Games Project – Page 40 – Society for American Baseball Research

September 19, 1921: Late-season, late-game collapse pushes Yankees to the brink

July 24, 2021

The defending world champion Cleveland Indians and the New York…

September 23, 1921: Athletics’ Fred Heimach shuts out White Sox for his first career win

August 13, 2021

Another eighth-place finish was almost a certainty for the homestanding…

September 24, 1921: White Sox break 11-game losing streak with 18-1 drubbing of Athletics

August 18, 2021

In a battle of the seventh- and eighth-place teams in the American…

September 24, 1921: Tigers’ Ty Cobb brawls with umpire Billy Evans after game in Washington

July 30, 2021

In 1921 both Ty Cobb and Billy Evans were highly respected in…

September 24, 1921: Pitching both games of a doubleheader, Browns’ Dixie Davis deals Red Sox a lopsided loss

September 22, 2021

St. Louis Browns right-hander Dixie Davis pitched two complete…

September 26, 1921: Giants near pennant as Art Nehf wins 20th game

August 13, 2021

On Friday, September 23, 1921, the New York Giants and St. Louis…

September 26, 1921: Yankees hold off Indians in Polo Grounds thriller, seize 2-game lead in AL pennant race

September 24, 2021

The defending world champion Cleveland Indians and challenger…

September 27, 1921: Local hero Hod Ford is lone bright spot in Braves’ loss

August 31, 2021

Horace “Hod” Ford made his adopted hometown of Somerville,…

September 27, 1921: Urban Shocker’s late-season gem trims Yankee lead

July 30, 2021

As they navigated the 1921 season, the New York Yankees club…

September 29, 1921: Sherdel, Cardinals knock Pirates out of contention for National League pennant

August 6, 2021

Based on their franchise history, the St. Louis Cardinals didn’t…

Babe Ruth, circa 1921 (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

October 1, 1921: Babe Ruth yields six runs as relief pitcher, then earns win in 11th

July 28, 2020

With three games left to play in their 1921 season, the New York…

October 2, 1921: Austin McHenry ascends, Rogers Hornsby misses milestone as Cardinals finish in third place

September 29, 2021

After finishing the 1921 season in the top five of National League…

October 2, 1921: Led by Jacobson’s five hits, St. Louis Browns complete best season in 20 years

August 6, 2021

Autumn raindrops pelted Detroit and turned Navin Field into a…

October 3, 1921: A Negro League team plays in Sportsman’s Park for the first time

September 14, 2021

It was a groundbreaking event in White major-league baseball’s…

Rube Foster (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

October 4, 1921: Speed and power propel Chicago American Giants past Hilldale in Game 1

September 16, 2021

After the Negro Leagues ended their regular seasons, October…

October 4, 1921: Oscar Charleston and Charlie Blackwell bash the Cardinals’ barnstormers in Game 2

September 16, 2021

The series was billed as a clash between the “recognized strongest…

October 5, 1921: Yankees win franchise’s first-ever World Series game against rival Giants

December 23, 2020

Through 2019 the New York Yankees have played in 225 World Series…

October 6, 1921: Waite Hoyt lifts Yankees to 2-0 lead over Giants in World Series

July 22, 2021

“The Western Front is now a somber memory of half-filled trenches…

October 7, 1921: Giants blow out Yankees in Game 3 to get back into first Subway Series

August 3, 2021

“There is no smarter man in baseball today than Miller Huggins.”…

October 9, 1921: Injured Babe Ruth wallops his first World Series home run

December 7, 2020

On Sunday, October 9, 1921, the sporting world was obsessed with…

October 9, 1921: Cardinals barnstormers smash St. Louis Giants in doubleheader sweep

October 5, 2021

While the Giants and Yankees played Game Four of the 1921 World…

October 10, 1921: Yankees win 3-1 and regain World Series lead from Giants after Game 5