October 3, 1916: Brooklyn clinches NL pennant as John McGraw throws himself out of the game
Proximate geographies, shared histories, and personal relations…
September 15, 1931: Philadelphia A’s clinch American League pennant without fanfare
The Philadelphia Athletics had a veritable lock on first place.…
September 23, 1913: A’s clinch AL pennant, then put on offensive clinic
As the 1913 regular season neared its end on Tuesday, September…
September 26, 1911: Frank Baker’s homers help Athletics clinch second straight pennant
Heading into the 1911 season, the Philadelphia Athletics were…
September 20, 1893: Beaneaters clinch NL pennant, earn ‘proud emblem to wave here next year’
The first frost would not arrive in Cleveland for another six…
October 11, 1898: Relieved Beaneaters gain National League title again
As the skies darkened over the nation’s capital, the spirit…
September 28, 1883: Athletics secure American Association pennant
The Philadelphia Athletics arrived in Louisville for a four-game…
October 1, 1891: Beaneaters clinch National League pennant amid controversy
The Boston Beaneaters made a remarkable run in September 1891…
September 21, 1933: A pennant for Ladies’ Day: Washington Senators clinch first place in American League
September 21, 1933, the last day of summer, was ladies day at…
October 6, 1908: Bill Donovan blanks White Sox on two hits, sending Detroit Tigers to the World Series
With the 1908 American League championship on the line at South…
October 7, 1914: Indianapolis Hoosiers clinch second straight Federal League pennant
Only the tail-end St. Louis club stood in the way of Bill Phillips’s…
September 24, 1919: White Sox clinch AL pennant on Shoeless Joe Jackson walk-off single
With 29 wins under his belt, Chicago White Sox ace Eddie Cicotte…
September 7, 1914: Urban Shocker seals Ottawa Senators’ third straight Canadian League title
In the years leading up to the First World War, baseball −…
October 3, 1915: Chicago Whales clinch final Federal League title
A Rebel without a glove of glue allowed the Chicago Whales to…
August 24, 1918: Cubs clinch fifth National League pennant in 13 years with doubleheader sweep
On August 24, 1918, the Chicago Cubs hosted the fifth-place Brooklyn…
September 28, 1939: A trifecta for McKechnie, a pennant for Cincinnati
The Reds were on the brink. Twenty years removed from their only…
October 2, 1920: Jim Bagby wins his 31st game as Cleveland clinches its first pennant
By the time the 1920 baseball season wound down to the last couple…
October 20, 1874: Boston Red Stockings clinch third National Association title
Not all important baseball wins are the product of exciting,…
September 29, 1924: First in war, first in peace, now first in the American League
This was it, a day when a dream could come true for three generations…
September 30, 1934: Dizzy Dean wins 30th game as Cardinals clinch NL pennant
“If a showman had arranged it,” opined the AP’s Paul Mickelson,…
October 6, 1890: The first worst-to-first team
In 1889, the Louisville Colonels of the American Association…
September 10-13, 1883: Grasshopper Jim Whitney snatches the pennant
In September 1883 a key late-season series in Boston pitted perennial…
October 10, 1926: Pete Alexander saves the day
The seventh game of the 1926 World Series between the St. Louis…
October 10, 1904: Jack Chesbro uncorks a wild one
The band played Tessie as the penultimate game of the 1904 season…