DECEMBER 16, 2020 — Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Wednesday…
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DECEMBER 15, 2020 — One hundred years after the founding of…
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When Babe Ruth was traded to the New York Yankees by Boston Red…
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With Babe Ruth’s 50th home run of the year in the record books,…
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During the 1926 American League season, there were a handful…
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Babe Ruth was hammering the final stamp onto one of baseball’s…
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It was a “mastodonic thrust,” according to the New York Times.1…
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It came on a full count. A fastball a little bit up in the zone,…
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Babe Ruth was on fire. He had already hit 14 home runs in September…
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DECEMBER 10, 2020 — Baseball records are not chiseled in stone.…
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For a brief time in the summer of 1961, Ken Hunt was mentioned…
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In Game Four of the 1932 World Series — the last major league…
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Baseball records, like other forms of knowledge, are not chiseled…
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MLB to recognize major-league status of the Negro Leagues
Andy Oyler
Ed Sukla
SABR establishes task force to consider Negro Leagues as major leagues
September 24, 1920: Babe Ruth becomes first player to hit 50 home runs in a season
September 24, 1920: Babe Ruth hits 51st homer just hours after reaching milestone
June 13, 1921: Ruth’s Yankees knock out Cobb’s Tigers as Babe reaches Polo Grounds bleachers
August 16, 1927: Babe Ruth’s homer reaches the roof at Comiskey Park in Chicago
September 29, 1920: Babe Ruth hits 54th home run to cap off first season with Yankees
July 15, 1921: Babe Ruth’s 138th career home run ties Roger Connor’s big-league record
September 15, 1921: Babe Ruth again breaks his own home run record with #55 at Polo Grounds
May 25, 1922: Babe Ruth’s ejection costs him Yankees captaincy
April 18, 1923: Babe Ruth homers in Yankee Stadium’s grand opening, hinting at franchise’s dynastic future
June 1, 1925: Babe Ruth returns from ‘Bellyache Heard ‘Round the World’
September 29, 1927: Babe Ruth hits grand slam in second consecutive game for No. 59
This Week in SABR: December 11, 2020
‘Lost’ no-hitter by Cleveland’s Pete Dowling in 1901 now recognized as first in American League history
George Brunet
Ed Fitz Gerald
Tookie Gilbert
Ken R. Hunt
Tito Landrum
Jakie May
June 30, 1901: Cleveland’s Pete Dowling tosses the American League’s first no-hitter — or does he?