1910: Washington’s Walter Johnson pitched a one-hit, 3-0 victory over the Philadelphia A’s, while Frank Smith of the WHITE SOX duplicated the feat against the St. Louis Browns.
1917: Ed Cicotte of the WHITE SOX pitched an 11-0, no-hitter against the St. Louis Browns.
1925: The Cleveland Indians opened the season with a 21-14 victory over the St. Louis Browns, the most runs scored by one club on opening day. The Indians scored 12 runs in the eighth inning, helped by five errors. Fred Spurgeon reached base twice on two of those errors. Browns first baseman George Sisler committed four errors in the game.
1967: Boston rookie Bill Rohr lost a no-hit bid in his first major-league start when Elston Howard singled in the ninth inning for the New York Yankees’ only hit in a 3-0 loss to the Red Sox.
