Postseason – Page 4 – Society for American Baseball Research

October 9, 1920: Coveleski stops Brooklyn to tie World Series at 2-2

October 10, 1920: A game of World Series firsts: unassisted triple play and grand slam

October 11, 1920: Duster Mails shuts out Brooklyn to bring Cleveland to verge of championship

October 12, 1920: Cleveland Indians win their first World Series

Cristóbal Torriente (TRADING CARD DB)

October 17, 1920: American Giants barely avoid no-hitter and win ‘Little World Series’

Rube Foster (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

October 4, 1921: Speed and power propel Chicago American Giants past Hilldale in Game 1

October 5, 1921: Yankees win franchise’s first-ever World Series game against rival Giants

Waite Hoyt (TRADING CARD DB)

October 6, 1921: Waite Hoyt lifts Yankees to 2-0 lead over Giants in World Series

George Burns (TRADING CARD DB)

October 7, 1921: Giants blow out Yankees in Game 3 to get back into first Subway Series

Babe Ruth, circa 1921 (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

October 9, 1921: Injured Babe Ruth wallops his first World Series home run

October 10, 1921: Yankees win 3-1 and regain World Series lead from Giants after Game 5

Jesse Barnes (TRADING CARD DB)

October 11, 1921: Jesse Barnes’ stellar relief outing knots World Series at three games each

October 13, 1921: Giants beat Yankees 1-0 to clinch World Series championship

Left: Turkey Stearnes, Helmar Art Card. Right image: Dixie Series photo, Dallas Express, September 23, 1922: 7.

September 9-17, 1922: Turkey Stearnes and Memphis Red Sox defeat Dallas Black Giants in Dixie Series

October 10, 1923: Casey Stengel is hero as Giants nip Yankees in Game 1

Library of Congress

October 14, 1923: An epic wedding anniversary for Yankees’ battery in Game 5

Art Nehf (TRADING CARD DB)

October 4, 1924: Giants’ Art Nehf outduels Washington’s Walter Johnson in World Series opener

October 5, 1924: Senators blow 9th-inning lead but recover to even World Series at one game apiece

Roger Peckinpaugh (TRADING CARD DB)

October 9, 1924: Roger Peckinpaugh leads Senators in Game 6 to force winner-take-all finale against Giants

Walter Johnson (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

October 10, 1924: Big Train finally wins the biggest one of all

José Mendéz (SABR-Rucker Archive)

October 20, 1924: José Méndez, Kansas City Monarchs shut out Hilldale Club to win first Negro League World Series

Sam Rice (TRADING CARD DB)

October 10, 1925: Senators’ Sam Rice makes dazzling catch to preserve victory in Game 3 — or did he?

Walter Johnson (TRADING CARD DB)

October 11, 1925: Walter Johnson tosses shutout in Game 4 to put Senators on cusp of second straight title

October 12, 1925: Bucs’ offense wakes up as Aldridge gives Pirates hope in Game 5