The Detroit Tigers roll over Cleveland behind Ed Siever and Sport McAllister with what was the most lopsided score in American League history: 21 – 0

The Detroit Tigers roll over Cleveland behind Ed Siever and Sport McAllister with what was the most lopsided score in American League history: 21 – 0

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The Detroit Tigers roll over Cleveland behind Ed Siever with what was the most lopsided score in American League history: 21 – 0 (equaled on August 13, 1939) — until the Cleveland Indians beat the New York Yankees 22 – 0 on August 31, 2004 at Yankee Stadium. Detroit pounds out 24 hits off rookie Jack Bracken as Pop Dillon leads the way with four hits. The game is mercifully called after 7 1/2 innings to allow Cleveland to catch a train. Bracken’s ERA is not helped by this outing and he will end this season, his only one in the majors, with a 6.21 mark, the highest in the deadball era.

1901 – Baltimore’s Joe McGinnity hurls two more complete games, winning over Philadelphia, 4 – 3, and losing, 5 – 4. The A’s reach McGinnity for 10 hits in the nitecap.

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1901 – Baltimore’s Joe McGinnity hurls two more complete games, winning over Philadelphia, 4 – 3, and losing, 5 – 4. The A’s reach McGinnity for 10 hits in the nitecap.

The White Sox sweep a doubleheader – and the 4-game series – with Boston by scores of 4 – 3 and 6 – 4. Boston’s Buck Freeman belts his 12th homer of the year.

The White Sox sweep a doubleheader – and the 4-game series – with Boston by scores of 4 – 3 and 6 – 4. Boston’s Buck Freeman belts his 12th homer of the year.

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1901 – The White Sox sweep a doubleheader – and the 4-game series – with Boston by scores of 4 – 3 and 6 – 4. Boston’s Buck Freeman belts his 12th homer of the year.

In a rare Sunday game (Sunday games are not outlawed in Chicago) before an estimated 20,000 fans, the largest American League crowd of the year, White Sox OF Dummy Hoy laces a 2-run single in the bottom of the 9th off Boston’s Cy Young to give Chicago a 4 – 3 win.

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In a rare Sunday game (Sunday games are not outlawed in Chicago) before an estimated 20,000 fans, the largest American League crowd of the year, White Sox OF Dummy Hoy laces a 2-run single in the bottom of the 9th off Boston’s Cy Young to give Chicago a 4 – 3 win.

The first-place White Sox dispose of slumping Boston by beating them, 4 – 1, in a Saturday game at South Side Park. Nixey Callahan, enjoying his switch from the North side to the South side, is the victor over Ted Lewis.

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The first-place White Sox dispose of slumping Boston by beating them, 4 – 1, in a Saturday game at South Side Park. Nixey Callahan, enjoying his switch from the North side to the South side, is the victor over Ted Lewis.

1901 – In the first of two in Detroit, Tiger ace Roscoe Miller puts on a disgraceful exhibition against the A’s, lobbing in the ball, grinning as the A’s batters hit it, and throwing a buntinto the stands to allow three runs to score. Miller settles down in the last three innings, allowing only a single, but the Tigers lose, 11 – 9. His performance is explained by writers in that he is in one of his sulks. The A’s light up rookie Frank Owen in game two to win, 9 – 3.

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1901 – In the first of two in Detroit, Tiger ace Roscoe Miller puts on a disgraceful exhibition against the A’s, lobbing in the ball, grinning as the A’s batters hit it, and throwing a buntinto the stands to allow three runs to score. Miller settles down in the last three innings, allowing only a single, but the Tigers lose, 11 – 9. His performance is explained by writers in that he is in one of his sulks. The A’s light up rookie Frank Owen in game two to win, 9 – 3.

Baltimore P Joe McGinnity hurls two complete games against Milwaukee, winning, 10 – 0, and losing, 6 – 1. The Brewers manage 15 hits on the afternoon off McGinnity, who will set a 20th-century record for most hits allowed during a season (401).

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Baltimore P Joe McGinnity hurls two complete games against Milwaukee, winning, 10 – 0, and losing, 6 – 1. The Brewers manage 15 hits on the afternoon off McGinnity, who will set a 20th-century record for most hits allowed during a season (401).

Cleveland rookie Bill Cristall debuts with a 4 – 0 gem over Boston, a first in the fledgling American League. Cristall allows five hits in the game two win. Teammate Earl Mooreshuts out faltering Boston on two hits in the opener to win, 1 – 0, over Ted Lewis.

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Cleveland rookie Bill Cristall debuts with a 4 – 0 gem over Boston, a first in the fledgling American League. Cristall allows five hits in the game two win. Teammate Earl Mooreshuts out faltering Boston on two hits in the opener to win, 1 – 0, over Ted Lewis.