
October 11, 1920: Duster Mails shuts out Brooklyn to bring Cleveland to verge of championship
“Brooklyn will be lucky to get a foul off me today. If Spoke…

October 12, 1920: Cleveland Indians win their first World Series
The Brooklyn Robins were on the brink of elimination in the 1920…

April 13, 1921: Boston's Sad Sam Jones beats a struggling Walter Johnson on Opening Day in Washington
President Warren G. Harding, center, throws out the ceremonial…

April 21, 1921: Sam Jones shuts out Senators in Red Sox home opener
Sad Sam Jones had won the season opener for the Red Sox with…
April 21, 1921: A cloud over Chicago as White Sox return for home opener after World Series scandal
There was a dark cloud over Comiskey Park in Chicago as the Chicago…

May 2, 1921: Red Sox walk off to win in Yankees' first visit of season to Fenway Park
The Red Sox had played a pair of games against the Yankees at…

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…

May 9, 1921: Collegians versus the Pros: BC's Jimmy Fitzpatrick stymies Boston Braves
Jimmy “Fitz” Fitzpatrick was already known as one of the…

June 2, 1921: Pat Duncan becomes first big-leaguer to clear fences at Cincinnati's Redland Field
Jack Ryder was the beat writer who covered the Cincinnati Reds…

June 13, 1921: Ruth’s Yankees knock out Cobb’s Tigers as Babe reaches Polo Grounds bleachers
Led by player-manager Ty Cobb, the third-place Tigers met the…

June 1, 1921: Giants' Dave Bancroft homers, faints, and hits for cycle
After three consecutive seasons of finishing in second place…

June 22, 1921: Harry Hooper homers twice at Comiskey Park, first White Sox batter to do so
The Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians experienced completely…

June 30, 1921: Pirates' Moses 'Chief' Yellow Horse defeats Reds' Adolfo Luque
All major-league franchises have had their share of noteworthy…

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 Cristóbal Torriente…

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…

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 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…

September 14, 1921: Washington's Walter Johnson, backed by a triple play, faces only 27 Browns batters
So great a pitcher was Walter Johnson that his September 14,…

September 15, 1921: Babe Ruth again breaks his own home run record with #55 at Polo Grounds
It came on a full count. A fastball a little bit up in the zone,…

October 1, 1921: Babe Ruth yields six runs as relief pitcher, then earns win in 11th
With three games left to play in their 1921 season, the New York…

October 5, 1921: Yankees win franchise's first-ever World Series game against rival Giants
Through 2019 the New York Yankees have played in 225 World Series…

October 9, 1921: Injured Babe Ruth wallops his first World Series home run
On Sunday, October 9, 1921, the sporting world was obsessed with…

October 10, 1921: Yankees win 3-1 and regain World Series lead from Giants after Game 5
In 1921, for the first time in the brief history of the modern…