The championship of season 2 has been decided, and it’s the 1920 Cleveland Indians that will come out on top. After the Indians again lost to the 1922 New York Giants, the clincher came as a result of the 1927 New York Yankees falling to the 1925 Washington Senators for the third straight game.
The Indians are 20-11 with one game to play. But, there’s still some jockeying for positions two through five.
The 1930 St. Louis Cardinals’ season is complete at 19-13. The Yankees and the 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates, both at 18-13, can climb into a tie for second place with the Cardinals with victories in their season finales. The 1929 Chicago Cubs, who have lost two of three to Pirates and are at 17-14, could finish as high as a tie for third with a win and a Yankee loss.
The Giants and Senators are both 16-15 and will face the Indians and Yankees one more time hoping to stay above .500 and in sixth place.
The 1919 Cincinnati Reds and the 1922 St. Louis Browns are tied with 8-23 records, and the winner in their season-ending meeting will avoid the cellar.
The championship has been won, but still to be decided on the final day of the season:
Who will win the batting title? Paul Waner of the Pirates has taken over the lead at .368, and he’s followed by Elmer Smith (Indians) at .366, Bob Meusel (Yankees) at .358 and Lloyd Waner (Pirates) at .351.
Babe Ruth hit his 11th home run of the season in gameday #3, tying him for the league lead with St. Louis’ George Watkins. Can the Bambino hit one more to win the home run crown outright?
The Yankees’ Waite Hoyt goes for his seventh win of the season, which would tie him for the league lead with St. Louis’ Burleigh Grimes.
New York Giants 5, Cleveland Indians 2
It was tied at one after five innings. The Giants went ahead in the sixth on George Kelly’s RBI single, and 3-1 in the seventh on Casey Stengel’s RBI single. Frank Snyder tacked on two more with a single in the eighth inning. Failing to win to clinch the title for themselves, Cleveland’s eyes then turned to New York …
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1920 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI
Dave Bancroft 5 1 2 0 Charlie Jamieson 3 0 0 0
Casey Stengel 4 0 2 2 Doc Johnston 3 0 0 0
Frankie Frisch 5 1 2 0 Tris Speaker 4 0 1 0
Irish Meusel 5 0 1 0 Elmer Smith 4 0 0 0
George Kelly 4 1 2 1 Steve ONeill 4 1 1 0
Ross Youngs 3 1 0 0 Larry Gardner 3 1 0 0
Heinie Groh 4 0 1 0 Ray Chapman 3 0 1 1
Frank Snyder 4 1 2 2 Jack Graney 0 0 0 0
Rosy Ryan BX 3 0 0 0 Bill Wambsganss 3 0 2 1
Guy Morton CXY 1 0 0 0
Joe Evans 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 5 12 5 TOTALS 29 2 5 2
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 100 001 120 -- 5
1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS 000 010 100 -- 2
LOB--1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 8, 1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS 7.
ERR--Larry Gardner. 2B--Frankie Frisch, George Kelly, Irish
Meusel, Bill Wambsganss. 3B--Dave Bancroft, Ray Chapman.
SACF--Casey Stengel. SACB--Rosy Ryan BX, Guy Morton CXY.
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rosy Ryan BX [W] 8.67 5 2 2 6 5 0
Hugh McQuillan B [S] 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0
1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS
Guy Morton CXY [L] 7.33 10 5 5 1 7 0
Duster Mails AXZ 1.67 2 0 0 0 1 0
Washington Senators 4, New York Yankees 2 (13 inn.)
After scoring just two runs in the previous two games, New York got off to a good start with Babe Ruth’s solo homer in the first inning and Joe Dugan’s RBI single in the second. But the Yankees’ bats turned cold once again. The Senators tied it in the seventh on Muddy Ruel’s RBI single. New York had a chance to win it in the ninth but had a runner thrown out at home plate trying to score from second off a base hit. It stayed tied until the 13th. With two outs, Sam Rice singled, then scored on Goose Goslin’s double, who then scored on Joe Judge’s RBI single. New York brought the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the 13th but Lou Gehrig hit into a game-ending double play.
1925 WASHINGTON SENA AB R H BI 1927 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI
Earl McNeely 5 0 2 1 Earle Combs 6 0 2 0
Bucky Harris 5 0 0 0 Tony Lazzeri 5 0 1 0
Sam Rice 5 1 1 0 Babe Ruth 4 1 1 1
Goose Goslin 6 2 2 1 Lou Gehrig 6 0 1 0
Joe Judge 5 0 1 1 Bob Meusel 5 0 1 0
Muddy Ruel 5 0 3 1 Pat Collins 4 1 2 0
Roger Peckinpaugh 3 0 0 0 Mark Koenig 4 0 0 0
Ossie Bluege 5 1 1 0 Joe Dugan 5 0 2 1
Tom Zachary B 2 0 0 0 Dutch Ruether BZ 3 0 0 0
Joe Harris 1 0 0 0 Johnny Grabowski 1 0 0 0
Firpo Marberry BKY 1 0 0 0 Wilcy Moore AXZ 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 43 4 10 4 TOTALS 44 2 11 2
1925 WASHINGTON SENATORS 001 000 100 000 2 -- 4
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 110 000 000 000 0 -- 2
LOB--1925 WASHINGTON SENATORS 8, 1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 8.
2B--Goose Goslin (2), Tony Lazzeri, Bob Meusel. HR--Babe
Ruth. SACB--Muddy Ruel, Bucky Harris, Roger Peckinpaugh, Tom
Zachary B, Mark Koenig.
1925 WASHINGTON SENATORS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tom Zachary B 9.00 9 2 2 2 7 1
Firpo Marberry BKY [W] 4.00 2 0 0 2 2 0
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES
Dutch Ruether BZ 9.00 6 2 2 1 1 0
Wilcy Moore AXZ [L] 4.00 4 2 2 3 0 0
Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Chicago Cubs 3
Riggs Stephenson blasted two early home runs to give the Cubs a 3-2 lead after three innings. But the Pirates tied it in the fourth thanks to an error. They scored three times in the fifth on Pie Traynor’s RBI single and Clyde Barnhart’s two-run double. Traynor added another RBI single in the seventh. Ray Kremer improved to 5-3 with the win.
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1929 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Lloyd Waner 4 1 1 0 Norm McMillan 5 1 0 0
Joe Harris 4 0 1 0 Riggs Stephenson 3 2 3 3
Paul Waner 4 3 3 1 Rogers Hornsby 4 0 1 0
Glenn Wright 4 1 1 0 Hack Wilson 4 0 0 0
Pie Traynor 5 2 3 3 Kiki Cuyler 4 0 0 0
Clyde Barnhart 4 0 1 2 Charlie Grimm 4 0 2 0
George Grantham 4 0 2 0 Woody English 3 0 0 0
Johnny Gooch 4 0 1 0 Zack Taylor 3 0 0 0
Ray Kremer AYZ 4 0 0 0 Sheriff Blake BYW 2 0 0 0
Cliff Heathcote 1 0 0 0
Mike Gonzalez 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 7 13 6 TOTALS 34 3 6 3
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 200 130 100 -- 7
1929 CHICAGO CUBS 201 000 000 -- 3
LOB--1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 7, 1929 CHICAGO CUBS 7.
ERR--Pie Traynor (2), Norm McMillan (2). 2B--Paul Waner,
Clyde Barnhart, Pie Traynor, Rogers Hornsby, Charlie Grimm
(2). HR--Riggs Stephenson (2). HBP--Woody English.
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ray Kremer AYZ [W] 9.00 6 3 2 2 5 2
1929 CHICAGO CUBS
Sheriff Blake BYW [L] 7.00 10 7 6 3 4 0
Mike Cvengros CY 2.00 3 0 0 1 1 0
St. Louis Browns 6, Cincinnati Reds 0
The Browns’ Elam Vangilder threw a five-hit shutout. He got out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh inning and stranded Reds in scoring position in three other innings. Among the big St. Louis hits were a two-run triple by Hank Severeid in the fourth inning and a two-run double from Frank Ellerbe in the sixth.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWN AB R H BI 1919 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI
Jack Tobin 5 1 1 0 Heinie Groh 3 0 1 0
Marty McManus 4 0 1 0 Edd Roush 4 0 1 0
George Sisler 4 0 1 0 Jake Daubert 4 0 0 0
Ken Williams 3 2 2 0 Greasy Neale 3 0 0 0
Baby Doll Jacobson 1 2 1 1 Ivey Wingo 4 0 1 0
Hank Severeid 3 1 2 2 Larry Kopf 4 0 1 0
Wally Gerber 4 0 0 0 Morrie Rath 4 0 0 0
Frank Ellerbe 4 0 1 2 Sherry Magee 3 0 1 0
Elam Vangilder BZ 4 0 1 1 Hod Eller BKZ 1 0 0 0
Louis Duncan 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 6 10 6 TOTALS 31 0 5 0
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 100 302 000 -- 6
1919 CINCINNATI REDS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 4, 1919 CINCINNATI REDS 8.
2B--Ken Williams, Frank Ellerbe, George Sisler. 3B--Hank
Severeid. HBP--Hank Severeid. SACF--Baby Doll Jacobson.
SACB--Hod Eller BKZ. SB--Heinie Groh.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Elam Vangilder BZ [W] 9.00 5 0 0 3 3 0
1919 CINCINNATI REDS
Hod Eller BKZ [L] 7.00 9 6 6 2 5 0
Roy Mitchell CY 2.00 1 0 0 1 2 0
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