Ferris Fain Essentials Bats: L Throws: L Height: 71 Weight: 180 Born: Tuesday, March 29, 1921 in San Antonio, TX USA Died: 10 18 2001 in Georgetown, CA USA Debut: 4/15/1947 Last Game: 9/24/1955 Full Name: Ferris Roy Fain When asked to make a list of the best hitters of the late 1940s and early…
McKee Field at Hot Springs, Arkansas. Spring training – 1921.
Babe Ruth at spring training in Shreveport, Louisiana – 1921.
1921 – First baseman Gene Paulette is barred from organized baseball for life for taking part in throwing games. He played in 500 games with the New York Giants, St. Louis Browns and Philadelphia Phillies.
The New York Yankees, training in Shreveport, Louisiana, journey to Lake Charles to play a game against the St. Louis Cardinals, based in Orange, Texas. The game is proclaimed “Ruth-Hornsby Day,” but Hornsby hits only a single while Ruth lofts a home run over the short right field fence. The Yankees win, 14 – 5.
Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Gene Paulette, ordered to appear before Commissioner Landis regarding alleged gambling, decides to retire from Organized Baseball instead. He signs with a Massillon, Ohio semipro team.
On March 12, 1921, Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis suspends eight members of the Chicago White Sox for their alleged involvement in the fixing of the 1919 World Series. The group includes outfielder Joe Jackson, who batted .375 in the Series. Others banned are Eddie Cicotte, Oscar “Happy” Felsch, Arnold “Chick” Gandil, Fred McMullin, Charles “Swede”…
1921 – Twelve-year Boston Red Sox veteran outfielder Harry Hooper is traded to the Chicago White Sox for outfielders Nemo Leibold and Shano Collins.
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