
July 19, 1922: Fans hoist Rogers Hornsby to their shoulders after his game-winning home run
The St. Louis Cardinals were surging. On June 30 St. Louis had…

July 23, 1922: Cubs’ Ray Grimes set consecutive-games RBI record — and nobody noticed for decades
Imagine setting a baseball record that has stood for over a hundred…

July 26, 1922: Nip Winters tosses no-hitter as Bacharach Giants teach Indianapolis ABCs a lesson
The name Jesse “Nip” Winters is unlikely to appear in a casual…

August 14, 1922: Lizzie Murphy becomes first woman to play against major leaguers at Fenway Park
“Batting and playing first base for the Boston Red Sox: Mary…

August 16, 1922: Chicago American Giants outlast New York Bacharach Giants in 20-inning pitchers’ duel
Harold Treadwell wasn’t the best pitcher on the 1922 New York…

August 25, 1922: Cubs and Phillies combine for 49 runs on 51 hits
From 1901 through the end of the 2015 major-league season, one…

August 26, 1922: Waynesboro wins despite unruly Martinsburg fans
In 1922 the Class D Blue Ridge League consisted of teams from…

September 5, 1922: St. Louis Browns win to move into first place
It’s been a long and weary waitSince back in 1888,When we last…

September 9-17, 1922: Turkey Stearnes and Memphis Red Sox defeat Dallas Black Giants in Dixie Series
In September 1922, the Memphis Red Sox of the Negro Southern…

September 16, 1922: Whitey Witt knocked out in Yankees-Browns melee
On September 15, 1922, the New York Yankees lost to the Chicago…
September 18, 1922: Browns, Yankees battle for AL pennant in the ‘Little World Series’
In 1922, the defending American League champion New York Yankees…

September 21, 1922: Doc Hamann makes inglorious debut for Indians
After a world championship in 1920 and a tight pennant race with…

September 24, 1922: Rogers Hornsby becomes first to bat .400 and slug 40 home runs in same season as Cardinals delay Giants’ pennant
A Sunday crowd of 30,000 fans1 came to the Polo Grounds2 on September…

September 30, 1922: Eddie Rommel wins 27th game for 65-win A’s team
In a career that included 13 seasons as a major-league pitcher…

April 17, 1923: Reformer, rogue meet before Giants’ win on Opening Day in Boston
They made an odd couple on Opening Day 1923 at Braves Field…

April 18, 1923: Babe Ruth homers in Yankee Stadium’s grand opening, hinting at franchise’s dynastic future
In 1913 the New York Highlanders were renamed the Yankees and…

May 11, 1923: Phillies and Cardinals clout 10 home runs in Baker Bowl barrage
It was “a baseball burlesque ... a wild slugfest with a flock…

June 1, 1923: New York Giants score in every inning to blast Phillies, 22-8
When the New York Giants visited Philadelphia’s Baker Bowl…

June 15, 1923: Lou Gehrig plays first game in Yankee pinstripes
The year 1923 was a special one for fans of the New York Yankees…

July 3, 1923: Ailing Tigers rally to top Cleveland
The Tigers limped into Cleveland as a battered and bruised ballclub.…

July 7, 1923: Rube Lutzke, Riggs Stephenson spearhead Cleveland to record 27-3 rout
As the Cleveland faithful filed into Dunn Field on a pleasant…

July 7, 1923: Pie Traynor hits for the cycle in Pirates’ rout over Phillies
The Pittsburgh Pirates clashed with the Philadelphia Phillies…

July 18, 1923: Phillies outlast Cubs but lose ‘landmark’ decision to 11-year-old over a foul ball
On July 18, 1923, the Philadelphia Phillies rallied in the bottom…

July 19, 1923: Judge Landis Day in Salisbury, MD
An early advocate for player’s rights, baseball commissioner…
