Monday, July 19, 1920
Transactions:
Brooklyn infielder Doug Baird
(Team Finale 07/18/1920) was sold to New York (NL). Brooklyn catcher Zack Taylor
was injured (?) on 07/18/1920
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| Jack Coombs |
Detroit pitcher Jack Coombs
made his Major League Finale on 07/18/1920. Pitching coach Coombs came in to
mop up in the ninth but aggravated an old injury and had to be carried from the
field
Chicago (AL) infielder Hervey
McClellan returned to play on 07/20/1920
Cleveland 6 Boston (AL) (H) 3 (GM 1)
Stan
Coveleski (15-5, 3.33) had a no-hitter going until two outs in the eighth
and easily came away with the Game One win. Left fielder Charlie
Jamieson hit a two-out three-run double in the top of the second to give the
Indians the early lead.
Cleveland 5 Boston (AL) (H) 3 (10) (GM
2)
The front end of the Cleveland
rotation came through today as Jim Bagby
(16-6, 2.49) got the Game Two win and the doubleheader sweep for the Indians.
Both teams scored three runs in the fourth and that was all until center
fielder Tris
Speaker and third baseman Larry
Gardner singled home runs in the top of the tenth.
Chicago (AL) 7 New York (AL) (H) 3 (GM
1)
Chicago broke up a 1-1 tie with two
runs in the sixth and then plated four runs in the seventh to blow the game
wide open. Left fielder Joe Jackson
went 4-for-4 with a run scored, two RBI's, two doubles, and a triple to spark
the offense and Roy
Wilkinson (7-5, 3.57) made the most of a spot start by going all the way
for the Game One win.
Chicago (AL) 7 New York (AL) (H) 2 (GM
2)
The White Sox jumped out early when
light-hitting shortstop Swede
Risberg popped a two-run homerun (#4) down the line and then the offense
continued to add on from there. Dickey Kerr
(7-2, 2.43) didn't allow a hit until the sixth inning and effectively shut down
the New York attack.
Philadelphia (AL) (H) 4 St. Louis (AL)
3
The A's scored three runs in the
bottom of the first and the Browns came right back with three runs in the top
of the second, but that was all the scoring until first baseman Ivy Griffin
singled home second baseman Joe Dugan
in the bottom of the eighth. Dave Keefe
(3-2, 2.14) got out of the ninth unscathed and got the complete-game win over Carl
Weilman (3-10, 6.88).
Chicago (NL) (H) 7 Boston (NL) 2
The Cubs took a 5-2 lead with a
four-run bottom of the sixth, the big hit being a two-out two-run single from
third baseman Charlie Deal.
Hippo
Vaughn (11-8, 2.30) went all the way for the win over Dick
Rudolph (0-7, 7.23).
Cincinnati (H) 3 Brooklyn 0
The Reds scratched out two runs in the
bottom of the first and then Dutch
Ruether (14-5, 1.70) took over and did the rest.
St. Louis (NL) (H) 8 Philadelphia (NL)
0
Bill
Sherdel (6-2, 3.39) scattered six hits and shut out the Phillies. Second
baseman Rogers
Hornsby had a big day with the bat as he went 3-for-4 (.364) with a run
scored, four RBI's, a double, and a homerun (#6).
Tuesday, July 20, 1920
Transactions:
New York (AL) catcher Truck
Hannah was injured (?) on 07/19/1920. New York (AL) pitcher Ernie Shore
was injured (?) on 07/19/1920
Chicago (AL) first baseman Ted Jourdan
was injured (?) on 07/19/1920
Boston (AL) (H) 7 Cleveland 6
The Red Sox led 6-0 after the third
but then the Indians scored four times in the fourth to make things close. Gary
Fortune (3-0, 2.08) was shaky but got the win, and Benn Karr
pitched the final four innings to secure the win.
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| Red Faber |
New York (AL) (H) 1 Chicago (AL) 0
(11) (GM 1)
The Yankees were hot to get back in
the win column after dropping two to Chicago yesterday. Both teams had aces
going today and Chicago first baseman Shano
Collins got the first hit of the game … in the tenth inning. The White Sox
failed to score though, so then New York right fielder Bob Meusel
got the first hit for the Yankees … in the bottom of the eleventh. Meusel
successfully stole second and then scored the game-winner on a two-out single by third baseman Aaron Ward,
making a winner of Jack Quinn
(13-5, 1.97) over Red Faber
(13-8, 1.83).
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| Jack Quinn |
New York (AL) (H) 7 Chicago (AL) 6 (GM
2)
Homeruns from shortstop Roger
Peckinpaugh (#4), first baseman Wally Pipp
(#7), and left fielder Babe Ruth
(#33) powered the Yankees to an early lead, but the White Sox fought back and
with two runs in the top of the ninth were able to tie the score at 6-6. In the
bottom of the ninth Peckinpaugh came through with his second homerun (#5) of
the game to give the hometown Yankees the Game Two win and the doubleheader
sweep.
St. Louis (AL) 14 Philadelphia (AL)
(H) 5
The A's scored two runs in the first
and then added two more in the second, but unfortunately, they were already
behind by the score of 10-4 at this point as the Big Browns Machine pummeled Roy Moore
(1-10, 7.09) in their first two innings. Center fielder Baby Doll
Jacobson went 4-for-6 (.408), scored three runs, had one RBI, and added a
double while first baseman George
Sisler added to the hit parade with a 3-for-5 (.471) day that included two
runs scored, three RBI's, and a homerun (#10). Bill
Burwell (4-2, 4.56) got the win in a spot start for St. Louis.
Detroit 5 Washington (H) 1 (GM 1)
The Tigers committed four errors on
the day, hit into two double plays, had a caught stealing, and had a player
thrown out at home trying to score from first on a double, but somehow pulled
out the victory. Red Oldham
(6-7, 4.12) kept the game close ad got the win while center fielder Sammy Hale,
subbing for the injured Ty Cobb,
went 4-for-5 from the plate with two runs scored, an RBI, a double, and a
homerun (#2).
Washington (H) 5 Detroit 2 (GM 2)
The Senators scored three runs in the
bottom of the fourth to take a 4-1 lead, the big hit being a single and error
combination off the bat of Jim Shaw
(3-10, 5.11) that brought home two runs. Shaw scattered five hits and went all
the way to get the Game Two and the doubleheader split.
Boston (NL) 2 Chicago (NL) (H) 1 (14)
The Cubs scored a run in the third,
the Braves tied it at 1-1 in the fourth, and that was it for the scoring until
the top of the fourteenth. Back up first baseman Horace
"Hod" Ford singled through a drawn-in infield to score second
baseman Charlie
Pick with the game-winner.
Brooklyn 4 Cincinnati (H) 3
The Reds led 3-2 after the fourth but
then the Robins scored three times in the sixth to regain the lead, for good
this time. Burleigh
Grimes (9-7, 2.59) only allowed four hits, while third baseman Jimmy
Johnston went 4-for-5 with three runs scored and an RBI to spark the
Brooklyn offense.
Pittsburgh (H) 4 New York (NL) 1
The score was tied at 1-1 after the
second and stayed that way until right fielder Fred
Nicholson hit a surprise two-run homerun (#3) in the bottom of the sixth. Wilbur
Cooper (14-5, 1.67) held the Giants to six hits and got the win over Artie Nehf
(12-4, 3.01) and extended the New York losing streak to five games.
Wednesday, July 21, 1920
Transactions:
Chicago (AL) infielder Hervey
McClellan was injured (?) on 07/20/1920
Washington pitcher Bill Snyder
made his Major League Finale on 07/20/1920
Boston (NL) outfielder John
Sullivan was injured (?) on 07/20/1920
Cleveland outfielder Jack Graney
returned to play on 07/22/1920. Cleveland pitcher Elmer Myers
returned to the mound on 07/22/1920
Boston (AL) (H) 6 Chicago (AL) 2
The Red Sox jumped on Lefty
Williams (13-11 3.53) when they scored a run in the third, two runs in the
fourth, and then three runs in the fifth to blow open a tight game. Sad Sam
Jones (8-9, 3.94) kept the league leaders at bay and picked up the win.
New York (AL) (H) 3 Cleveland 2 (10)
The Yankees started the day 1.0 games
behind the first-place White Sox, but they also found themselves 4.0 games
ahead of the third-place Indians and Cleveland was in town for a four-game
series. The game was a tight one and neither team could take control and it
eventually went into extra-innings. In the bottom of the tenth Cleveland
starter Ray
Caldwell came up lame and had to come out of the game and the Yankees
wasted no time jumping on Dick
Neihaus (5-1, 3.19) and got the win when right fielder Bob Meusel
singled home second baseman Del Pratt
with the game-winner. Carl Mays
(17-4,1.76) got the win.
St. Louis (AL) 9 Philadelphia (AL) (H)
3
The A's led 3-1 after the fourth, but
then the Browns' offense suddenly came alive when they scored three times in the
fifth and then tacked on five more in the seventh, the big hit being a
three-run homerun (#11) from Baby Doll
Jacobson. Bill Bayne
(3-0, 3.41) was grateful for the offensive support.
Chicago (NL) (H) 2 Philadelphia (NL) 1
Pete
Alexander (11-13, 2.04) would still like to have some better offensive
support but the two runs he received today were just enough to pick up the win.
Eppa
Rixey (8-12, 4.33) pitched a strong game as well but took the loss.
Cincinnati (H) 3 New York (NL) 2
Cincinnati just completed a five-game
series where they went 2-3 versus third-place Brooklyn and today they are
starting a five-game series against the league-leading New York Giants. After
this, they get a day off to travel eastward where they will begin a pair of
four-game sets against the same two teams.
Catcher Earl Smith
hit a two-run homerun in the top of the fifth to tie the Giants back up at 2-2,
but then the Reds tacked on a run in the bottom of the seventh and Ray Fisher
(10-4, 3.54), along with some ninth-inning help from Dutch
Ruether, held off New York for the win.
Pittsburgh (H) 7 Brooklyn 1
The Pirates led 7-0 after the third,
including a four-run second inning. Clarence
Mitchell entered the game in relief for Rube
Marquard (5-7, 4.29) and shut down Pittsburgh the rest of the way, but the
damage was done. Elmer
Ponder (6-3, 1.87) went all the way for the win.
St. Louis (NL) (H) 5 Boston (NL) 0
Bill Doak
(12-6, 2.22) threw a complete-game shutout as the Cardinals took an early lead
with two runs in the fifth and then added some insurance runs with a three-run
eighth.
Thursday, July 22, 1920
Transactions:
Cleveland outfielder George H.
Burns returned to play on 07/23/1920
Philadelphia pitcher Johnny
Enzmann made his Season Debut on 07/23/1920
Pittsburgh outfielder Bill
Hinchman returned to play on 07/23/1920
Chicago (AL) 9 Boston (AL) (H) 7
It was a pitcher's duel until the Red
Sox exploded for five runs in the bottom of the sixth, and then the White Sox
came back with a five-run inning of their own in the top of the seventh. With
both teams now knee-deep into their bullpens, Chicago scored three times in the
eighth and held off Boston for the win. Dickey Kerr
(8-3, 2.81) got the win after he was bailed out by his teammates.
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| Wally Pipp |
New York (AL) (H) 6 Cleveland 1
The Yankees used the power of the long ball to their advantage as shortstop Roger
Peckinpaugh (#6), first baseman Wally Pipp
(#8), and left fielder Babe Ruth (#34) all went deep. Rip Collins
(4-5, 2.90) got the win over Stan
Coveleski (15-6, 3.44).
Philadelphia (AL) (H) 4 Detroit 1
Slim
Harriss (2-10, 4.98) pitched a gem and got the win over Doc Ayers
(5-4, 3.84), the difference being that the A's occasionally bunched their nine
hits while the Tigers strung out their eight hits.
St. Louis (AL) 9 Washington (H) 3
St. Louis started the day in fourth
place in the AL, 0.5 games ahead of Washington, and the Browns were looking to
extend their lead. First baseman George
Sisler led the way as he went 5-for-5 (.478) with three runs scored, four
RBI's, with a double, and a homerun. Urban
Shocker (17-3, 2.36) went all the way for the win.
Chicago (NL) (H) 6 Philadelphia (NL) 3
The Cubs led 6-0 after the third with
catcher Tom
Daly's three RBI's providing the punch. Lefty Tyler
(5-7, 3.78) went all the way for the win.
New York (NL) 4 Cincinnati 3 (11)
The Giants were able to end their
six-game losing streak, but the Reds made them work for it. New York scored
three runs in the top of the eighth to take a 3-1 lead, but Jesse
Barnes (14-6, 2.15) couldn’t hold the lead and Cincinnati scored a run in
the eighth and then tied it at 3-3 in the ninth. New York plated a run in the
top of the eleventh and this time Barnes was able to hold off the Cincinnati
attack, although the Reds did have runners on second and third when the final
out was recorded.
Brooklyn 6 Pittsburgh (H) 0
Leon Cadore
(11-5, 2.83) held the hometown Pirates to three hits and went all the way for
the shutout victory. Center fielder Hi Myers
led the offensive attack by going 5-for-5 (.355) with three runs scored, two
RBI's, and with two doubles.
St. Louis (NL) (H) 5 Boston (NL) 4
The Braves slowly built a 4-1 but then
the Cardinals scored twice in the bottom of the seventh to cut the lead to 4-3 then in the eighth third baseman Milt Stock
hit a two-out two-RBI single to give St. Louis its first lead of the game. Ferdie
Schupp (5-12, 6.15) struggled again but was happy to walk away with the win
over Joe
Oeschger (5-9, 4.02).
Friday, July 23, 1920
Transactions:
Pittsburgh infielder Bill McKechnie
was injured (?) on 07/22/1920
Cincinnati infielder Ed Sicking
was injured (?) on 07/22/1920
Chicago (NL) pitcher Abraham
Bailey returned to the mound on 07/24/20
Philadelphia (NL) pitcher Huck Betts
returned to the mound on 07/24/1920
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| Mike Menosky |
Boston (AL) (H) 4 Chicago (AL) 0
(Grand Slam!)
Red Faber
(13-9, 1.94) was experiencing control problems in the bottom of the third so
with two outs and the bases loaded he decided to throw one right down the
middle to weak-hitting left fielder Mike
Menosky and Menosky absolutely launched it for a grand slam homerun (#2).
The White Sox outhit the Red Sox 8-6, but Herb
Pennock (9-10, 3.35) kept the visitors off the scoreboard and got the
shutout victory.
New York (AL) (H) 14 Cleveland 0
The Yankees scored four times in the
first, three times in the second, and then added on five more in the fourth as
they steamrolled the visiting Indians. New York collected twenty hits and eight
walks on the day, with every player getting at least one hit, at least one run scored,
and only Bob
Shawkey (13-6, 2.33) didn’t have an RBI.
Philadelphia (AL) (H) 4 Detroit 3
The A's would score but the Tigers
would answer back, at least until Philadelphia pushed across a run in the
bottom of the eighth to take a 4-3 lead. Eddie
Rommel (1-1, 5.08) made his first major league start today and went all the
way for the complete-game victory.
Washington (H) 4 St. Louis (AL) 3
A nail-biter as neither team could run
away with it. Tom Zachary pinch-hit in the bottom of the ninth for Eric
Erickson (10-4, 3.33) and drew a walk, eventually advanced to third, and
then scored the game-winner on a two-out single by left fielder Clyde Milan.
Philadelphia (NL) 4 Chicago (NL) (H) 2
The Phillies built an early lead, then the
Cubs came back to make it close, but that was all they could do as George
Smith (6-8, 4.50) went nine up-nine down over the final three innings to
secure the win.
New York (NL) 3 Cincinnati (H) 1
Both teams scored a run in the first
but it was only the visiting Giants that added on as Rube Benton
(6-7, 3.48) got the win over Dutch
Ruether (14-6, 1.75). The Reds out-hit the Giants 10-8, but they were unable to otherwise cross the
plate after the first.
Pittsburgh (H) 4 Brooklyn 2
Both teams scored a run in the fourth
inning and then the Pirates came right back with three runs in the bottom of
the fifth. Babe Adams
(12-7, 1.33) got the win over Al Mamaux
(4-7, 2.93).
St. Louis (NL) (H) 8 Boston (NL) 5
The Cardinals led 6-1 after the fifth
but then the Braves exploded for four runs in the top of the sixth to make it
close. Jesse
Haines (17-4, 2.74) regained his composure and shut down Boston the rest of
the way for the win.
Saturday, July 24, 1920
Transactions:
Pittsburgh outfielder Bill
Hinchman made his Major League Finale on 07/23/1920. Pittsburgh catcher Walter
Schmidt was injured (?) on 07/23/1920
New York (NL) catcher Lew McCarty
(Team Finale 07/23/1920) was released
Philadelphia (NL) infielder Ralph
Miller was injured (?) on 07/23/1920
St. Louis (AL) catcher Pat Collins
returned to play on 07/25/1920
Boston (NL) infielder Oscar Dugey
made his Season Debut on 07/25/1920
Chicago (AL) outfielder Amos Strunk
(Team Debut 07/25/1920) was claimed on waivers from Philadelphia (AL) on
07/23/1920
Chicago (AL) 4 Boston (AL) (H) 0
The visiting White Sox ground out
three early runs and led 3-0 after the third while Eddie
Cicotte (14-4, 3.27) was holding the Red Sox to only two hits for the day.
Cleveland 7 New York (AL) (H) 6
The Indians ended their four-game
losing streak in a madcap end-of-game sequence where lot the lead, regained it,
and then almost blew the lead. Jack Quinn
hit a homerun (#2) to tie the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the seventh and then
in the eighth a Babe Ruth
homerun (#34) put New York ahead 5-3. The reliable Carl Mays
(17-6, 1.94) was brought in to finish the ninth but Cleveland jumped up with
four runs in the top half of the inning to take a 7-5 lead, the big hit being a
run-scoring double by Jim Bagby
(17-6, 2.64). Bagby almost let the lead evaporate in the bottom half of the
inning but finally got the third out.
Philadelphia (AL) (H) 2 Detroit 1 (16)
The Tigers scored the game at 1-1 in
the top of the fourth and that was all the scoring until pinch-hitter Dick Burrus
successfully squeezed first baseman Ivy Griffin
with the game-winner in the bottom of the sixteenth. Scott Perry
(8-15, 3.47) got the complete-game victory over Howard
Ehmke (6-13, 3.13).
St. Louis (AL) 1 Washington (H) 1 (5)
(Tie Game)
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Chicago (NL) (H) 11 Philadelphia (NL)
10 (10)
The Phillies scored six times in the
top of the second to take a 6-2 lead and the Cubs spent the rest of the game
trying to catch up. Finally, a four-run ninth accomplished the trick and tied
the score at 10-10 and the game moved into extra innings. In the bottom of the
tenth Paul
Carter (4-4, 3.53) tried to single catcher Bill
Killefer home with the game-winner but Killefer was thrown out, so the next
batter, right fielder Max Flack,
also singled and Carted was able to dash home for the victory.
New York (NL) 9 Cincinnati (H) 2
The Giants took a 5-1 lead with a
four-run fifth (three unearned), the big hit being a two-out two-run single by
third baseman Frankie
Frisch. Hod Eller
(2-7, 4.83) got into trouble again in the seventh and before it was all over
New York had another four-run inning, more than enough for Art Nehf
(13-4, 2.96) to pick up the win.
Pittsburgh (H) 6 Brooklyn 3
No big innings, but the Pirates just
motored their way past the Robins by building an early 4-0 lead, and then Wilbur
Cooper (15-5, 1.73) continued his amazing season by holding off a minor
late-inning rally attempt by Brooklyn.
St. Louis (NL) (H) 3 Boston (NL) 2
(13)
The score was tied 2-2 after the
second but then the next ten innings went scoreless, the Cardinals finally
scoring a run when third baseman Milt Stock
tripled in the bottom of the thirteenth and was promptly singled home by second
baseman Rogers
Hornsby for the game-winner.
Sunday, July 25, 1920
Transactions:
Philadelphia (AL) infielder Fred Thomas
(Team Finale 07/24/1920) was placed on waivers
New York (AL) pitcher Lefty
O'Doul returned to the mound on 07/26/1920
Note: Yesterday ended as the AL
Midwest teams jumped on trains to head back towards home, while the AL East
teams reseated themselves along the east coast. The NL teams stayed in place
for one more day, with the exception that Pittsburgh and Brooklyn bypassed the
Pennsylvania Sunday Blue Laws by catching a train to Brooklyn for the game
today.
Cleveland (H) 6 Chicago (AL) 5
The Indians started the day 6.0 games
behind the tied-for-first-place White Sox but they still have their eyes set on
a pennant. Chicago scored four runs in the top of the fourth to take a 4-1 lead
but it wouldn't hold as Cleveland kept coming and eventually tied the score at
4-4 in the seventh. The White Sox took the lead when they scored in the top of
the ninth, but third baseman Larry
Gardner came through with a two-run single in the bottom of the ninth for
the come-from-behind win.
St. Louis (AL) 2 Detroit (H) 1
The Browns were held to only two runs
today, both coming in the top of the fourth, one on a squeeze bunt and the other on
a sacrifice fly, but that was enough for Urban
Shocker (18-3, 2.29) to get the win. Red Oldham
(6-8, 3.97) only allowed three hits but took the unfortunate loss. Left fielder
Bobby
Veach hit two triples but didn't score after either one sealing the
Tigers' fate.
New York (AL) (H) 12 Boston (AL) 1
Carl Mays
(18-5, 1.90) held the Red Sox to three hits while he himself went 3-for-5 on
the day with three RBI's as the Yankees powered past the visitors for the easy
win. Left fielder Babe Ruth
went 3-for-3 (.380) with two walks, three runs scored, two RBI's, and a double
while right fielder Bob Meusel
checked in with a 4-for-5 day that included two runs scored, three RBI's, and
two doubles.
Washington (H) 5 Philadelphia (AL) 0
Washington scored two runs in the
first and then two more in the third and Jim Shaw
(4-10, 4.77) had what he needed to go all the way for the shutout victory.
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| Howdy Caton |
Pittsburgh 4 Brooklyn (H) 1
Both teams caught an overnighter from
Pittsburgh to escape the Pennsylvania Blue Laws and to resume their series
today in Brooklyn. Pittsburgh built an early 4-0 lead, the big hit being a
two-out two-run double off the bat of Howdy Caton
in the top of the fourth. Elmer
Ponder (7-3, 1.79) gave up ten hits on the day, but the Robins were never
able to mount a serious attack.
Chicago (NL) (H) 3 Philadelphia (NL) 1
The Phillies scored a run in the first
and Eppa
Rixey (8-13, 4.29) kept the Cubs off the scoreboard until the eighth inning
when center fielder Dode
Paskert tripled home two runs to give Chicago the lead. Pete
Alexander (12-13, 2.00) finished strong and took home the win.
Cincinnati (H) 9 New York (NL) 4
Third baseman Frankie
Frisch hit a three-run homerun (#2) in the top of the first but by the end
of the fourth the Reds had tied the score at 4-4 and then they proceeded to run
away with it from there. Slim Sallee
(8-5, 3.36) went all the way for the much-needed win. These two met for a
five-game series and Cincinnati won the first one to pull with 1.5 games of
first, but then New York won the next three, so this win was much-needed by the
Reds.
Boston (NL) 4 St. Louis (NL) (H) 3
The score went back and forth until
the Braves scored two runs on right fielder Eddie Eayrs
two-out two-run single. Mule Watson
(2-2, 2.89) got the win with some late-inning help from Hugh
McQuillan.
