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

Player	Year	Team	GP	HR
Ruth, Babe	1919	Boston AL	102	30
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, 28 August

Yankees 5, Nationals 2: Roger Peckinpaugh's three-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the 16th inning broke the hearts of the Washington nine and sent the home assemblage into an exhausted frenzy this afternoon at the Polo Grounds. It had been a long afternoon of outstanding mound work, as expected, with Walter Johnson and Carl Mays locking horns in a marquee matchup that did not disappoint. The visitors dented the scoreboard first when Mike Menosky doubled with one out in the 2nd and scored on a two-bagger from rookie Bucky Harris. That appeared as if it would be enough for the Big Train, who took that slim edge into the 9th inning, but the Yankees scrambled to tie at the final hurdle. Ping Bodie started the inning with a triple, but Johnson got Wally Pipp to pop out on the infield and Del Pratt to ground sharply at Eddie Foster at third with the infield pulled in and Bodie unable to advance. That brought up Duffy Lewis, who didn't have a chance to take the bat off of his shoulder before a Barney slant skidded off the glove of catcher Val Picinich and rolled to the backstop allowing Bodie to score the tying run. Washington again seized the advantage when Clyde Milan hit his first four-bagger of the campaign to lead off the 11th inning, but New York fought back again as Johnson tired and put the first two men aboard via a hit batsman and a walk before Frank Baker singled home the leveler. The home team got two men on base in the 12th, 13th and 14th but could not score, while Washington's bats ran dry (one hit in the final five frames). In the home half of the 16th, with Jim Shaw (12-19) in his sixth inning of relief, Muddy Ruel singled with one out and took second when Chick Fewster slapped a base hit with two away. That brought up the stalwart Yankee shortstop, who ended the marathon affair with a long fly ball that settled into the seats down the left-field line. Bob Shawkey (16-10) pitched four hitless innings of relief for NY and Peckinpaugh, Baker and Sam Rice each collected three hits. [box]