» September 12, 1900: Sammy Strang, a rookie 3B, breaks in with seven hits for the Chicago Colts in a doubleheader against the Giants. Chicago catcher Johnny Kling and Giants pitcher Win Mercer collide at the plate in the 7th inning of the 2nd game, and Mercer is carried off the field unconscious. Chicago coasts, 9-1 in the opener, with Mercer the loser to Jock Menefee. New York takes the nitecap, 7-6, when Dummy Taylor fashions a 7-inning win over Jack Taylor.
» 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.
» 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.
» September 7, 1901:
Thankful to be back in New York after losing three straight doubleheaders in Pittsburgh, the Giants play a solo 5-2 win over the Cardinals. Dummy Taylor is the winner.
» April 28, 1902:
In Chicago, Cleveland's Dummy Taylor shuts out the White Stockings, 2-0. Many of the Cubs players are on hand to watch the former Giant pitcher beat the locals.
» May 16, 1902: Two deaf-mutes face each other for the first time when Dummy Hoy leads off for the Reds against Dummy Taylor of the Giants. The Reds win 5-3 with a 5-run rally in the 9th. Hoy goes 2-for-4.
» May 21, 1902: At Pittsburgh, the Giants top the leading Pirates, 5-2, with Christy Mathewson winning in relief. Matty takes over for Dummy Taylor in the 7th, allows a tying run to score, then scores the winning run himself in the 8th.
» October 2, 1902: In the Giants game at Boston, there is one stolen base but eight runners are caught trying to steal (as noted by Cliff Blau). In addition, three runners are picked off base (although one manages to advance thanks to an error) and two more are thrown out at the plate. Ed Gremminger scores the winning run in the 14th inning, beating the throw from the Giants' third baseman, Billy Lauder, who had fielded Pat Moran's grounder. Roger Bresnahan is ejected from the game for arguing after he was caught trying to steal third with two outs. With all these lost runners, and with the help of three double plays, Luther Taylor nearly gets away with yielding nine walks.
» May 19, 1903: Christy Mathewson, in relief of Dummy Taylor in the 8th inning, earns a 3-2 over Pittsburgh. New York comes back to score solo runs in the 7th and 8th for the victory.
» 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.
» September 18, 1903:
Christy Mathewson relieves Dummy Taylor with the score knotted at 5-5 in the 7th. The Giants then push across two runs off Jack Sutthoff and Matty wins his 29th of the year.
» 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.
» 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.
» July 5, 1904: At Philadelphia's Huntington Park, the Giants 18-game winning streak ends when the Phillies prevail 6–5 in 10 innings. Rookie Bob Hall's bloop single off reliever Dummy Taylor scores Red Dooin. The Giants record is now 53–18, effectively ending the National League race. By September 1, they will lead the Cubs by 15 games.
» September 8, 1904: The visiting Phillies stop the Giants win streak at 12 when the beat up Dummy Taylor to win, 9-8. Bill Duggleby is the victor. New York then wins the nitecap, 4-1 as Christy Mathewson notches his 30th victory, over Tom "Tully" Sparks. Darkness ends the game in the 7th inning.
» September 10, 1904:
A crowd of 15,250 cheer the first-place Giants to a pair of one-run wins over the Phillies. Roger Bresnahan's 9th inning triple scores two in the opener, as Hooks Wiltse earns his 11th straight win. Dummy Taylor wins the nitecap, 6-5, as the Giants finish four straight doubleheaders with five victories, a loss and a tie. New York leads the 2nd-place Colts by 17 games.
» May 15, 1905: Dummy Taylor and the Giants edge the Chicago Zephyrs (Cubs), 1-0, the first of three straight collars by Giants pitchers. Joe McGinnity will win tomorrow, 4-0.
» August 8, 1905:
In Chicago, the Cubs notch six hits and three runs off Dummy Taylor, but the Giants still lead 4–3 in the bottom of the 4th, when McGraw lifts the pitcher for Christy Mathewson. Matty shuts out Chicago over the last 5+ innings, but the win goes to Taylor. By today's standards the win would go to Mathewson, since Taylor did not last through the first five innings.
» August 26, 1905: The Giants beat up on the Reds again, winning 2–0 and 6–5. McGinnity wins the opener, allowing five hits in the shut out. New York scores four runs in the nitecap on wild pitches by Orval Overall, but when the Reds load the bases with no outs in the 9th, Christy Mathewson relieves Dummy Taylor and gets three straight outs.
» May 30, 1906:
At Washington Park, the Superbas split with the Giants, winning the first game 2-0 behind the four hit pitching of Harry McIntire. Dummy Taylor takes the loss. Christy Mathewson gets a win for New York in the nitecap, beating Bill Scanlan, 5-2.
» September 3, 1907: The Giants and Superbas spilt a doubleheader. New York takes the opener, 2-0, behind Dummy Taylor, then Brooklyn takes the nitecap 1-0, in seven innings, behind the 8-hit pitching of Jim Pastorius. The Superbas score on a single, two walks, and a wild pitch by Christy Mathewson.
» September 6, 1907: At Baker Bowl, the Giants sweep the Phillies, winning 6-5 and 2-0. Joe McGinnity relieves in the opener with runners on 2nd and 3rd with no outs in the 9th and retires the side to preserve Dummy Taylor's win. Christy Mathewson then beats Lew Moren in a 7-inning nitecap for his 20th win. Moren's wild throw in the 3rd accounts for the scores.
» 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 21, 1908: In St. Louis, the Cards split with the Giants, with Harry Sallee losing the opener, 4–2. Christy Mathewson wins his 21st straight over St. Louis, though he gives up 11 hits in the victory. The Cards beat Dummy Taylor in the nitecap, 3–1, in 12 innings.
» September 1, 1908: The month starts with the Giants in 1st in the NL with a 69-45 record, followed by Chicago (70-47) and the Pirates (69-47). New York shakes off its three loss to Chicago by beating up on Boston, winning two at South End Grounds. Hooks Wiltse takes the opener, 4-1, and Mathewson coasts home in the 2nd game, 8-0, allowing three hits. Dummy Taylor pitches the 9th against the Doves.
» February 27, 1909: Joe "Iron Man" McGinnity, released by the Giants, will pitch in the minor leagues for another 13 years, winning 20 or more in six of them. He finished his ML career with 247 wins. The Giants also release another veteran pitcher, Dummy Taylor, whose ML career is finished as well.
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