1920s – Society for American Baseball Research

Stan Coveleskie (TRADING CARD DB)

April 14, 1920: Spitball takes center stage as Stan Coveleski fires Cleveland’s first Opening Day shutout

May 1, 1920: An extreme exercise in futility: Braves, Dodgers play 26 innings to no decision

May 1, 1920: Babe Ruth’s first Yankee home run is a ‘colossal clout’ against Red Sox

Tinti Molina (Trading Card DB)

May 9, 1920: The first all-Latino lineup in major-league baseball

Walter Johnson (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

May 14, 1920: As a reliever, Walter Johnson wins 300th game with arm and bat

June 10, 1920: ‘Sweet sandwiches, how it hailed’: Yankees win wild, wet game in Detroit

June 15, 1920: Pirates double-steal a game from the Phillies

June 26, 1920: Lou Gehrig homers in high school all-star game at Cubs Park

Dave Bancroft, Trading Card Database

June 28, 1920: Dave Bancroft racks up 6-hit game as Giants rout former Phillies teammates

July 1, 1920: St. Louis Cardinals fall in their first game at Sportsman’s Park

July 1, 1920: The Big Train no-hits the Red Sox

July 2, 1920: Cardinals get first win at Sportsman’s Park as Doak swashbuckles Pirates

July 9, 1920: Bambino homers on Babe Ruth Day at the Polo Grounds

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

July 19, 1920: Babe Ruth breaks his own record with 30th home run

Bullet Rogan (TRADING CARD DB)

August 1, 1920: Bullet Rogan pitches and bats Kansas City Monarchs over Chicago American Giants in front of record crowd

August 8, 1920: George Sisler becomes first St. Louis Browns player to hit for the cycle

August 16, 1920: Ray Chapman suffers fatal blow to his skull on pitch from Carl Mays

Grover Cleveland Alexander with the Chicago Cubs (CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM, CHICAGO DAILY NEWS, SDN-064431)

August 31, 1920: Cubs-Phillies game leads to grand jury investigation, Black Sox confessions, and a stabbing

Bobby Veach (Trading Card DB)

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

September 17, 1920: Giants’ Burns hits for the cycle as Toney pitches 10 innings to win 20th

September 20, 1922: Cleveland pitcher Phil Bedgood throws complete game to win big-league debut

Duster Mails

September 24, 1920: Duster Mails outduels Red Faber as Cleveland increases lead amid fix rumors

September 24, 1920: Babe Ruth becomes first player to hit 50 home runs in a season

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