ward one, as Herb Pennock (19-6) scatters nine hits for a 4–2 Yankee win at the Polo Grounds.

» October 23, 1923: Babe Ruth makes a post-season appearance in a Giants uniform, as the Giants defeat the Baltimore Orioles 9–0. Ruth hits a home run over the RF roof at the Polo Grounds. The game is a benefit for destitute former Giants owner John Day.

» September 9, 1924: At the Polo Grounds, Brooklyn ace Dazzy Vance wins his 13th in a row, beating the Giants and pulling the Robins within a half game of the top.

» September 10, 1924: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants rip the Braves 22–1 in the opener of a doubleheader. Frankie Frisch goes 6-for-6 before grounding out.

» September 20, 1924: Pete Alexander slows the pennant-bound Giants and earns his 300th career victory in the process. The Cubs top the Giants in 12 innings at the Polo Grounds, 7–3.

» August 22, 1925: After a disastrous western trip, the Giants trail the Pirates by three as the leaders come to the Polo Grounds for a 5-game series. Before crowds of more than 50,000 at two weekend doubleheaders, the Pirates take three out of 4. On Monday they beat Wayland Dean 9-2, and the NL race is over. When the Giants go west again, McGraw will stay home. The Pirates boast a team BA of .307 and a deep pitching staff of five pitchers winning 15 to 19 games.

» April 13, 1926: More than 45,000 at the Polo Grounds watch Brooklyn's Jess Petty post an Opening Day, 3-0 one-hitter over the Giants. The Giants will win 7 in a row after the opener, only to be beaten again by Petty 2-1 on April 24th.

» September 24, 1926: At the Polo Grounds, the Cardinals clinch the pennant by beating the Giants 6–4 behind Flint Rhem and Bill Sherdel. Billy Southworth homers to help beat his old teammates, negating Bill Terry's 3-run home run off Rhem. The Cards are now ahead of Cincinnati by three games with two to play. The Reds lose to the Phillies today, 9–2.

» July 19, 1927: It's John McGraw Day at the Polo Grounds, in honor of his 25 years as Giants manager. The Cubs spoil the day with an 8-5 win.

» September 11, 1928: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants take two games from the Braves, 11–6 and 7–6. Freddie Lindstrom goes 8-for-10 to pull New York into 2nd place, two 1/2 games behind St. Louis. The Giants will continue to feast on Braves pitching, winning doubleheaders from Boston on the 13th and the 14th to tie the National League record for twinbills won on consecutive days.

» September 20, 1928: A crowd of 50,000 at the Polo Grounds sees the Giants and Cardinals split a doubleheader. The Cards take the first game 8–5 behind pitcher Willie Sherdel plus three homers by former Giant George Harper. The Giants salvage the nightcap 7–4 when they score five runs in the 8th inning to give rookie Carl Hubbell the win over Grover Cleveland Alexander. Shanty Hogan's grand slam off Alexander is the big blow. New York remains two games behind the National League-leading Cardinals.

» May 25, 1929: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants belt four homers -- 2 by Travis Jackson and one by Edd Roush and Jim Welsh -- to whip the Braves, 10–3. Roush's home run is the 2,000th in Giants history.

» August 25, 1929: At the Polo Grounds, fans are able to hear the calls of home plate ump Cy Rigler, who is wired for sound, a first in ML history. Wearing a mike, wearing metal-plated shoes, and standing on a flat metal sheet, Cy's calls are broadcast over speakers. The Giants top the Pirates, 10–5.

» August 31, 1930: With a chance to pick up a game and a half on the leading Cubs, the Giants edge the Braves 4–3 in the opener a doubleheader before 40,000 fans at the Polo Grounds. In the 2nd game, Mel Ott hits a double and three consecutive home runs to drive in six runs, but the Braves counter with a homer by George Sisler and two by slugging rookie Wally Berger among their 18 hits. Ott is the 4th major leaguer to hit three straight homers, joining Goose Goslin (August 19, 1930) Carl Reynolds (July 2, 1930), George Kelly (September 17, 1923), and Cap Anson (August 6, 1884). The final score is Boston 14, New York, 10.

» September 28, 1930: Bill Terry goes hitless as the Giants edge the Dodgers for third place with a 10-inning win over the Phillies at the Polo Grounds. He finishes at .401, and is the last NL player to hit over .400. The Giants set a 20th-century single season batting average record of .319