Red Sox southpaw Babe Ruth 
hits the first of his 16 career grand slams

This Day In Baseball

On May 20, 1919 — Red Sox southpaw Babe Ruth 
hits the first of his 16 career grand slams and wins the game as the starting pitcher. The grandslam proves to be the difference when Boston and the ‘Bambino’ beat the Browns at Sportsman’s Park, 6-4.

Babe Ruth wins a game pitching and batting as he hits his first career grand slam in the Boston Red Sox’s 6 – 4 victory over the St. Louis Browns at Sportsman’s Park.
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