The period before 1920 was the dead-ball era, when home runs were rarely hit. Professional baseball was rocked by the Black Sox Scandal, a conspiracy to fix the 1919 World Series. Baseball survived the scandal, albeit with major changes in its governance as the relatively weak National Commission was replaced with a powerful commissioner of baseball with near-unlimited authority over the sport.
the period before 1920 was the dead-ball era when home runs were rarely hit professional baseball was rocked by the black sox scandal a conspiracy to fix the 1919 world series baseball survived the scandal albeit with major changes in its governance as the relatively weak national commission was replaced with a powerful commissioner of baseball with near-unlimited authority over the sport