1922 – The Cubs edge Brooklyn, 1 – 0, as Grover Cleveland Alexander wins the duel with Dutch Ruether. Ray Grimes, who drove in three runs yesterday, doubles in the only Cub tally. Grimes now has RBIs in 15 straight games.
Red Faber wins his 20th game, but it is not easy. He goes 14 innings before edging the A’s, 2 – 1. There will be five 20-game winners in the American League, and 4 in the National League this season.
The Indians and the Yankees bang out 16 doubles collectively to establish a new American League record. The Tribe, with nine of the two-baggers, beat the Bronx Bombers in Cleveland’s League Park, 17-8.
On July 21, 1919 At Comiskey Park, 18,000 fans were reveling while watching their first place team take on the New York Yankees in a scheduled doubleheader on a warm summer day on the Southside on July 21, 1919. The spectators would enjoy the fact that the Sox would twice during this day, come from…
1917 – The Red and White Sox battle to a 15-inning 5 – 5 tie called on account of darkness. Babe Ruth tosses the last five innings for Boston, giving up no runs in his first relief appearance of the year. Chicago will win the next two games to keep a firm hold on first place.
1916 – Christy Mathewson, in his first game as the Reds manager, puts Edd Roush in CF, and the future star responds with a two-run triple and goes 3 for 5. But the Phils top Cincy, 6 – 4.
7/21/1916: Brooklyn was rained out in Pittsburgh in the fourth inning. Billy Hinchman of the Pirates smashed a solo homer in the bottom of the third off Jack Coombs. In the bottom of the first frame, Max Carey was ejected by Al Orth over a call at first base.
1915 – Babe Ruth pitches and bats the Red Sox to a 4 – 2 win over the host St. Louis Browns. Ruth is 4 for 4 with a tremendous homer and two doubles, and knocks in three runs. He scatters five hits with the two St. Louis runs coming on Heinie Wagner errors.
1914 – Dick Rudolph throws a three-hitter to give the Braves their second straight whitewash of the Pirates, winning, 6 – 0. Rudolph will end the year with 27 victories, tied with Grover Cleveland Alexander; one of his credited wins is a game in which he started and left after three innings. The Braves move ahead of the Reds and Phils into 4th place.
1911 – The Rustlers acquire SS Al Bridwell and C Hank Gowdy from the Giants for Buck Herzog. For Bridwell and Herzog, it is their second tour of duty with their teams, while the young Gowdy will be the Boston catcher for the next ten years.
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