Taft's First Pitch
Apr 14 US President William Howard Taft begins tradition of throwing ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day of baseball season
- Apr 15 William Howard Taft is first US President to throw out the 1st ball at a baseball game
- Apr 18 14th Boston Marathon won by Canadian Fred Cameron in 2:28:52.4
- Apr 20 Cleveland Naps Addie Joss 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago, 1-0
- Apr 21 Cleveland Naps play 1st game at League Park, lose to Detroit Tigers 5-0
- Apr 30 Cleveland Naps Addie Joss limits St.Louis Browns to 8 hits in 2-1 victory