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| 1854 | 2 |
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| 1865 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
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| 1877 | 14 |
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| 1889 | 29 |
| 1890 | 7 |
| 1891 | 27 |
| 1892 | 59 |
| 1893 | 45 |
| 1894 | 73 |
| 1895 | 63 |
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- The Washington Baseball Club Takes the Field
A new athletic organization of young Black men in Seattle establishes a regular schedule of local games.
- Seattle Baseball Team Issues Call for Support
Local players aim to uphold their record against the Victoria club, but they need the community’s help to make the trip across the border.
- A Backroom Vote Redraws Tacoma's First Ward
Tacoma Republicans reverse the base for municipal convention apportionment, threatening Council President Harris and the Wickersham faction's grip on the First Ward.
- The Teamsters’ Triumphant Seventh
A scrappy baseball victory at the Madison Street grounds.
- A Deadly Base on Balls Costs Seattle a Win
Despite a late rally and a hard-fought pitcher's battle, the Seattle baseball club fell to Spokane after a shaky ninth inning defined by control issues.
- Kennewick Builds a Ballpark to Lure the Pasco Team
Charles Conway donates land near the bridge for a first-class diamond and grandstand, hoping to bring the best team in Central Washington to play home games on this side of the river.
- The Day the Umpire Declared War: A Baseball Riot in the Tri-Cities
In April 1914, a dispute over a base-running call in Richland escalated into a physical standoff, forcing an umpire to forfeit the game and leaving the Highland team walking off the field in protest.
- Puyallup Team Beats Tacoma
A Fourth of July baseball game sees a resounding victory for the Puyallup team over their white opponents.
- Counterfeiters Caught in Gilman
A raid on a hotel room in Gilman reveals a makeshift mint producing fake gold coins.
- The Boys of Spring: Seattle Dominates Tacoma in 1892 Baseball Duel
Before the Mariners, the Puget Sound Amateur League drew massive crowds to the diamond with high stakes, fierce local rivalries, and the occasional 'wretched fumble.'
- Seattle's Nonpareils Outplay Tacoma in a Thrilling Baseball Match
The junior champions of the Northwest dominated Tacoma with professional teamwork and acrobatic fielding, thrilling a crowd at Madison Street ball park.
- Gold Dust at the Foot of Mount Baker
A steamer passenger's letter reports that Whatcom merchants have bought gold from Indigenous prospectors—and that plenty more may lie near Bellingham Bay.
- Surveying the Mullan Trail
Lieutenant Mullan completes a successful survey of a new mountain route, paving the way for immigration and rail in the Pacific Northwest.
- Horton's Swift Curves Too Much for Seattle
Fort Gamble's veteran pitcher held Seattle to five hits at the Madison Street grounds, while second baseman Babbitt turned in a flawless fielding display.
- John Wiley's Whiskers Steal a 25–15 Ballgame
A comedian's two-base hit, a 1,000-person crowd, and a disastrous first inning turned a grudge match between the Jacobites and Philistines into Seattle's strangest sporting spectacle of 1894.
- The Auditor's Ledger: Efficiency and the Salary System
Chehalis County Auditor Geo. W. Boyington defends his record against the backdrop of the transition from fee-based to salaried public service.
- The Hustlers Claim Victory in a Thrilling Baseball Showdown
A spectacular performance by Seattle’s baseball team secures another win over the reigning champions from Portland, cementing a local streak.
- The Scandal of the 'Ragged One': How Pendleton's Victory Sparked a Riot in Walla Walla
When the local team lost to Colfax and Pendleton took first place, the crowd’s frustration boiled over into violence against a theater patron.
- A Twelve-Inning Baseball Marathon
After an exhausting twelve innings, the Seattle Athletic Club succumbs to the Multnomahs in a hard-fought amateur championship battle.
- The Great Tax Assessment Debacle of 1887
King County taxpayers find themselves in an uproar as a bungled property assessment, based on a worthless abstract, threatens the city’s financial stability.
- The Day the Silence Was Golden
A local baseball match in Seattle turns into an oddly hushed affair, proving that true sportsmanship doesn't require a shouting match.
- The Miracle Inning at Tacoma
Down by nine runs, the Seattle baseball squad defied the odds with a legendary eleven-run outburst in a single inning against Tacoma.
- The Betting Scandal at the Post-Intelligencer
When a glove contest turned sour, a local newspaper found itself at the center of a legal battle over gambling stakes and the role of the press as an impartial stakeholder.
- A Fiery Catastrophe at the Tacoma Mill
A newly installed furnace at the Tacoma Mill overheated with such intensity that its massive iron stack melted and collapsed, narrowly missing the workers nearby.
- The Intellectual Meritocracy of the East
In an era of intense anti-Chinese sentiment in the West, a Snohomish lecturer finds a startling, counter-intuitive argument for the superiority of Chinese governance: a rigorous, education-based civil service.