1928 – The Giants gain 1 1/2 games on the Cards and Cubs by winning two from Boston while the leaders lose. Fred Fitzsimmons wins the opener for the Giants, 4 – 1, and Joe Genewich wins the nitecap, 11 – 0.

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1928 – The Giants gain 1 1/2 games on the Cards and Cubs by winning two from Boston while the leaders lose. Fred Fitzsimmons wins the opener for the Giants, 4 – 1, and Joe Genewich wins the nitecap, 11 – 0.

1926 – In the Browns’ 5 – 4 win over the White Sox, pitcher Win Ballou stops Harry McCurdy’s consecutive hit streak at 10; Win also wins.

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1926 – In the Browns’ 5 – 4 win over the White Sox, pitcher Win Ballou stops Harry McCurdy’s consecutive hit streak at 10; Win also wins.

Bob Meusel, Babe Ruth, and Lou Gehrig hit successive homers in the 4th inning of Game One versus the A’s, all off Dolly Gray. New York wins, 7 – 3. Then, Ruth and OF Ben Paschal hit back-to-back homers in the 4th inning of game 2, but New York loses, 5 – 4.

Bob Meusel, Babe Ruth, and Lou Gehrig hit successive homers in the 4th inning of Game One versus the A’s, all off Dolly Gray. New York wins, 7 – 3. Then, Ruth and OF Ben Paschal hit back-to-back homers in the 4th inning of game 2, but New York loses, 5 – 4.

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1925 – Bob Meusel, Babe Ruth, and Lou Gehrig hit successive homers in the 4th inning of Game One versus the A’s, all off Dolly Gray. New York wins, 7 – 3. Then, Ruth and OF Ben Paschal hit back-to-back homers in the 4th inning of game 2, but New York loses, 5 – 4.

1924 – At the Polo Grounds, the Giants rip the Braves, 22 – 1, in the opener of a doubleheader. Frankie Frisch goes 6 for 6 before grounding out.

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1924 – At the Polo Grounds, the Giants rip the Braves, 22 – 1, in the opener of a doubleheader. Frankie Frisch goes 6 for 6 before grounding out.

1922 – The Yankees play their farewell home game in the Polo Grounds. An estimated 40,000 overflow the stadium with another 25,000 turned away. Joe Bush beats the Philadelphia A’s, 10 – 3, in the opener, and Waite Hoyt edges the A’s in the second, 2 – 1. Plans are in the works to expand the park to 56,000 capacity, but this is the last regular season American League game at the Polo Grounds. The Yanks will play their next 18 games on the road, and then open in Yankee Stadium next spring.

1922 – The Yankees play their farewell home game in the Polo Grounds. An estimated 40,000 overflow the stadium with another 25,000 turned away. Joe Bush beats the Philadelphia A’s, 10 – 3, in the opener, and Waite Hoyt edges the A’s in the second, 2 – 1. Plans are in the works to expand the park to 56,000 capacity, but this is the last regular season American League game at the Polo Grounds. The Yanks will play their next 18 games on the road, and then open in Yankee Stadium next spring.

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1922 – The Yankees play their farewell home game in the Polo Grounds. An estimated 40,000 overflow the stadium with another 25,000 turned away. Joe Bush beats the Philadelphia A’s, 10 – 3, in the opener, and Waite Hoyt edges the A’s in the second, 2 – 1. Plans are in the works to expand the park to 56,000 capacity, but this is the last regular season American League game at the Polo Grounds. The Yanks will play their next 18 games on the road, and then open in Yankee Stadium next spring.

Walter Johnson,surpass Cy Young’s major league mark of 2,803 career strikeouts.

Walter Johnson,surpass Cy Young’s major league mark of 2,803 career strikeouts.

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Walter Johnson, in an 11-inning complete-game losing effort against Philadelphia, fans seven A’s batters to surpass Cy Young’s major league mark of 2,803 career strikeouts. In 1927, the ‘Big Train’ will finish his 21-year tenure with the Senators with 3,509 punch outs, a record which will last for 62 seasons when it is broken by Nolan Ryan in 1983.

1921 – Catcher Wally Schang has five of the Yankees’ 21 hits as the New Yorkers wallop the A’s, 19 – 3. A major league record-tying five Yankees collect two hits in the 9th inning: Schang, Carl Mays, Elmer Miller, Roger Peckinpaugh, and Babe Ruth. Ruth’s 2nd hit, a single, hits Peck for the 3rd out. Winning P Mays gives up 13 hits to Philadelphia in winning his 16th straight over them.

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1921 – Catcher Wally Schang has five of the Yankees’ 21 hits as the New Yorkers wallop the A’s, 19 – 3. A major league record-tying five Yankees collect two hits in the 9th inning: Schang, Carl Mays, Elmer Miller, Roger Peckinpaugh, and Babe Ruth. Ruth’s 2nd hit, a single, hits Peck for the 3rd out. Winning P Mays gives up 13 hits to Philadelphia in winning his 16th straight over them.

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Cleveland’s right-hander Ray Caldwell no-hits the Yankees in the first game of a doubleheader sweep in New York, 3-0

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Cleveland’s right-hander Ray Caldwell no-hits the Yankees in the first game of a doubleheader sweep in New York, 3-0. The right-handed spitballer, released by the Red Sox in July, finishes the season winning five of six starts for the Tribe with an ERA of 1.71.

1918 – Players on both sides of the World Series threaten to strike unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners and $1,000 each for the losers. They back off, however, when told they will appear greedy while their countrymen are fighting a war. There are no fines, but no World Series rings or mementos are given out this year. On the field, Hippo Vaughncomes back with two days of rest and blanks the Red Sox, 3 – 0, on five hits in Game 5.

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1918 – Players on both sides of the World Series threaten to strike unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners and $1,000 each for the losers. They back off, however, when told they will appear greedy while their countrymen are fighting a war. There are no fines, but no World Series rings or mementos are given out this year. On the field, Hippo Vaughncomes back with two days of rest and blanks the Red Sox, 3 – 0, on five hits in Game 5.