Sol White (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

April 30, 1921: Chicago Giants defeat Columbus Buckeyes in Negro National League debut

Relocated, renamed, and piloted by two generations of Black baseball…
Joe Green (SEAMHEADS.COM)

May 1, 1921: Darkness halts Chicago Giants, Columbus Buckeyes after 11 innings

When the Negro National League opened play in 1920, its membership…

May 7, 1921: Whitey Glazner pitches, bats Pirates to ninth consecutive win

An unheralded addition to the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 1921 Opening…
Dave Brown (SEAMHEADS.COM)

May 7, 1921: Chicago’s Dave Brown outduels Monarchs’ Rube Curry on Opening Day

Opening Day in 1921 for the Negro National League was a momentous…

May 7, 1921: Detroit Stars and Bacharach Giants hit the long ball

It was Saturday, May 7, 1921, the opening day of the Negro National…
Donie Bush (TRADING CARD DB)

May 11, 1921: Donie Bush’s daring baserunning gives Tigers a late win over Yankees

On an overcast Wednesday afternoon, 12,000 fans filed into Detroit’s…

May 15, 1921: Austin McHenry and Cardinals mates shoot down Brooklyn Robins

Heading into the 1921 season, St. Louis Cardinals outfielder…

May 30, 1921: Tigers pounce in nightcap to halt Cleveland’s 8-game win streak  

The end of World War I was less than three years in the past…

June 1, 1921: Giants’ Dave Bancroft homers, faints, and hits for cycle

After three consecutive seasons of finishing in second place…
Babe Ruth (TRADING CARD DB)

June 8, 1921: Yankees’ Babe Ruth goes from jail to the ballpark

When the New York Yankees took the field against the Cleveland…