This Date in Baseball - Oct. 1 (AP)
AP - 1903 The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Boston Red Sox 7-3 in the first World Series game ever played. Jimmy Sebring hit the first series home run. Deacon Phillippe was the winning pitcher and Cy Young the loser.
1932 Babe Ruth, as legend has it, called his home run against Chicago’s Charlie Root in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the World Series, won by the New York Yankees (news) 7-5 at Wrigley Field. Ruth and Lou Gehrig each hit two homers for the Yankees….