» July 28, 1903: Boston's Vic Willis outpitches Mathewson to beat the Giants, 5-3. Third sacker Ed Gremminger solves Matty, banging out a single, double, homer and sacrifice to lead Boston.

» August 3, 1903: The Giants edge Boston, 4-1, in 11 innings with Christy Mathewson outpitching Vic Willis. Each pitchers allows nine hits, but Matty fans 11, including three in the 11th.

» 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.

» September 7, 1905: The Beaneaters and Giants trade shut outs, with Boston beating Joe McGinnity in the opener, 1-0, and Christy Mathewson returning the favor, 3-0 in the nitecap. The game is scoreless until New York scores a run in the 7th off Vic Willis,

» December 15, 1905: After losing a record 29 games this year, veteran righthander Vic Willis is traded by 7th-place Boston National League to Pittsburgh for three players: Del Howard, infielder Dave Brain, and Vive Lindaman. Willis will rebound with four straight 20-win seasons.

» May 16, 1906: The visiting Giants, clad in their new all-black uniforms, are sliced up by the Pirates, 11-0. The Bucs tally 15 hits to back sinkerballer Vic Willis, obtained from Boston last December. Willis will toss shutouts in his next two outings.

» July 4, 1906: The visiting Cubs and Pirates deal aces today with Chicago coming out on top in both games. Three Finger Brown beats Lefty Leifield, 1-0 in the lid lifter with both pitchers allowing just one hit. It is just the 2nd double one-hitter in history, the first occurring on August 20, 1886. Lefty collects the only Buc shot while holding Chicago hitless until Jimmy Slagle's safety in the 9th inning. Slagle scores on a sacrifice, error, and ground out. Brown will toss nine shutouts this year. In the 2nd game, Carl Lundgren tosses another 1-0 shutout for Chicago, beating Vic Willis. When Brown and Leifield face off on September 6, Brown will again allow just one hit.

» June 11, 1908: Vic Willis pitches Pittsburgh to a 5-2 win over the Giants. Christy Mathewson loses his 4th of the year.

» July 11, 1908: Vic Willis gives the Pirates their 2nd win in a row over the Giants, winning, 6–2. Mike Donlin's triple is the only New York hit.

» July 28, 1908: Hooks Wiltse and Vic Willis lock horns and the Giants and Pirates duel for 16 innings before the game is called, 2–2, because of darkness. Honus Wagner is 0-for-6 but drives home a run with a "sacrifice fly."

» August 24, 1908: The Giants gain the NL lead by winning two at Pittsburgh, after first refusing to play a doubleheader. John McGraw protests that only one game was scheduled and he was not given 24 hours notice about the 2nd match. But after polling the players, he relents. Hooks Wiltse then tops Vic Willis, 4-1 and Christy Mathewson beats Lefty Leifield, 5-1. Willis tires in the 8th, giving up a 2-run triple to Roger Bresnahan, followed by a Mike Donlin homer. In the nitecap, Donlin and Larry Doyle each drive home a pair. The doubleheader is watched in New York on electric diamonds known as "Compton's Baseball Bulletin" at Madison Square Garden and the Gotham Theatre. Bulletins will display all remaining games.

» September 21, 1908: In New York, Christy Mathewson allows just three hits-all in the 3rd inning-and no walks, but the Pirates win 2-1. Vic Willis goes one better, allowing just two New York hits for the victory.

» September 26, 1908: Vic Willis tosses a 6-hit shutout over Boston for a Pittsburgh win.

» September 30, 1908: The Pirates top the Cards at home, 7-5 as Sam Leever wins in relief of Vic Willis. The win puts the Pirates all alone in 2nd place, .004 points behind the Giants.

» June 30, 1909: Chicago's Ed Reulbach spoils Pittsburgh's dedication of Forbes Field before 30,338, allowing three hits and beating Vic Willis, 3-2. A parade of old-time players precedes the game. The Pirates will draw 98,000 fans, including 41,000 on July 5, in their first five home games.

» September 18, 1909: In Pittsburgh, Vic Willis stops Brooklyn on just one hit, a topped roller in the 3rd inning by Zack Wheat. It will be the closest ever to a no-hitter by any pitcher at Forbes Field.

» April 14, 1910: At Robison Field, the Pirates spoil St. Louis' opener by beating Vic Willis, 5–1. The Cards don't help the ex-Pirate by making five errors behind him.

» April 29, 1990: The Cubs Greg Maddux sets a major-league record for pitchers when he records seven putouts in a 4–0 win over the Dodgers. Maddux will record 39 putouts for the year to tie Vic Willis's National League mark for the century set in 1904. Greg will then match it again in 1991 and 1993.

» March 7, 1995: The Veterans Committee elects former major leaguers Richie Ashburn, and Vic Willis, former National League president William Hulbert, and former Negro League player Leon Day to the Hall of Fame. Day will die of a heart attack six days from now.

» July 30, 1995: Mike Schmidt, Richie Ashburn, Negro League star Leon Day, former National League president William A. Hulbert, and Vic Willis are inducted into the Hall of Fame.