After the opening round of games in the final week of the season, the 1920 Cleveland Indians (20-9) took a step closer to the title with a rout of the 1922 New York Giants (14-15). The 1927 New York Yankees (18-11) had a very costly misstep, as they were blown out by the 1925 Washington Senators (14-15) to fall two games back with just three to go.
The 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates (17-12) remain alive thanks to their win over the 1929 Chicago Cubs (16-13), though they are three back with three to play. The Cubs have been eliminated from contention, as have the idle 1930 St. Louis Cardinals (19-13).
The battle for last place began with the 1919 Cincinnati Reds (7-22) beating the 1922 St. Louis Browns (7-22), putting the teams into a tie.
Cleveland 10, New York Giants 5
The Indians scored multiple runs in four of the first six innings en route to a 10-1 lead. Elmer Smith hit a two-run homer and Steve O’Neill drove in four runs. The Giants scored four late runs but were still doubled up. All nine Indian starters had hits — six of them with multi-hit games — as Cleveland finished with 18 hits in all.
1920 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI 1922 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI
Charlie Jamieson 4 1 3 0 Dave Bancroft 4 0 1 0
Doc Johnston 6 2 2 0 Casey Stengel 4 1 1 1
Tris Speaker 5 2 2 1 Frankie Frisch 5 0 0 0
Elmer Smith 5 2 2 2 Irish Meusel 4 1 1 1
Steve ONeill 5 1 3 4 George Kelly 4 1 1 0
Larry Gardner 4 1 3 1 Ross Youngs 4 1 3 2
Ray Chapman 5 0 1 0 Heinie Groh 3 0 1 1
Bill Wambsganss 4 1 1 0 Frank Snyder 4 1 1 0
Jim Bagby BZ 4 0 1 2 Art Nehf BZ 0 0 0 0
Joe Evans 1 0 0 0 Bill Cunningham 1 0 1 0
Earl Smith 1 0 0 0
Johnny Rawlings 1 0 0 0
Ralph Shinners 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 43 10 18 10 TOTALS 36 5 10 5
1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS 023 203 000 -- 10
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 000 010 040 -- 5
LOB--1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS 10, 1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 7.
ERR--Ray Chapman (2). 2B--Ray Chapman, Steve ONeill (2),
Ross Youngs, Casey Stengel, Bill Cunningham. 3B--Tris
Speaker, Ross Youngs, Frank Snyder. HR--Elmer Smith.
SACF--Heinie Groh, Casey Stengel. SB--Bill Wambsganss, Doc
Johnston.
1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jim Bagby BZ [W] 8.00 9 5 5 1 1 0
Dick Niehaus C 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS
Art Nehf BZ [L] 3.00 10 5 5 1 0 1
Jack Scott CXY 2.00 3 2 2 0 2 0
Fred Toney CR 2.00 4 3 3 2 0 0
Red Causey BRW 2.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
Washington 8, New York Yankees 1
The Senators scored four runs in the second inning thanks to RBI singles by Roger Peckinpaugh and Ossie Bluege and a two-run single by Earl McNeely, and never looked back. Goose Goslin added a two-run homer in the seventh inning among his four hits. Stan Coveleski limited the Yankees to five hits and a single run in the seventh inning on Lou Gehrig’s RBI single.
1927 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI 1925 WASHINGTON SENA AB R H BI
Earle Combs 4 0 0 0 Earl McNeely 5 0 1 2
Tony Lazzeri 3 1 1 0 Bucky Harris 3 2 0 0
Babe Ruth 4 0 0 0 Sam Rice 5 0 2 1
Lou Gehrig 4 0 2 1 Goose Goslin 5 2 4 3
Bob Meusel 4 0 1 0 Joe Judge 4 0 1 0
Pat Collins 3 0 0 0 Muddy Ruel 3 1 1 0
Mark Koenig 3 0 0 0 Roger Peckinpaugh 3 1 1 1
Joe Dugan 3 0 0 0 Ossie Bluege 4 2 2 1
Herb Pennock BZ 2 0 0 0 Stan Coveleski AZ 3 0 0 0
Johnny Grabowski 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 31 1 5 1 TOTALS 35 8 12 8
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 000 000 100 -- 1
1925 WASHINGTON SENATORS 040 000 22x -- 8
LOB--1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 4, 1925 WASHINGTON SENATORS 8.
2B--Tony Lazzeri, Ossie Bluege. 3B--Johnny Grabowski.
HR--Goose Goslin. HBP--Stan Coveleski AZ. SB--Earl McNeely,
Ossie Bluege.
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Herb Pennock BZ [L] 7.00 9 6 6 3 2 1
George Pipgras BXYW 1.00 3 2 2 1 1 0
1925 WASHINGTON SENATORS
Stan Coveleski AZ [W] 9.00 5 1 1 1 2 0
Pittsburgh 5, Chicago 4 (10 inn.)
The game went back-and-forth with multiple lead changes. Chicago tied it at 4-4 in the seventh when pitcher Charlie Root tripled with two outs and scored on Norm McMillan’s single. In the eighth, though, the Cubs had the go-ahead run thrown out at home plate. Pittsburgh’s Clyde Barnhart led off the 10th inning with a walk-off home run.
1929 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1927 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Norm McMillan 5 0 1 1 Lloyd Waner 5 1 1 0
Riggs Stephenson 5 1 2 0 Joe Harris 3 1 1 0
Rogers Hornsby 3 1 1 0 Paul Waner 4 1 1 2
Hack Wilson 4 1 3 2 Glenn Wright 5 0 1 1
Kiki Cuyler 4 0 1 0 Pie Traynor 5 0 2 0
Charlie Grimm 4 0 1 1 Clyde Barnhart 5 1 1 1
Woody English 4 0 0 0 George Grantham 3 1 1 0
Zack Taylor 4 0 0 0 Johnny Gooch 3 0 1 1
Charlie Root AXY 4 1 1 0 Carmen Hill BY 2 0 0 0
Kiki Cuyler 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 4 10 4 TOTALS 36 5 9 5
1929 CHICAGO CUBS 100 200 100 0 -- 4
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 002 011 000 1 -- 5
LOB--1929 CHICAGO CUBS 4, 1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 9.
ERR--Woody English. 2B--Rogers Hornsby, Charlie Grimm, Pie
Traynor, Joe Harris. 3B--Charlie Root AXY, Paul Waner, Lloyd
Waner. HR--Clyde Barnhart. SACF--Paul Waner.
1929 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Charlie Root AXY [L] 9.33 9 5 5 5 2 1
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Carmen Hill BY 8.00 10 4 4 1 6 0
Mike Cvengros BXW [W] 2.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Cincinnati 4, St. Louis Browns 3
The Reds built a 4-0 lead and Sherry Magee drove in three of them, including a two-run single in the top of the sixth. It turned out to be barely enough. The Browns finally got on the board in the seventh on Wally Gerber’s RBI single. They made it a one-run game in the ninth on Baby Doll Jacobson’s two-run double. St. Louis had the tying run on second and the winning run on first with one out, but couldn’t bring them home.
1919 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI 1922 ST. LOUIS BROWN AB R H BI
Heinie Groh 5 0 4 1 Jack Tobin 4 0 0 0
Edd Roush 4 0 1 0 Marty McManus 4 0 1 0
Jake Daubert 4 0 0 0 George Sisler 4 1 2 0
Greasy Neale 4 1 1 0 Ken Williams 3 1 0 0
Ivey Wingo 4 1 1 0 Baby Doll Jacobson 3 1 2 2
Larry Kopf 4 1 0 0 Hank Severeid 4 0 0 0
Morrie Rath 4 0 0 0 Wally Gerber 2 0 1 1
Sherry Magee 4 1 2 3 Frank Ellerbe 4 0 0 0
Dutch Ruether AYW 4 0 1 0 Urban Shocker BXZ 2 0 0 0
Pat Collins 1 0 0 0
Eddie Foster 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 4 10 4 TOTALS 32 3 6 3
1919 CINCINNATI REDS 020 002 000 -- 4
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 000 000 102 -- 3
LOB--1919 CINCINNATI REDS 6, 1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 6.
ERR--Frank Ellerbe. 2B--Heinie Groh, Sherry Magee, George
Sisler (2), Baby Doll Jacobson. SB--Baby Doll Jacobson.
1919 CINCINNATI REDS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dutch Ruether AYW [W] 9.00 6 3 3 4 6 0
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS
Urban Shocker BXZ [L] 8.00 10 4 2 0 6 0
Dave Danforth BKW 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
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