• Source: 1907 in baseball

      • The following are the baseball events of the year 1907 throughout the world.


      Champions


      World Series: Chicago Cubs over Detroit Tigers (4–0–1)


      Statistical leaders




      Major league baseball final standings




      = American League final standings

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      = National League final standings

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      Events


      February 27 – The New York Highlanders acquire catcher Branch Rickey from the St. Louis Browns in exchange for infielder Joe Yeager. As a condition, Rickey specifies that he will not play on Sundays. Fritz Buelow replaces him on the Browns as their new catcher.
      March 6 – John Rogers and A.J. Reach, owners of the Philadelphia Phillies, are formally acquitted in court from damages from the 1903 Baker Bowl incident. Suit had originally been filed against the owners after a balcony at the stadium collapsed. The collapse left 232 fans injured, and another 12 perished.
      April 11
      Boston's American League team plays its first game with the name Red Sox. They beat the Philadelphia Athletics, 8–4, at Columbia Park.
      On Opening Day, New York Giants catcher Roger Bresnahan wears shin guards for the first time in a major league game. The leg guards, usually used in cricket, come in handy, protecting Bresnahan from a fifth-inning foul tip. Other catchers will soon follow Bresnahan's lead and wear similar shin guards.
      April 26 – Boston Doves outfielder Johnny Bates hits for the cycle in a 4–2 Boston victory over the Brooklyn Superbas.
      May 8 – Big Jeff Pfeffer tosses a no-hitter as the Boston Doves defeat the Cincinnati Reds, 6–0.
      May 10 – The Chicago White Sox purchase the contract of First baseman Jake Stahl from the Washington Senators.
      May 21 – The Chicago Cubs defeat the New York Giants 3–0, knocking the Giants out of first place. Giants fans begin to riot and charge the field, anger focused on umpires Hank O'Day and Bob Emslie, who are surrounded and led to safety by players for the Cubs and Giants, while Pinkerton guards fire into the air to keep the crowd at bay.
      June 15 – Lave Cross is released by the Washington Senators.
      June 28 – The last-place Washington Senators steal a record 13 bases off catcher Branch Rickey in a 16–5 victory over New York Highlanders. Rickey, acquired last February from the St. Louis Browns, is pressed into service despite a bad shoulder because of an injury to starting pitcher Red Kleinow. Rickey's first throw to second base ends up in right field and the subsequent tosses are not much better. He almost nips Jim Delahanty on a steal of third base. In his eight innings, relief pitcher King Brockett helps Washington with a deliberate windup. Only pitcher Long Tom Hughes and second baseman Nig Perrine are steal-less, while Hal Chase swipes one for New York.
      August 2 – Walter Johnson made his major league debut with the Washington Senators and lost to the Detroit Tigers, 3–2. The first hit Johnson yielded was a bunt single by Ty Cobb.
      August 11 – In the second game of a doubleheader, shortened by agreement, Ed Karger of the St. Louis Cardinals pitched a seven-inning perfect game, beating the Boston Doves, 4–0.
      September 8 – Future hall of fame inductee Bill McKechnie makes his major league debut, getting one hit in four at bats. It was as a manager, that McKechnie would make his mark, winning four pennants and two World Series titles.
      September 20 – One week after recording a shutout in his major league debut, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Nick Maddox hurled a no-hitter against the Brooklyn Superbas in a 2–1 Pirates win. At the age of 20 years and ten months, Maddox becomes (and still is) the youngest pitcher to throw a no-hitter in major league history.
      September 25 – Honus Wagner steals four bases, including second base, third base and home plate in the second inning against the New York Giants. Not to be outdone, his teammate Fred Clarke also swipes four bases for the only time in his career.
      October 12 – In Game 5 of the World Series the Chicago Cubs would win their first World Championship by defeating the Detroit Tigers, 2–0. The Cubs would take the final four games of the series after Game 1 was declared a tie due to darkness with the score knotted at 3–3 in the 12th inning.
      November 5 – The New York Highlanders purchase the contract of infielder Hobe Ferris from the Boston Americans. Ferris' stay in New York is short as just hours later, he, along with infielder Jimmy Williams, and outfielder Danny Hoffman, are traded to the St. Louis Browns in exchange for Pitcher Fred Glade, outfielder Charlie Hemphill and Outfielder/infielder Harry Niles.
      November 7 – The Tigres del Licey club is founded in the Dominican Republic.
      November 16 – The baseball film How Brown Saw the Baseball Game is released in theatres.


      Births




      = January

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      January 2 – Ted Gullic
      January 2 – Red Kress
      January 14 – Chet Brewer
      January 16 – Buck Jordan
      January 20 – Bob Adams
      January 20 – Jesse Hill
      January 20 – Herm Holshouser
      January 22 – Ivey Shiver
      January 23 – Bobby Burke
      January 25 – Jimmy Adair
      January 25 – Roy Sherid


      = February

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      February 2 – Jerry Byrne
      February 7 – Bill Steinecke
      February 13 – Wayne LaMaster
      February 17 – Orlin Collier
      February 21 – Snipe Hansen
      February 22 – Dan Dugan
      February 22 – Marty Hopkins
      February 24 – Earl Grace
      February 24 – Bob Seeds
      February 26 – Cy Malis
      February 27 – Hilton Smith


      = March

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      March 2 – Jack Knott
      March 3 – Jim Tennant
      March 12 – Leroy Matlock
      March 15 – Lou Fette
      March 20 – Vern Kennedy
      March 22 – Johnny Scalzi
      March 24 – Gus Dugas
      March 28 – Walt Masters


      = April

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      April 2 – Luke Appling
      April 5 – John Goodell
      April 5 – Sugar Cain
      April 7 – Oral Hildebrand
      April 7 – Leo Schrall
      April 10 – Cliff Bolton
      April 17 – Bobby Stevens
      April 19 – Bill Ferrazzi
      April 22 – Tom Lanning
      April 23 – Dolph Camilli
      April 25 – Roy Parmelee
      April 30 – Jumbo Brown


      = May

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      May 4 – Milt Galatzer
      May 6 – Ivy Andrews
      May 9 – Ed Cihocki
      May 11 – Rip Sewell
      May 15 – Ed Baecht
      May 26 – Emil Roy
      May 28 – Marv Olson
      May 29 – Phil Gallivan


      = June

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      June 4 – George Washington
      June 6 – Bill Dickey
      June 13 – Gene Desautels
      June 22 – George Puccinelli
      June 23 – Dusty Cooke
      June 24 – Rollie Hemsley
      June 26 – Debs Garms
      June 28 – Joe Cascarella


      = July

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      July 5 – Bill Byrd
      July 7 – Harold Greiner
      July 10 – John Michaels
      July 12 – Bob Cooney
      July 16 – Reggie Grabowski
      July 17 – Hank Patterson
      July 25 – Bill Andrus
      July 25 – Joe Zapustas
      July 27 – Ed Carroll


      = August

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      August 4 – George Caster
      August 6 – Tom Hughes
      August 7 – Clarence Heise
      August 11 – Jim Galvin
      August 11 – Woody Jensen
      August 11 – Bobo Newsom
      August 11 – Gordon Rhodes
      August 13 – George Susce
      August 17 – Ed Durham
      August 20 – Beau Bell
      August 20 – Bill Crouch
      August 21 – Art Garibaldi
      August 21 – Wally Hebert
      August 21 – Cobe Jones
      August 24 – Beryl Richmond
      August 25 – Rufus Meadows
      August 28 – Paul Dixon
      August 29 – Pep Young
      August 31 – Ray Berres
      August 31 – Jack Burns


      = September

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      September 2 – Ben Sankey
      September 3 – Ralph Burgin
      September 7 – Bill McAfee
      September 8 – Buck Leonard
      September 12 – Ollie Bejma
      September 12 – Spud Chandler
      September 13 – John Campbell
      September 15 – Fritz Ostermueller
      September 17 – Charlie Bates
      September 27 – Josh Billings
      September 27 – Walter Murphy
      September 27 – Whit Wyatt


      = October

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      October 5 – Frank Doljack
      October 12 – Al Smith
      October 12 – Phil Weintraub
      October 16 – Bill Breckinridge
      October 22 – Provine Bradley
      October 22 – Jimmie Foxx
      October 23 – Lee Grissom
      October 24 – Grant Bowler
      October 28 – George Hennessey
      October 31 – Ray Treadaway


      = November

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      November 1 – Larry French
      November 6 – Earl Clark
      November 8 – Tony Cuccinello
      November 11 – Hank Erickson
      November 22 – Dick Bartell
      November 26 – Gowell Claset
      November 28 – Lynn King


      = December

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      December 8 – Bill Beckmann
      December 21 – Freddie Muller
      December 26 – Harry Taylor


      Deaths




      = January–March

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      January 10 – Bob Langsford, 41, shortstop for the 1899 Louisville Colonels
      January 16 – Jake Evans, 50, right fielder who played from 1879 through 1885 with four National League teams
      January 19 – William A. Nimick, 58, president of the Pittsburgh Alleghenys (1885–1890) and part-owner of the team
      March 12 – Pat Hynes, 23, outfielder for the St. Louis Browns/Cardinals from 1903 to 1904
      March 28 – Chick Stahl, 34, outfielder for Boston teams in the NL and AL, and manager of the Red Sox since August, who batted .305 lifetime; had three triples in 1903 World Series, and led AL in triples in 1904
      March 29 – Doug Crothers, 47, pitcher for the 1884 Kansas City Cowboys and 1885 New York Metropolitans
      March 29 – Cozy Dolan, 34, right fielder who hit .269 in 830 games for five teams from 1895 to 1906


      = April–June

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      April 16 – Bill Zies, 39, catcher for the 1891 St. Louis Browns
      April 21 – Nat Hicks, 62, catcher/manager in four seasons with the New York Mutuals
      April 22 – Jeremiah Reardon, 38, pitcher for the Cincinnati Red Stockings (1886) and St. Louis Maroons (1866)
      May 6 – Frank Selman, 55[?], utility player from 1871 through 1875 for five teams of the National Association
      May 7 – Sam Moffet, 50, outfielder/pitcher for the 1884 Cleveland Blues and 1888 Indianapolis Hoosiers
      June 10 – Tun Berger, 39, catcher for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys/Pirates (1890/1891) and Washington Senators (1892).
      June 12 – George Bryant, 50, second baseman for the 1885 Detroit Wolverines.
      June 17 – Frank McCarton, 52, outfielder for the 1872 Middletown Mansfields
      June 20 – Ezra Sutton, 56, third baseman for Boston who led the National League in hits in 1884, was fifth player to collect 1000 hits, and batted .300 three times in the National Association and four times in the National League
      June 24 – Billy Klusman, 42, second baseman for the 1888 Boston Beaneaters and 1890 St. Louis Browns


      = July–September

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      July 4 – Connie McGeehan, pitcher/left fielder for the 1903 Philadelphia Athletics
      July 22 – Pat Dillard, 34, OF/IF utility for the 1900 St. Louis Cardinals
      August 14 – Scott Hastings, 60, catcher/outfielder/manager for seven seasons from 1871 to 1877
      September 14 – Jack Wentz, 44, second baseman for the 1891 Louisville Colonels
      September 21 – Claude Gouzzie, 34, second baseman for the 1903 St. Louis Browns
      September 23 – Charlie Buffinton, 46, pitcher for Boston and Philadelphia teams who won 233 games, including 48 for the 1884 Boston Beaneaters


      = October–December

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      October 4 – Frank Leary, 26, pitcher for the 1907 Cincinnati Reds
      October 12 – Whitey Gibson, 39, catcher for the 1888 Philadelphia Athletics
      October 28 – Ted Kennedy, 42, pitcher for the Chicago White Stockings (1885) and Louisville Colonels (1886)
      November 26 – Eddie Burke, 41, outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Alleghenys, Milwaukee Brewers, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Giants from 1890 to 1895, who topped the National League in games played (135) and times hit by pitches (25) in 1893
      December 8 – Washington Fulmer, 67, outfielder for the 1875 Brooklyn Atlantics
      December 27 – Jim Andrews, 42, right fielder for the 1890 Chicago Colts.
      December 31 – Jocko Flynn, 43, pitcher/outfielder for the 1886 Chicago White Stockings


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