1920s – Page 6 – Society for American Baseball Research

August 24, 1921: Giants close gap on Pirates with 10-2 win in doubleheader opener

Art Nehf (TRADING CARD DB)

August 27, 1921: Giants beat Pirates 3-1 to complete 5-game sweep

August 30, 1921: Pirates’ Dave Robertson ‘runs gamut of hits’ as first player to hit for the cycle at Ebbets Field

George Sisler (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

August 30, 1921: George Sisler’s five hits lift St. Louis Browns into third place

September 4, 1921: Braves’ Oeschger, Southworth derail Giants’ road to the pennant

Eppa Rixey (TRADING CARD DB)

September 5, 1921: Reds’ Eppa Rixey tosses 13-inning, complete-game victory over faltering Pirates

Elmer Smith (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)

September 5, 1921: Cleveland’s Elmer Smith sets record with seven consecutive extra-base hits over three games

Phil Cockrell (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)

September 5, 1921: Hilldale’s Phil Cockrell tosses no-hitter against Detroit Stars

September 7, 1921: Teams split four hits in Dakota League action

September 8, 1921: Phillies rally for eight runs in ninth inning for comeback victory

Earl Sheely (TRADING CARD DB)

September 9, 1921: Batting explosion ties American League record for total runs as White Sox top Tigers, 20-15

Fred Toney (TRADING CARD DB)

September 9, 1921: Giants move into first place with win over Brooklyn Robins

September 12, 1921: Al Nixon’s ‘Rule of Three’ Game

September 14, 1921: Washington’s Walter Johnson, backed by a triple play, faces only 27 Browns batters

September 15, 1921: Babe Ruth again breaks his own home run record with #55 at Polo Grounds

September 16, 1921: Goose Goslin makes his major-league debut; Cleveland returns to first place

Miller Huggins (SABR-RUCKER ARCHIVE)

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

Fred Heimach (TRADING CARD DB)

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

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

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

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

Art Nehf (TRADING CARD DB)

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

Waite Hoyt (TRADING CARD DB)

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

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