1921 – The Cards’ Bill Bailey makes his last major league start a good one‚ besting the Cubs’ Pete Alexander‚ 1 – 0.
1921 – The Cards’ Bill Bailey makes his last major league start a good one‚ besting the Cubs’ Pete Alexander‚ 1 – 0.
Elmer Smith sets the record recording 7 straight extra base hits
Browns pitcher Urban Shocker takes his first loss after winning nine in a row. Elmer Smith’s two home runs pace a 10 – 5 Indians win in a morning game to back Guy Morton’spitching. In the afternoon game, a 12 – 8 St. Louis win, Smith starts off with another homer. Having hit one in Detroit the day before, Smith has seven straight extra base hits in three games – a major league record – for 22 total bases (3 doubles, four home runs, in addition to two walks). Earl Sheely, in 1926, will have seven long hits in just two games, but he will sandwich those around a sacrifice fly.
Yankees outfield makes an American League-record five assists, four by Bob Meusel
In the Labor Day afternoon game at Boston, won by the Red Sox, 8 – 2, the Yankees outfield makes an American League-record five assists, four by Bob Meusel. Meusel, with one of the strongest arms, will lead the AL in assists in 1921 and 1922.
The Angels (Pacific Coast League) win a pair from Portland, 8 – 4 and 9 – 3. The teams complete a 13-game series in seven days, with the Angels taking the last seven games in a row to win the series 10-3. The Angels outscore the Beavers in the series 72-36. The series started the day after the purchase of the Angels by William Wrigley, Jr.
The Angels (Pacific Coast League) win a pair from Portland, 8 – 4 and 9 – 3. The teams complete a 13-game series in seven days, with the Angels taking the last seven games in a row to win the series 10-3. The Angels outscore the Beavers in the series 72-36. The series started the day after the purchase of the Angels by William Wrigley, Jr.
1921 – Powered by Babe Ruth’s 50th homer and the pitching of Carl Mays, the Yankees down the host Senators, 9 – 3.
1921 – Powered by Babe Ruth’s 50th homer and the pitching of Carl Mays, the Yankees down the host Senators, 9 – 3.
1921 – In Cincinnati, the Cubs’ Grover Alexander outpitches his former teammate Eppa Rixey to win, 7 – 0. Chicago is mired in 7th place.
1921 – In Cincinnati, the Cubs’ Grover Alexander outpitches his former teammate Eppa Rixey to win, 7 – 0. Chicago is mired in 7th place.
Maurice Archdeacon of Rochester (International League) establishes a new record for circling the bases by completing the circuit in 13 2/5 seconds.
1921 – Maurice Archdeacon of Rochester (International League) establishes a new record for circling the bases by completing the circuit in 13 2/5 seconds.
