August 24, 1921: Giants close gap on Pirates with 10-2 win in doubleheader opener
The New York Giants and manager John J. McGraw entered the 1921…
August 27, 1921: Giants beat Pirates 3-1 to complete 5-game sweep
On Wednesday, August 24, 1921, the Pittsburgh Pirates and New…
August 30, 1921: Pirates’ Dave Robertson ‘runs gamut of hits’ as first player to hit for the cycle at Ebbets Field
With a little more than a month left in the 1921 regular season,…
August 30, 1921: George Sisler’s five hits lift St. Louis Browns into third place
“Playing like real pennant chasers, the St. Louis Browns swamped…
September 4, 1921: Braves’ Oeschger, Southworth derail Giants’ road to the pennant
Built in 1913, the John T. Brush Stairway, a cast-iron staircase…
September 5, 1921: Reds’ Eppa Rixey tosses 13-inning, complete-game victory over faltering Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates seemed poised to win their first National…
September 5, 1921: Cleveland’s Elmer Smith sets record with seven consecutive extra-base hits over three games
For two days in September 1921, four pitchers on two teams had…
September 5, 1921: Hilldale’s Phil Cockrell tosses no-hitter against Detroit Stars
Phil Cockrell, raved the Philadelphia Inquirer, “drew transportation…
September 7, 1921: Teams split four hits in Dakota League action
For a certain type of twenty-first-century baseball fan – one…
September 8, 1921: Phillies rally for eight runs in ninth inning for comeback victory
Joe Oeschger, the ace of the Boston Braves pitching staff,…
September 9, 1921: Batting explosion ties American League record for total runs as White Sox top Tigers, 20-15
On September 9, 1921, the Chicago White Sox opened a three-game…
September 9, 1921: Giants move into first place with win over Brooklyn Robins
In late August 1921, John McGraw’s New York Giants were 7½…
September 12, 1921: Al Nixon’s ‘Rule of Three’ Game
The “Rule of Three” is based upon a perception that things…
September 14, 1921: Washington’s Walter Johnson, backed by a triple play, faces only 27 Browns batters
So great a pitcher was Walter Johnson that his September 14,…
September 15, 1921: Babe Ruth again breaks his own home run record with #55 at Polo Grounds
It came on a full count. A fastball a little bit up in the zone,…
September 16, 1921: Goose Goslin makes his major-league debut; Cleveland returns to first place
He was known for his ability to hit, and he could hit for power.…
September 19, 1921: Late-season, late-game collapse pushes Yankees to the brink
The defending world champion Cleveland Indians and the New York…
September 23, 1921: Athletics’ Fred Heimach shuts out White Sox for his first career win
Another eighth-place finish was almost a certainty for the homestanding…
September 24, 1921: White Sox break 11-game losing streak with 18-1 drubbing of Athletics
In a battle of the seventh- and eighth-place teams in the American…
September 24, 1921: Tigers’ Ty Cobb brawls with umpire Billy Evans after game in Washington
In 1921 both Ty Cobb and Billy Evans were highly respected in…
September 24, 1921: Pitching both games of a doubleheader, Browns’ Dixie Davis deals Red Sox a lopsided loss
St. Louis Browns right-hander Dixie Davis pitched two complete…
September 26, 1921: Giants near pennant as Art Nehf wins 20th game
On Friday, September 23, 1921, the New York Giants and St. Louis…
September 26, 1921: Yankees hold off Indians in Polo Grounds thriller, seize 2-game lead in AL pennant race
The defending world champion Cleveland Indians and challenger…
September 27, 1921: Local hero Hod Ford is lone bright spot in Braves’ loss
Horace “Hod” Ford made his adopted hometown of Somerville,…