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Final individual pitching statistics by team . . .

1919 AL - Final Individual Batting

Final individual batting statistics by team . . .

1919 AL - Final Pitching Leaders

Final American League pitching leaderboards . . .

1919 AL - Final Batting Leaders

Final American League batting leaderboards . . .

1919 AL - Final Team and League Statistics

Final American League team and League statistics . . .

1919 AL - Games of Monday, 29 September

Yankees 7, Athletics 2: In the final game of the American League campaign, New York brushed aside the last-placed As in front of a small, resigned gathering at Shibe Park that watched the home team lose for the 95th and final time of a long, painful season. The Athletics took a 2-1 lead in the 3rd when Amos Strunk delivered a two-out, two-run single, but the Yankees scored three times in the 6th (four straight base hits to start the inning) and then again in the 7th and George Mogridge (7-8) finished off the Philadelphians in style by setting down the final eleven hitters. Chick Fewster had three hits for New York, and he and Duffy Lewis each drove home a pair of runs. [box]

1919 AL - Games of Sunday, 28 September

Tigers 12, White Sox 4: Detroit built a slim lead over Chicago and then piled on with a six-run 9th inning that erased any doubt at Comiskey Park. A four-run 4th, keyed by Bob Jones' two-run double, gave the Tigers an early 4-2 lead and they nursed this advantage through seven innings as the two clubs exchanged single runs in both the 5th and the 7th. In the 9th, though, four hits, two walks and a Buck Weaver error conspired to produce six runs and Doc Ayers (6-4) set the home side down in order in the bottom of the 9th. Oscar Stanage had four RBI for Detroit, but the real batting story of the day was Ty Cobb - the Tiger star came to the plate for the final time of the season in that 9th inning batting 0.3993 for the campaign, and delivered his second hit of the game to finish with a .400 batting average for the third time in his career (and the first since 1912). [box]

1919 AL - Games of Saturday, 27 September

White Sox 13, Tigers 7: Detroit pitchers walked sixteen men, and their hitters stranded fourteen base runners, as they fell well short of Chicago at Comiskey Park. The Tigers actually led 6-5 through five-and-a-half innings before getting blitzed by seven Sox scores, with the help of seven bases on balls, over the next two frames. Eddie Collins and Chick Gandil drove in three runs each while Swede Risberg doubled and scored three times. Nemo Leibold set a new big-league record by drawing six walks, breaking the record of five last reached by Tris Speaker in 1912. [box]

1919 AL - Games of Friday, 26 September

Yankees 8, Athletics 1: New York won going away at the Polo Grounds, as they broke open a low-scoring affair with a pile of late runs. It was a 1-1 game when the Yankees came to bat in the 6th but, after one out, they strung together four consecutive singles against Ray Roberts (1-1), and another with two outs to score three times. Four more runs crossed the plate in the home 8th behind Sammy Vick's three-run home run and Carl Mays (12-14) retired the last eight men to keep the As at bay. Vick had five RBI in the game to power the Yanks' attack. [box]

1919 AL - Games of Thursday, 25 September

Tigers 7, Indians 6: A close, well-pitched contest went to hell in a handbasket in the final inning, as Cleveland used a big outburst to grab the lead and then could not hold off Detroit's rally in the bottom of the 9th. The teams traded single runs on three occasions, resulting in a 3-3 game after Ty Cobb's RBI single in the 7th, but neither starting pitcher would survive the 9th. The Indians loaded the bases with one out in the top half and then Bill Wambsganss "took one for the club", as Bernie Boland's shooter made a bee-line for his hip, to give CLE the lead. Joe Harris scored from third when Elmer Smith grounded back to Boland and the pitcher could not get the ball to the plate in time, and an Eddie Ainsmith passed ball brought Wambsganss home with a third run. That left Elmer Myers (11-7) with three outs to get, and he got exactly none of them. He walked Donie Bush to start the inning and then allowed three straight singles to score two runs and put the tying and winning runs aboard, and then had to face the dangerous Harry Heilmann; "Slug" lived up to his nickname with a two-base hit that tied the scores. This was enough for Tris Speaker, who pulled the dejected Myers in favor of Johnny Enzmann, but the promising youngster had not seen much duty since early in the season, and was probably not at his sharpest when he served up a base hit to Chick Shorten that scored Bobby Veach with the deciding run. Ty Cobb (.401) and Bob Jones had three hits apiece for the Tigers, while Harry Lunte had a forgettable day with three errors at short for the Indians. [box]

1919 AL - Ruth's chase of the all-time home run record

Player	Year	Team	GP	HR
Ruth, Babe	1919	Boston AL	124	37
Williamson, Ed	1884	Chicago NL	107	27
Freeman, Buck	1899	Washington NL	155	25
Pfeffer, Fred	1884	Chicago NL	112	25
Cravath, Gavvy	1915	Philadelphia NL	150	24
Dalrymple, Abner	1884	Chicago NL	111	22
Anson, Cap	1884	Chicago NL	112	21
Schulte, Frank	1911	Chicago NL	154	21
Thompson, Sam	1889	Philadelphia NL	128	20

1919 AL - Games of Wednesday, 24 September

Yankees 7, Red Sox 3: New York rapped five doubles, while Boston could only muster four hits in total as the Yankees won at home. Two runs in each of the 1st, 3rd and 4th were more than enough to put NY in front comfortably, and Jack Quinn (21-11) held the Sox to a single unearned run until tiring slightly and walking two that later scored in the 9th. Frank Baker had four hits, three of them doubles, and drove in four runs for the Yankees. [box]

1919 AL Players of the Week - 21 September

The Batter and Pitcher of the Week in the American League for the week of 15-21 September are (* denotes a League-leading total) . . .

1919 AL - Games of Sunday, 21 September

Indians 5, Nationals 2: Cleveland shocked Washington and hurler Jim Shaw with four runs in the 9th inning to turn the game on its head and avoid, at the last possible moment, the embarrassment of a four-game series sweep at the hands of the Nationals. The home team had taken a 2-1 lead in the 4th when two walks and a single loaded the bases for Joe Judge, who ripped a two-out, two-run single. But that was the end of the action as Shaw and Ray Caldwell (8-11), who struck out an AL season-high eleven men, were setting the batters down with regularity. That came to halt for Shaw (16-20) in the top of the 9th - Ray Chapman led off with a triple, Tris Speaker walked, and Joe Harris lined one of his two doubles to bring home the tying run. After Larry Gardner grounded out slowly to second to score Speaker to break the tie, Bill Wambsganss singled home another and Patsy Gharrity threw away Caldwell's dribbler in front of the plate to allow a fourth run to cross the plate. Caldwell was making no mistake in the home 9th, walking a man but inducing three routine groundouts to send the Griffith Stadium home with their brooms tucked under their arms. [box]

1919 AL- Ruth's chase for the all-time home run record

Player	Year	Team	GP	HR
Ruth, Babe	1919	Boston AL	122	36
Williamson, Ed	1884	Chicago NL	107	27
Freeman, Buck	1899	Washington NL	155	25
Pfeffer, Fred	1884	Chicago NL	112	25
Cravath, Gavvy	1915	Philadelphia NL	150	24
Dalrymple, Abner	1884	Chicago NL	111	22
Anson, Cap	1884	Chicago NL	112	21
Schulte, Frank	1911	Chicago NL	154	21
Thompson, Sam	1889	Philadelphia NL	128	20

1919 AL- Games of Saturday, 20 September

Nationals 5, Indians 1: Four Cleveland errors were their eventual undoing, as a pile of unearned runs allowed 21-year-old Bill Snyder to earn a victory in his first big-league start. Snyder (1-1) was outstanding, allowing seven hits and walking none, while Stan Coveleski (15-16) was nearly as good for the Indians. The game was scoreless in the 7th when Larry Gardner's fumble kept the inning alive long enough for Joe Judge to smack his third home run of the season, and a Jack Graney misplay of Sam Agnew's single in the 8th allowed two more runs to score. Snyder's armor was finally pierced for a single run in the 9th but the young righty, who hadn't pitched an inning in pro ball before being signed by the Nats, finished up in style. [box]

1919 AL - Games of Friday, 19 September

November 07, 2024 by JSCjr

Yankees 5, Tigers 3: George Mogridge recovered from a shaky start to pitch effectively into the 9th inning and knocked in the eventual deciding runs with a two-run single as New York edged Detroit. The Tigers whacked Mogridge around a bit in the 1st, with three doubles leading to a pair of Detroit runs, but New York squared things up in the 3rd behind a walk and three consecutive two-out singles from the top of the order. In the home 4th, a Donie Bush bobble put the leadoff man aboard, and a Ping Bodie single and a walk loaded the bases with Mogridge due up. The NY lefty failed to get a squeeze bunt down but then slapped a ground ball through the infield that scored two runs to put the Yanks in front. Mogridge (6-8) sailed through the middle innings on the hill, only having to survive one real threat when he walked two and hit a man to load the bases with two gone in the 6th, but he sagged in the final frame and was lifted after allowing an unearned runs and then walking two more to fill the bases with only one out. Bob Shawkey came into the game and struck out Bobby Veach and got Harry Heilmann to sky a ball to right field for the final out. [box]

1919 AL - Ruth's chase for the all-time home run record

November 05, 2024 by JSCjr

Player	Year	Team	GP	HR
Ruth, Babe	1919	Boston AL	119	35
Williamson, Ed	1884	Chicago NL	107	27
Freeman, Buck	1899	Washington NL	155	25
Pfeffer, Fred	1884	Chicago NL	112	25
Cravath, Gavvy	1915	Philadelphia NL	150	24
Dalrymple, Abner	1884	Chicago NL	111	22
Anson, Cap	1884	Chicago NL	112	21
Schulte, Frank	1911	Chicago NL	154	21
Thompson, Sam	1889	Philadelphia NL	128	20

1919 AL - Games of Thursday, 18 September

November 05, 2024 by JSCjr

Tigers 5, Red Sox 4: Three 9th-inning walks proved fatal to Boston's chances as Detroit took advantage of the charity to score twice in the final inning and hold on for a narrow victory in The Hub. Babe Ruth extended his single-season home run record to 35 with a solo shot in the bottom of the 8th that tied the game at two runs apiece, but Sam Jones (11-17) didn't have the gas, or the support, to hold on in the 9th. Eddie Ainsmith led off with a little dribbler toward third base which the slick-fielding Ossie Vitt should have just eaten, but his wild heave to first allowed Ainsmith to take second. Jones then, unforgivably, walked pitcher Howard Ehmke to put himself in real trouble. Donie Bush sacrificed the runners into scoring position and, again, Jones issued four wide ones to one of the weaker hitters in the League (this time, it was Ralph Young) to load the bases with Ty Cobb, Bobby Veach and Harry Heilmann coming to bat. Ed Barrow came to the mound, and Jones left with him as Bob McGraw trotted to the slab to try to dig the Sox out of the big hole in which they found themselves. But McGraw walked Cobb to force in the go-ahead run and then Wally Schang let a bender get through him for a passed ball that provided an insurance marker for Detroit, before he managed to escape from the inning. Boston put Ehmke (13-15) under pressure in the home 9th, scoring once on Frank Gilhooley's pinch-hit double, but the tall Tiger right-hander got Vitt to tap back to the box for the final out. Veach had three hits for the Tigers, including his League-pacing 40th double, while Stuffy McInnis had two hits and two RBI for Boston. [box]

1919 AL - Games of Wednesday, 17 September

November 04, 2024 by JSCjr

Yankees 26, White Sox 4: New York scored ten times in the the bottom of the 1st inning and that was only the appetizer, as they continued to circle the bases to the tune of twenty-six runs which embarrassed the League champions-elect at the Polo Grounds. "A top-flight ball club should just never put in a performance like that, regardless of whether the games mean anything towards the flag," said Kid Gleason. "Apparently, we've got a fair bit of work to do before the World's Series begins." The opening-inning explosion featured eight hits, two walks, a hit batsman and a Chicago error, with the crowning blow being Duffy Lewis' three-run homer to make the score 6-0. After two more runs in the 2nd, the floodgates were reopened in the 3rd - four bases on balls and five hits led to nine more runs, with Del Pratt administering the coup de grâce with a grand slam home run. Of course this was all plenty for Jack Quinn (19-11) who managed to allow four runs on only four hits, when all four Sox scores crossed the plate on something other than base hits, before setting down seventeen of the final eighteen men to face him. Among the gaudiest of boxscore numbers were Frank Baker's six runs scored and Pratt's seven runs batted in. [box]

1919 AL - Games of Tuesday, 16 September

November 04, 2024 by JSCjr

Indians 4, Athletics 1: Joe Harris' two-run, two-out triple put some distance between Cleveland and Philadelphia. and Stan Coveleski made that edge last until the end at Shibe Park. The Indians led 1-0 through six on a two-out bases-loaded wild pitch by Bob Hasty (0-1) in the 4th, but the visitors immediately threatened in the 7th. Coveleski singled, and both runners were then safe when the As failed to force him at second on a sacrifice bunt by Jack Graney. Ray Chapman bunted them both into scoring position, but Tris Speaker popped out on the infield for the second out. This brought up the dangerous (.382) Harris, but Connie Mack decided to pitch to him with the veteran lefty Gardner on deck, and "Moon" drilled one beyond the reach of Frank Welch for three bases and a pair of runs. Coveleski (15-15) gave one back in the 8th on Ivy Griffin's three-bagger, and allowed singles to the first two batters in the 9th, but got Cy Perkins to bounce into a 6-4-3 twin killing to end the game. [box]

1919 AL - Pitching Leaders through 15 September

October 24, 2024 by JSCjr

Pitching leaderboards in the American League as the campaign enters its final fortnight . . .

1919 AL - Batting Leaders through 15 September

October 24, 2024 by JSCjr

Offensive statistical Leaders in the American League as the campaign enters its final fortnight. . .

1919 AL - Games of Monday, 15 September

White Sox 7, Athletics 5: Two-run singles by Happy Felsch and Swede Risberg in the 8th inning gave Chicago what looked like a comfortable lead, but Philadelphia made them sweat for the final three outs before succumbing at Shibe Park. An error and an passed ball helped the White Sox score twice in the 1st, but the As got one back in the 4th on Ivy Griffin's triple and Frank Welch's groundout, and the other in the 7th when Welch singled with the bases full and two outs. When Chicago came to bat in the 8th, Eddie Collins and Joe Jackson walked around Buck Weaver's single to fill the sacks with Sox with one out. Felsch and Risberg then delivered their key hits to put the visitors up by a score of 6-2, and a Collins RBI single the following inning made it a 7-2 game into the bottom of the 9th. Dave Danforth walked two batters with one out to get himself into hot water, and the A's then wrapped three singles back-to-back around a passed ball to score three runs and put the tying run on base. Whitey Witt could only ground out to first base for the final out, however, to make a winner of Red Faber (15-5). Welch had four hits and three RBI in the losing cause. [box]

1919 AL Players of the Week - 14 September

The Batter and Pitcher of the Week in the American League for the week of 8-14 September are (* denotes a League-leading total) . . .

1919 AL - Games of Sunday, 14 September

Yankees 6, Browns 1: New York broke open a close game with six consecutive hits in the 7th inning as they pulled away from St. Louis at home. The Yankees had just taken a 2-1 lead the previous inning behind a leadoff triple from Wally Pipp and an RBI single by Carl Mays, but it appeared as if the 7th would be a quiet inning when Elam Vangilder retired the first two New Yorkers. But, six batters later, the Yanks had collected five singles, a double and four runs across the plate and Mays (10-13) held St. Louis without a base hit over the final two innings to slam the door closed. Mays and Ping Bodie each had three singles for New York, who amassed sixteen total safeties against Browns pitching. [box]

1919 AL - Games of Saturday, 13 September

Red Sox 7, Indians 1: Harry Hooper had three hits, scored two runs and drove in two more as Boston powered past Cleveland. The Indians took an early lead when Everett Scott's error allowed Larry Gardner to score in the 2nd, but big Boston innings in the 5th and 8th were too much for the Tribe to handle. Hopper's two-run single drew first blood in a four-run 5th and he singled, stole second, and scored the final run of a three-run 8th. Boston benefited from five Cleveland errors (three by Gardner at the hot corner), leading to five unearned runs, and the sharp hurling of Waite Hoyt (8-4), who allowed only four hits and a walk. [box]

1919 AL - Games of Friday, 12 September

October 22, 2024 by JSCjr

Indians 3, Red Sox 2: Stan Coveleski pitched seven strong innings, and delivered the key base hit as Cleveland edged Boston at Fenway Park. The home team led 1-0 when Coveleski (14-15) stepped to the plate with two on and two out in the 4th, and grounded a two-run single off of Sam Jones (11-16) that gave the Indians the lead. Coveleski held Boston to three hits over the next four innings, and then yielded to Tony Faeth for two scoreless innings that sealed the win. Harry Hooper reached base three times for the Sox while Joe Harris and Bill Wambsganss had two hits each for the visitors. [box]

AC Milan 2023/24 replay - 10a giornata

October 20, 2024 by JSCjr

29 October 2023: Looking to carry the momentum from last weekend's domination of Juventus on the trip south to the Stadio Diego Maradona, where the reigning scudetto holders await . . . .

AC Milan 2023/24 replay - 9a giornata

October 20, 2024 by JSCjr

22 October 2023: Perhaps the goals have started to flow, after the big victory in Genoa before the break, but the Juventus defense will provide a stiff test in front of the home crowd at the San Siro today . . . .

AC Milan 2023/24 replay - 8a giornata

October 18, 2024 by JSCjr

7 October 2023: Coming off of two consecutive punchless draws, what will it take to get the Milan attack into first gear, let alone up to full speed? This week it's a short two-hour trip to Liguria and the Luigi Ferraris to take on Genoa, where the visitors will be desperate for points to prop up their already-fading title hopes . . . .

AC Milan 2023/24 replay - 7a giornata

October 18, 2024 by JSCjr

30 September 2023: Up and down performances like a yo-yo as of late but coming home to the Giuseppe Meazza, where the club has won its first two matches without conceding, should help. Lazio will be in town as Milan look to get some sort of positive streak going . . .

AC Milan 2023/24 replay - 6a giornata

27 September 2023: Cagliari are back into the top flight of Italian football, so the annual trip across the Ligurian Sea to Sardinia beckons . . . Milan will be looking to build upon their demolition of Verona (despite some squad rotations, as Leao and Giroud are missing from the attack) while the rossoblu will be looking to capture precious points as they seek to stabilize their Serie A existence.

AC Milan 2023/24 replay - 5a giornata

23 September 2023: Two losses, and two horrific performances on the trot. The calcio media are beside themselves, and the questions about team management that surfaced during the limp defense of the scudetto are back on the front burner - can Milan (2-0-2) make it all better, or at least relieve the pressure and get back onto the front foot, by taking those frustrations out on Hellas Verona at the San Siro? Pioli makes a tactical change, pushing a body up into the midfield to try to improve upon the lack of possession and service that led to a grand total of two shots on goal over the past two matches . . .

AC Milan 2023/24 replay - 4a giornata

16 September 2023: After a right old thumping in Rome the last time out, how will Milan (2-0-1) respond? Will the two-week break give them a chance to lick their wounds and reset, or will the ultimate test of an "away" derby against champions Inter prove to be too much? Despite European play starting in a few days, there is only one change to the squad this week as Pioli already feels the pressure to keep pace in the league . . .

AC Milan 2023/24 replay - 3a giornata

1 September 2023: A visit to the capital city presents an early test for Milan (2-0-0) after a pair of less-than-convincing wins - how will their new look play in the Olimpico against the upper echelon of Serie A? No changes for the rossoneri as Stefano Pioli looks to establish some early-season continuity . . .

AC Milan 2023/24 replay - 2a giornata

26 August 2023: Season debut at the San Siro, as Torino come calling at the Giuseppe Meazza. No changes for Milan (1-0-0) after the rousing comeback win in Bologna . . .

AC Milan 2023/24 replay - 1a giornata

September 26, 2024 by JSCjr

21 August 2023: The 2023/24 Serie A campaign dawned with Milan looking to quickly turn the page on a 2022/23 season that resulted in a disappointing 4th-place finish which felt a million kilometers distant from both the top of the league (20 points behind Napoli) and the previous season's scudetto. Could Stefano Pioli recapture the magic of that 19th Italian championship without the presence of club talismani Paolo Maldini and Zlatan Ibrahimovic? Would a complete revamping of the side's engine room through the transfer signings of the Americans Christian Pulisic and Yunus Musah, Dutchman Tijjani Reijnders and Englishman Ruben Loftus-Cheek revitalize an attack that had suffered from a post-scudetto slump?

Serie A exhibition - 2023-24 Milan-Lecce

September 06, 2024 by JSCjr

For my first game of Inside The Net Soccer, I took a trip to the San Siro to replay (using as-played lineups, cards & dice) the 6 April 2024 match between the Rossoneri and Lecce. In real life, Milan won 3:0 behind goals from Christian Pulisic, Olivier Giroud and Rafael Leao. On the tabletop, Milan won 3:0 on the strength of Giroud's hat trick - he pounced on the ball during a goalmouth scramble to poke it home at 33', took a beautiful through ball from Hernandez and slotted it past Wladimiro Falcone at 39', and tucked away Hernandez's cross at 53'. While Lecce created some chances, they struggled to get the ball out of their own half and through Milan's five-man midfield for long stretches. I only kept the basic stats, but they are a near-perfect match for the numbers from the real-life match (in parens below). After about the first 15' of game time, I started to get the hang of it and played the second half in something around 30-45 minutes, which is really promising for a first go-round, and found it to be a really fun and engaging simulation of football.

1919 AL - Games of Thursday, 11 September

September 06, 2024 by JSCjr

Red Sox 10, Browns 9: In one of the most improbable comebacks in big-league history, Boston scored seven times in the bottom of the 9th inning (without making a single out) to commit grand larceny in broad daylight, in front of 2200 witnesses. St. Louis had built a 5-3 lead through seven innings, on the strength of a four-run 5th, and then appeared to have blown the game wide open with another four runs in the 8th that were aided and abetted by three free passes from Sam Jones (11-15). Rolla Mapel took the mound in the bottom of the 9th having held the Sox to a single earned run, but was likely feeling the strain of the effort having had only made two previous starts this season. When the first three BOS batters resulted in a hit batsman, two singles and a run, manager Jimmy Burke thought he saw the signs pretty clearly and waved in Rasty Wright to finish off the doubleheader sweep. But Wright (2-4) gave up singles to the first two men to face him, and then kicked a comebacker that loaded the bases with the tying runs, and the small Fenway crowd could smell the scent of crime in the air. Stuffy McInnis singled in one run, and Wright walked PH Wally Schang to force home another and it was suddenly a one-run game and Sunset Jimmy was forced to trudge to the mound again, looking for anyone who could record one out, much less the three required to finish the job. In came the usually reliable Bert Gallia, but the heist was well underway at this point - Red Shannon singled to tie the score, and blooped his second hit of the inning into shallow left field to score McInnis and the theft was complete with no sign of flatfoots or gumshoes to be found anywhere. Demmitt had three RBI, and there were a combined eight fielding errors which led to seven unearned runs. [box]

1983 Stanley Cup Finals - Game One

September 06, 2024 by JSCjr

Carnage at the Northlands Coliseum in Game One of the 1983 Stanley Cup Finals! Edmonton pokes four holes in Billy Smith in the first twelve minutes, but the Isles claw their way back to a 4-4 tie midway through the second period. The teams trade goals three times from there, Bourne scoring with the goalie pulled to make it a 7-7 game with 1:33 remaining.

1919 AL - Games of Wednesday, 10 September

September 04, 2024 by JSCjr

Athletics 4, Tigers 3: The lead changed hands twice in the 9th inning, but Philadelphia had the last laugh as Al Wingo singled home George Burns in the home half of the inning to secure its second consecutive walk-off win over Detroit. The A's led 2-1 through eight innings, after Charlie High's solo homer in the 5th had taken the initiative back for PHA after Ty Cobb had singled, stolen second and third, and scored on Harry Heilmann's hit in the 4th. Dan Boone put on the first two Tigers in the 9th, but Walt Kinney retired the next two while allowing the tying run to score. After walking Cobb intentionally, Kinney (9-14) could not retire Bobby Veach, whose RBU single put Detroit in front by a run. Bernie Boland (17-9) came on in relief of Hooks Dauss to start the bottom of the 9th and got in immediate trouble - he walked Lena Styles to start the inning and then served up a game-tying three-bagger to pinch-hitter Burns. After High lined out sharply to third, Wingo administered the last rites to Detroit with a line-drive base hit to left. [box]

1919 AL - Games of Tuesday, 9 September

September 03, 2024 by JSCjr

Nationals 4, White Sox 1: Walter Johnson pitched a five-hitter with no walks, and Washington made the most of its own four hits to slip past Chicago at Comiskey Park. The Sox scored in the their first turn when Nemo Leibold singled. stole second and scored on Joe Jackson's two-out single. Shoddy glove work erased this lead in the second when two Eddie Collins errors set the table for Johnson to rope a two-run triple and, in both the 5th and the 7th, a pair of Bill James (2-2) walks set up two-out RBI singles by Sam Rice as Washington widened the gap. Johnson (22-6) was overpowering on the hill, setting down twenty-one of the last twenty-two White Sox to win his twenty-second game of the season. [box]

1919 AL - Games of Monday, 8 September

September 03, 2024 by JSCjr

Yankees 9, Red Sox 8: Roger Peckinpaugh and Duffy Lewis homered, and New York rallied with three runs in the 6th to overcome an early Boston lead and win at the Polo Grounds. The Sox scored three times in the first when Babe Ruth homered for the 34th time, with two men aboard, and the visitors led 5-3 before NY got two in the 5th on Del Pratt's two-out two-run single and then took the lead with five hits in the following frame. Lewis's homer in the 7th, and another Pratt run-scoring single in the 8th, proved necessary as Boston scored twice in the 7th and once in the 9th before leaving the tying run at second when Bob Shawkey recorded the final out. Pratt had four hits in the game, and Harry Hopper had three. [box]

1919 AL Players of the Week - 7 September

August 28, 2024 by JSCjr

The Batter and Pitcher of the Week in the American League for the week of 1-7 September are (* denotes a League-leading total) . . .

1919 AL- Games of Sunday, 7 September

August 21, 2024 by JSCjr

White Sox 9, Indians 8: In one of the most improbable finishes of the season, the front-running White Sox put on display the fighting spirit that has carried them away from the American League pack, scoring six times in the bottom of the 9th inning to shock Cleveland and send a crowd of 34,000 at Comiskey Park into a cap-tossing state of delirium. Joe Harris had three hits and knocked in three runs in the first six innings as the Indians built a 7-1 lead, and that advantage was 8-3 into the final inning. Roy Wilkinson (2-0) retired the Clevelanders without incident, and Stan Coveleski - who had allowed six hits and no walks in the first eight innings - took the hill for the last of the 9th. He walked Joe Jackson to lead things off, and Hap Felsch and Chick Gandil followed with singles that produced one run. After a force out, Ray Schalk doubled to score another and Tris Speaker had seen enough - Coveleski was out and Johnny Enzmann was in. Shano Collins was handed a bat in the pitcher's place, and he singled to cut the deficit to 8-6. Enzmann (3-3) recorded the second out by getting Nemo Leibold to pop to short, but Eddie Collins then ripped a line drive to the wall in left-center for three bases, two runs and a tie game. With the huge Sunday gathering on their feet hollering, Buck Weaver blooped one over the infield into shallow right, Collins scampered home, and the Sox were winners for the 84th - and most unlikely - time this season. [box]

1919 AL - Games of Saturday, 6 September

August 21, 2024 by JSCjr

Nationals 3, Yankees 2: Walter Johnson came off the bench and delivered the game-winning hit as Washington scored twice in the bottom of the 9th inning to snatch a win out from under the noses of the New Yorkers. Carl Mays and Jim Shaw locked up in a classic duel, with six scoreless innings of base ball before damage was first done in the 7th. The clubs traded single runs in that inning, courtesy of a Muddy Ruel sac fly and Mike Menosky's fifth home run of the season, but the Yankees jumped ahead again in the 8th when Frank Baker doubled home Chick Fewster. Johnson (21-6) came on in relief of Shaw when the latter put the first two Yanks aboard in the top of the 9th, and escaped a second-and-third, one-out jam by retiring Fewster on a ground ball to short with the infield pulled in and then getting Baker to fly out to the fence in left. Sam Rice started the last of the 9th with a single and was sacrificed to second by Frank Ellerbe. Menosky then singled to tie the game, and Bucky Harris singled him to third. Mays (9-12) whiffed Patsy Gharrity for the second out, and Johnson (a career .225 hitter with more than 100 extra-base hits) stayed in the game to swing the bat. And swing it Barney did, bouncing a 2-2 pitch over the second-base sack and into center field to send Menosky across the plate with the game-winner. Roger Peckinpaugh had three hits in a losing cause. [box]

1919 AL - Games of Friday, 5 September

August 20, 2024 by JSCjr

Red Sox 9, Athletics 2: Babe Ruth and Everett Scott each had three hits, and Boston used a big 8th inning to pull away from Philadelphia in the City of Brotherly Love. The A's scored twice in the 1st after the first four men reached base against Sam Jones (10-14), but the Sox responded with a run in the 3rd on Ruth's two-out RBI double and two in the 4th on Harry Hooper's two-out, two-run two-bagger. It was still a contest at 4-1 after seven innings but Win Noyes (0-5) ran out of steam in the 8th, putting two men on base, and Scott Perry could not find the plate when called upon to bail him out - three bases-loaded walks put Boston well clear and Jones held Philadelphia to three hits over the last seven innings. [box]

1919 AL - Games of Thursday, 4 September

Browns 5, Tigers 4: Jack Tobin had four singles and St. Louis survived a late Detroit rally to win a close one in Detroit. After the Tigers had jumped into the lead in the 1st behind Ty Cobb's RBI single, stolen base and Bobby Veach's triple, the Browns struck back with four straight singles and a sacrifice fly in the 4th that put them in front 4-2. Earl Smith's second RBI single of the game made it 5-2 in the 5th and Rolla Mapel (1-0) looked as if he would hold that edge through to the end, before he wilted in the bottom of the 9th. He drilled Ralph Young in the ribs to start the inning and, one out later, Veach doubled to put two men in scoring position and bring the tying runs to the plate. That man was Harry Heilmann, and he singled to score both runs and that was the afternoon for Mapel. Ernie Koob came on and struck out two of the next three men to leave the tying runs standing on second base. [box]

1919 AL - Games of Wednesday, 3 September

Nationals 4, Athletics 0: In only his second start of the season, Ed Gill spun a complete-game six-hit shutout at Shibe Park. Even his own teammates could have been forgiven for being surprised by the performance, as Gill's only previous start this year, about six weeks ago, was less than notable - eight runs allowed in 3.2 innings at St. Louis in a 14-3 Washington defeat. But on this afternoon he was in complete command from the start, not allowing more than one Athletic to reach base in any inning and walking only one man. The bottom of the Nationals order got him the support he needed by tuning doubles from Mike Menosky and Patsy Gharrity into three 2nd-inning runs, and then tacking on another in the 7th when Menosky singled home Sam Rice. Joe Judge had three hits and a drew a walk from the leadoff spot. [box]

1919 AL - Games of Tuesday, 2 September

Indians 2, Browns 1: Cleveland came out on top in a hurler's tussle at St. Louis behind three hits from Steve O'Neill. The Browns got on the scorecard in their first attempt when Ray Demmitt's two-out single scored a run in the home 1st, but little did they know at the time that this would be all the reward they would get off of Ray Caldwell. Cleveland got that run back in the 3rd when O'Neill tripled with two outs and Caldwell grounded one through the infield for a single, and the same script played out again in the 5th, albeit with no outs. O'Neill laced one over the head of Baby Doll Jacobson in center to begin the inning and raced all the way to third base, and Caldwell poked a single into left field to bring him in and give the Indians the lead. Caldwell took matters into his own right hand the rest of the way, allowing four hits over the final eight innings to one of the League's best batting clubs and retiring the last seven Browns to eliminate any doubt. Urban Shocker (16-10) was the hard-luck loser for St. Louis. [box]

1919 AL- Games of Monday, 1 September