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Thorn, John, and Pete Palmer, eds.
Total Baseball.
New York: Harper/Perennial; third ed., 1993.

Voigt, David Q
. American Baseball, Volumes I, II, and III.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1983.

Wagenheim, Kal.
Babe Ruth: His Life and Legend
. New York: Henry Holt, 1974.

Waterman, Ty, and Mel Springer.
The Year the Red Sox Won the World Series.
Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1999.

Wood, Allan.
1918: Babe Ruth and the World Champion Red Sox
. New York: Writers Club, 2000.

Zingg, Paul.
Harry Hooper: An American Baseball Life
. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1993.

Notable Articles

Lane, F. C. “Fire Brand of the American League.”
Baseball Magazine
, March 1918.

______
. “Hero of the Series.”
Baseball Magazine,
November 1918.

Steinberg, Steve. “The Curse of the … Hurlers?”
Baseball Research Journal
, Vol. 35.

Stout, Glenn. “1918.”
Boston Magazine
, October 1987.

______
. “A ‘Curse' Born of Hate.”
ESPN.com
, October 3, 2004. Originally appeared in
Boston Baseball
, September 2004. Reprinted in
Elysian Fields Quarterly
, Vol. 22, No. 4, 2005,
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2004/news/story?page=Curse041005
.

______
. The Last Champions.”
New England Sports
, Summer 1993.

______
. “When the Yankees Nearly Moved to Boston.”
ESPN.com
, July 18, 2002,
http://espn.go.com/mlb/s/2002/0718/1407265.html
.

Special Collections

George Edward “Duffy” Lewis Collection. A scrapbook of items on Red Sox left fielder Lewis. Microtext Department, the Boston Tradition in Sports Collection, Boston Public Library.

Harry H. Frazee Collection, Performing Arts Collection held at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas.

Michael T. “Nuf Ced” McGreevey Collection. Donated by this owner of a Columbus Avenue saloon, this collection consists of more than 170 photographs of professional baseball in Boston and personal scrapbooks from the 1890s to 1912. Originally displayed at McGreevey's tavern, Third Base, the photographs form the largest collection of its kind. The scrapbooks have been microfilmed and are on call number: GV865.M29A3, the Boston Tradition in Sports Collection, Boston Public Library.

Online Resources

Baseballalmanac.com

Baseballfever.com
. Researcher Bill Burgess maintains a remarkable archive of biographical information on American baseball and sportswriters on this Web site.

Baseball-reference.com

Bioproj.sabr.org

RedSox.com

Yankees.com

 

Babe Ruth
Home Run Log

1915 through 1920

HR #

DATE

TEAM

PITCHER (L/R)

OPPONENT

BALLPARK

1

05/06/1915

BOS

Jack Warhop (R)

at New York Yankees

Polo Grounds

2

06/02/1915

BOS

Jack Warhop (R)

at New York Yankees

Polo Grounds

3

06/25/1915

BOS

Ray Caldwell (R)

vs . New York Yankees

Fenway Park

4

07/21/1915

BOS

Bill H. James (R)

at St. Louis Browns

Sportsman's Park

5

06/09/1916

BOS

Jean Dubuc (R)

at Detroit Tigers

Navin Field

6

06/12/1916

BOS

Jim Park (R)

at St. Louis Browns

Sportsman's Park

7

06/13/1916

BOS

Dave Davenport (R)

at St. Louis Browns

Sportsman's Park

8

08/10/1917

BOS

Bill H. James (R)

vs . Detroit Tigers

Fenway Park

9

09/15/1917

BOS

Ed Monroe (R)

at New York Yankees

Polo Grounds

10

05/04/1918

BOS

Allan Russell (R)

at New York Yankees

Polo Grounds

11

05/06/1918

BOS

George Mogridge (L)

at New York Yankees

Polo Grounds

12

05/07/1918

BOS

Walter Johnson (R)

at Washington Senators

National Park

13

06/02/1918

BOS

Eric Erickson (R)

at Detroit Tigers

Navin Field

14

06/03/1918

BOS

Hooks Dauss (R)

at Detroit Tigers

Navin Field

15

06/04/1918

BOS

Bill H. James (R)

at Detroit Tigers

Navin Field

16

06/05/1918

BOS

Johnny Enzmann (R)

at Cleveland Indians

League Park

17

06/15/1918

BOS

Tom Rogers (R)

at St. Louis Browns

Sportsman's Park

18

06/25/1918

BOS

Allan Russell (R)

at New York Yankees

Polo Grounds

19

06/28/1918

BOS

Harry Harper (L)

at Washington Senators

National Park

20

06/30/1918

BOS

Walter Johnson (R)

at Washington Senators

National Park

21

04/23/1919

BOS

George Mogridge (L)

at New York Yankees

Polo Grounds

22

05/20/1919

BOS

Dave Davenport (R)

at St. Louis Browns

Sportsman's Park

23

05/30/1919

BOS

Scott Perry (R)

at Philadelphia Athletics

Shibe Park

24

06/07/1919

BOS

Hooks Dauss (R)

vs . Detroit Tigers

Fenway Park

25

06/17/1919

BOS

Guy Morton Sr. (R)

vs . Cleveland Indians

Fenway Park

26

06/24/1919

BOS

Dick Robertson (R)

vs . Washington Senators

Fenway Park

27

06/30/1919

BOS

Bob Shawkey (R)

at New York Yankees

Polo Grounds

28

07/05/1919

BOS

Jing Johnson (R)

vs . Philadelphia Athletics

Fenway Park

29

07/05/1919

BOS

Jing Johnson (R)

vs . Philadelphia Athletics

Fenway Park

30

07/10/1919

BOS

Urban Shocker (R)

at St. Louis Browns

Sportsman's Park

31

07/12/1919

BOS

Dave Danforth (L)

at Chicago White Sox

Comiskey Park

32

07/18/1919

BOS

Hi Jasper (R)

at Cleveland Indians

League Park

33

07/18/1919

BOS

Fritz Coumbe (L)

at Cleveland Indians

League Park

34

07/21/1919

BOS

Howard Ehmke (R)

at Detroit Tigers

Navin Field

35

07/24/1919

BOS

Bob Shawkey (R)

vs . New York Yankees

Fenway Park

36

07/29/1919

BOS

Dutch Leonard (L)

vs . Detroit Tigers

Fenway Park

37

08/14/1919

BOS

Dickie Kerr (L)

at Chicago White Sox

Comiskey Park

38

08/16/1919

BOS

Erskine Mayer (R)

at Chicago White Sox

Comiskey Park

39

08/17/1919

BOS

Urban Shocker (R)

at St. Louis Browns

Sportsman's Park

40

08/23/1919

BOS

Hooks Dauss (R)

at Detroit Tigers

Navin Field

41

08/24/1919

BOS

Doc Ayers (R)

at Detroit Tigers

Navin Field

42

08/24/1919

BOS

Slim Love (L)

at Detroit Tigers

Navin Field

43

08/25/1919

BOS

Dutch Leonard (L)

at Detroit Tigers

Navin Field

44

09/01/1919

BOS

Jim Shaw (R)

vs . Washington Senators

Fenway Park

45

09/05/1919

BOS

Wynn Noyes (R)

at Philadelphia Athletics

Shibe Park

46

09/08/1919

BOS

Hank Thormahlen (L)

at New York Yankees

Polo Grounds

47

09/20/1919

BOS

Lefty Williams (L)

vs . Chicago White Sox

Fenway Park

48

09/24/1919

BOS

Bob Shawkey (R)

at New York Yankees

Polo Grounds

49

09/27/1919

BOS

Rip Jordan (R)

at Washington Senators

National Park

50

05/01/1920

NYY

Herb Pennock (L)

vs . Boston Red Sox

Polo Grounds

51

05/02/1920

NYY

Sad Sam Jones (R)

vs . Boston Red Sox

Polo Grounds

52

05/11/1920

NYY

Roy Wilkinson (R)

vs . Chicago White Sox

Polo Grounds

53

05/11/1920

NYY

Dickie Kerr (L)

vs . Chicago White Sox

Polo Grounds

54

05/12/1920

NYY

Lefty Williams (L)

vs . Chicago White Sox

Polo Grounds

55

05/23/1920

NYY

Carl Weilman (L)

vs . St. Louis Browns

Polo Grounds

56

05/25/1920

NYY

Dutch Leonard (L)

vs . Detroit Tigers

Polo Grounds

57

05/26/1920

NYY

Hooks Dauss (R)

vs . Detroit Tigers

Polo Grounds

58

05/27/1920

NYY

Harry Harper (L)

at Boston Red Sox

Fenway Park

59

05/27/1920

NYY

Benn Karr (R)

at Boston Red Sox

Fenway Park

60

05/29/1920

NYY

Joe Bush (R)

at Boston Red Sox

Fenway Park

61

05/31/1920

NYY

Walter Johnson (R)

vs . Washington Senators

Polo Grounds

62

06/02/1920

NYY

Tom Zachary (L)

vs . Washington Senators

Polo Grounds

63

06/02/1920

NYY

Leon Carlson (R)

vs . Washington Senators

Polo Grounds

64

06/02/1920

NYY

Bill Snyder (R)

s . Washington Senators

Polo Grounds

65

06/10/1920

NYY

Frank Okrie (L)

at Detroit Tigers

Navin Field

66

06/13/1920

NYY

Elmer Myers (R)

at Cleveland Indians

League Park

67

06/16/1920

NYY

Red Faber (R)

at Chicago White Sox

Comiskey Park

68

06/17/1920

NYY

Lefty Williams (L)

at Chicago White Sox

Comiskey Park

69

06/23/1920

NYY

Urban Shocker (R)

at St. Louis Browns

Sportsman's Park

70

06/25/1920

NYY

Herb Pennock (L)

vs . Boston Red Sox

Polo Grounds

71

06/25/1920

NYY

Herb Pennock (L)

vs . Boston Red Sox

Polo Grounds

72

06/30/1920

NYY

Lyle Bigbee (R)

at Philadelphia Athletics

Shibe Park

73

06/30/1920

NYY

Scott Perry (R)

at Philadelphia Athletics

Shibe Park

74

07/09/1920

NYY

Red Oldham (L)

vs . Detroit Tigers

Polo Grounds

75

07/10/1920

NYY

Hooks Dauss (R)

vs . Detroit Tigers

Polo Grounds

76

07/11/1920

NYY

Howard Ehmke (R)

vs . Detroit Tigers

Polo Grounds

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