106 | October 6 Baseball History (Playoffs Start Today)

All of the following took place on October 6 in history.  Notice how often the Yankees come up.  Today they have a playoff game against the Astros.

1882 - 1st World Series game, Cincinnati (AA) beats Chicago (NL) 4-0

1911 - Cy Young's farewell appearance in a major league game is a letdown as he loses to Brooklyn 13-3 in a Braves uniform in his 906th game

1919 - White Sox catcher Ray Schalk is 2nd man ejected from a World Series

1920 - 1st brothers oppose each other in World Series, Cleve's Wheeler Johnston pinch-hits as brother Jimmy plays 3rd base for Bkln

1921 - Fewest hits in World Series Game, 5, Yanks (3) beat Giants (2), 3-0

1926 - Babe Ruth hits 3 HRs in a World Series game, Yanks beat Cards 10-5

1936 - NY Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 2 in 33rd World Series

1938 - Yanks Lefty Gomez sets record of 6 World Series wins without a loss

1941 - NY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 1, in 38th World Series

1945 - Tavern owner "Billy Goat" Sianis buys seat for his goat for Game 4 of World Series & is escorted out, he casts goat curse on Cubs

1947 - NY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 3, in 44th World Series

1959 - Single game World Series attendence record set (92,706 in LA)

1963 - LA Dodgers sweep NY Yankees, in 60th World Series

1966 - Oriole Jim Palmer, 20, is youngest to pitch a World Series shutout