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This was the first season of organized Negro league baseball.The first Negro National League would run for the next decade and is considered to be of major league status. . The Chicago American Giants, managed by league founder and former player Rube Foster, won the first league penna
The 1920 season featured an extremely rare tripleheader—the third in National League and major-league history, having previously occurred only in 1890 and 1896—when the Pittsburgh Pirates hosted the Cincinnati Reds on October 2 for three games, the day before the final day of the regular season. The Reds won the first two games while the ...
Babe Ruth was the most dominant player in the golden age of baseball. The golden age of baseball, or sometimes the golden era, describes the period in Major League Baseball from the end of the dead-ball era until the modern era—roughly, from 1920 to sometime after World War II. [1] [2] The exact years are debated.
The live-ball era, also referred to as the lively ball era, is the period in Major League Baseball since 1920. It contrasts with the pre-1920 period known as the " dead-ball era ". The name "live-ball era" comes from the dramatic rise in offensive statistics , a direct result of a series of rule changes (introduced in 1920) that were ...
After World War II ended, several team managers considered recruiting members of the Negro leagues for entry into organized baseball. In the early 1920s, New York Giants' manager John McGraw tried to slip a black player, Charlie Grant, into his lineup (reportedly by passing him off to the front office as an Indian), and McGraw's wife reported ...
Pages in category "1920 in baseball" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * 1920 in baseball; I.
Pages in category "1920 Major League Baseball season" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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