Monday, June 7, 1920
Transactions:
Detroit outfielder Ty Cobb
was injured (wrenched knee) on 06/06/1920. Cobb injured his knee in a
late-inning collision with right fielder Ira
Flagstead.
New York (NL) shortstop Art
Fletcher (Team Finale 06/08/1920) and cash were traded to Philadelphia (NL)
for Dave
Bancroft (Team Debut 06/08/1920) on 06/07/1920
Philadelphia (AL) pitcher Pat Martin
made his Major League Finale on 06/06/1920. Martin was later acquired by Buffalo (IL)
on 06/09/1920. Philadelphia (AL) pitcher Lyle Bigbee
returned to the mound on 06/08/1920
Washington pitcher Bill Snyder
was injured (?) on 06/06/1920
Philadelphia (NL) shortstop Art
Fletcher (Team Debut 06/08/1920) and cash were acquired from New York (NL)
for shortstop Dave
Bancroft (Team Finale 06/06/1920) on 06/07/1920
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| Arnold "Jigger" Statz |
Boston (AL) outfielder Arnold
Statz (Team Debut 06/12/1920) was claimed on waivers from New York (NL) on
06/07/1920
Chicago (AL) (H) 7 Detroit 1
Red Faber
(7-5, 1.93) scattered seven hits and held the Cobb-less Tigers to only one run
while the White Sox collected sixteen hits against a series of Detroit
pitchers. Third baseman Buck Weaver
led the charge by going 4-for-5 (.418) and drove in five runs.
New York (AL) (H) 1 Philadelphia (AL)
0 (GM 1)
Babe Ruth
led off the bottom of the second with a homerun (#14) and Jack Quinn
(8-2, 1.37) held the A's to only four hits and went all the way for the Game
One shutout.
New York (AL) (H) 12 Philadelphia (AL)
3 (GM 2)
New York hurler Rip Collins
(1-0, 1.04) made his first start of the season and acquitted himself well with
plenty of run support behind him. Babe Ruth
hit another homerun (#15) as part of his 4-for-5 (.391) day that included five
RBI's.
New York (NL) 5 Brooklyn (H) 3
The Giants wasted no time in placing
newly acquired shortstop Dave
Bancroft into the starting lineup and they were able to continue their
dominance over the Robins so far in 1920. New York scored all five of their
runs in the fourth as they combined most of their nine hits into this one
frame, making a winner of Fred Toney
(9-2, 1.89).
Tuesday, June 8, 1920
Transactions:
New York (AL) pitcher Lefty
O'Doul was injured (?) on 06/07/1920
Boston (NL) infielder Johnny
Rawlings (Team Finale 06/04/1920) was sold to Philadelphia (NL)
Philadelphia (NL) infielder Johnny
Rawlings (Team Debut 06/10/1920) was acquired from Boston (NL)
Note: It as a light day yesterday as
it was a travel day, the AL east teams moving to the Midwest while in the NL it
was the Midwest teams moving eastward.
Chicago (AL) (H) 3 Boston (AL) 2
Right fielder Harry
Hooper tripled and scored in the top of the eighth to give the Red Sox a 2-1
lead, but the White Sox came right back with two runs in the bottom half of the
inning to take the lead. Roy
Wilkinson (5-4, 4.17) finished the game and took the win over Sad Sam
Jones (2-6, 4.11).
Cleveland (H) 8 Philadelphia (AL) 5
The Indians built up an early 5-1 lead
but the A's stormed back with a four-run eighth that tied the score at 5-5. Cleveland
came right back with three runs of their own in the bottom of the eighth and Dave
Neihaus (3-0, 2.92) picked up the win after finishing with a 1-2-3 ninth.
First baseman Doc
Johnston, who has been largely missing from the Indians' offense this
season, went 3-for-5 on the day and drove in four big runs.
Detroit (H) 8 New York (AL) 7
Detroit scored three times in the
first but by the end of the fifth, it was New York on top by a score of 7-3. The
Tigers never quit and scored a few runs to make it close, and then in the
bottom of the ninth, they scored three more times to capture the come-from-behind
victory. Catcher Eddie
Ainsmith stroked a long fly ball to right and center fielder Ira Flagstead
was able to arrive home safely, making a winner of Frank Okrie
(2-0, 7.59).
St. Louis (AL) (H) 6 Washington 4
The lead swapped back and forth
several times but in the end, Allen
Sotheron (1-10, 6.94) finally got a win and defeated Walter
Johnson (5-4, 2.70). The Browns feature several power hitters but today's
hitting hero was catcher Hank
Severeid, who came through with a 3-for-4 game that included a run scored,
three big RBI's, and a triple that put them ahead early.
St. Louis (NL) 5 Brooklyn (H) 1
The Robins are temporarily missing a
left fielder, a right fielder, a second baseman, and a first baseman, all of
which temporarily puts them in a bad spot. Jesse
Haines (6-3, 2.99) held them to only six hits as St. Louis opened an
early lead and was never threatened thereafter.
Cincinnati 5 New York (NL) (H) 1
At this time last week, first-place New
York was dueling with second-place Brooklyn, but the Giants held their own in
that contest and this week it is the second-place Cincinnati team in town to
test the Giants. Both teams ended with eleven hits, but the Reds managed to
bunch most of their hits together in a three-run fifth and Ray Fisher
(4-3, 4.47) did the rest.
Chicago (NL) 5 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 2
Pete
Alexander (6-8, 2.43) has often pitched in hard luck this season and after
left fielder Irish
Meusel hit a two-run homerun (#2) in the bottom of the fourth it looked
like bad luck might be repeating itself. Not today though as the Cubs tied the
score at 2-2 in the fifth and then in the sixth, Alexander made a mad dash home
from first on shortstop Zeb Terry's
two-out double and was able to give Chicago its first lead of the game.
Wednesday, June 9, 1920
Transactions:
Detroit pitcher Bernie
Boland was injured (?) on 06/08/1920
Philadelphia (AL) third baseman Joe Dugan
was injured (?) on 06/08/1920
Chicago (AL) shortstop Swede
Risberg was injured (?) on 06/08/1920
Chicago (AL) (H) 4 Boston (AL) 3
The Red Sox scored a run in the top of
the first and the White Sox answered with three in the bottom half of the
inning. The Red Sox tied the score at 3-3 when they plated two runs in the top
of the fifth, but then the White Sox wasted no time, regaining the lead with a
run in the bottom half of the inning. Both teams threatened in the late
innings, but Lefty
Williams (8-6, 3.34) held on for the win over Bullet Joe
Bush (3-7, 4.42).
Philadelphia (AL) 4 Cleveland (H) 2
The A's errors led to two unearned
runs for the Indians, but that was all they could muster as Scott Perry
(5-7, 3.18) picked up the tough road win.
Detroit (H) 8 New York (AL) 3
The Tigers jumped on Herb
Thormahlen (2-4, 5.04) for six runs in the bottom of the third and Howard
Ehmke (5-4, 3.63) held the Yankees to only five hits and got the win. Ehmke
also chipped in with a 3-for-4 day at the plate, scored three runs, and hit two
doubles.
St. Louis (AL) (H) 1 Washington 0
Weak-hitting shortstop Wally
Gerber came through with an RBI single in the bottom of the fourth and Urban Shocker
(8-2, 2.33) made that slender lead stand up as he held the Senators to two hits
and got the tough victory.
Pittsburgh 10 Boston (NL) (H) 1
The Pirates blew open a close game
with six runs in the top of the seventh, all runs unearned. Catcher Walter
Schmidt had the big bat as he went 4-for-5, scored two runs, drove in
three, and knocked a double, all done in support of his pitcher, Babe Adams
(7-3, 0.96).
St. Louis (NL) 6 Brooklyn (H) 2
The Robins led 2-1 after the first,
but soon the Cardinals came back to take the lead and then added some late runs
for insurance. Bill Doak
(5-6, 2.23) got the win over Jeff
Pfeffer (3-5, 2.13).
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| Jimmy Ring |
Cincinnati 5 New York (NL) (H) 4
The Reds scored three times in the
third and built up a 5-1 lead but required Jimmy Ring
(4-4, 5.25) to work his way out of a tough ninth inning to get the win. New
York scored a run in the eighth and then two in the ninth before their rally
attempt failed, all the while making Cincinnati earn their win.
Note: On this date in 1920, Cincinnati
center fielder Edd Roush
fell asleep in the outfield during a long argument in the infield. Second
baseman Heinie
Groh had to wake him so play could resume, but the umpire ejected Roush for
delaying the game.
Chicago (NL) 15 Philadelphia (NL) (H)
5
Chicago collected twenty-four hits as
they pounded multiple Phillies pitchers for fifteen runs and the easy win. The
Cubs scored eight times in the third, with left fielder Dave
Robertson contributing both a two-run homerun (#2) and a two-run double.
Every Cubs player had at least one hit, including Lefty Tyler
who went 2-for-6 and drove in two runs.
Thursday, June 10, 1920
Transactions:
Detroit third baseman Bob Jones
was injured (?) on 06/09/1920
Philadelphia (NL) second baseman Dots Miller
was injured (?) on 06/09/1920
Brooklyn first baseman Ed Konetchy
returned to play on 06/11/1920
Chicago (AL) (H) 3 Boston (AL) 2
Both teams were limited to only five
hits on the day but the White Sox scored two runs in the fourth and then held
off a late Red Sox rally attempt to get the win. Eddie
Cicotte (7-2, 3.30) came out victorious over Harry
Harper (3-3, 1.87).
Cleveland (H) 1 Philadelphia (AL) 0
Stan
Coveleski (8-4, 2.97) drove in the game's only run when he bounded a single
up the middle in the bottom of the fifth. Coveleski only gave up three hits in
the game and went all the way for the shutout victory.
New York (AL) 3 Detroit (H) 0
Frank
Okrie (2-1, 5.49) made his first (and only) start of the season today as he
was asked to make a spot start to give the Tigers bullpen a breather and he performed
quite well, limiting the powerful Yankees to only three runs. Unfortunately
for him, Carl
Mays (10-1, 1.36) threw a three-hit shutout and became the first player
this season to reach ten wins.
St. Louis (AL) (H) 2 Washington 1
A well-pitched game as Dixie Davis
(4-1, 2.45) got the win over Jim Shaw
(0-4, 6.40) as both pitchers only gave up six hits on the day. Washington
committed three errors on the day and St. Louis was able to capitalize and grab
the lead, leaving Davis to do the rest.
Pittsburgh 8 Boston NL) (H) 0
Left fielder Carson
Bigbee returned to the starting lineup after having been limited to
occasional pinch-hitting appearances over the past three weeks and today he
went 3-for-4 with a walk and he provided a double and two triples to spark the
Pirates offense. Wilbur
Cooper (9-2, 1.52) threw a four-hit shutout over the hometown Braves.
St. Louis (NL) 2 Brooklyn (H) 1 (12)
Brooklyn tied the game with a
sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth, but they couldn't grab the lead and
the game soon went into extra innings. In the top of the twelfth Ivy Olson
kicked a two-out grounder to short and center fielder Jack Smith
scampered home with the eventual game-winner. Ferdie
Schupp (2-6, 5.47) pitched a great game and got the complete game victory.
Cincinnati 5 New York (NL) (H) 2
The Reds won their third game in a row
in New York and pulled to within 1.5 games of the first-place Giants. Dutch
Ruether (10-3, 1.41) had a great outing and while the Reds offense didn't
have any big innings, they did manage to string together several small innings
and got the win.
Chicago (NL) 7 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 4
The Cubs scored three runs in the top
of the ninth, two from a two-out two-run double off the bat of left fielder Dave
Robertson. Claude
Hendrix (5-3, 4.00) went all the way for the win.
Friday, June 11, 1920
Transactions:
Philadelphia (AL) pitcher Eddie
Rommel was injured (?) on 06/10/1920
Pittsburgh infielder Walter
Barbare made his Season Debut on 06/12/1920
Chicago (AL) (H) 5 Boston (AL) 0
The White Sox took a small lead early
but then scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth as a pair of Red Sox
errors opened the door to a big inning. Red Faber
(8-5, 1.78) picked up the shutout victory and extended Chicago's winning streak
to six games.
Cleveland (H) 4 Philadelphia (AL) 1
The Indians had ten hits and eight
walks but managed to squander multiple opportunities to take the lead. Finally,
with the bases loaded in the bottom of the fifth, A's shortstop Chick
Galloway kicked a likely double play ball and the Indians were eventually
able to score three runs. Jim Bagby
(8-5, 2.67) cruised to an easy home win from there.
New York (AL) 6 Detroit (H) 2
The Yankees scored single runs in the
second, third, and fourth innings and then put up a three-spot in the fifth to
give Rip
Collins (2-0, 1.37) and nice lead. Babe Ruth
had a 4-for-4 day (.397), scored three runs, drove in two, and hit homerun
(#16) to spark the New York offense.
Washington 10 St. Louis (AL) (H) 7
The wind was blowing out at Sportsman
Park today. First baseman George
Sisler (#4) and center fielder Baby Doll
Jacobson (#3) hit back-to-back solo homeruns in the first, and then Sisler
added a second homerun (#5) in the fourth. In between those homeruns, center
fielder Sam
Rice hit a two-run homerun (#2) in the third, and catcher Patsy
Gharrity slugged a two-run homerun
(#2) in the fourth, and then later in the game pitcher Eric Erickson
(6-2, 3.77) helped cement his win with a homerun (#1) of his own.
Pittsburgh 4 Boston (NL) (H) 2
The Pirates are going to need a
pitcher besides Babe Adams
and Wilbur
Cooper to have a good season if they are going to make a run for the
pennant and today Earl
Hamilton (3-2, 3.07) gave a strong performance in a win over the Braves.
Right fielder Billy
Southworth went 3-for-4 (.393) and drove in three runs to spark the
Pittsburgh offense.
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| Jack Fournier |
Brooklyn (H) 13 St. Louis (NL) 9
(Cycle!)
The Cardinals scored four runs in the
top of the fourth to tie the score at 5-5, but then the Robins came right back
with a six-run bottom of the fourth to take an 11-5 lead. With both started
having proved to be ineffective, both bullpens were able to calm the chaos and
Brooklyn held on for the win. Sherry
Smith (3-1, 3.86) got the win when he was bailed out by his offense,
although he did contribute a three-run triple in the second to get Brooklyn its
early lead. First baseman Ed Konetchy
was back in the lineup for the first time in two weeks and joined in the fun
with a 3-for-4 day and three RBI's.
The big news of the day was that St.
Louis first baseman Jack
Fournier had a 5-for-5 day (.370), scored two runs, drove in five runs, and
hit for the cycle, the first cycle of the season.
New York (NL) (H) 4 Cincinnati 0
Fred Toney
(10-2, 1.73) threw a two-hit shutout and ended the Reds' eight-game winning
streak, and it also boosted the Giants NL lead back up to 2.5 games. New York
grabbed the lead with a three-run fifth, all three runs scoring after there
were two outs in the inning, and Toney did the rest.
Chicago (NL) 4 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 2
An error by right fielder Casey
Stengel put the visitors up 3-2 in the top of the fourth and Speed
Martin (3-5, 5.11) outdueled Lee Meadows
(2-6, 4.95) the rest of the way to pick up the win.
Saturday, June 12, 1920
Transactions:
New York (NL) catcher Mike
Gonzalez returned to play on 06/13/1920
Washington 6 Chicago (AL) (H) 2
The Senators ended their series in
Chicago by breaking a scoreless tie with six runs in the sixth, all runs being
unearned, and all scoring after two outs. Walter
Johnson (6-4, 2.62) got the win but was still fuming he had given up two
runs to the White Sox in the bottom of the seventh.
New York (AL) 5 Cleveland (H) 3
Right fielder Babe Ruth
hit a two-run homerun (#17) in the top of the sixth to give New York its first
lead of the game. Jack Quinn
(9-2, 1.43), with some ninth-inning help from Carl Mays,
got the win.
Detroit (H) 3 Philadelphia (AL) 1
A's hurler Rollie
Naylor (4-10, 3.36) only made one mistake today and right fielder Harry
Heilmann walloped it for a two-out three-run homerun (#1) in the bottom of
the first. Hooks Dauss
(4-5, 2.80), bolstered by an early 3-0 lead, went all the way for the win.
Boston (AL) 6 St. Louis (AL) (H) 2
The Red Sox blew open a tight game
with three runs in the top of the ninth, giving Sad Sam
Jones (3-6, 3.87) the win over Allen
Sothoron (1-11, 6.85).
Chicago (NL) 6 Boston (NL) (H) 0
The Cubs extended the Braves' losing
streak to nine games as Pete
Alexander (7-8, 2.28) held the hometown team to only two hits in the game
and went all the way for the to-hit shutout. Boston committed three errors in
the game, often finding themselves their own worst enemy. Chicago put their
stamp on this game when they scored three runs in the top of the ninth, third
baseman Charlie
Deal's two-run single being the big hit.
Brooklyn (H) 1 Cincinnati 0
Left fielder Zack Wheat
had Brooklyn's only hit, a triple in the fourth inning, and he soon scored
Brooklyn's only run on a sacrifice fly. It wasn't much, but it was enough for Al Mamaux
(3-3, 2.88) who only allowed the Reds three hits and got the win over Dolf Luque
(4-1, 1.41).
St. Louis (NL) 4 New York (NL) (H) 3
(12)
New York scored three times in the
bottom of the second and it looked for a long time like that lead would last,
but St. Louis finally responded with a two-run ninth to tie the score at 3-3
and it was off to extra innings. Cardinals' catcher Verne
Clemons stroked a solo homerun (#3) in the top of the twelfth and Bill
Sherdel (4-2, 4.04) held off a belated New York rally in the bottom of the
inning to pick up the win.
Pittsburgh 8 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 7
The Phillies put together several
multi-run innings and led 7-2 after the eighth, but then the Pirates suddenly
came alive as they scored six times in the top of the ninth and took an 8-7
lead. Hal
Carlson (2-7, 5.54) didn't pitch well but got the win, with Elmer
Ponder coming in to close out the ninth.
Sunday, June 13, 1920
Transactions:
Chicago (AL) infielder Hervey
McClellan was injured (?) on 06/12/1920
New York (NL) second baseman Frankie
Frisch returned to play on 06/14/1920
New York (AL) outfielder Sammy Vick
returned to play on 06/14/1920
Chicago (AL) (H) 2 Washington 0
The White Sox scored two runs in the
bottom of the fourth and Lefty
Williams (9-6, 3.10) held the visiting Senators to only three hits and went
all the way for the shutout victory. Harry
Courtney (2-3, 4.14) was the hard-luck loser.
New York (NL) 6 Cleveland (H) 3
The Yankees led 3-1 after the fifth
but the Indians slowly came back by scoring single runs in the sixth and
seventh to tie the score at 3-3. Left fielder Babe Ruth
got the lead back when he doubled home first baseman Wally Pipp
in the top of the ninth and then New York added two more runs before the inning
was over and Bob Shawkey
(9-4, 1.79) closed things out for the win.
Philadelphia (AL) 2 Detroit (H) 1
The A's scored a run in the top of the
first and then added a second run in the top of the sixth and Scott Perry
(6-7, 3.00) had enough to squeak out a victory over the Tigers in Detroit.
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| Baby Doll Jacobson |
St. Louis (AL) (H) 4 Boston (AL) 1
Urban
Shocker (9-2, 2.15) continued his strong season as he went all the way for
the win, limiting the Red Sox to six hits on the day. Left fielder Baby Doll
Jacobson slapped a two-run single in the bottom of the first and the Browns
never looked back.
Brooklyn (H) 4 Cincinnati 2
The Robins led 4-1 after the fifth as
they didn't have any big innings, but they did put together multiple scoring
innings to take an early lead. Rube
Marquard (3-3, 4.01) held off the Reds offense and got the win over Jimmy Ring
(4-5, 5.24).
New York (NL) (H) 10 St. Louis (NL) 4
St. Louis kicked their offense into
gear with three runs in the top of the eighth to tie the score at 4-4, only to
see New York do the same by scoring six times in the bottom of the inning. Jesse Barnes
(7-3, 2.19) not only got the win but also had a 2-for-4 day at the plate and
drove in two runs.
