Division One
| 1929 Philadelphia (A) | 84 | 66 | - |
| 1921 New York (A) | 82 | 68 | 2 |
| 1927 Pittsburgh | 82 | 68 | 2 |
| 1925 Washington | 74 | 76 | 10 |
| 1928 New York (A) | 74 | 76 | 10 |
| 1923 New York (N) | 66 | 84 | 18 |
Division Two
| 1927 New York (A) | 93 | 57 | - |
| 1928 St. Louis (N) | 74 | 76 | 19 |
| 1922 St. Louis (A) | 67 | 83 | 26 |
| 1924 New York (N) | 65 | 85 | 28 |
| 1929 Chicago (N) | 64 | 86 | 29 |
The race in Division One came down to the final day, when the ’21 Yankees defeated the ’22 Cardinals 4-1 to force a one-game playoff with the ’27 Pirates. The Yankees won the playoff 6-2 behind a 131-pitch complete game effort by Bob Shawkey, who also went 2-4 at the plate with 1 RBI. The race in Division Two was not nearly so close, with the legendary 1927 Yankees with their Murderer’s Row running away with it, winning the division by an astounding 19 games, as the only team with a winning record.
Division Series
1927 New York (A) def. 1921 New York (A), 3-2: The ’21 version of the Yankees got off to a 2-0 lead in this series with two one-run victories. In game three, Murderer’s Row came alive for the ’27 Yankees, rapping out 13 hits in a 13-9 win, and Herb Pennock went 9 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K in game 4 for a 4-1 victory. The 1927 Yankees won game 5 6-4 to finish up the series.
1928 St. Louis (N) def. 1929 Philadelphia (A), 3-1: The first two games were split, and in game 3, St. Louis rode a 6-hit shutout by Bill Sherdel to win 11-0, and won game 4 11-10 to move on to the championship series.
1920s Championship Series
1928 St. Louis (N) def. 1927 New York (A), 4-3: The first two games were split, and again in game 3, St. Louis pitcher Bill Sherdel tossed a gem, going 9 innings and giving up 7 hits and 1 earned run in a 3-1 win. In game 4, Flint Rhem and Art Reinhart combined to one-hit the powerful Yankee offense to give the 1928 St. Louis Cardinals a 3-1 series lead. Still, the Yankees would not go away, winning the next two games to force the series to a winner-takes-all game 7. St. Louis got 4 quick runs in the first with help from a 3-run Chick Hafey home run, and did not look back, shocking the favored Yankees.
Champion: 1928 St. Louis Cardinals
Stats of some notable players:
-Paul Waner, 1927 Pittsburgh: 48 2B, 21 3B, 132 R, 147 RBI, .424 (led league)/.509/.626
-Babe Ruth, 1921 New York (A): 58 HR, 167 RBI, 175 R (led league), .387/.531 (led league)/.891 (led league). Ruth’s OPS of 1.422 would have been the best of all-time.
-Babe Ruth, 1927 New York (A): 59 HR (led league), 173 RBI (led league), 165 R, .364/.483/.770
-Lou Gehrig, 1927 New York (A): 53 HR, 160 RBI, 147 R, .342/.460/.752
-Wilcy Moore, 1927 New York (A): 15-8, 10 S, 2.78 ERA, 1.18 WHIP in 12 GS and 35 as a reliever with 7 CG.
-Waite Hoyt, 1927 New York (A): 22-2, 3.12 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 19 CG, 265 IP. This was the lowest ERA by a regular starter by 0.59 runs, as number two was Carl Mays and his 3.71 ERA.
-This league had 0 pitchers with an ERA under 2.00, as opposed to the previous decade, which had 19. This decade’s lowest ERA was 2.78.
-38 hitters had batting averages over .300 in this 11 team league. 29 hitters had a batting average over .300 in 2008, in a 30 team league. In the 1900-1919 league, only 3 hitters had a batting average over .300. This really shows how quickly hitting overtook pitching in just one decade.
Interesting baseball fact of the day: The .400 barrier was broken 7 times in the 1920s. Rogers Hornsby hit .401 in 1922, .424 in 1924, and .403 in 1925. George Sisler hit .407 in 1920 and .420 in 1922. Ty Cobb hit .401 in 1922 and Harry Heilmann hit .403 in 1923. These account for 7 of the 13 .400 seasons since 1900.
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