July 4, 1921: Fireworks for the wrong team as Cleveland rallies to beat White Sox, 11-10
The Chicago White Sox’s 1921 season was the beginning of the…
July 9, 1921: White Sox rally from 8-run deficit, beat Yankees 10-9 in 16 innings
The seventh-place Chicago White Sox generated some welcome excitement…
July 9, 1921: Columbus Buckeyes surprise first-place Detroit Stars with comeback win
The Detroit Stars held first place in the Negro National League…
July 10, 1921: Tom Williams outduels Bill Drake as Chicago American Giants edge St. Louis Giants
Fresh off a one-hit shutout of the Kansas City Monarchs, Chicago…
July 15, 1921: Babe Ruth’s 138th career home run ties Roger Connor’s big-league record
It was a “mastodonic thrust,” according to the New York Times.1…
July 16, 1921: Cristóbal Torriente, Chicago American Giants knock the starch out of ‘Iron Man’ McGinnity
1921 Chicago American Giants team with manager Rube Foster…
July 18, 1921: Babe Ruth’s 560-foot blast against Tigers sets career home run record
It was the bottom of the eighth inning in a summer contest at…
July 21, 1921: Joe Sewell smashes three doubles as Cleveland trounces Yankees
The Yankees (née Highlanders) had spent most of their early…
July 23, 1921: As hot as summer in St. Louis, Browns take eighth straight game
Perennial summer traditions in St. Louis have always included…
July 25, 1921: Monarchs’ Bullet Rogan hits 2-run homer in 9th-inning comeback over Detroit Stars
The 2021 All-Star Game shined a national spotlight on the Los…
July 26, 1921: Brooklyn’s Burleigh Grimes wins an ‘Old Time Pitchers’ Duel’ against Cubs’ Alexander
On July 26, 1921, when the Robins began their second long Western…
July 26, 1921: Ross Youngs rallies Giants past Pirates in showdown of league leaders
The New York Giants surged into the National League pennant race…
July 28, 1921: Irish Meusel, Phil Douglas, Frankie Frisch lead Giants to comeback win over Pirates in series finale
Trailing the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League standings…
July 31, 1921: Atlantic City Bacharach Giants pound the Indianapolis ABCs at Ebbets Field
Sunday games were the big games for Negro League teams, when…
August 3, 1921: Cubs split doubleheader as manager Johnny Evers faces health questions
Chicago was saturated with rain. Newspaper boys peddled local…
August 5, 1921: KDKA’s Harold Arlin broadcasts first baseball game over commercial radio as Pirates rally to beat Phillies
Jimmy Zinn spent 1921 as a swingman on the Pittsburgh Pirates’…
August 5, 1921: George Mogridge, Senators win 11th game in a row
When the Washington Senators obtained left-handed pitcher George…
August 8, 1921: Browns rookie Luke Stuart hits inside-the-park home run in first major-league at-bat
In a game characterized by lots of hits (27) and lots of errors…
August 9, 1921: Three homers plus three errors equal one Giant defeat
The New York Giants were at the end of a grueling Western road…
August 9, 1921: Harvey Freeman earns only career win against defending champion Cleveland
Some players are fortunate enough to play major-league baseball…
August 9, 1921: Whistling Dixie in the nation’s capital: Browns’ Davis goes all 19 innings for ironman victory
It was a “marvelous exhibition of skill and stamina,” gushed…
August 11, 1921: Giants win a ‘humdinger’ over Brooklyn with two late comebacks and 13th-inning rally
On the morning of August 11, 1921, the New York Giants were in…
August 12, 1921: George Smith scatters 12 hits in record shutout victory as Phillies sweep doubleheader
Going into the 1921 season, the Philadelphia Phillies knew their…
August 13, 1921: George Sisler becomes first American League player to hit for the cycle twice
Just four days after banging six hits against the Washington…