Major League Baseball Season Recap 1919 World Series – Cincinnati Reds NL over Chicago White Sox AL 5 games to 3 World Series MVP – Babe Ruth Award – Awards – </strong? Major League Cy Young Award Cy Young Award National League Cy Young Award American League MVP Awards – NL AL Major League Rookie of The Year – NL…
On October 9, 1919, At Comiskey Park the Cincinnati Reds wrap up the most tainted World Series in history by defeating the Chicago White Sox, 10-5. Lefty Williams, one of the eight “Black Sox,” allows four runs in the first inning and retires only one batter… The White Sox drop the World Series to the…
1919 – Ed Cicotte pitches Game 7 of the World Series, and the Chicago White Sox play like they mean it. Joe Jackson and Happy Felsch drive in two runs each for a 4 – 1 win to cut the Cincinnati Reds’ lead to four games to three in the best-of-nine Series.
On October 7, 1919, Dickie Kerr of the Chicago White Sox overcomes errors by Swede Risberg and Happy Felsch to win the sixth game of the World Series, 5-4. over the Cincinnati Reds. Buck Weaver and Shoeless Joe Jackson combine for seven hits, and Chick Gandil, another one of the eight “Black Sox”, singles in the winning run in the 10th…
On October 6, 1919, the Chicago White Sox committed three errors in losing the fifth game of the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. After a Sunday rainout‚ Hod Eller blanks the Sox on 3 hits‚ fanning 6 in a row-Gandil‚ Risberg‚ Ray Schalk‚ Williams‚ Leibold‚ and Eddie Collins-in the 2nd and 3rd. Once again…
1919 – The Chicago White Sox lose the second game of the World Series, 4 – 2, to the Cincinnati Reds. Lefty Williams, one of eight Sox players involved in a Series-fixing scandal, walks three men in the fourth inning. After the game, he is confronted and attacked by Sox catcher Ray Schalk.
1919 – Just before the start of the World Series, the highly favored Chicago White Sox become the betting underdogs in the best-of-nine contest. Eddie Cicotte, a 29-game winner, is driven from the hill in a five-run 4th inning. The Cincinnati Reds’ Dutch Ruether pitches a six-hitter and helps himself with three RBI on two triples and a single for a 9 – 1 victory.
July 4, 1919 – At Sportsman Park During the first game of a double header‚ the Cincinnati Reds Edd Roush sets a major league record for outfielders (later topped in the AL by Ben Chapman) by making 6 straight putouts. Roush makes no more Putouts as the Reds win in 13 innings over the host…
After 12 scoreless innings, Cincinnati scores 10 runs in the 13th inning to beat Al Mamaux and the Robins, 10 – 0. Reds RF Alfred “Greasy” Neale has a record 10 putouts. Hod Eller’s scoreless string will end at 22, but he will go on to win 10 in a row.
Hod Eller throws a no-hitter, defeating St. Louis, 6-0. The Reds’ right-hander, who is the ace of the eventual world champs, strikes out eight Cardinals on a cold day at Cincinnati’s Redland Field.
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