Chicago Cubs history unpacked — September 28

Today in baseball history, in 1930 – As a Yankee , Babe Ruth returns to the mound after a nine-year absence at Fenway Park and pitches a complete game, beating the Red Sox , 9-3. The last time the "Bambino" took the mound, he defeated the A's at the end of the 1921 season, and 1938 – At Wrigley Field , Gabby Hartnett hits his famous "Homer in the Gloamin'" in the ninth inning against the Pirates' Mace Brown to give the Chicago Cubs a 6-5 victory, their ninth straight. It is a key triumph en route to the Cubs' National League pennant , and other stories as well.

1924 – Rogers Hornsby finishes the season with a .424 batting average to lead the National League .

1941 – Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox goes 6 for 8 in a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Athletics to finish the season with a .406 batting average . He had started the day batting .3995 — which rounds up to .400 — and his manager, Joe Cronin , had suggested he sit out the otherwise meaniningless games to preserve the mark, but Williams insisted on earning the title on the field. No player has batted .400 since.