This Day in Baseball History: September 17th

In 1906, Columbia University junior Eddie Collins — playing as Sullivan — made his debut at shortstop with the Philadelphia Athletics… Collins would go on to play twenty-five years in the Major Leagues, bat .333, and become a member of the Hall of Fame. In 1916, George Sisler outdueled Senators legend Walter Johnson, 1-0… it would be Sisler’s last major league pitching victory, but the former Browns’ hurler would become a member of the Hall of Fame as a first baseman, in 1939. In 1931, Red Sox outfielder Earl Webb set the Major League record for doubles with sixty-five… he would finish the season with sixty-seven. In 1939, American League President Will Harridge overturned the umpire’s decision to call the Yankees-Red Sox game played on September 2nd a forefit… he ordered the contest to be replayed from the seventh inning as a 5-5 tie. On 9/2, the Yankees began making deliberate outs to take advantage of a 6:30 Sunday curfew, after wh...