Friday, April 4, 2025

World Series - 1920: Cleveland Indians v Brooklyn Dodgers

1985-Oct-12 Cleveland Oh

65th Anniversary 1920 World Series
1920-Oct-10 : Game 5, Cleveland second basemen Bill Wambsganss turned an unassisted triple play. He caught a line drive off the bat of Clarence Mitchell, stepped on second base to put out Pete Kilduff, and tagged Otto Miller coming from first base. Mitchell made history again in the eighth inning by hitting into a double play, accounting for five outs in two straight at-bats.

The game also saw the first grand slam in World Series history, hit by Cleveland's Elmer Smith and the first Series home run by a pitcher, Cleveland's Jim Bagby, Sr

 

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