September 30, 1927: Babe Ruth hits record 60th home run
Baseball history is filled with accounts of memorable home runs.…
October 2, 1927: Heilmann takes batting title on season-ending spree
Harry Heilmann entered the final day of the 1927 regular season…
October 5, 1927: Yankees take advantage of Pirates’ miscues in World Series opener
On the eve of the 1927 World Series, the New York Yankees were…
October 8, 1927: New York Yankees win World Series on a wild pitch
After winning the first three games of the 1927 World Series,…
October 8, 1927: Red Farrell of Bacharach Giants tosses the second Negro League World Series no-hitter
In the 1926 Negro World Series, pitcher Claude “Red” Grier…
April 14, 1928: Herb Bradley, Milt Gaston both throw shutouts in 50-minute game, quickest in Red Sox history
The game was the shortest official game in Boston Red Sox history,…
April 25, 1928: Red Lucas goes the distance for Reds in 17 innings
Standing only 5-feet-9 and weighing about 165 pounds, Cincinnati…
May 29, 1928: Bill Terry hits for the cycle with grand slam as Giants rout Brooklyn
Two months into the 1928 season, the National League had a tight…
June 2, 1928: Les is more: Braves’ Bell wallops three home runs
No ballpark was more suited to the Deadball Era in which it was…
June 8, 1928: Curt Walker’s 3 clutch hits lead Reds to comeback victory over Brooklyn
In 2011 the Cincinnati Enquirer published a list of the 100 greatest…
June 26, 1928: Red Barnes becomes first Senator to hit two home runs in cavernous Griffith Stadium
Griffith Stadium was death to home runs, yet inside-the-park…
July 26, 1928: Hornsby’s Braves edge Cubs in 14 innings
The Chicago Cubs, managed by Joe McCarthy, were on a roll. They…
July 26, 1928: Yankees’ Bob Meusel becomes first AL player to hit for cycle three times
New York’s Bob Meusel hit for the cycle — for the record…
August 20, 1928: Art Shires raps out 4 hits in big-league debut with White Sox
Few rookies ever made a bigger splash in their debut than Chicago…
August 22, 1928: Mule Haas home run ends 17-inning marathon
The climate in the American League was changing. From 1921…
September 13, 1928: Cubs win one for the road over Cardinals behind Sheriff Blake’s 4-hit gem
The 1928 National League season was approaching its waning stages…
September 15, 1928: Braves play the last of record nine straight doubleheaders
When Ben Cantwell took the mound for the Boston Braves at Braves…
September 24, 1928: Braves wrap up their 15th doubleheader in 25 days with a win over Pirates
The Boston Braves played 15 doubleheaders in 25 days while wrapping…
October 7, 1928: Lou Gehrig’s two homers too much for Redbirds in Game 3
Before the start of the 1928 World Series, former major-league…
October 9, 1928: Sultan of Swat smacks three homers to sink the Cardinals in World Series sweep
Not even the all-powerful Kenesaw Mountain Landis could predict…
October 14, 1928: Baltimore Black Sox beat Lefty Grove and all-star team
Future Hall of Famer Lefty Grove was coming off a 1928 season…
October 29, 1928: Young Bob Feller catches glimpse of his future as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig barnstorm into Iowa
After the New York Yankees swept the St. Louis Cardinals to win…
April 14, 1929: Sunday baseball in Boston for the first time
The weather turned unseasonably cold, rainy, and windy in Boston…
April 16, 1929: Earl Averill homers in first plate appearance during Indians’ debut
Only two players inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as of…