Bobby Veach (Trading Card DB)

September 17, 1920: Bobby Veach becomes first Tigers player to hit for the cycle

With just a few weeks left in the 1920 season, the Boston Red…

September 24, 1920: Babe Ruth hits 51st homer just hours after reaching milestone

With Babe Ruth’s 50th home run of the year in the record books,…

September 29, 1920: Babe Ruth hits 54th home run to cap off first season with Yankees

Babe Ruth was hammering the final stamp onto one of baseball’s…

October 2, 1920: Reds, Pirates split three games in the last major-league tripleheader

 “It’s a great day for a ball game; let’s play two!”…

October 3, 1920: The long and short of Monty Swartz’s big-league career

Thousands of players have had short major-league careers. Comparatively…
Burleigh Grimes (Trading Card DB)

October 6, 1920: Burleigh Grimes throws World Series shutout for Brooklyn

Fans in Brooklyn lined up outside Ebbets Field for tickets…
Sherry Smith (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)

October 7, 1920: Sherry Smith stymies Cleveland bats in Game 3

Acrowd of just over 25,000 filed into Ebbets Field in Brooklyn…

October 9, 1920: Coveleski stops Brooklyn to tie World Series at 2-2

Fortunes turn fast in baseball. After Cleveland won Game One…

October 12, 1920: Cleveland Indians win their first World Series

The Brooklyn Robins were on the brink of elimination in the 1920…

December 4, 1920: Big-time college football comes to Braves Field

The 1920 Boston College-Holy Cross football game was an important…