» September 24, 1922: Rogers Hornsby hits his 41st and 42nd home runs of the year, connecting off brothers Jesse Barnes and Virgil Barnes of the Giants. Rosy Ryan, in relief of Hugh McQuillan, picks up the 10–6 Cards win. » October 10, 1924: President and Mrs. Coolidge and 31,665 others thrill to the 2nd 3-hour battle of the Series. Bucky Harris starts 23-year-old righthander Curly Ogden (9-8) against Virgil Barnes (16-10), then pulls him after he fans Fred Lindstrom and walks Frisch. In comes lefty George Mogridge (16-11), a move intended to keep lefty Bill Terry on the Giants bench. Bucky Harris lifts one into the temporary seats in LF for a 1–0 lead. In the 6th a single ties it at 1–1, and Harris brings in Firpo Marberry for his 4th appearance. A base hit and two costly errors give the Giants a 3–1 lead. In the 8th, pinch-hitter Nemo Liebold doubles and C Muddy Ruel singles. A walk loads the bases and up comes Harris, who hits a hard bounder to 3B that strikes a pebble and skips over Lindstrom's head and down the LF line as the tying runs score. Walter Johnson, pitching on one days rest, then comes in to hold New York. With one out in the last of the 12th, Giants reliever Jack Bentley gets Muddy Ruel to pop up near home plate, but veteran C Hank Gowdy steps on his discarded mask, which he cannot shake from his shoe, and the ball falls to the ground. Ruel then gets his 2nd hit, a double. Walter Johnson reaches 1B on SS Travis Jackson's error. Earl McNeely hits a grounder at Lindstrom, and improbably, the ball again takes a bounce over his head. Ruel tears home with Washington's first World Series championship.
» May 3, 1927: In the first matchup of pitching brothers in ML history, Brooklyn's Jess Barnes defeats his brother Virgil Barnes, 7–6. In relief of Doug McWeeney, Jess pitches the last seven innings, and is the recipient of six runs in the 7th and 8th. Virgil allows 12 hits in the first seven 2/3 innings, and takes the loss.
» May 8, 1927:
At New York, the 2nd place Giants take the Cubs to camp, 5–4, behind the pitching of Virgil Barnes. Bill Terry's double in the 9th drives home the winning run. Earl Webb hits a two run homer for Chicago in the 6th as Chicago manages to leave no runners on base in the game.
» September 20, 1993: Giants P Jim Deshaies goes 0-for-2 in a 7-2 win over the Astros. In doing so, he sets a major league record by going 372 career at bats without having an extra-base hit. The old mark had been set by Virgil Barnes.
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