When the August 15 game between the Boston Americans and Chicago…
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Dave “Beauty” Bancroft made his name primarily on defense…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1920-Bancroft-Dave.jpg500317Jacob Pomrenke/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngJacob Pomrenke2024-09-24 13:27:302024-09-24 13:27:30June 28, 1920: Dave Bancroft racks up 6-hit game as Giants rout former Phillies teammates
On a day “ball players dream about,” wrote Bill Gleason of…
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Perhaps more than 3,242 people would have shown up at Robert…
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Pinch hitting is a difficult role in major league baseball. The…
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Joe DiMaggio – a 56-game hitting streak. It’s a statistic…
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John Kruk was shirtless in the Philadelphia Phillies clubhouse.…
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The California Angels were in first place in the American League…
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Fenway Park’s iconic left-field wall, the Green Monster, has…
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There were 27 hits in this game, 10 bases on balls, and 10 pitchers…
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The first two months of the 1991 season had been a roller coaster…
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The St. Louis Cardinals won the National League pennant in 1930,…
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