2002
» The Angels even their series with the Yankees at one game apiece by coming from behind to take an 8–6 decision. Anaheim gets home runs from Tim Salmon, Garret Anderson, Troy Glaus, and Scott Spiezio while Alfonso Soriano and Derek Jeter stroke round–trippers for NY. Francisco Rodriguez gets his 1st ML win in relief.

The Giants shock the Braves by pounding Tom Glavine for six runs in five innings on their way to an 8–5 win in the 1st game of their division series. Gary Sheffield and Javy Lopez homer in the 8th to make the game close, but Robb Nen comes in to save the game for starter Russ Ortiz.

The Athletics pummel the Twins, 9–1, to even their division series at one game each. Cristian Guzman homers for Minnesota's run while Eric Chavez hits a round–tripper for Oakland. Mark Mulder gets the win with six strong innings for the A's.

The Brewers fire manager Jerry Royster.

Alex Cabrera hits his 55th home run of the season, off Osaka reliever Akira Okamoto, to tie the Japanese League record set by Sadaharu Oh in 1964 and matched by Tuffy Rhodes last year. Like Rhodes, Cabrera will see few good pitches for the remaining games.

2001
» Randy Johnson (21–6) strikes out six batters in seven innings in the Diamondbacks 10–1 win over Colorado. Arizona stays two games ahead of SF with Johnson's 200th career victory. The six K's give Johnson a season total of 372, and leaves Nolan Ryan's modern day single season record of 383, set in 1973, safe. Johnson also hits Larry Walker with a pitch, giving him 18 HBPs for the year. Mike Hampton (14–13) retaliates by plunking Johnson, upsetting the D'Back's bench. Luis Gonzalez hits his 57th home run for Arizona.

San Francisco keeps its NL West hopes alive with a 4–1 win over Houston. Barry Bonds is homerless as Kirk Rueter throws 6+ strong innings. The slumping Astros drop into a tie for the NL Central with St. Louis, 5–1 winners over Milwaukee.

The Cubs are eliminated from the Wild Card race and Sammy Sosa hits home run No. 60 in Chicago's 5-4 loss. He's the first player in history with three 60+ home runs in a season.

2000
» Three more managers get their walking papers today: Buck Showalter is fired as manager of the Diamondbacks. Jack McKeon is let go as manager of the Reds; and Gene Lamont is fired as manager of the Pirates.

1999
» The Giants beat on the Rockies, 16-7, as OF Marvin Benard strokes five hits, including a double.

The Expos defeat the Phillies, 13-3, as the Guerrero brothers combine to drive home 10 of the runs. Vladimir Guerrero hits a pair of 3-run homers, while Wilton Guerrero slugs a grand slam.

In a 3–2 Yankee win by David Cone over Tampa Bay, Bernie Williams draws his 100th walk of the year. He is the first player since Stan Musial (1948, 1953) to reach 200 hits, 100 runs, 100 RBI, and 100 walks in a season. Bernie finishes with 202: 116: 115: 100 respectively.

1998
» The Yankees shutout the Rangers, 4–0, to sweep their divisional playoff. Shane Spencer hits a 3–run homer and Paul O'Neill a solo blast for NY.

Cleveland takes a 4–1 lead into the bottom of the 9th against Boston in Game three of their series. A 2–run home run by Nomar Garciaparra brings the Sox within 1, but that's how it ends, with the Indians winning, 4–3. Cleveland's runs come on solo home runs by Manny Ramirez (2), Jim Thome, and Kenny Lofton.

Gene Autry, former owner of the California Angels, dies at age 91.

1997
» The Orioles defeat the Mariners by a score of 9-3 for the second day in a row. Brady Anderson and Harold Baines hit home runs to lead the way.

The Indians even their series with a 7-5 win over the Yankees behind a strong effort by rookie P Jaret Wright. Matt Williams homers for the Tribe, while light-hitting Omar Vizquel garners three hits.

1996
» The Braves edge the Dodgers, 2-1 in 10 innings, in the opener of their National League Division Series. Javy Lopez's home run is the deciding hit, as John Smoltz goes nine innings for the win.

The Yankees defeat the Rangers, 5-4 in 12 innings, to even their series at one game apiece. The winning run scores from 2B on a throwing error by 3B Dean Palmer on a routine bunt.

The Orioles win their 2nd in a row against the Indians, 7-4. The winning tally scores on a throwing error by C Sandy Alomar.

1995
» In a one-game playoff, Randy Johnson pitches the Mariners to a 9-1 win over the Angels. The Cy Young winner-to be strikes out 12 and allows just 3 hits as the M's make the post season for the first time in 19 years. Edgar Martinez is 2-for-3 to finish at .356 and win his 2nd batting title. He is the first AL right handed hitter in the last 50 years to win 2 batting titles, though its been done 4 times in the NL (Aaron, Clemente, Davis, Madlock).

Sparky Anderson resigns as manager of the Tigers after 17 years.

Montreal GM Kevin Malone announces his resignation, and is replaced on an interim basis by former Expos P Bill Stoneman.

1993
» At Atlanta, Greg Maddux limits the Rockies to four hits, winning 10–1. One of the hits is by Andres Galarraga, and it comes on his 502nd trip to the plate, just qualifying him for the National League batting title at .370.

1992
» The Braves beat the Padres, 7–2, behind Pete Smith's 6+ innings. Smith ends his one winning ML season (out of 9) at a perfect 7–0, after a 7–4 stint at Richmond.

1990
» Oakland's Bob Welch wins his 27th game of the year, beating California, 6–4. The two Hendersons -- Dave Henderson and Rickey Henderson —- score five runs. Welch wins his 27 in just 238 innings, a ML-record average of one win per nine innings, the only pitcher to do so. Welch had no wins out of the bullpen (as noted by Bill Deane), unlike Bob Grim, who won 20 games in 1954 in 199 IP.

1988
» Minnesota's season-ending 3–2 win over the Angels is watched by 35,952 fans, making the Twins the first American League club ever to break three million in season attendance.

In Cleveland, Boston's Wade Boggs collects his 200th hit for the 6th straight season. Wade's mark breaks the record of five he shared with Chuck Klein (1929-33) and Charlie Gehringer (1933-37).

1986
» Don Mattingly sets a Yankees record with his 232nd hit of the season in a 6–1 win over the Red Sox, eclipsing the mark set by Earle Combs in 1927. Mattingly will finish the season with 238 hits and a .352 batting average.

Mike Scott strikes out eight Giants in a 2–1 Astros victory to run his season total to 306, joining Sandy Koufax and J.R. Richard as the only National League pitchers to fan 300 batters in one season. Scott loses his bid for a 2nd consecutive no-hitter when Will Clark doubles in the 7th inning.

The Kansas City Royals claim Jim Eisenreich off the waiver list. He's been out of organized baseball for the past two seasons because of Tourette's Syndrome after appearing in 46 games with The Twins in 1982-84.

1985
» The Dodgers clinch the National League West title with a 9–3 win over the Braves. Orel Hershiser raises his record to 19-3 with his 11th consecutive victory.

In a duel of 20-game winners, Doc Gooden (24-4) beats Joaquin Andujar (21-11) to pull the Mets to a game in back of the Cardinals.

Tigers 1B Darrell Evans hits his ML-leading 40th home run of the season and becomes the first player to have a 40 home run season in each league. Evans hit 41 homers for the Braves in 1973. Jack Morris tops Dave Stieb in Detroit's 4–2 win over Toronto. Whitt and Gibson also homer.

1984
» In the first LCS game played with replacement umpires, the Cubs clobber the Padres 13-0 to take a 1–0 lead in the National League series. Chicago hits five home runs at Wrigley Field, including one by starting pitcher Rick Sutcliffe, and another by Bob Dernier to lead off the game.

The ALCS opens with a convincing 8–1 Tiger trouncing of KC.

1983
» In his final ML game, Carl Yastrzemski plays left field and goes 1-for-3 as the Red Sox beat Cleveland 3–1 at Fenway Park.

Rusty Staub's 2-run pinch double with two out in the bottom of the 9th gives the Mets a 5–4 win over the Expos in their season finale and gives Staub 25 RBI as a pinch hitter this season, tying the major-league record shared by Joe Cronin and Jerry Lynch. After the game the Mets fire manager Frank Howard.

Heralded rookie Sid Fernandez makes his first and only start for the Dodgers, and walks six in three innings against the Giants. The Dodgers eventually lose, 4–3. El Sid will be traded to the Mets in December.

1982
» The Angels clinch the American League West title with a 6–4 win over the Rangers.

Baltimore routs Milwaukee 11–3 to set up a winner-take-all showdown for the AL East title season finale. The O's rapped 18 hits to turn a 3–3 tie into a route. Dave Stewart, in relief, wins his 10th of the year.

Houston hands the Reds their 100th loss of the season, 4–2, a first for the Cincy franchise. However, Reds P Mario Soto does set a better club record by striking out nine batters to break Jim Maloney's mark of 265.

Rookie Brian Denman of the Red Sox shuts out the Yankees, 5-0, in what will be his final ML appearance. He is the 5th pitcher in the century to fire a shut out in his last appearance.

1980
» The Phillies move into a first-place tie with the Expos by beating Chicago 4–2. The two clubs will close out the season with three games in Montreal starting tomorrow.

1979
» In the opening game of the National League Championship Series, Willie Stargell hits a 3-run home run in the 11th inning to give the Pirates a 5–2 victory over the Reds.

1978
» The Yankees and Red Sox, tied for first at the end of the regular season, play a dramatic one-game playoff at Fenway for the American League East title. New York prevails 5–4 behind Bucky Dent's 3-run home run off Mike Torrez and Guidry's 25th win against just three losses. Guidry's .893 percentage is a major-league record for a 20-game winner. Goose Gossage saves the game, getting Yaz to pop out with two on and two out in the 9th. Manager Bob Lemon, who took over for Billy Martin, becomes the 1st manager to win a title after starting the season with another club.

1977
» Dusty Baker homers in his final AB of the season during a 6–3 loss to the Astros. It is Baker's 30th home run of the year, enabling him to join teammates Steve Garvey (33), Reggie Smith (32), and Ron Cey (30) in making the Dodgers the first team ever to boast four 30-HR hitters in one season. When he crosses the plate he is greeted by on-deck batter Glenn Burke, who raises his hands and Baker matches him, allegedly the first high five in history.

1974
» In the Rangers' season finale, Billy Martin allows Ferguson Jenkins to hit for himself rather than use the DH, the first such incident in the American League all season. Jenkins singles to break up the Twins Jim Hughes's no-hitter, scores the Rangers' first run, and goes on to win his 25th game of the season 2–1. With two outs in the bottom of the 9th, Harmon Killebrew pinch hits for Larry Hisle and strikes out. It is the Killer's last ML at bat as a Twin. He'll sign on as a DH for the Royals after declining the Twins offer to manage in the minors.

During a 13–0 win over Reds, the Braves Hank Aaron homers off Rawly Eastwick. It is Aaron's 733rd career clout and comes in his last National League at bat.

1972
» Bill Stoneman of Montreal pitches his 2nd no-hitter, beating the Mets 7–0. The temperature at Jarry Park is 53 degrees as 7,184 watch the doubleheader split.

The Red Sox fall a half game behind Detroit, losing 4–1 to Mickey Lolich before 51,518 at Tiger Stadium. Trailing 1–0 in the 3rd, Carl Yastrzemski hits a triple with two on, but Luis Aparicio stumbles twice and scrambles back to 3B, where Yaz is tagged out.

1971
» The Giants win the first game of the National League Championship Series 5–4 over the Pirates, behind 2-run home runs by Tito Fuentes and Willie McCovey.

1970
» Billy Martin is announced as the new Tiger manager, replacing Mayo Smith, who was fired a day earlier. The A's Charlie Finley fires manager John McNamara and replaces him with Dick Williams.

1969
» Pete Rose is .0008 ahead of Roberto Clemente in the batting race in his final at bat today, A bunt single clinches it (.348) for his 2nd straight batting title as the Reds down the Braves, 8–3, in Atlanta.

The Pilots play what will be their last game in Seattle in a 3–1 loss to Oakland. A crowd of 5,473 fans show up to pay their respects.

Eddie Kasko is named manager of the Red Sox.

1968
» For the first time in history, two soon-to-be-named MVPs oppose each other. St. Louis' Bob Gibson is nearly untouchable with a World Series-record 17 strikeouts and a 4–0 win over Denny McLain. Detroit manager Mayo Smith moves Gold Glove CF Mickey Stanley to SS, improving his offense by opening a spot for Al Kaline.

1967
» Ground is broken for a new stadium in Philadelphia.

1966
» Sandy Koufax clinches the 3rd Los Angeles pennant in four years, working with just two days rest for a 6–3 win at Philadelphia. Koufax sets Los Angeles records with 27 wins and a 1.73 ERA. Philadelphia wins the first game, beating reliever Don Drysdale, behind Chris Short's 20th victory, 4–3. Short is the first Philley lefty to win 20 games since Eppa Rixey in 1916.

With the Pirates ahead of the Giants by two runs at the end of eight innings, ex-Buc Ozzie Virgil ties the score with his last major league hit. The Giants bullpen holds and Willie McCovey's pinch homer in the 11th wins it, 7–4. The Giants use every player except Gaylord Perry, held out in case he is needed to pitch against the Reds. With the Dodgers winning, the Giants finish one 1/2 behind, and a San Francisco rainout will not need to be rescheduled. Matty Alou of the Pirates ends the season with a .342 average to lead the National League, but drives in just 27 runs. This is a record low for a batting leader.

Cards rookie Jim Cosman makes his first ML appearance, shutting out the Cubs, 2–0. St. Louis OF Curt Flood concludes the season with his 159th consecutive errorless game, the most by an NL outfielder in one campaign. Flood handled 396 chances without a miscue.

1965
» Sandy Koufax's 2–1 win against the Braves clinches the National League pennant for the Dodgers. With 13 strikeouts, Koufax ups his modern ML single season record to 382. He leads the NL in wins (26), ERA (2.04), complete games (27), and innings pitched (335 2/3).

Willie Mays sets a Giants record with his 52nd home run, as Ron Herbel beats the Reds 3–2. Johnny Mize had hit 51 for the Giants in 1947.

Another Mets' marathon twin bill features an 18-inning scoreless tie in which Philadelphia's Chris Short (18–11) fans 18 batters in the 15 innings he pitches. In ML history there has been one other 18-inning scoreless tie and a record 19-inning scoreless tie. New York loses the first game 6–0 to Jim Bunning (19–9), setting ML records with 27 scoreless innings and 31 strikeouts in an overtime twin bill. Bunning's win is his 7th shutout of the year, the most by a Phillie pitcher since Alexander in 1918.

1964
» The Mets end an 8-game St. Louis win streak when Al Jackson beats Bob Gibson 1–0, but the Cards remain a half game in front of the Reds.

With first place on the line, the Phils win 4–3 in Cincinnati with the help of their 3rd triple play of the season, and snap their 10-game loss streak. The Phils score four runs in the 8th off Jim O'Toole with the rally starting after a routine fly ball drops between Leo Cardenas and Pete Rose. Cardenas and O'Toole exchange angry words after the game and then start swinging. The 4th-place Giants stay in the chase when Bob Bolin shuts out the Cubs, 9–0.

The Orioles score six runs in the 2nd to beat Detroit 10–4 in a fog-bound game. Detroit outfielders lose two routine fly balls in the O's big inning.

1963
» In the World Series Opener, Sandy Koufax fans the first five batters he faces en route to a World Series record 15. John Roseboro's 3-run home run is the difference, as Los Angeles beats the Yankees 5–2 at New York.

1962
» Just 25,321 fans are on hand at Dodger Stadium to see Don Drysdale (25–9) and Jack Sanford (24–7) square off. After 35 straight scoreless innings, the Dodgers break through for seven runs in the 6th to lead San Francisco by 2. The Giants score twice in the 8th, but a 9th-inning sacrifice fly by Ron Fairly sends Maury Wills home with the winning run 8–7. The Giants tie an National League record by using eight hurlers in a 9-inning game. At four hours and 18 minutes, the game is the longest 9-inning affair in NL history.

1960
» Washington drops a 2–1 decision to Baltimore in the last game ever played by the original-franchise Senators. Pedro Ramos takes the loss for Washington. The O's clinch 2nd place.

Gaylord Perry pitches the Indians to a 4–0 win over the White Sox. It is Perry's 18th victory, tying him for the American League high with Chuck Estrada.

Dale Long hits a 2-run homer in the 9th to give the Yankees an 8–7 win over Boston. The Yankees go into the World Series with a 15-game win streak, the most ever.

1959
» In Game 2, the Dodgers score 3 in the 7th to win 4-3 and even up the Series. Charley Neal has 2 HRs for the Dodgers.

1958
» The Braves erupt for 7 runs in the first and go on to defeat the Yankees 13-5. Lew Burdette is shaky but beats New York for the 4th consecutive time. He also chips in with a 3-run HR.

1957
» Whitey Ford wins 3-1 over Warren Spahn in Game 1 of the Series at Yankee Stadium.

NL President Warren Giles says that the 1958 schedule has no provision in it for a New York team.

1956
» The Comiskey Park broadcast booth catches fire, causing damage estimated at $100,000.

1955
» The Yanks kayo lefty Karl Spooner in the first with 5 runs on 2 walks, 2 singles and Moose Skowron's HR. Ford goes all the way for the 5-1 victory.

1954
» In game 4 the Giants sweep the AL team with the best record in history, as they score 4 runs in the 5th to take a 7-0 lead. The final is 7­4 as Don Liddle defeats Bob Lemon.

1953
» The WS moves to Ebbets Field as Carl Erskine establishes a new Series strikeout record by fanning 14 Yanks, including Mickey Mantle and Joe Collins 4 times each. Roy Campanella breaks a 2-2 tie with a game-winning solo HR in the 8th for a 3-2 Brooklyn win

1952
» The Yanks tie up the WS behind the masterful 3-hit pitching of Vic Raschi, who defeats Carl Erskine 7-1. Raschi strikes out 9.

1951
» The Dodgers bounce back as rookie Clem Labine evens the playoff with a 10–0 win, besting the Giants' Sheldon Jones. Home runs are smashed by Jackie Robinson, Gil Hodges, Andy Pafko, and Rube Walker. Willie Mays grounds into three double plays.

1950
» Dom DiMaggio of the Red Sox is the AL leader in steals with 15, the lowest figure ever recorded and a reflection of the emphasis on heavy hitting throughout the season. The younger DiMag made his contribution there as well, batting a career-high .328, tying for the lead with 11 triples, and leading the AL with 131 runs. His brother Joe led with a .585 slugging percentage despite his August slump. For the second straight year, two Red Sox tie for the top spot in RBIs, as Vern Stephens and Walt Dropo drive in 144 apiece. Last year, Stephens tied with Williams for the lead at 159. Dropo drives in his 144 in just 136 games, the first player to top 100 with more ribbies than games played.

1949
» The New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox enter the final day of the season tied for first place. Nearly 70,000 pack Yankee Stadium to see the finale. Vic Raschi nurses a 1-0 lead into the 8th against Ellis Kinder before the Yankees score 4 against a tired Mel Parnell and an unlucky Tex Hughson. A Sox rally falls short, and the Yankees win the game and the pennant 5-3.

George Kell of the Tigers goes 2-for-3 and Ted Williams is hitless in 2 official trips. Kell's final mark is .3429 and Williams's is .3427.

One game back on the final day, the Cards finally win 13-5 over the Cubs and await the progress of the Dodgers against the Phils. The Phillies shell Don Newcombe and tie the game 7-7 in the 6th. The game goes overtime before the Dodgers get 2 in the 10th for the win and the pennant.

In a promotional stunt, the Browns use a different pitcher in each of 9 innings against the Tigers. Detroit wins 4-3.

1948
» The Yankees are eliminated from the AL race by losing to the Red Sox 7-5. The Indians are sure of at least a tie by whitewashing Detroit 8-0 behind Feller.

1947
» The Dodgers squeak to a 9-8 win, jumping on Bobo Newsom and Vic Raschi in the 2nd for 6 runs. Yogi Berra becomes the first player to hit a pinch HR in WS history, hitting one off Brooklyn's Ralph Branca in the 7th inning.

Ex-Giant Danny Gardella, suspended for 5 years for jumping to the Mexican League, files suit for $300,000 in damages. He charges that the reserve clause is "monopolistic and restrains trade." It will be dismissed.

1943
» The Yankees take 2 from the Browns 5-1 and 7-6 for their 14th sweep of a doubleheader, an AL mark. Bud Metheny hits a HR in the opener for the Yankees 100th roundtripper of the season.

The season finishes with attendance off some 13 percent from the year before. The Dodgers and Tigers, both good for a million in contending years, each drop below 700,000. Only the Phils, under new ownership, have a significant increases, from 230,000 to 467,000. NL attendance falls from 8.9 million to 7.7 million.

1941
» Dodgers ace Whit Wyatt trims the Yankees in a 3-2 Brooklyn win.

1940
» The Series opens in Cincinnati, and the Reds lose 7–2, the 10th straight World Series loss for a National League team. The Tigers bunch five singles, a walk, and an error in the 2nd off Paul Derringer to score five runs. Bruce Campbell adds a 2-run home run, and Bobo Newsom rations eight hits and only one walk. Bobo's father, visiting from South Carolina, dies in a Cincinnati hotel the next morning.

1938
» Bob Feller sets a ML strikeout record by fanning 18 Tigers. At one point Feller has 6 straight strikeouts yet loses 4-1 to Harry Eisenstat's 4-hitter.

Bobo Newsom wins his 20th game for the 7th-place Browns.

1937
» Thirty-four-year-old rookie Jim Turner of the Boston Bees wins his 20th game. The next day, fellow first-year pitcher Lou Fette will also win his 20th.

Rudy York of Detroit hits his 35th HR, tying the 1934 AL record of Hal Trosky for rookies.

1936
» The Yankees score a still-standing record 18 runs, as they demolish the Giants 18-4. Lefty Gomez coasts to a 6-hit win, while every member of the Yankees lineup makes a hit and scores at least one run. Lazzeri hits a grand slam, the first in WS play since 1920.

1935
» The WS opens in Detroit and Lon Warneke, the Cubs ace, shuts out the Tigers and Schoolboy Rowe 3-0.

1932
» The demoralized Cubs lose 13-6, as the Yankees sweep the Series. Tony Lazzeri hits 2 HRs, and Earle Combs, one. Wilcy Moore gets the win in relief. Combs ties a WS record with 4 runs scored, and Bill Dickey ties another with 6 at bats.

1931
» The Cards even the WS as Wild Bill Hallahan shuts out the A's 2-0 despite 7 walks and a wild pitch. Pepper Martin continues to steal the Series, scoring from 2B on a base hit in the 2nd inning and sliding in a cloud of dust on a squeeze play in the 8th. He has 2 stolen bases, but the game almost gets away on a bonehead play by the usually savvy Cardinal C Jimmy Wilson. With 2 on base in the 9th, and 2 outs, PH Johnny Moore swings at a ball in the dirt and misses. Wilson needs only to throw the ball to 1B. Instead, he throws it to 3B, and everyone is safe. Fortunately for Wilson's reputation, Jim Bottomley makes a sensational catch, leaning into the box seats to get the final out on a pop foul by Max Bishop.

1930
» Flint Rhem is a surprise starter for the Cardinals but he fails to astonish the Athletics batters. He gives up 6 earned runs in less than 4 innings, all the Athletics need to win 6-1 behind George Earnshaw's 6-hit pitching.

1927
» In the first of 2 games, Detroit's Harry Heilmann hits 2 doubles, a bunt single, and a HR. With the batting title in his pocket, he chooses to play the 2nd game, and collects a single, double, and HR. His 7-for-9 put him at .398 to Philadelphia's Al Simmons's .392. It is the 4th time he will win an alternate-year championship.

The Phils beat the A's 1-0 for the benefit of the Eddie Plank Memorial Fund.

1926
» Game one of the World Series before 61,658 at New York belongs to southpaws Herb Pennock (25-11) and Bill Sherdel (16-12). Two hits give the Cards a quick first-inning run. Sherdel issues three walks for a New York run without a hit. In the 6th, Babe Ruth slaps a single to left, moves to 2B on a sacrifice, and scores on a Lou Gehrig single for a 2–1 win. It is the first of Gehrig's record eight game-winning RBI in World Series play.

1925
» In Pete Alexander's toughest game of the year, the Cubs veteran battles for 19 innings with White Sox hurler Ted Blankenship, before the City Series game is called at 2–2.

The A's roll over the Yankees 10–0 in Philadelphia. Rookie Leo Durocher makes his debut as a pinch hitter in the 8th against Stan Baumgartner. The Lip flies out.

The Senators close out the season with a 3–1 win over the Red Sox. Ted Wingfield is the victor. Washington's Firpo Marberry finishes the season with 55 mound appearances, all in relief. He becomes the first exclusive relief hurler appearing in more than 40 games and launches a growing trend that will extend to the present day.

1923
» In a 7–5 Detroit win over the White Sox, Harry Heilmann goes 2-for-2 to put his average over .400. He will sit for the rest of the season, except for a pinch single on the final day, and will win the batting title with a .403 average. Ty Cobb helps out today with a steal of home in the 7th inning, his first steal of home in more than three years.

1921
» The Yankees close the season by beating the Red Sox 7–6. Ruth hits No. 59, off Curt Fullerton; for the team it is No. 134. Stuffy McInnis completes his 119th consecutive errorless game at 1B (1300 chances), and Boston SS Everett Scott plays his 832nd consecutive game, a team record that will not be approached this century. The previous Red Sox mark was held by Buck Freeman (535) and Frank Malzone will accumulate the next highest with 475 games.

At Philadelphia, Walter Johnson coasts to an 11–6 win over the A's and Roy Moore. Johnson gives up a 6th inning solo homer to Jimmy Dykes, his 17th homer of the year.

1920
» Dickie Kerr beats the St. Louis Browns 10-7, but Cleveland wins 10-1 to clinch the pennant.

The Pirates and Reds, battling for 3rd place, play a tripleheader in Pittsburgh. The Reds win the first two 13-4 and 7­3, and the Pirates the finale 6-0. It's the only "tribill" played this century.

Shaken by the possible effects of the scandal surrounding baseball, club owners begin a series of meetings to reform the game. Albert D. Lasker, a Chicago advertising man and minority stockholder, of the Cubs, proposes a 3-man board of nonbaseball men, with the chairman to be paid $25,000 year. Among the names mentioned: Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, former president William Howard Taft, General George Pershing, Senator Hiram Johnson, General Leonard Wood, and ex-treasury secretary William McAdoo.

1919
» In game 2 after an easy 3 innings, Lefty Williams walks 3 Reds, gives up a single to Edd Roush and a triple to Larry Kopf, and the Reds lead 3-0. Slim Sallee scatters 10 hits as Risberg and Gandil fail in the clutch. The final score is 4-2. Joe Jackson has 3 hits; his .375 BA will make it appear later that he was trying.

Charles Comiskey tells NL president Heydler that Sox manager Kid Gleason is suspicious of his players. Heydler confers with Ban Johnson, who takes no action, fearing it will look like revenge against Comiskey, with whom he has been feuding. As the games unfold, reporters Ring Lardner and Christy Mathewson do not like what they see. Chicago reporter Hugh Fullerton will raise questions during the winter. Comiskey will offer a reward for information, but the 1920 season will open with the same lineup for Chicago, minus Chick Gandil, who will be in the PCL.

1917
» At Boston, the Red Sox and Senators divide a doubleheader, Washington winning 9–7 in 10 innings, then losing 2–1 in eight innings. Howard Shanks has four of the 15 Nats hits off Dutch Leonard in the first game as Doc Ayers wins in relief. Ayers and Carl Mays, both after bonus money, duel in the 2nd game, with Mays emerging the richer.

In the nitecap of two games at Baker Bowl, Pete Alexander downs the Series-bound Giants, 8–2 for his 30th win. Alex adds two doubles in winning his last game ever in a Phils uniform. The Quakers will sell the star to the Cubs in December. In the opener, a 5–2 NY win, the Giants Jesse Barnes, a lifetime .214 hitter, walks twice in an inning, the only pitcher ever to do so.

1916
» Grover Cleveland Alexander 3-hits the 3rd-place Braves for a 2–0 Philley win, his 33rd, and his 16th shutout. But Boston takes the nitecap when Milt Stock, Bancroft's replacement at short, makes a costly error.

1915
» In the first of two games, Walter Johnson gives Washington a 3–1 win over the Red Sox. Babe Ruth pitches the final three innings, allowing one Nats hit.

1914
» In Boston, the Yankees make five errors to help Red Sox rookie Babe Ruth win, 11–5. Ruth, just recalled from Providence, makes his first ML hit, a double, off King Cole.

1913
» The Giants and Phils wrap up the season with seven games in three days. The August 30th game, called in the 9th, is completed for an 8–6 Phillie victory. The following doubleheader is split. Tomorrow the Giants will win one and tie one. The day after they will win both.

1912
» In the fight for 2nd place, Chicago tops the Pirates, 6–5, despite Cubs C Dick Cotter batting out of turn. Pirates manager Fred Clarke doesn't realize it until the game is over, but then protests. His protest is later upheld by NL President Lynch.

1910
» The pennant-bound Cubs end the season with an 8–4 win over the Reds, pulling off a triple play in the process. The TP goes left fielder Jimmy Sheckard to C Johnny Kling to 1B Jimmy Archer.

1909
» Eddie Grant of the Phils is 7-for-7 against the Giants' Rube Marquard and Christy Mathewson, as the Phils sweep two. Marquard is clobbered in the opener, allowing 16 hits and nine runs, and George McQuillan outpitches Mathewson in the nitecap for a 2-1 victory. Mathewson ends the season with an ERA of 1.14 and a career-high winning percentage of .806.

In the first game of a season-ending doubleheader against Washington, Jim Curry plays second base for the Athletics and goes 1-for-4 against Walter Johnson. At 16 years, six months, and 22 days, Curry is the youngest player in American League history and the youngest major league position player in the 20th century (his birth date is reported as both 1889 and 1893). Walter Johnson's 6-5 loss to Philadelphia seals the last-place finish for Washington with 110 losses-Johnson and Bob Groom suffering 51 of them. Three years later, when Washington rises to 2nd place, Johnson and Groom will combine for 56 wins. Today, Groom and P Dolly Gray play the outfield for the Nationals. The last place finish costs Pongo Joe Cantillon his job. The new manager is Jimmy McAleer.

1908
» In a great pitching duel, Ed Walsh is almost perfect, giving up four hits and striking out 15 in eight innings, but Cleveland's Addie Joss is perfect, setting down 27 straight White Sox for a 1–0 victory. The only run scores on a passed ball by Ossee Schreckengost. It is the high point of Joss's career. He will finish 24–12 with a 1.16 ERA.

In Detroit, the Tigers score two runs in the 9th to edge the Browns, 7–6. Ty Cobb scores the winning run , but is practically carried across the plate by Hugh Jennings. Cobb had been held at 3B by the umpire who believed Rossman's double had gone into the crowd. Cobb argued that it had not, and Jennings later reminded Cobb to, "score first, argue later." The Tigers remain in first by a half-game.

The Pirates take over first by a half game by sweeping the Cardinals in St; Louis. Lefty Leifield wins the opener 7–4 and Howie Camnitz wins the nitecap 2–1 on homers by Honus Wagner and George Gibson. Only two points separate New York, Chicago, and Pittsburgh, as each team takes a turn on top during the final week.

1907
» Detroit sweeps a pair from Washington, winning 9–5 and 10–2. Ty Cobb's 200th hit earns him a $500 bonus; he will get 212 for the year.

1905
» The Washington outfield has no putouts or assists in a 3-2 win over Chicago.

1904
» Doc White's scoreless streak ends at 45 innings, when the New York Highlanders score in the first; White then pitches another eight shutout innings to win, 7-1.

1903
» The Boston Pilgrims Bill Dinneen blanks Pittsburgh 3–0 on three hits and 11 strikeouts to even the Series. His four starts will give him three victories, making this the only World Series to produce two 3-game winners. Boston LF Patsy Dougherty hits two home runs; in 14 World Series games they are the only home runs he will hit. With Boston electing to bat first, Patsy's first homer is a leadoff blast against Sam Leever.

1902
» In the Giants game at Boston, there is one stolen base but eight runners are caught trying to steal (as noted by Cliff Blau). In addition, three runners are picked off base (although one manages to advance thanks to an error) and two more are thrown out at the plate. Ed Gremminger scores the winning run in the 14th inning, beating the throw from the Giants' third baseman, Billy Lauder, who had fielded Pat Moran's grounder. Roger Bresnahan is ejected from the game for arguing after he was caught trying to steal third with two outs. With all these lost runners, and with the help of three double plays, Luther Taylor nearly gets away with yielding nine walks.