August 1, 1920: Bullet Rogan pitches and bats Kansas City Monarchs over Chicago American Giants in front of record crowd
The crowd – estimated at 20,000 by the Kansas City Sun –…
August 8, 1920: George Sisler becomes first St. Louis Browns player to hit for the cycle
“They’ve called Ty Cobb the Georgia Peach for the last 15…
August 16, 1920: Ray Chapman suffers fatal blow to his skull on pitch from Carl Mays
The 1920 American League pennant race was as tight as one could…
August 31, 1920: Cubs-Phillies game leads to grand jury investigation, Black Sox confessions, and a stabbing
“Is baseball in danger?” – Chicago Tribune, September 5,…
September 17, 1920: Bobby Veach becomes first Tigers player to hit for the cycle
With just a few weeks left in the 1920 season, the Boston Red…
September 17, 1920: Giants’ Burns hits for the cycle as Toney pitches 10 innings to win 20th
By the time mid-September rolled around in the 1920 season, the…
September 20, 1922: Cleveland pitcher Phil Bedgood throws complete game to win big-league debut
In September 1922, out of pennant contention, the Cleveland Indians…
September 24, 1920: Duster Mails outduels Red Faber as Cleveland increases lead amid fix rumors
The September 24, 1920, edition of the Akron Beacon Journal blared…
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 27, 1920: ‘The end of some inevitable chain’: Chicago’s final Black Sox game
“Major leaguers were our gods. We weren’t worshipful. We…
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…
October 1, 1920: Cubs’ Pete Alexander outduels Cardinals rookie Jesse Haines in 17 innings
The biggest story in baseball history was breaking in Chicago…
October 2, 1920: Reds, Pirates split three games in the last major-league tripleheader
“It’s a great day for a ball game; let’s play two!”…
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 3, 1920: The long and short of Monty Swartz’s big-league career
Thousands of players have had short major-league careers. Comparatively…
October 5, 1920: Coveleski goes the distance to give Indians 1-0 lead in World Series
The 1920 best-of-nine World Series opened on October 5 at…
October 6, 1920: Burleigh Grimes throws World Series shutout for Brooklyn
Fans in Brooklyn lined up outside Ebbets Field for tickets…
October 7, 1920: Sherry Smith stymies Cleveland bats in Game 3
Acrowd of just over 25,000 filed into Ebbets Field in Brooklyn…
October 9, 1920: Coveleski stops Brooklyn to tie World Series at 2-2
Fortunes turn fast in baseball. After Cleveland won Game One…
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…
October 11, 1920: Duster Mails shuts out Brooklyn to bring Cleveland to verge of championship
“Brooklyn will be lucky to get a foul off me today. If Spoke…
October 12, 1920: Cleveland Indians win their first World Series
The Brooklyn Robins were on the brink of elimination in the 1920…
October 17, 1920: American Giants barely avoid no-hitter and win ‘Little World Series’
One of the doubleheader’s several previews in the New York…