May 11, 1919: Walter Johnson retires 28 in a row as 12-inning shutout ends in a tie

The Yankees were expecting a huge crowd at the Polo Grounds on…

May 12, 1919: Yankees, Senators play a 15-inning tie game

Entering the 1919 season, the strength of the New York Yankees…

May 20, 1919: Babe Ruth clobbers his first career grand slam

When Boston’s 1918 World Series championship season was over,…

May 24, 1919: Hank Gowdy Day at Braves Field

Welcoming back their popular soldier-catcher Hank Gowdy after…

June 1, 1919: Brooklyn’s Jeff Pfeffer tosses 18-inning complete game

Jeff Pfeffer was a rugged right-hander who anchored Uncle…

July 5, 1919: Athletics prevail over Red Sox despite a pair of home runs by Babe Ruth

When it comes to the home run, Babe Ruth, of course, is a man…
Babe Ruth (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

July 29, 1919: Babe Ruth’s blast ties AL record as Boston goes down swinging

There was no highly hyped home-run chase in 1919. That's one…

August 24, 1919: Ray Caldwell struck by lightning, sparks Indians to win

Dark, ominous storm clouds rolled off Lake Erie and barreled…

August 30, 1919: Outburst by Tigers’ inert offense stuns St. Louis

Time was running out for the Detroit Tigers to keep the Chicago…
Eddie Cicotte (SABR-Rucker Archive)

September 19, 1919: Cicotte, White Sox turn back Boston as Black Sox Scandal brews

Although they had not yet clinched the 1919 American League pennant,…
Babe Ruth (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

September 20, 1919: Babe Ruth ties single-season home run record with No. 27 in a walk-off

For 35 seasons, Ed Williamson of the Chicago Cubs held the major-league…
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September 24, 1919: White Sox clinch AL pennant on Shoeless Joe Jackson walk-off single

With 29 wins under his belt, Chicago White Sox ace Eddie Cicotte…

September 27, 1919: Bob Shawkey fans 15 and wins 20th for Yankees

Before the Yankees-Athletics doubleheader on September 27,…

October 1, 1919: Favored White Sox, Cicotte pummeled by Reds in World Series opener

When Eddie Cicotte's first pitch crossed the middle of home plate…

October 2, 1919: Reds take advantage of Lefty Williams’s wildness in Game 2

After the Cincinnati Reds stunned the “baseball dope” in…