Nip Winters no-hits the Indianapolis ABCs, pitching the Bacharach Giants to a 7 – 1 victory in an NNL associate game.
Nip Winters no-hits the Indianapolis ABCs, pitching the Bacharach Giants to a 7 – 1 victory in an NNL associate game.
Yankees fight before the game and then crush the Browns 11-6 behind 2 Ruth homeruns
In several pregame fights between Yankee teammates, Bob Meusel and Wally Schang duke it out in the dugout. Then Babe Ruth and Wally Pipp take a turn. The players then turn on the Browns, beating them, 11 – 6. Ruth bangs two homers, Pipp adds another, and Schang chips in with a two-run triple.
When umpires Brick Owens and Tom Connolly miss a train, the Detroit and St. Louis trainers, Bits Bierhalter and Dan Howley, are pressed into service.
When umpires Brick Owens and Tom Connolly miss a train, the Detroit and St. Louis trainers, Bits Bierhalter and Dan Howley, are pressed into service.
Cubs 1B Ray Grimes homers in Chicago’s 4 – 1 win over the Robins, giving him at least one RBI in 17 consecutive games, a major league record. He’ll fail to drive in a run on the 25th against Boston.
Cubs 1B Ray Grimes homers in Chicago’s 4 – 1 win over the Robins, giving him at least one RBI in 17 consecutive games, a major league record. He’ll fail to drive in a run on the 25th against Boston.
Edd Roush ends his holdout and signs with the Reds.
Edd Roush ends his holdout and signs with the Reds.
The Yankees start planning for the World Series when they pick up 3B Joe Dugan and one-time Cleveland World Series hero Elmer Smith from Boston, giving up OF Elmer Miller, SS Chick Fewster, SS Johnny Mitchell, and, later, P Lefty O’Doul. The contending Browns and other western clubs howl in protest and this deal will lead to a rule barring non-waiver trades after June 15th.
The Yankees start planning for the World Series when they pick up 3B Joe Dugan and one-time Cleveland World Series hero Elmer Smith from Boston, giving up OF Elmer Miller, SS Chick Fewster, SS Johnny Mitchell, and, later, P Lefty O’Doul. The contending Browns and other western clubs howl in protest and this deal will lead to a rule barring non-waiver trades after June 15th.
1922 – The Cardinals go into first place by half a game by beating Boston while the Reds are downing the Giants. It is the first time both St. Louis teams are ever on top together. St. Louis overcomes an 8 – 3 deficit in the 8th, to win, 9 – 8. The game is halted to clear hundred of straw hats off the field. For the Cards, it is their 23rd win in 29 games, but from here on out they will slide.
1922 – The Cardinals go into first place by half a game by beating Boston while the Reds are downing the Giants. It is the first time both St. Louis teams are ever on top together. St. Louis overcomes an 8 – 3 deficit in the 8th, to win, 9 – 8. The game is halted to clear hundred of straw hats off the field. For the Cards, it is their 23rd win in 29 games, but from here on out they will slide.
1922 – Ray Grimes celebrates his return to the Cubs’ lineup with a home run, double, and two singles as Chicago thrashes the Phils, 6 – 3. Grimes, who missed 10 days with an injury, has now driven in runs in 12 consecutive games.
1922 – Ray Grimes celebrates his return to the Cubs’ lineup with a home run, double, and two singles as Chicago thrashes the Phils, 6 – 3. Grimes, who missed 10 days with an injury, has now driven in runs in 12 consecutive games.
George Sisler drives in the first run with a sacrifice fly against Walter Johnson and the Browns top the Senators, 2 – 0.
George Sisler drives in the first run with a sacrifice fly against Walter Johnson and the Browns top the Senators, 2 – 0.
The smallest crowd in Fenway Park history – just 68 fans – see the Browns’ Herman Pillette shut out the Red Sox, 2 – 0. Alex Ferguson takes the loss.
The smallest crowd in Fenway Park history – just 68 fans – see the Browns’ Herman Pillette shut out the Red Sox, 2 – 0. Alex Ferguson takes the loss.
