Reds righthander Pete Donohue beats the Phils, 7 – 1
Reds righthander Pete Donohue beats the Phils, 7 – 1. A three-time 20-game winner in nine years with the Reds, Donohue will beat the Phils 20 straight times.
Reds righthander Pete Donohue beats the Phils, 7 – 1. A three-time 20-game winner in nine years with the Reds, Donohue will beat the Phils 20 straight times.
Commissioner Landis bars major league teams from playing in Montreal.
The Cards’ Rogers Hornsby hits his 20th home run, tying Ken Williams of the American League for the major league home run leadership; the Cards whip the Reds, 12 – 4.
On July 2, 1922 A’s OF Tilly Walker hits two home runs, giving him four in two days, as the A’s lose to New York, 9 – 3. He will finish with 37 for the year, two ahead of Babe Ruth. The Athletics, with the American League’s winningest pitcher in Eddie Rommel (27-13) and losingest in Slim Harriss (9-20) will lead the league with 114 home…
Christy Mathewson, in a sanitarium for treatment of tuberculosis, throws out the first pitch for a game at Saranac Lake, NY.
Walter Johnson wins another 1 – 0 battle, this one over the Yankees, for his third straight shutout and 97th in all. Johnson strikes out 9. Waite Hoyt losses a tough one, allowing just two hits in the first eight innings. Earl Smith’s double in the ninth drives home the winner.
On June 27, 1922 Detroit Stars pitcher Bill Force no-hits the St. Louis Giants, 3 – 0, at Mack Park in a Negro National League game.
On June 21, 1922 The Robins pound out 25 hits to Pittsburgh’s 19 as Brooklyn wins, 15 – 14.
On June 12 1922, Hub Pruett of the St. Louis Browns strikes out Babe Ruth three consecutive times as St. Louis beat the New York Yankees, 7 – 1.
On June 10, 1922 The Giants raise their World Series pennant on George Burns Day; it’s the first appearance at the Polo Grounds for the popular outfielder‚ now with the Reds after 10 years in a Giants uniform. The Giants win‚ 3 – 2.
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