
September 5, 1921: Cleveland’s Elmer Smith sets record with seven consecutive extra-base hits over three games
For two days in September 1921, four pitchers on two teams had…

September 16, 1924: Cardinals’ Jim Bottomley sets single-game record with 12 RBIs
Hall of Famer Jim Bottomley was nicknamed Sunny Jim for his happy…

September 24, 1920: Babe Ruth becomes first player to hit 50 home runs in a season
When Babe Ruth was traded to the New York Yankees by Boston Red…

September 24, 1920: Babe Ruth hits 51st homer just hours after reaching milestone
With Babe Ruth’s 50th home run of the year in the record books,…

September 29, 1920: Babe Ruth hits 54th home run to cap off first season with Yankees
Babe Ruth was hammering the final stamp onto one of baseball’s…

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…

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,…

April 25, 1937: Giants’ Cliff Melton fans record 13 in debut, but loses heartbreaker
It was the “most astonishing piece of pitching,” gushed sportswriter…

May 31, 1938: Lou Gehrig plays his 2,000th consecutive game
On May 30, 1938, some 81,000 people crammed into Yankee Stadium…
September 28, 1930: Comeback Cubs prevail as Hack Wilson sets RBI mark
It is often said in sports that records are meant to be broken.…

October 8, 1929: Howard Ehmke sets down Cubs in surprise start with a World Series record 13 strikeouts
Poor Charlie Root. Here’s a guy who had a very respectable…

July 30, 1933: Dizzy Dean fans 17 Cubs for new modern strikeout record
“[He] pitched with devastating speed, his curves breaking fast…

June 21, 1938: Mike Higgins sets record with 12th consecutive hit for Red Sox
On June 19, 1938, Boston Red Sox third baseman Mike “Pinky”…

October 2, 1938: Bob Feller sets new MLB strikeout record, whiffs 18 in loss
The Detroit Tigers concluded their 1938 season with a three-game…

October 3, 1937: ‘Whistling Jake’ one-hits Tribe, stops Johnny Allen’s winning streak
For teams already eliminated from a pennant race, the last game…

October 6, 1923: Ernie Padgett’s unassisted triple play
In 1923, the National League Braves and the American League Red…

July 13, 1934: The Babe bashes 700th career home run
Babe Ruth spent 15 years of his 22-year major-league career with…

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…

September 30, 1927: Babe Ruth hits record 60th home run
Baseball history is filled with accounts of memorable home runs.…

August 14, 1933: Foxx hits for the cycle, drives in record 9 runs
Four months into another season of mashing American League pitching,…

October 10, 1920: A game of World Series firsts: unassisted triple play and grand slam
A pivotal Game Five in the 1920 World Series was on the horizon…

June 3, 1932: Lou Gehrig hits four home runs, Tony Lazzeri hits for cycle in Yankees romp
It was a game of excess, played on a Friday afternoon in Philadelphia’s…

May 24, 1936: Tony Lazzeri’s two grand slams and 11 RBIs
Approximately 8,000 fans paid to enter Shibe Park on Sunday,…

July 10, 1932: Athletics outlast Indians in 18-inning slugfest
On July 10, 1932, the Philadelphia Athletics played the Cleveland…