The Cubs’ Vic Keen stops the Giants, 7 – 1, cutting the National League leaders lead down to a half-game. The lone Giants score is a George Kelly homer.
Red Sox first baseman George Burns completes an unassisted triple play against the Indians as he gathers in Frank Brower’s line drive, tags Rube Lutzke coming from first, and beats Riggs Stephenson back to second.
1921 – Washington’s Walter Johnson gives up three hits but still faces just 27 batters in edging the Browns 1 – 0. Following two singles in the 4th, George Sisler’s line drive is turned into a triple play. Jack Tobin singles in the 7th, but Johnson picks him off. Tobin will set an American League record this year with 179 singles, a mark that Sam Rice will top in 1925.
1920 – The Yankees increase their American League lead to 1 1/2 games by topping the Tigers 13 – 3. Cleveland and the White Sox are both shut out, the A’s beating the Indians 8 – 0 and Washington whitewashing the Sox 7 – 0. The Sox are now 2 1/2 games back.
1917 – Boston peppers Pol Perritt for 12 hits but the Giants pitcher still pitches a 5 – 0 shutout victory.
9/14/1916 – The Red Sox lineup had been Duffy Lewis hitting fifth, Everett Scott hitting sixth and Mike McNally seventh. However, this day, McNally was listed ahead of Scott on the lineup card presented to umpire Bill Dineen. In the top of the second inning, Scott and McNally reversed places without comment but, in the fourth frame, Lewis singled, then after Scott made an out, McNally singled to send Lewis to third base. The St. Louis Browns pointed out that McNally was out of turn and umpire Bill Dineen called McNally out.
1916 – Four days after his first appearance, Pirate rookie Burleigh Grimes makes his first start, against the Robins at Ebbets Field. Brooklyn breaks a scoreless tie with two runs in the 7th, after Honus Wagner flubs a double play grounder hit by Casey Stengel. Wagner, who ostensibly had told the rookie to have Stengel hit the ball to short, reportedly says, “Those damn big feet of mine have always been in my way.” Pittsburgh scores two in the 8th to tie but pitcher Larry Cheney hits a run-scoring double in the bottom of the 9th to win it for Brooklyn.
Babe Ruth fires a two-hitter, as the Red Sox beat the White Sox, 2 – 1, for their 7th win in a row. Ruth has two of Boston’s three hits. Boston will win four of five in the series with Chicago.
The Cardinals, battling for 4th place in the National League, lose 6 – 2 to Brooklyn’s Jack Coombs. Rogers Hornsby is in the starting lineup for the first time, but goes hitless. Tomorrow he will get his first ML hit, a single off Rube Marquard.
George Dumont debuts with Washington and fires a 3 – 0 shutout over Cleveland. Dumont will finish the year at 2-1, with both wins shutouts.
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