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.

[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.

[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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[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

[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.

[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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[GeoPoto]

21 October 1924: Trixie was born.

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[frankbmd]

Christian General Feng Joe Siang occupied Beijing exactly 100 years ago today.

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