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This continued the format put in place since the 1904 season (except for 1919) and would be used until 1961 in the American League and 1962 in the National League. Opening Day took place on April 16 and saw eight teams across both leagues play. The final day of the regular season was on October 6.
September 21 – Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics win their 100th game of the season, 10–7, over the Detroit Tigers. October 5 – The Philadelphia Phillies' Lefty O'Doul goes six-for-nine in a double header with the New York Giants on the last day of the season for the Phillies, ending the season with a .398 batting average.
The winner of each season's playoffs was awarded the Governors' Cup. These playoffs and the issuing of trophy were discontinued in 2021, when the winner was the team with the best regular-season record. In 2022, the league championship was determined by a single playoff game between the East and West division winners.
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UK finished the 2021-22 season in ninth in the Directors’ Cup standings. Kentucky’s ninth-place finish is the best in school history, ahead of standings of 10th in 2016-17, 11th in 2014-15 and ...
This was the first World Series game ever played at Wrigley Field.. Because seven of the eight regulars in the Cubs' lineup hit right-handed, Athletics manager Connie Mack started only right-handed pitchers during the series and kept all his left-handed pitchers in the bullpen, even though two of his best starters, Lefty Grove and Rube Walberg, were left-handed.
The 1929 New York Giants season was the franchise's 47th season. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 84–67 record, 13½ games behind the Chicago Cubs . In a home game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 5 at the Polo Grounds , the Giants used the first public address system to be used in a major league ballpark.
Major League Baseball's 2024 season is in its penultimate week with playoff spots very much up for grabs. Things are heating up in the wild-card races in both leagues, with a handful of teams ...