
October 20, 1874: Boston Red Stockings clinch third National Association title
Not all important baseball wins are the product of exciting,…

September 10-13, 1883: Grasshopper Jim Whitney snatches the pennant
In September 1883 a key late-season series in Boston pitted perennial…

October 6, 1890: The first worst-to-first team
In 1889, the Louisville Colonels of the American Association…

October 10, 1904: Jack Chesbro uncorks a wild one
The band played Tessie as the penultimate game of the 1904 season…

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 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…

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…

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…

October 10, 1926: Pete Alexander saves the day
The seventh game of the 1926 World Series between the St. Louis…

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,…

September 28, 1939: A trifecta for McKechnie, a pennant for Cincinnati
The Reds were on the brink. Twenty years removed from their only…

September 27, 1940: Tigers clinch American League pennant behind Floyd Giebell
The Cleveland Indians certainly started off the 1940 season in…

October 1, 1944: Finally, the Browns! St. Louis captures first American League pennant
Chet Laabs of the St. Louis Browns is carried off the field…

September 26, 1948: Boston Braves win National League pennant
For the first time in 34 years, the National League pennant returned…

October 4, 1948: Rookie Bearden wins 20th, Boudreau homers twice as Indians win pennant in AL tiebreaker
When the American and National Leagues expanded from eight to…

October 1, 1950: Dick Sisler’s 10th-inning home run clinches Phillies' pennant on the last day of the season
The last game of the 1950 season found the Philadelphia Phillies…

October 3, 1951: The Giants win the pennant!
On August 11, 1951, the second-place New York Giants trailed…

September 18, 1956: Mickey Mantle belts 50th homer as Yankees clinch AL pennant
When the Yankees took the field at Comiskey Park on Chicago’s…

September 30, 1956: Brooklyn Dodgers win NL pennant on final day of season
The reigning World Series champion Brooklyn Dodgers finally made…

September 23, 1957: Hank Aaron’s walk-off home run gives Milwaukee Braves the flag
The woman took her seat in the fourth row of the grandstand in…

September 20, 1961: Roger Maris hits 59th home run as Yankees clinch pennant
Wednesday, September 20, 1961, offered the last chance for Roger…

September 26, 1961: Cincinnati Reds clinch first NL pennant in 21 years
The 1961 Cincinnati Reds1 were a pre-season pick to finish sixth…