July 23, 1921: As hot as summer in St. Louis, Browns take eighth straight game
Perennial summer traditions in St. Louis have always included…
July 25, 1921: Monarchs’ Bullet Rogan hits 2-run homer in 9th-inning comeback over Detroit Stars
The 2021 All-Star Game shined a national spotlight on the Los…
July 26, 1921: Brooklyn’s Burleigh Grimes wins an ‘Old Time Pitchers’ Duel’ against Cubs’ Alexander
On July 26, 1921, when the Robins began their second long Western…
July 26, 1921: Ross Youngs rallies Giants past Pirates in showdown of league leaders
The New York Giants surged into the National League pennant race…
July 28, 1921: Irish Meusel, Phil Douglas, Frankie Frisch lead Giants to comeback win over Pirates in series finale
Trailing the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League standings…
July 31, 1921: Atlantic City Bacharach Giants pound the Indianapolis ABCs at Ebbets Field
Sunday games were the big games for Negro League teams, when…
August 3, 1921: Cubs split doubleheader as manager Johnny Evers faces health questions
Chicago was saturated with rain. Newspaper boys peddled local…
August 5, 1921: KDKA’s Harold Arlin broadcasts first baseball game over commercial radio as Pirates rally to beat Phillies
Jimmy Zinn spent 1921 as a swingman on the Pittsburgh Pirates’…
August 5, 1921: George Mogridge, Senators win 11th game in a row
When the Washington Senators obtained left-handed pitcher George…
August 8, 1921: Browns rookie Luke Stuart hits inside-the-park home run in first major-league at-bat
In a game characterized by lots of hits (27) and lots of errors…
August 9, 1921: Three homers plus three errors equal one Giant defeat
The New York Giants were at the end of a grueling Western road…
August 9, 1921: Harvey Freeman earns only career win against defending champion Cleveland
Some players are fortunate enough to play major-league baseball…
August 9, 1921: Whistling Dixie in the nation’s capital: Browns’ Davis goes all 19 innings for ironman victory
It was a “marvelous exhibition of skill and stamina,” gushed…
August 11, 1921: Giants win a ‘humdinger’ over Brooklyn with two late comebacks and 13th-inning rally
On the morning of August 11, 1921, the New York Giants were in…
August 12, 1921: George Smith scatters 12 hits in record shutout victory as Phillies sweep doubleheader
Going into the 1921 season, the Philadelphia Phillies knew their…
August 13, 1921: Mule Watson wins both games of doubleheader as Braves sweep Phillies
As the game of baseball began to grow in the twentieth century,…
August 13, 1921: George Sisler becomes first American League player to hit for the cycle twice
Just four days after banging six hits against the Washington…
August 15, 1921: Browns move above .500 as George Sisler, Dixie Davis flirt with history
A mid-August matchup between two middle-of-the-pack teams is…
August 16, 1921: Walt Cruise’s Jury Box clout gets Braves started in see-saw affair with Cubs
Following their “Miracle” National League pennant and World…
August 19, 1921: Ty Cobb joins the 3,000-hit club
Hall of Famer Ty Cobb said, “Baseball is a red-blooded sport…
August 20, 1921: Cleveland’s Stan Coveleski wins 20th game for fourth consecutive season
Winning 20 games in a season was once a hallmark of excellence…
August 21, 1921: George Mogridge, Senators get the best of depleted White Sox
The teams that met at Chicago’s Comiskey Park on August 21,…
August 22, 1921: Cy Williams’s Baker Bowl blast breaks up pitchers’ duel in 12th inning
The Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies, two teams firmly…
August 22, 1921: Pittsburgh Pirates win 10-8 slugfest over Boston Braves, increase NL lead
August of 1921 had been a good month for the Pittsburgh Pirates,…