On May 30, 1908, Washington Senators's Jerry Freeman's single was the only hit allowed by Boston's Cy Young.
[2] On June 30, 1910, the Philadelphia Athletics held a benefit for the widow and children of Mike "Doc" Powers, who had died a few days after the team opened Shibe Park in 1909.
Players from the Washington, New York and Boston AL teams took part in a six-inning game against the A's, and in pre-game contests before 12,000 fans.
In 1910, the Red Sox fielded ten men who had been or would become MLB managers – no other team in history as ever had more.
Lord was joined in this feat by Bill Carrigan, Gavvy Cravath, Doc Gessler, Deacon McGuire, Tris Speaker, Jake Stahl, Bob Unglaub, Heinie Wagner, and Cy Young.
[2] He held out on the Sox, returning for a few games only to demand his release, and disappeared again when Comiskey turned him down.
When he reported to Chicago in 1914, he was blacklisted by mutual consent of the American and National League owners.
Buffalo star Hal Chase and Lord were business associates and close friends.
He died at age 66 on August 9, 1948, in Hospital in Westbrook, Maine, where he had been the last four months of his life and is buried at Riverside Cemetery in Kezar Falls.