Led by SS Charlie Hollocher’s three triples, the Cubs cook the Cardinals, 16 – 5. Hollocher is in the middle of his best season, and will hit .340 while leading the loop in fielding for the second straight year.
The New York Yankees’ Everett Scott nears 1,000 consecutive games played, but it takes an extra effort to keep the streak alive. He spends $40 to hire a car to get to Chicago in time for the game after a train he is on is wrecked.
1922 – The Wichita Falls Spudders (Texas League)‚ winners of 24 games in a row‚ face a tough opponent in grandfathered Dallas spitballer Snipe Conley. Halfway through the game‚ Conley complains of a burning sensation on his lips and mouth‚ limiting his ability to throw his specialty. The Spudders eventually win‚ 4 – 3‚ but when the ball is examined later it is revealed that a creosote compound was rubbed into the seams‚ Dallas protests the game. League president J. Doak Roberts upholds the protest‚ ending the Spudders’ streak at 24‚ 3 short of the record.
1922 – The Pirates continue their hot hitting, crushing the Phils, 12 – 4, on 16 hits. Today’s hitting stars are LF Carson Bigbee with five hits, and starter Hal Carlson, who lofts his first major-league homer. The remarkable team effort results in the fifth game in a row in which every Pirate in the lineup collects a hit. The Bucs have now won 11 straight and their team average is .309. The Bucs will win two more to run their streaks to 13 games, good enough for third place behind the Giants.
1922 – With the score even at six apiece, the Browns score two in the 7th off reliever Walter Johnson to beat the Senators, 8 – 6. The Browns finish an 11-5 home stand.
Pittsburgh bangs out another 19 hits in their 7-3 win, after collecting 27 safeties in their 19-8 rout in the first game of the twin bill at Philadelphia’s Shibe Park. The Pirates’ barrage establishes a major league record with a total 46 hits in a doubleheader.
New York Giants pitcher Phil Douglas is suspended and fined $100 by John McGraw. He writes a letter to St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Les Mann which says in part “I want to leave here, but I want some inducement. I don’t want this guy (McGraw) to win the pennant and I feel if I stay here I win it for him”. Mann gives the letter to manager Branch Rickey who notifies Kenesaw Landis. In Pittsburgh on August 16th‚ Douglas will admit he wrote the letter‚ and Landis will bar him from baseball for life.
Pittsburgh makes a major league record 46 hits in a doubleheader against Philadelphia. Pittsburgh sweeps‚ winning 19 – 8 and 7 – 3. With their 27 hits in game one‚ and 22 the day before‚ a two-game record (49) is set. In today’s double pounding‚ the hitting stars are Reb Russell and Cotton Tierney‚ each of whom collects 8 hits and each scores 5 runs in game 1.
The Red Sox collect 21 hits against Cleveland in a 15 – 6 win at Fenway Park. Cleveland manager Tris Speaker retaliates by hitting two homers over the RF wall.
Tom Zachary and the Senators beat the Browns’ Dixie Davis‚ 3 – 1‚ cutting the St. Louis lead in the American league to a game.
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