Hack Wilson has four RBIs to lead the Cubs over the Pirates, 7 – 5. Wilson cracks a 2-run single in the 5th, but then allows a Lloyd Waner liner to skip by him for an inside-the-park home run, and vows to atone. He hits his 44th home run, off young Larry French, breaking Chuck Klein’s one-year-old National League record.

August 26, 1930October 21, 2023 This Day In Baseball

On August 26, 1930 — Hack Wilson has four RBIs to lead the Cubs over the Pirates, 7 – 5. Wilson cracks a 2-run single in the 5th, but then allows a Lloyd Waner liner to skip by him for an inside-the-park home run, and vows to atone. He hits his 44th home run, off young Larry French, breaking Chuck Klein’s one-year-old National League record.

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