1910
- January 7
- Ottawa Senators sweep Galt in two games for the Stanley Cup. [1]
- January 20
- Ottawa Senators sweep Edmonton in two for the Stanley Cup (second of 1910). [1]
- January 25
- First stumping by a 12th man in Tests (N C Tufnell, South Africa vs England). [1]
- March 5
- Stanley Cup: Montréal Wanderers beat Ottawa Senators, 3-1. [1]
- March 11
- Jack Hobbs first Test ton (187 vs South Africa), his only Test hit wicket. [1]
- March 12
- Stanley Cup: Montréal Wanderers beat Berlin (Kitchener), 7-3. [1]
- March 17
- DHC soccer team forms in Delft Netherlands. [1]
- March 25
- Chalmers Auto Co offers a new car to each leagues' batting champion. [1]
- April 15
- William Howard Taft is first US President to throw out a first ball at a baseball game. [1]
- April 19
- 14th Boston Marathon won by Fred Cameron of Canada in 2:28:52.4. [1]
- April 20
- Cleveland Indians Addie Joss second no-hitter, beats Chicago, 1-0. [1]
- April 21
- Cleveland Naps play first game at League Park, lose to Detroit Tigers 5-0. [1]
- April 30
- Cleveland Indians pitcher Addie Joss wins second no-hitter beating Chicago White Sox. [1]
- May 7
- 35th Preakness: R Estep aboard Layminster wins in 1:40.6. [1]
- May 10
- 36th Kentucky Derby: Fred Herbert aboard Donau wins in 2:06.4. [1]
- May 12
- Philadelphia Athletics Chief Bender no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0. [1]
- May 19
- Cleveland Indian Cy Young gets his 500th win, beats Washington 5-4 in 11 innings. [1]
- May 30
- 44th Belmont Stakes: James Butwell aboard Sweep wins in 2:22. [1]
- July 10
- Chicago White Sox Comiskey Park opens, visiting Browns win 2-0. [1]
- July 31
- Chicago Cub King Cole no-hits Saint Louis, 4-0 in a 7 inning game. [1]
- August 4
- Oakland Athletics Jack Coombs and Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh pitch a 16 inning scoreless tie. [1]
- August 13
- Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates play to 8-8 tie, both have 38 at bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, two errors, five strikeouts, three walks, 1 passed ball and 1 hit by pitch. [1]
- August 30
- Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleveland 5-0 in 11. [1]
- September 6
- Saskatchewan (then Regina) Roughriders football club formed. [1]
- October 9
- Nap Lajoie challenges Ty Cobb batting avg with 8 hits, six were bunts as Brown's third baseman Red Corriden played deep, Cobb still won. [1]
- October 15
- Stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel heavyweight boxing champ, shot and killed. [1]
- October 20
- First appearance of cork centered baseball in World Series (World Series #7). [1]
- October 23
- Philadelphia Athletics beat Chicago Cubs 4 games to one in 7th World Series. [1]
- October 29
- Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game. [1]
- November 22
- Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs. [1]
1911
- January 2
- Brooklyn Dodgers president Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000. [1]
- January 10
- Trumper scored double cricket ton vs South Africa, goes on to get 214. [1]
- February 7
- Harry Graham cricketer (6 Test for Australia 1893-96, 301 runs), dies. [1]
- February 18
- Bill Murdoch cricketer, dies while watching Australia vs South Africa Test. [1]
- March 13
- Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Galt (Ontario), 7-4. [1]
- March 16
- Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur (Ontario) 13-4. [1]
- March 20
- National Squah Tennis Association formed (New York City, New York). [1]
- March 24
- Matthew Stanley Robison president (Saint Louis Cardinals), dies. [1]
- April 4
- Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball Most Valuable Player. [1]
- April 5
- MCC tour match vs Jamaica finishes in a tie. [1]
- April 15
- Walter Johnson pitches a record tying four strike outs in an inning. [1]
- April 19
- 15th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:21:39.6. [1]
- May 13
- 37th Kentucky Derby: George Archibald aboard Meridian wins in 2:05. [1]
- New York Giants Fred Merkle is first to get six RBIs in an inning (first). [1]
- May 17
- 36th Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Watervale wins in 1:51. [1]
- May 19
- Philadelphia Athletics are 12.5 games back in American League, and win the World Series. [1]
- May 20
- E M Grace cricketer (one Test vs Australia 1880, 36 and 0), dies. [1]
- Edwin Boaler Alletson hits 189 in 90 minutes Notts vs Sussex. [1]
- May 22
- Braves pitcher, Cliff Curtis, loses his 23rd game in a row. [1]
- May 29
- At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Ray Harroun wins the first Indianapolis 500 car race. [1] (May 30 [5])
- June 11
- Detroit Tigers trailing Chicago White Sox 13-1 come back to win 16-15. [1]
- June 24
- John McDermott becomes first American to win US open golf tournament. [1]
- July 7
- Dorothea Lambert Chambers beats Dora Boothby 6-0, 6-0 in a record. [1]
- July 20
- Boston Red Sox Smokey Joe Wood no-hits Saint Louis Browns, 5-0. [1]
- July 29
- Boston Red Sox Joe Wood no-hits Saint Louis Browns, 5-0. [1]
- August 27
- Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits Boston, 5-0. [1]
- September 20
- New York Yankees set team record 12 errors in a double header. [1]
- September 29
- New York Yankees steal 15 bases and get 13 walks, beating Browns 16-12; with a major-league record six stolen bases in one inning. [1]
- October 26
- Philadelphia Athletics beat New York Giants, 4 games to two in 8th World Series. [1]
- October 28
- Bill Dobbie of Calgary Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game. [1]
- December 7
- National Hockey Association forms with New Westminister, Vancouver and Victoria. [1]
- December 13
- Reg Duff cricketer (23 Tests for Australia 1902-05, 1317 runs), dies. [1]
- December 30
- Crickets S F Barnes takes 5-6 in first 11 overs vs Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground. [1]
1912
- January 5
- First National Hockey Association game (Victoria). [1]
- February 9
- US Tennis Association amends rule taking bye away from defending champion. [1]
- February 10
- Hobbs and Rhodes make 323 cricket opening stand vs Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground. [1]
- February 13
- England regains cricket's Ashes. [1]
- February 16
- VSV soccer team forms in Ijmuiden. [1]
- February 20
- Argentina beat the MCC in their inaugural cricket first-class fixture. [1]
- February 28
- Bill Storer English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies. [1]
- Victor Trumper's last Test Cricket innings c Woolley b Barnes 50. [1]
- March 11
- First Stanley Cup game to be played in three 20-minute periods, formerly played in 30-minute halfs, Québec beats Moncton 9-3 on way to sweep. [1]
- March 13
- Stanley Cup: Québec Bulldogs sweep Moncton (New Brunswick) in two games. [1]
- March 15
- Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins. [1]
- April 9
- First exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox vs Harvard). [1]
- April 16
- Pittsburgh Pirates turn a rare 5-3-7 doubleplay (left fielder covers second base). [1]
- April 19
- 16th Boston Marathon won by Mike Ryan of New York in 2:21:18.2. [1]
- April 20
- Fenway Park officially opens, Boston Red Sox beat New York Highlanders 7-6 in 11. [1]
- Tiger Stadium in Detroit opens, Detroit Tigers beat Cleveland Indians 6-5. [1]
- April 26
- First homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Boston Red Sox). [1]
- May 1
- Amsterdam-North soccer team DWV forms. [1]
- May 5
- (to July 22) The 5th Olympic Games are held in Stockholm, Sweden. [7]
- May 11
- 38th Kentucky Derby: Carol H Shilling aboard Worth wins in 2:09.4. [1]
- May 15
- 37th Preakness: Clarnence Turner on Colonel Holloway wins in 1:56.6. [1]
- May 18
- Philadelphia Athletics beat Detroit Tigers 24-2, who use amateurs protesting Ty Cobbs suspension. [1]
- May 19
- American League president Ban Johnson tells Detroit Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball. [1]
- May 28
- Jackie Matthews takes two cricket hat-tricks same day Australia vs South Africa. [1]
- June 20
- New York Giants Josh Devore steals four bases in an inning (second and third twice). [1]
- July 3
- New York Giants pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak. [1]
- July 6
- 5th Olympic games in Stockholm opens. [1]
- July 8
- Pitcher Rube Marquard loses after winning 19 straight games. [1]
- July 22
- 5th Olympic games in Stockholm closes. [1]
- August 15
- New York Yankees player Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game. [1]
- August 20
- Washington Senator Carl Cushion no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0 in six innings. [1]
- August 30
- Saint Louis Brown Earl Hamilton no-hits Detroit Tigers, 5-1. [1]
- September 6
- New York Giants Jeff Tesreau no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 3-0. [1]
- September 15
- Boston Red Sox pitcher Joe Wood ties then record of 16 straight wins. [1]
- October 1
- New York Yankees lose game #100 en route to a 50-102 season. [1]
- October 5
- Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game. [1]
- New York Yankees win final game at Hilltop stadium. [1]
- October 16
- Boston beats New York Giants, 4 games to 3 with a tie in 9th World Series. [1]
1913
- January 8
- Frank Chance becomes New York Yankees manager. [1]
- January 26
- Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a pro. [1]
- February 2
- New York Giants footbll tean signs Jim Thorpe. [1]
- February 23
- Jimmy Sinclair cricketer (3 centuries in 25 Test South Africa career), dies. [1]
- March 4
- New York Yankees are first to train outside US (Bermuda). [1]
- March 8
- Federal League organizes with six teams. [1]
- March 10
- Stanley Cup: Québec Bulldogs sweep Sydney Miners in two games. [1]
- William Knox, becomes first in American Bowling Congress to bowl 300. [1]
- March 24
- Netherlands soccer team's first victory over England. [1]
- April 9
- Brooklyn Dodgers' Ebbets Field opens, Philadelphia Phillies win 1-0. [1]
- April 10
- President Woodrow Wilson throws out first ball, Senators beat New York Yankees 2-1. [1]
- Walter Johnson begins string of 56 consecutive scoreless innings. [1]
- April 19
- 17th Boston Marathon won by Fritz Carlson of Minnesota in 2:25:14.8. [1]
- May 10
- 39th Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Goose aboard Donerail wins in 2:04.8. [1]
- New York Yankees commit 8 errors and still beat Detroit Tigers 10-9 in 10 innings. [1]
- May 12
- Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2). [1]
- May 14
- Washington Senator Walter Johnson ends record scoreless streak at 56 innings. [1]
- May 20
- 38th Preakness: James Butwell aboard Buskin wins in 1:53.4. [1]
- May 31
- Alexis Ahlgren runs world record maraton (2:36:06.6). [1]
- June 13
- New York Yankees win 13th game of year after losing 36 games. [1]
- June 20
- Three of first four New York Yankees hit-by-pitch en route to a record six hit batsman. [1]
- June 30
- New York Giants score 10 in 10th to beat Philadelphia Phillies 11-1. [1]
- July 18
- After 68 straight innings Christy Mathewson gives up a walk. [1]
- July 25
- Carl Weilman strikes out six times in a 15 inning game. [1]
- Pittsburgh Pirates Max Carey goes hitless, but scores five runs against Philadelphia Phillies. [1]
- July 28
- US wins its first Davis Cup since 1902, beating England, 3-2. [1]
- July 31
- Bryan Hextall, NHL hall of famer. [1]
- August 30
- Philadelphia Phillies lead New York Giants 8-6 in top of 9th, fans in bleachers try to distract Giants, Umpire forefeits game to Giants, later overruled. [1]
- September 5
- Philadelphia Phillies and Braves tie record of only one run in a double header, Philadelphia Phillies win first game 1-0, then a scoreless tie into 10th. [1]
- October 2
- Philadelphia Phillies beat New York Giants two games out of three in a tripleheader. [1]
- October 4
- Freddy Wilson of Regina Roughriders kicks 10 singles in a game. [1]
- October 11
- Philadelphia Athletics beat New York Giants, four games to one in 10th World Series. [1]
- November 1
- Notre Dame upsets Army 35-13, first to use forward pass effectively. [1]
- December 6
- Chicago White Sox beat New York Giants 9-4 in exhibition game in Tokyo. [1]
- December 9
- Heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris. [1]
- John K Tener becomes president of baseball's National League. [1]
- December 19
- Jack Johnson fights Jim Johnson to a draw in 10 for hw boxing title. [1]
- December 23
- James Middleton cricketer (24 wicket of lefty pace South Africa 1895-1903), dies. [1]
- December 30
- Barnes takes 17 wickets vs South Africa (8-56 and 9-103). [1]
1914
- January 10
- Oscar Mathisen skates world record 500 minutes in 43.7 seconds in Oslo. [1]
- January 28
- First Millrose Games (athletics) held (New York City New York). [1]
- February 1
- New York Giants and Chicago White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt. [1]
- March 19
- Stanley Cup: Toronto Blueshirts (NHA) sweep Victoria Capitals (PCHA) in three game. [1]
- March 20
- First international figure-skating tournament held in US, New Haven. [1]
- March 21
- US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Theresa Weld. [1]
- US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Norman M Scott. [1]
- April 1
- Rube Waddell baseballer, dies at age 37 of TB. [1]
- April 13
- First Federal League Game: Baltimore Terrapins beat Buffalo 3-2. [1]
- April 20
- 18th Boston Marathon won by James Duffy of Canada in 2:25:01.2. [1]
- April 22
- Babe Ruth's first professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win. [1]
- May 9
- 40th Kentucky Derby: John McCabe aboard Old Rosebud wins in 2:03.4. [1]
- May 13
- R E Foster only dual England captain at cricket and soccer, dies. [1]
- May 21
- 39th Preakness: Andy Schuttinger aboard Holiday wins in 1:53.8. [1]
- May 31
- Chicago White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleveland Indians, 6-1. [1]
- June 9
- Honus Wagner becomes the first baseball player to get 3,000 hits. [1]
- July 5
- Boston Braves are 15 games back in National League, and win the World Series. [1]
- July 10
- Boston Red Sox purchase Babe Ruth from the Baltimore Orioles. [1]
- July 12
- Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for the Boston Red Sox. [1]
- July 14
- National League's Boston Braves start climb from last place to world series sweep. [1]
- July 17
- New York Giants beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1, in 21 innings. [1]
- August 3
- New York Yankees catcher Nunamaker throws out three would be stealers in one inning. [1]
- September 19
- Brooklyn's Ed Lafitte no-hits KC (Federal League), 6-2. [1]
- October 13
- Boston Braves sweep Philadelphia Athletics, first sweep in World Series history (World Series #11). [1]
- November 14
- Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game. [1]
- November 21
- Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game. [1]
- December 4
- Walter Johnson accepts money from Federal League Chicago Whales Clark Griffith threatens to take Johnson to court. [1]
- December 5
- 6th Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats University of Toronto, 14-2. [1]
- December 8
- Connie Mack sells Eddie Collins to the Chicago White Sox. [1]
- December 21
- A O Jones cricketer (12 Tests for England 1899-1909), dies. [1]
- December 31
- Colonel Jacob Ruppert and Cap Huston purchase New York Yankees for $460,000. [1]
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