Winning 20 games in a season was once a hallmark of excellence…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1921-Coveleski-Stan.jpg500311Thomas Brown/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngThomas Brown2021-08-18 13:50:272021-08-20 12:07:45August 20, 1921: Cleveland’s Stan Coveleski wins 20th game for fourth consecutive season
With a little more than a month left in the 1921 regular season,…
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The Boston Red Sox hosted a Friday afternoon game against the…
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By 1917 the New York American League franchise, first called…
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In the summer of 1936, the Lake Erie Shore was the place to be.
Cleveland…
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The White Sox players were fighting mad. They had just gotten…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1906-WaddellRube-PHA.jpg580291Jacob Pomrenke/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngJacob Pomrenke2021-08-18 11:36:162021-08-20 02:01:39August 29, 1906: Athletics settle for no-hitter and win in rain-shortened game
From left, Leroy Matlock, Oscar Charleston, boxer John Henry…
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1934 Pittsburgh Crawfords pitchers, from left: Satchel Paige,…
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Another eighth-place finish was almost a certainty for the homestanding…
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On Friday, September 23, 1921, the New York Giants and St. Louis…
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Before the May 6, 1947, game at Sportsman’s Park began, St.…
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Early in the spring of 1953, someone asked Bob Trice about his…
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As with so many other games for the man who wore number 41 for…
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The Western Massachusetts city of Holyoke went 64 years between…
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There were plenty of storylines entering this intrastate battle…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Bonds-Barry-71-2001.jpg350250Jacob Pomrenke/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngJacob Pomrenke2021-08-12 23:25:352021-08-12 23:25:35October 5, 2001: Barry Bonds hits 71st home run to set new single-season record
The visiting Washington Nationals (17-29, 10½ games back of…
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The legend of Slim Jones has loomed large over the history of…
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August 20, 1921: Cleveland’s Stan Coveleski wins 20th game for fourth consecutive season
August 30, 1921: Pirates’ Dave Robertson ‘runs gamut of hits’ as first player to hit for the cycle at Ebbets Field
September 14, 1951: Browns’ Bob Nieman homers in first two at-bats; Ted Williams vents anger after strikeout by Satchel Paige
April 24, 1917: Lefty George Mogridge hurls the Yankees’ first no-hitter
August 2, 1936: Spectacle-filled afternoon on lakefront ends in 16-inning tie between Yankees, Indians
August 29, 1906: Athletics settle for no-hitter and win in rain-shortened game
Peter Mancuso (2021)
September 13-20, 1935: Pittsburgh Crawfords rally from 3-1 deficit to beat New York Cubans in Negro League World Series
September 22, 1935: Satchel Paige takes the money but not the mound at Yankee Stadium
This Week in SABR: August 13, 2021
September 23, 1921: Athletics’ Fred Heimach shuts out White Sox for his first career win
September 26, 1921: Giants near pennant as Art Nehf wins 20th game
May 6, 1947: Pitching to Ted Williams, two Browns pitchers fail to follow Jack Kramer’s advice
September 14, 1951: Dodgers’ Preacher Roe beats former Pirates teammates for 20th victory
August 13, 1953: Bob Trice hurls two-hitter for Ottawa Athletics on Bob Trice Night
September 30, 1971: Tom Seaver strikes out 13 Cardinals, wins 20th game on final day of the season
April 15, 1977: After 64 years, Holyoke gets a rough welcome back to the minors
September 12, 1982: Terry Felton’s futility finds finality with 16th consecutive loss
October 5, 2001: Barry Bonds hits 71st home run to set new single-season record
September 16, 2020: Luis García, baseball’s youngest player, wins one for the Nationals
Carl Finley
Slim Jones
Sam Lacy
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