» August 12, 1903:
In the 2nd game at Boston, Boston Nationals Joe Stanley clouts his first major league homer, a grand slam off Chicago's Jock Menefee. Stanley will hit his second career homer in 1905, again a grand slam. Boston wins, 11-10, with Pop Williams beating Menefee. Chicago wins the opener, 7-4, with slow Bob Wicker outpitching Togie Pittinger.
» May 30, 1904: In an a.m.-p.m. doubleheader in Cincinnati, the first-place Cubs take on the 3rd place Reds, with just a few percentage points separating the team. The two split the holiday twin bill, the Reds taking the opener 7-4, despite a 9th-inning grand slam by Davy Jones. The Reds then lose, 5-2. Frank Chance of the Cubs is the real loser as he is hit three times by P Jack Harper of the Reds in the morning game, once reportedly losing consciousness when hit in the head. He continues to play and in the 2nd game, he is hit once by Win Kellum, giving him a record four hit by pitched balls for the day. Carl Lundgren loses the opener, while the deliberate Bob Wicker takes the night cap. Historian Joe Dittmar notes that beginning in the 7th inning the Reds fans begin counting aloud "1, 2, 3, 4. . . " when Wicker receives the ball. The Enquirer reports that the count would sometimes reach 15 before he would pitch.
» 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.
» September 24, 1904: Cubs P Bob Wicker, who pitched a 12-inning one-hitter in June, allows just one hit in regulation in beating Brooklyn, 4-0. Chicago also takes the nitecap, 7-4, in seven innings.
» August 17, 1905: Christy Mathewson pitches his 2nd straight 3-hit shutout against Chicago, this time beating Bob Wicker, 3–0.
» September 3, 1905: Pittsburgh's Deacon Phillippe and Chicago's Bob Wicker hook up in an 10-inning scoreless duel, each allowing just three hits, before Chicago pushes across a run to win. In the nitecap, Lefty Leifield makes his ML debut and fires a 1-0 win over Chicago in a game stopped after six innings.
» June 2, 1906: Only three games separate the Cubs from the 4th-place Phillies, and Cubs owner Charles Murphy again goes to Cincinnati for help. This time he comes back with Orval Overall, a six foot two inch, 225-pound righthander who is 4-5 for the Reds. The price: pitcher Bob Wicker, winner of 50 games the past three seasons, and $2,000. Orval will go 12-3 overall for the Cubs and will help pitch them into four World Series in five years, while Wicker will wind up his career this year.
» 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.
» 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 25, 1906: The Giants, trailing the Reds 3-2 after six innings, jump on Bob Wicker for six runs in the 7th and win going away, 8-3. One of the six hits in the 6th is a double by Christy Mathewson, the winning pitcher.
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