Exactly 100 years ago

[frankbmd]

On August 20, 1924 Casey Stengel hit the last home run of his career.



in person autograph obtained in spring training 1957

Posting one event on the same day 100 years ago will suffice to complete your post.
Cheating is allowed and probably necessary.
Restricted to baseball. This is Net54 after all. The winter months will be tough for that reason. Births and deaths may be used as a last resort.
Do not pre-post for a day in the future. If a day goes by without a post, so be it.

Feel free to post a related card or auto if you can. Let's keep the ball rolling. Tomorrow is August 21, 2024.


Hint: If you have an item you would like to post on a future date, save it and post it in exactly 100 years here on the correct date.

[jingram058]

This is a great idea, Frank! A lot of history upcoming...

[doug.goodman]

Here's a Conlon "Vampire Eyes variation 1 of 1" photo dated 8/20/1924.

[Al C.risafulli]

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[NiceDocter]

OKay I cheated AND had to use the fall back of a birthday..... but this guy was iconic!!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Buck

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by NiceDocter

OKay I cheated AND had to use the fall back of a birthday..... but this guy was iconic!!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Buck

Today is my birthday that I share with Jack Buck, although I’m a tad younger. Ironically I have had several “nicknames” during my life and still have a friend who calls me “Bucket”. Hmmmmmmmmmm.

Thanks for your participation. No further posts are required until tomorrow, but rules are made to be broken in the fine tradition of Net54. Look at what we’ve learned already.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Today is my birthday that I share with Jack Buck, although I’m a tad younger. Ironically I have had several “nicknames” during my life and still have a friend who calls me “Bucket”. Hmmmmmmmmmm.

Thanks for your participation. No further posts are required until tomorrow, but rules are made to be broken in the fine tradition of Net54. Look at what we’ve learned already.

How about some interesting Jack Buck info:

https://www.newstribune.com/news/202...als-announcer/

[GeoPoto]

August 21, 1924 Washington Senators defeated the Chicago White Sox 2-1 before 6,000 at Griffith Stadium. WP: Walter Johnson; Save: Firpo Marberry.


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[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by GeoPoto

August 21, 1924 Washington Senators defeated the Chicago White Sox 2-1 before 6,000 at Griffith Stadium. WP: Walter Johnson; Save: Firpo Marberry.

Here's the first paragraph of Fred "Firpo" Marberry's SABR bio:
"Fred Marberry, one of the best pitchers in baseball for a decade, was the first great hurler to be used primarily as a relief pitcher. He played a large role in Washington’s only World Series triumph, and set many records for relievers that would not be bested for many years. Almost forgotten today, he has been denied larger fame by splitting his career between starting and relieving —had he done one or the other, he might be in baseball’s Hall of Fame today."

In 1924, Marberry's second year in MLB, he led the Majors with 15 saves. He led the Majors in saves again in 1925 and 1926 with 16 and 22, respectively.

[frankbmd]

Every thread needs a Firpo.

[frankbmd]

Bill Pettus passed away on 8/22/1924. His black baseball career spanned from 1909-1923. He was 40 when he passed away. He once played for six different teams in one season.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Bill Pettus passed away on 8/22/1924. His black baseball career spanned from 1909-1923. He was 40 when he passed away. He once played for six different teams in one season.

Well, all I found was game final scores. Now I will look up and read about Bill Pettis.

[GeoPoto]

August 23, 1924. Washington Senators defeated the Chicago White Sox 2-1 before 12,000 at Griffith Stadium. WP: George Mogridge.



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[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by GeoPoto

August 23, 1924. Washington Senators defeated the Chicago White Sox 2-1 before 12,000 at Griffith Stadium. WP: George Mogridge.



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George, this game was noteworthy as well for being the first game in Sam Rice’s 31 game hitting streak during which he only struck out 4 times.

[jingram058]

100 years ago today, Sherm Lollar, yet another superb ballplayer who is 100 percent overlooked today, was born.

[jingram058]

Exactly 100 years ago today, August 24, 1924, the Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 7 to 2 at the Yankee Stadium. Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb each hit a home run. The Yankees fell to 2 games back of the American League-leading Washington Senators with the loss.

[GeoPoto]

August 24, 1924, the Washington Senators defeated the Chicago White Sox 4-1 before an unrecorded crowd at Griffith Stadium. WP: Tom Zachary. Sam Rice was 1-3, extending his hit streak to 2.

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[GeoPoto]

August 25, 1924. The Washington Senators defeated the St. Louis Browns 2-0 before 7,000 fans at Griffith Stadium. WP: Walter Johnson, who pitched a rain-shortened, 7-inning no-hitter to improve to 16-7 on the season. The scheduled second game was rained out. Sam Rice was 1-4.

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[jingram058]

100 years ago today, August 26, 1924, Alex Kellner was born. He won 20 games in 1949 pitching for a bad team. Alex has a losing record for his career due to pitching for bad teams. That's why he is relegated to being a common in all the cards sets. I knew Ozzie Van Brabant's son. Ozzie had a cup of coffee with the Philadelphia Athletics, who were awful during this early 1950s time frame. One name mentioned was Alex Kellner, who Ozzie thought could have been a very good pitcher on a better team.

[frankbmd]

Ted Lyons must have done something on August 27, 1924.

[molenick]

On Aug. 27, 1924 Ted Lyons did something that would probably not happen today. He pitched 8-2/3 innings (which could still happen but does not very often) and gave up 15 hits and 9 runs (8 earned). It is doubtful a pitcher today would be in the game long enough to allow that many runs (or runners). I can't find a pitch count, but I would guess it was "a lot".

He took a 12-3 lead into the ninth but was taken out with the score 12-8 and runners on first and second. Sarge Connally came in and got the (retroactively credited) save by walking one, hitting a batter to force in a run, and getting the last batter to ground out.

[frankbmd]

Goslin hits for cycle and bats in 6 in 11-6 win over the Yankees on August 28, 1924.

[molenick]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Goslin hits for cycle and bats in 6 in 11-6 win over the Yankees on August 28, 1924.

And a card.

[GeoPoto]

(Molenick: Fantastic card! I won't try to top that.)

I will add, however, that Sam Rice had five hits in the game, and deserves a card of his own:

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[jingram058]

Originally Posted by molenick

And a card.

Hitting for the cycle is one of the most underrated accomplishments in baseball.

[cgjackson222]

One hundred years ago today, Cleveland played the (post Black Sox) White Sox in a game that had "No True Outcomes", meaning there were no walks, strikeouts, or Home Runs.

https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/augu...mes-game-ever/

https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/...281CLE1924.htm

Can you imagine a game today without a walk, strikeout or Home Run?

May never happen again.

[GeoPoto]

August 29, 1924. The Washington Senators pushed the New York Yankees another game back as they won 5-1 before 25,000 at Yankee Stadium. WP: Walter Johnson, who took a 5-0 lead into the eighth inning before giving way to Marberry who put out the fire and finished the game. Goslin had another big game, but Joe Judge had a triple to earn a card:



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[frankbmd]

John Dobb, a 22 year old rookie, played in his first ML game on August 13, 1924. He pitched one scoreless inning for the White Sox in Boston.

He sat in the bull pen for 16 days

Seventeen days later on August 30, 1924, he pitched the bottom of the eighth in Cleveland in a game the Sox were already losing 6-9. He gave up 2 runs.

His lifetime ERA was 9.00. He never played in another game, but lived to the ripe old age of 89.

I doubt that he ever had a baseball card, but if anyone has one, let's see it.

Dobb.jpg

yes, this is John Dobb

[frankbmd]

On August 31, 1924 , George Wilson was born. Who the hell is George Wilson you ask?

Well George had a long but mediocre career with a paucity of highlights. But in 1956 he played for both the New York Giants and the New York Yankees. I don't think anyone else in 1956 was a teammate of both Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays, but none of their prowess rubbed off on George.

George returned to the minors in 1957 and continued to drift into oblivion.
His last two years in organized ball were played with the Nishitetsu Lions, where he was a teammate of Kazuhisa Inao, the workhorse of the Lions pitching staff for a number of years.

George retired at the age of 39

[GeoPoto]

September 1, 1924. The Washington Senators defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 5 -3 before 18,000 at Griffith Stadium. WP: Tom Zachary, who went the distance despite allowing three runs in the ninth inning. Joe Judge went 4-4 with (another) triple and two doubles, but Muddy Ruel went 1-3 with a walk and two runs scored, so he gets the card:



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[frankbmd]

September 1, 1924 was another landmark day in baseball history that very few have even heard of. Consider yourself lucky.

9/1/1924 (Athletics at Senators, game 2) - (COURTESY FIELDER) With one out in the Senators 2nd inning Athletics third baseman Sammy Hale ripped his uniform. Rather than delay the game while Hale's uniform was being repaired, Senators manager Bucky Harris allowed Harry Riconda to be a temporary fielder for the rest of the inning (the final two outs of the inning) and Hale was allowed to re-enter the Athletics lineup for his turn at bat in the top of the third inning.

There is no record of subsequent temporary fielders and no photographs to document the tear in Hale's uniform or the resultant exposure.

[ValKehl]

BTW, the Senators won the game against the Athletics that Frank referred to in the previous post by the score of 4 - 3, with Fred "Firpo" Marberry the winning pitcher. By winning both games on September 1st, the Senators maintained their 1.5 game lead over the Yankees, who swept 2 games from the Red Sox on this date.

[ValKehl]

September 2, 1924, was an off day for the Washington Senators. Just before taking the 2 games from the Red Sox in DC on September 1st, the Senators had taken 3 of 4 games from the Yankees at New York, to go from being .5 game behind the Yankees in the AL standings to 1.5 games ahead. The DC fans had never before been so excited about the Senators. I assume President Calvin Coolidge knew a good promotional opportunity when he saw one, for he invited the Senators team to visit the White House on September 2nd, and, of course, photos were taken:

[GeoPoto]

September 3, 1924 was another day without baseball for the Washington Senators, a brief interruption of their pennant struggle with the Yankees. The pitching staff was caught, however, in a picture dated on the 3rd. (Given the background shown, it seems impossible that the picture was actually taken on the third, but perhaps it was issued to help fill the news vacuum created by the off day.) The caption-writer offers an optimistic view of Washington's chances to achieve its unprecedented objective:

[GeoPoto]

September 4, 1924. The Washington Senators routed the Boston Red Sox 12-5 before 12,000 fans at Griffith Stadium. WP: Walter Johnson (19-6); SV: Allen Russell (8). (Here's an odd rabbit hole: The Baseball-Reference Box Score indicates that Russell has been awarded a Save, despite entering the game in relief of Walter Johnson who is credited with 7 innings pitched. Boston scored a run in the top of the seventh inning off Walter to make the score 9-3; Washington scored 3 runs in the bottom of the seventh to get to 12-3 before Russell took over. Doesn't make sense to me.)

Anyway, Sam Rice had a big game (4-6 with 5 RBIs), but the card goes to Bucky Harris who was 3-5 with a walk, an RBI, and three runs scored:

[Beercan collector]

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[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

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Thanks for the preview (.).

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Thanks for the preview (.).

Until we hear from Eric, don't forget that Miss Ruth Malcomson from Philadelphia won the fourth Miss America pageant on this day 100 years ago.

300px-Miss_Philadelphia,_Pa.-_Ruth_Malcolmson_LCCN2014717632.jpg

[cgjackson222]

100 years ago today, Urban Schocker managed to beat the White Sox twice in one day.

In the first game of the double header, Shocker pitched a complete game and gave up 2 runs on 9 hits.

In the second game of the double header, Shocker pitched another complete game and allowed 2 runs on just 5 hits.

The score of both games was 6 to 2.
He struck out but one White Sox player in the 18 innings.

[Beercan collector]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Until we hear from Eric, don't forget that Miss Ruth Malcomson from Philadelphia won the fourth Miss America pageant on this day 100 years ago.

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Thanks I stayed up too late after the Chiefs and forgot . With apologies to cgJackson222 And urban schocker , Probably breaking the rules with two things happening on the same day 100 years ago .. anyhoo ..
On September 6, 1924 the Giants and the Phillies split a doubleheader , scoring a combined 45 runs on 70 hits !
On a sidenote the Phillies were also involved in the double hitter record of 73 combined hits with the Cardinals July 6, 1929

[frankbmd]

If you can figure out what the rules are, don't hesitate to break them. No penalty for being a day or two off either. Sometimes more than one thing happens on one day and some days are slow "news" days.

[frankbmd]

100 years ago today a ballplayer mimicked Shohei Ohtani in Boston.

He walked twice, had one single, was caught stealing and in the eighth inning hit a two run homerun to lead his team to 2-0 victory preserving a 2 hit shutout for Bush.

His name wasn't Pipp.

[ValKehl]

On September 8, 1924, Walter Johnson pitched a complete-game, 8 to 4 win over the Philadelphia Athletics to keep the Senators 2 games ahead of the Yankees in the race for the AL pennant. Player-manager Bucky Harris led the attack with 3 RBIs, and WaJo himself, a very-good-hitting pitcher, chipped in with 2 hits, a RBI and 2 runs scored.

[ValKehl]

Duplicate post - sorry!

[Beercan collector]

September 9, 1924 Rogers Hornsby went 2-4 with a rbi in the 138th game of the season - by this point he had what could be considered a full season with 207 hits and 40 doubles - His batting average at this time was .432 !
From here he would go on to “slump” down to .424

[frankbmd]

On September 10th my namesake Frankie Frisch had six consecutive hits before being retired to complete a 6 for 7 day at the plate. The Giants were ahead 20-0 in the seventh inning. Huntzinger relieved Barnes for the Giants in the 8th and gave up a run to Boston. The Giants however prevailed 22-1 and Huntzinger is credited with a retroactive "save". At least Barnes got the W.

[frankbmd]

I remember it well for on this day Jim Bottomley set an enduring record by knocking in 12 runs in a game against Brooklyn. He went 6 for 6 with 3 singles, 1 double and 2 home runs. He was so tired that after his sixth hit in the 9th inning, a single, he was replaced with a pinch runner. Jim hit a grand slam in the 4th inning. In each of his six trips to the plate there were runners on base and all six of his hits knocked in at least one run. I suspect that having an RBI in six different innings of a game may also be a record. The Cardinals won this game 17-3.

[molenick]

A card.

[ALR-bishop]

Bottomley’ s 12 RBIs in a game is still a record but he now shares it with another Cardinal, Mark Whiten, who on 9-7-93 had 4 HRs and 12 RBIs in a game against the Reds

[BobbyStrawberry]

The Yankees win 2-1 in a comeback victory over St. Louis, spurred on by a 9th-inning pinch-hit home run by Bullet Joe Bush off rookie Ernie Wingard.