Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 154 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 153 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

This Day in History: 2000-05-20

May 20, 1919: Babe Ruth is the pitching and hitting star as the Red Sox defeat the St. Louis Browns 6-4 at Sportsman’s Park; the Babe pitched all nine innings to pick up his third win of the season and he hit a grand slam home run, the first of 16 grand slams he would hit in his career, in the second inning.

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