The 1920 Cleveland Indians finished up their championship season by posting a narrow victory in the final game of the campaign, putting their winning margin by two games over the idle 1930 St. Louis Cardinals.
The 1929 New York Yankees, a day being eliminated, hardly bothered to show up for the final game of the season and ended up being swept by the 1925 Washington Senators. The Yankees finished in a tie for third with the 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates and the 1929 Chicago Cubs after the Cubs won the finale to split their series.
Washington’s sweep assured them of a winning record and sixth place, one game ahead of the 1922 New York Giants.
Only two teams finished with losing records and they met in the final week. The 1922 St. Louis Browns won their finale against the 1919 Cincinnati Reds to salvage a series split and put the Reds into the cellar.
Final standings: 1. Cleveland Indians 21-11; 2. St. Louis Cardinals 19-13; T3. New York Yankees 18-14; T3. Pittsburgh Pirates 18-14; T3. Chicago Cubs 18-14; 6. Washington Senators 17-15; 7. New York Giants 16-16; 8. St. Louis Browns 9-23; 9. Cincinnati Reds 8-24.
Cleveland Indians 7, New York Giants 6
The Indians evened up their series after taking a big early lead, then holding on. Steve O’Neill drove in three runs in the first two innings as Cleveland went up 6-1. Doc Johnston’s home run put Cleveland up 7-3 in the sixth. Home runs by Heinie Groh and George Kelly helped the Giants get back within one run, but Duster Mails closed it out for his sixth save of the season.
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS AB R H BI 1920 CLEVELAND INDIA AB R H BI
Dave Bancroft 5 0 1 1 Charlie Jamieson 5 1 2 0
Casey Stengel 4 1 2 0 Doc Johnston 5 2 2 1
Frankie Frisch 4 0 1 1 Tris Speaker 3 1 2 1
Irish Meusel 3 1 1 0 Elmer Smith 4 2 0 0
George Kelly 4 1 1 2 Steve ONeill 4 0 2 3
Ross Youngs 4 1 2 0 Larry Gardner 4 1 1 0
Heinie Groh 4 2 2 1 Ray Chapman 4 0 1 0
Frank Snyder 4 0 0 0 Bill Wambsganss 4 0 1 1
Jesse Barnes BZ 2 0 1 1 Ray Caldwell CYZ 3 0 0 0
Johnny Rawlings 1 0 1 0 Jack Graney 1 0 0 0
Earl Smith 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 6 12 6 TOTALS 37 7 11 6
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 100 020 120 -- 6
1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS 420 001 00x -- 7
LOB--1922 NEW YORK GIANTS 4, 1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS 9.
ERR--Heinie Groh, Casey Stengel. 2B--Tris Speaker, Steve
ONeill. 3B--Casey Stengel. HR--George Kelly, Heinie Groh,
Doc Johnston.
1922 NEW YORK GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jesse Barnes BZ [L] 6.00 9 7 5 3 1 1
Claude Jonnard BXY 2.00 2 0 0 0 3 0
1920 CLEVELAND INDIANS
Ray Caldwell CYZ [W] 7.00 11 4 4 0 0 1
Bob Clark CR 1.00 1 2 2 1 0 1
Duster Mails AXZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Washington Senators 2, New York Yankees 0
Where did the Yankees’ offense go? With a championship on the line, the Murderer’s Row lineup managed just four runs in four games and New York was swept by Washington. The Yankees were swept out for the first and only time this season in the finale thanks to Dutch Reuther. Sam Rice had an RBI triple in the first inning and Reuther had a sacrifice fly in the second to account for Washington’s runs. New York stranded 11 runners, three of them on third base.
1925 WASHINGTON SENA AB R H BI 1927 NEW YORK YANKEE AB R H BI
Earl McNeely 5 0 0 0 Earle Combs 5 0 1 0
Bucky Harris 5 1 3 0 Tony Lazzeri 4 0 2 0
Sam Rice 5 0 1 1 Babe Ruth 4 0 1 0
Goose Goslin 3 0 1 0 Lou Gehrig 4 0 0 0
Joe Judge 0 0 0 0 Bob Meusel 2 0 1 0
Joe Harris 2 0 1 0 Pat Collins 3 0 1 0
Muddy Ruel 4 0 0 0 Mark Koenig 4 0 1 0
Roger Peckinpaugh 4 0 1 0 Joe Dugan 4 0 0 0
Ossie Bluege 4 1 1 0 Waite Hoyt AYZ 2 0 0 0
Dutch Ruether BY 1 0 0 1 Johnny Grabowski 1 0 0 0
Ray Morehart 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 2 8 2 TOTALS 33 0 7 0
1925 WASHINGTON SENATORS 110 000 000 -- 2
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1925 WASHINGTON SENATORS 10, 1927 NEW YORK YANKEES 11.
ERR--Roger Peckinpaugh, Mark Koenig, Joe Dugan. 2B--Ossie
Bluege, Bucky Harris. 3B--Sam Rice. SACF--Dutch Ruether BY.
SACB--Dutch Ruether BY (2). SB--Joe Harris, Roger
Peckinpaugh.
1925 WASHINGTON SENATORS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dutch Ruether BY [W] 9.00 7 0 0 5 9 0
1927 NEW YORK YANKEES
Waite Hoyt AYZ [L] 7.00 8 2 2 3 3 0
Bob Shawkey BK 2.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Chicago Cubs 12, Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Pittsburgh had to feel pretty good after scoring five times in the top of the first inning, which included a three-run homer by Glenn Wright. A solo homer from Paul Waner made it 6-3 Pirates after five innings. But everything fell apart in the bottom of the seventh, as the Cubs scored nine runs on eight hits, with a two-run single from Rogers Hornsby and a three-run homer from Hack Wilson being the biggest blows. Riggs Stephenson hit his third home run in two games, a solo shot in the first inning.
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1929 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Lloyd Waner 5 1 1 0 Norm McMillan 4 3 2 1
Joe Harris 3 1 1 0 Riggs Stephenson 4 3 4 3
Paul Waner 5 2 3 2 Rogers Hornsby 5 1 2 3
Glenn Wright 5 1 1 3 Hack Wilson 5 1 1 3
Pie Traynor 4 1 0 0 Kiki Cuyler 5 1 2 0
Clyde Barnhart 4 1 2 0 Charlie Grimm 5 1 2 1
George Grantham 3 0 1 1 Woody English 2 0 0 0
Johnny Gooch 4 0 0 0 Zack Taylor 4 1 1 1
Vic Aldridge CY 3 0 1 0 Guy Bush BY 2 0 0 0
Kiki Cuyler 1 0 0 0 Cliff Heathcote 1 1 0 0
TOTALS 37 7 10 6 TOTALS 37 12 14 12
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 500 010 010 -- 7
1929 CHICAGO CUBS 102 000 90x -- 12
LOB--1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 6, 1929 CHICAGO CUBS 6.
ERR--Woody English, Norm McMillan. 2B--Rogers Hornsby, Zack
Taylor, Riggs Stephenson (2), Norm McMillan. 3B--Clyde
Barnhart. HR--Paul Waner, Glenn Wright, Hack Wilson, Riggs
Stephenson. SACF--George Grantham. SB--Kiki Cuyler.
1927 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vic Aldridge CY 6.00 8 7 7 5 4 1
Johnny Miljus AYZ [L] 1.00 6 5 5 0 1 1
Mike Cvengros BXW 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1929 CHICAGO CUBS
Guy Bush BY [W] 7.00 8 6 5 2 4 2
Art Nehf C 1.00 1 1 0 0 0 0
Hal Carlson CYZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
St. Louis Browns 4, Cincinnati Reds 3
The Reds regained the lead at 3-2 on pitcher Ray Fisher’s two-run single in the bottom of the fourth. St. Louis tied it in the sixth when Baby Doll Jacobson tripled and scored on an error. The Browns pushed across the winning run in the top of the 10th on Wally Gerber’s two-out single. The Reds stranded the tying run on third base in the bottom of the 10th.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWN AB R H BI 1919 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI
Jack Tobin 4 0 2 0 Heinie Groh 4 1 1 0
Marty McManus 5 1 2 0 Edd Roush 5 0 1 0
George Sisler 5 1 1 0 Jake Daubert 4 0 1 0
Ken Williams 4 1 0 0 Greasy Neale 3 0 0 1
Baby Doll Jacobson 4 1 1 1 Ivey Wingo 5 0 1 0
Hank Severeid 4 0 2 1 Larry Kopf 5 1 1 0
Wally Gerber 5 0 2 1 Morrie Rath 4 0 0 0
Frank Ellerbe 5 0 1 0 Sherry Magee 4 1 2 0
Ray Kolp CYZ 3 0 0 0 Ray Fisher B 1 0 1 2
Eddie Foster 0 0 0 0 Bill Rariden 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 39 4 11 3 TOTALS 35 3 8 3
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 000 201 000 1 -- 4
1919 CINCINNATI REDS 100 200 000 0 -- 3
LOB--1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 10, 1919 CINCINNATI REDS 9.
ERR--Wally Gerber, Morrie Rath, Larry Kopf (2). 2B--Heinie
Groh. 3B--Baby Doll Jacobson. SACF--Hank Severeid. SACB--Ray
Fisher B (2), Greasy Neale. SB--Sherry Magee.
1922 ST. LOUIS BROWNS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ray Kolp CYZ 8.00 7 3 3 2 2 0
Rasty Wright B [W] 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
Hub Pruett AKW [S] 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
1919 CINCINNATI REDS
Ray Fisher B 9.00 9 3 3 4 2 0
Jimmy Ring BY [L] 1.00 2 1 0 0 1 0
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