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New York Herald, October 14, 1921: GIANTS CHAMPIONS; 1-0 VICTORY IN FINAL SAVED BY RAWLINGS
He stabs drive by Baker; Quick Play to Kelly to Frisch Ends Game.
The Giants are champions. They beat the Yankees 1 to 0 in the eighth and final game.
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From [Waite Hoyt’s] chilled fingers slipped two bases on balls in the first inning. This and a blunder by Peckinpaugh, the Yankee captain, produced the only run.
An injured Babe Ruth pinch hit for Wally Pipp to start the ninth inning but bounced out to first. Two batters later, the Giants were world champs.
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1. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee) Posted: October 14, 2021 at 08:27 AM (#6046219)Charleston's per-162 averages via BBRef: .364/.449/.615, 213 hits, 71 XBH, 151 runs, 151 RBI, 37 SB, 184 OPS+. Oh, and three triple crowns. Three of them.
C: Joe Girardi (5.6 WAR)
1B: Joe Start (32.5 WAR)
2B: Tommy Harper (25.8 WAR)
3B: Paul Radford (12.2 WAR)
SS: Frank Duffy (10.4 WAR)
LF: Al Oliver (43.6 WAR)
CF/Manager: Oscar Charleston (48.3 WAR)
RF: Kole Calhoun (15.6 WAR)
SP: Harry Brecheen (42.2 WAR)
SP: Ed Figueroa (15.9 WAR)
SP: Ken Heintzelman (14.4 WAR)
SP: Hugh Casey (12.4 WAR)
SP: Bert Gallia (7.0 WAR)
RP: Carlos Marmol (9.8 WAR)
Fun player/Emergency pitcher: Willians Astudillo
Not that one: Joe Walsh
Fun names: Boof Bonser, Ona Dodd, Jimmy Ripple, Zak Shinall
Journalist in the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame: Carlitos Gonzalez
So here we are, right in the middle of the MLB playoffs.
Right now on their front page (and decided to check their 2nd page) I count 6 NBA articles, 2 NFL articles, and 2 college football articles. They even have 1 NHL articles and 1 WNBA article.
There are NO MLB articles whatsoever. Their last baseball article was on Oct 5, 9 days ago.
In addition, comments are no longer visible on any of my devices.
Oscar Charleston had season league leads in home runs and stolen bases. Are there any others besides Ty Cobb and Willie Mays?
Indeed, as the recent Jeremy Beer biography proves. And the Charleston entry in Joe Posnanski's new The Baseball 100 is also outstanding.
Today's Birthday Team first baseman's no slouch, either, as Joe Start's 32.5 WAR came in only 1070 games -- and this was after he played over a decade with Brooklyn's top amateur clubs. He was probably the top first baseman of the pre-Cap Anson era.
Oscar Charleston had season league leads in home runs and stolen bases. Are there any others besides Ty Cobb and Willie Mays?
Chuck Klein led the National League in homers (38) and steals (20) in 1932.
And Jimmy Scheckard in the 1903 NL.
Pitching coach: Brent Strom (1.1 WAR)
Single-game strikeout record: Tom Cheney (5.3 WAR)
Bullpen depth: Dave Jolly, Seth Maness, Duaner Sanchez
Bench bats: Art Shamsky (6.1 WAR), Willie Aikens (7.9 WAR)
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