Sports History On This Day: May 21

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May 21, 1930 – This story is pretty incredible! New Yankees legend Babe Ruth hit three Home Runs in a single game against the Philadelphia Athletics. It gets even more interesting to learn that despite Ruth’s offensive explosion the Yanks blew a 6-0 lead in the 4th inning to go on to lose the game by a large margin, 15-7.

The A’s weren’t just a bunch of bums. No, they had some high-caliber people themselves. Connie Mack was the manager of the team that included stars Jimmie Foxx, Jimmy Dykes, and Mule Haas. In fact, the Athletics finished with the best record in baseball that season and won the World Series 4 games to 2 over the St Louis Cardinals!

To find more great daily sports history make sure to check out the Sports Jersey Dispatch and Pigskin Dispatch.

Babe Ruth taking a swing at Dugdale Park in Seattle on October 19, 1924
The photo is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons of Babe Ruth at bat in Dugdale Park, Seattle, October 19, 1924 by a Staff Photographer of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that found its way into the Public domain. Special thanks to the resources of Newspapers.com and OnThisDay.com for the information obtained.

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