Monday, April 19, 1920
Transactions:
Detroit pitcher Slim Love
made his Major League Finale on 04/18/1920
Philadelphia (AL) pitcher Eddie
Rommel made his Major League Debut on 04/19/1920. Philadelphia (AL)
infielder Emmet
McCann made his Major League Debut on 04/19/1920. Philadelphia (AL) pitcher
Slim
Harriss made his Major League Debut on 04/19/1920
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| Rip Collins |
Boston (AL) (H) 9 New York 3 (GM 1)
April 19 is Patriots Day in Boston
and that means it's time for the first doubleheader of the season. The Red Sox
blew the game open with a three-run sixth and then ran away with it with a
three-run eighth. Waite Hoyt
(1-0, 3.00) loaded the bases to start the ninth but got out of it with two
strikeouts and a fly out to end the game.
New York (AL) 7 Boston (AL) (H) 0 (GM 2)
Carl Mays
(1-0, 0.00) threw a three-hit shutout to get the doubleheader split on the road
in Boston. The Yankees scored four runs in the third, the big hit being a
two-run double from third baseman Bob Meusel.
In his first game back in Fenway since his trade, Babe Ruth
went 2-for-5 with a run, an RBI, and two doubles, and had two other balls
caught at the fence.
Cleveland (H) 4 Detroit 2
Jim Bagby
(1-0, 1.80) gave up two runs in the top of the fourth but otherwise kept the
Tiger's bats quiet and picked up the win. Indians third baseman Larry
Gardner hit his fourth triple of the young season to help the home team
recapture the lead.
Washington 7 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 0
Al Schacht
(1-0, 0.00), long time known as the "Clown Price of Baseball", got
his 1920 season started off with a three-hit shutout victory. Schacht only had
trouble in the second inning but got out of it with a bases loaded double
play.
Boston (NL) 3 Brooklyn (H) 0
In a battle of spit-ballers Dana
Fillingim (1-0, 0.00) outdueled Burleigh
Grimes (0-1. 3.00) by throwing a three-hit shutout. Boston only had five
hits, but leftfielder Les Mann
had three of them and scored two runs to lead the Boston offense.
New York (NL) (H) 4 Philadelphia (NL) 0
Jesse
Barnes (1-1, 0.53) only allowed two hits and shut out the Phillies for his
first win of the season. Left fielder George J.
Burns went 3-for-5 in the leadoff spot, but manager John McGraw
was vexed because the team repeatedly missed opportunities to pad the lead.
Chicago (NL) 7 St. Louis (NL) (H) 0
A four-run seventh allowed the Cubs to get a
healthy 6-0 lead and Hippo
Vaughn (2-0, 0.00) threw a four-hit shutout, his second shutout in as many
starts. Chicago second baseman Buck Herzog
led the Cubs offense with a 4-for-4 day and four runs scored.
Tuesday, April 20, 1920
Transactions:
Boston (NL) infielder Hod Ford
was injured (?) on 04/19/1920
New York (AL) pitcher Bob McGraw
was injured (?) on 04/19/1920
St. Louis (NL) pitcher Oscar Tuero
made his Major League Finale on 04/19/1920
Chicago (NL) pitcher Ted Turner
made his Major League Debut on 04/20/1920. Chicago (NL) pitcher George Gaw
made his Major League Debut on 04/20/1920
Boston (AL) pitcher Benn Karr
made his Major League Debut on 04/20/1920
Detroit pitcher John
Glasier made his Major League Debut on 04/20/1920. Detroit outfielder Sammy Hale
made his Major League Debut on 04/20/1920
New York (AL) 2 Boston (AL) (H) 0
First baseman Wally Pipp
hit his second homerun of the season in the top of the first and Bob Shawkey
(2-0, 0.00) threw his second shutout of the season to defeat their rivals in
Boston.
Detroit 4 Cleveland (H) 3
The Tigers went ahead early and a two-run
triple by first baseman Harry
Heilmann in the top of the seventh gave them a 4-0 lead, but Cleveland came
back with three runs in the bottom of the ninth to make it close. Ernie Alten
(1-0, 1.08) got the win but required bullpen help to get through the ninth.
Washington 6 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 3
The A's scored three times in the bottom of
the third to take a temporary 3-2 lead, but Washington starter Tom Zachary
(1-0, 3.00) stiffened from there and kept Philadelphia quiet thereafter.
Zachary also led the Senators offensive comeback by having a 3-for-4 at the
plate that included a run scored, four RBI's, and three doubles.
Boston (NL) 6 Brooklyn (H) 5
The lead swapped back and forth several times, but Joe
Oeschger (1-1, 2.65) finally stiffened and held off the Brooklyn attack to
get the win over Leon Cadore
(0-2, 5.00).
Philadelphia (NL) 21 New York (NL) (H) 12
An offensive explosion today as both teams
combined for 41 hits as both clubs brought their hitting shoes. Philadelphia
scored three times in the top of the first but New York came back with five in
the bottom half of the inning, and then the Phillies scored seven runs in the
top of the fourth and both teams continue to pile it on from there. Left
fielder George
J. Burns (4-for-5) and right fielder Ross Youngs
(4-for-6) were the first and second batters for the Giants, while the Phillies
were paced by first baseman Gene
Paulette (5-for-5, 5 RBI's) and third baseman Ralph
Miller (4-for-6, four runs, five RBI's). New York fielders committed seven
errors on the day, leading to nine unearned runs for the visiting Phillies.
Note: On this day in 1920 Babe Ruth
"pulled a cartilage" early in the game and had to be helped off the
field.
St. Louis (NL) (H) 3 Chicago (NL) 1 (12)
Cardinals’ catcher Verne
Clemons hit a dramatic two-run homerun (2) in the bottom of the twelfth to
give St. Louis the extra-inning victory over the rival Cubs.
Wednesday, April 21, 1920
Transactions:
Chicago (NL) pitcher George Gaw
was injured (?) on 04/20/1920. Chicago (NL) pitcher Ted Turner
made his Major League Finale on 04/20/1920
Philadelphia (AL) infielder Emmet
McCann was sent out on 04/20/1920. Philadelphia (AL) catcher Johnny
Walker was injured (?) on 04/20/1920
St. Louis (AL) 7 Chicago (AL) (H) 3
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| Wilbur Cooper |
Pittsburgh 7 Cincinnati (H) 3
The Pirates led 5-0 after the fourth and Wilbur
Cooper (2-0, 4.50) held off a belated Cincinnati rally attempt to get his
second win of the season. Cooper also chipped in with a triple and a double to
help Pittsburgh build that early lead.
Thursday, April 22, 1920
Transactions:
Cincinnati outfielder Charlie See
was injured (?) on 04/21/1920
Boston (AL) infielder Hob Hiller
made his Major League Debut on 04/22/1920
St. Louis (AL) pitcher Hod
Leverette made his Major League Debut on 04/22/1920
Chicago (AL) 1 Detroit (H) 0
Second baseman Eddie
Collins lined a fly to center in the top of the sixth that center fielder Ty Cobb
misplayed into a four-base error, the only run of the game. Red Faber
(1-0, 0.00) got the tough win over Dutch
Leonard (0-1, 0.00).
New York (AL) (H) 3 Philadelphia (AL) 2
The Yankees kept the A's winless but they had
to score two runs in the bottom of the ninth to pull off a come-from-behind
victory. First baseman Wally Pipp
came through with the game winning single and Herb
Thormahlen (1-0, 0.00) got the win and threw two innings of scoreless
relief.
St. Louis (AL) (H) 4 Cleveland 2
St. Louis scored twice in the bottom of the
eighth to get a come-from-behind win over Cleveland. Urban
Shocker (2-0, 4.50) got the win over Stan
Coveleskie to the delight of the home fans.
Boston (AL) 6 Washington (H) 5 (10)
The Red Sox handed the Senators their first
loss of the season, but it took ten innings. Reliever Benn Karr
got the win but only after he gave up a lead-off triple in the bottom of the
tenth and then was able to pitch out of it.
Cincinnati 1 Chicago (NL) (H) 0
Pete
Alexander (0-3, 1.80) took his third loss of the young season despite only
allowing five hits and striking out eight Reds batters, but Dutch
Ruether (3-0, 0.33) was better, only allowing two hits and shutting out the
hometown Cubs.
Philadelphia (NL) (H) 4 Brooklyn 2
Both teams scored two runs in the second and
that was all the scoring until the bottom of the eighth when second baseman Dots Miller
tripled home center fielder Cy Williams
with the lead run. Williams then promptly scored on a Passed Ball and Lee Meadows
(1-1, 4.50) had his first victory of the young season.
Friday, April 23, 1920
Transactions: N/A
Washington (H) 5 Boston (AL) 4
The Senators scored five times in the bottom
of the second and Harry
Courtney (1-0, 4.50), along with some ninth inning assistance from Tom Zachary,
held off a furious Red Sox comeback attempt. Right fielder Braggo Roth
had the big hit in the Washington second, a clutch two-out two-run double.
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| Hod Eller |
The Cubs got on the scoreboard first, but the Reds scored three times in the top of the fourth and they never looked back from there. Hod Eller (1-0, 1.00) scattered six hits and took the win as right fielder Greasy Neale provided the big bat by going 3-for-4 with a run scored and two RBI's.
Brooklyn 4 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 0
Clarence
Mitchell (1-0, 0.00) twirled a two-hit masterpiece and shutout the Phillies
on their home field. Brooklyn's offense collected eleven hits and eight walks but was unable to get a key hit to really blow the game open.
St. Louis (NL) 3 Pittsburgh (H) 1
First baseman Jack
Fournier put the Cardinals ahead 2-1 with a two-run single in the top of
the sixth and then he followed that up with an RBI single in the eighth, giving
Jesse
Haines (2-0, 0.90) the support he needed to pick up the win on the road in
Pittsburgh.
Saturday, April 24, 1920
Transactions:
Washington infielder Joe Leonard
(Team Finale 04/23/1920) died of a ruptured appendix on 05/01/1920
Chicago (NL) pitcher Joel
Newkirk made his Major League Finale on 04/23/1920
Pittsburgh pitcher Johnny
Meador made his Major League Debut on 04/24/1920
Note: On the eleventh day of the 1920 season,
today was the first day in which all sixteen teams play on the same day.
Further, according to historian David Vincent, this was the last day in major
league history that all teams played games and no homeruns were hit. The last
day of eight games (5AL; 3NL) in which no homeruns were hit was August 8, 1923.
Chicago (AL) 8 Detroit (H) 3
The Tigers scored three times in the bottom
of the third to take a 3-2 lead, but the White Sox responded with four runs in
the fifth and ran away with it from there. Eddie
Cicotte (1-1, 4.00) took the win with hitting heroics provided by veteran
right fielder Eddie
Murphy, making his first appearance of the season, who went 4-for-4 with
two runs scored, two RBI's, and had a walk as well.
New York (AL) (H) 3 Philadelphia (AL) 1
All the runs were scored in the third inning,
with second baseman Del Pratt's
two-run double being the big hit for the Yankees. Carl Mays
(2-0, 0.50) outdueled Walt Kinney
(0-1, 0.75) for the win.
Cleveland 13 St. Louis (AL) (H) 0
Jim Bagby
(2-0, 0.95) gave up three hits and shutout the powerful Browns in St. Louis.
The Indians scored four runs in the third and then nine times in the seventh,
with a shaky St. Louis defense that allowed eight of the thirteen runs to be
unearned.
Boston (AL) 5 Washington (H) 3
The Red Sox scored four times in the top of
the seventh to grab the lead for good and Waite Hoyt
(2-0, 3.00) went all the way for the tough road win.
Boston (NL) (H) 2 New York (NL) 1
The Braves pushed across the tying run in the
bottom of the seventh and then in the ninth center fielder Ray Powell
started things off with a triple. Second baseman Charlie Pick
failed twice to squeeze Powell home as his two bunt attempts rolled foul, but
on the next pitch Pick singled sharply to left and Boston had their win.
Chicago (NL) (H) 4 Cincinnati 3
Chicago led 4-1 after the fourth but then Hippo
Vaughn (3-0, 0.67) took over and held off a Reds rally attempt. Ray Fisher
(0-1, 4.91) took the loss despite inducing three Cubs double plays on the day.
Philadelphia (NL) (H) 5 Brooklyn 4
The usually reliable Burleigh
Grimes (0-2, 4.24) got off to a rough start when the Phillies scored three
times in the bottom of the first, but the Robins fought their way back into the
game and tied the score at 4-4 in the top of the eighth. Center fielder Cy Williams
led off the bottom of the eighth with a homerun (2) to get the lead back and George
Smith (2-0, 5.31) held off a final Brooklyn charge by getting Zack Wheat
to fly out with two outs and the bases loaded to end the game.
Pittsburgh (H) 2 St. Louis (NL) 1
Center fielder Max Carey
lined a single to center in the bottom of the fourth that Austin McHenry let
slip past him and the speedy Carey came all the way around for the first run.
The score stayed at 1-0 until two outs in the ninth when first baseman Jack
Fournier drove home a run on a fielder's choice that tied the score at 1-1.
In the bottom of the ninth the Pirates got the win when right fielder Billy
Southworth lined a two-out single to score left fielder Carson
Bigbee with the game-winner.
Sunday, April 25, 1920
Transactions:
Pittsburgh catcher Nig Clarke
made his Major League Finale on 04/24/1920
New York (NL) second baseman Frankie
Frisch was injured (?) on 04/24/1920
St. Louis (AL) pitcher Bert Gallia
(Team Finale 04/24/1920) was sold to Philadelphia (NL) on 05/19/1920
Detroit (H) 8 Chicago (AL) 4
The Tigers batters knocked Lefty
Williams (1-2, 6.50) out of the box with a three-run fourth and a three-run
fourth. Howard
Ehmke (2-0, 0.50) went all the way for the win.
Philadelphia (AL) 7 New York (AL) (H) 1
The A's jumped on Bob Shawkey
(2-1, 2.08) for three runs in the top of the fourth and then they did it again
with three runs in the sixth. Now armed with a comfortable lead Rollie Naylor
(1-1, 1.50) was able to waltz home with an easy win.
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| Tris Speaker |
The Indians got off to a fast start, building a 15-1 lead after the fifth inning. Center fielder Tris Speaker went 3-for-5 with two runs scored, six RBI's, a double, and a homerun (1), the homerun being the first Grand Slam of the season. Speaker came to plate with the bases loaded two more times before the game was over and did pick up two more RBI's, but no more Grand Slams today.
Boston (AL) 4 Washington (H) 1
The Red Sox got off quickly versus Walter
Johnson (1-1, 1.50) with three runs in the top of the first and Bullet Joe
Bush (1-1, 3.60) scattered five hits and picked up the win.
Brooklyn (H) 3 New York (NL) 2
Brooklyn was off to a bit of a slow start
this season, but a brisk come-from-behind victory is always good for the fans.
The Giants scored an unearned run in the top of the eighth to take a 2-1 lead,
but in the bottom of the ninth run-scoring singles center fielder Hi Myers
and first baseman Ed Konetchy
got the win.
Chicago (NL) (H) 1 Pittsburgh 0 (10)
A real pitcher's duel as Claude
Hendrix (1-0, 0.00) got the advantage over Babe Adams
(1-2, 1.01) when third baseman Charlie
Deal's long fly ball to left barely drifted into the left field stands for
a game-winning homerun, his first of the season.
Cincinnati (H) 7 St. Louis (NL) 6 (13)
St. Louis scored two runs in the top of the
seventh to tie the score at 5-5 and there the score stayed until the Cardinals
took the lead with a run in the top of the thirteenth. In the bottom half of
the inning second baseman Morrie Rath
uncorked a two-out two-run homerun for the victory. Jimmy Ring
(1-2, 4.50) went all the way for the extra inning win.
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