On September 2, 1919, newspapers recorded an episode in which a professional baseball player—after hitting a home run late in the season—was not present with his team for several days, prompting press notices and local concern. The incident took place in the immediate postwar era when baseball clubs were managing long travel schedules, minimal player amenities, and frequent lineup changes. Contemporary accounts of such absences tended to be brief and uneven. Local newspapers often reported that a player had “disappeared” or was “missing” when he failed to appear for subsequent games or team travel; in many cases the reason turned out to be personal matters, family emergencies, illness, contract disputes, or travel delays rather than any criminal or sensational cause. Reporting standards of the time sometimes conflated a player’s failure to report with more dramatic language, but detailed follow-up was not always published. In 1919, professional clubs operated with small staffs and relied on trains for long-distance travel. Players commonly left town between road trips or after late finishes to games; postal and telegraph communications could be slow or unreliable. Financial insecurity was also a factor: many players earned modest salaries and occasionally left clubs during disputes over pay or playing time. Additionally, the 1918–1919 period saw aftereffects of the 1918 influenza pandemic and wartime disruptions that continued to affect public life and travel logistics. When a player was missing for days, club officials typically attempted to contact him by telegram or through acquaintances. Newspapers often printed short notices asking for information or relaying a manager’s statement that the player’s absence was being investigated. In a number of documented cases from this era, the player later rejoined the team after a short interval with an explanation such as illness, a family matter, or a miscommunication about travel arrangements. Absent specific, corroborated documentation tying a particular September 2, 1919 home run to a single, fully chronicled disappearance, caution is warranted in assigning causes. Surviving primary sources—local newspapers, team box scores, and municipal records—are the proper basis for reconstructing any single incident. Some episodes that sound dramatic in later retellings were mundane when examined against contemporaneous sources. If investigating this event further, consult digitized regional newspapers from early September 1919, team box scores and transaction lists, and local municipal records or coroner’s reports if an extended absence became a legal matter. Baseball reference works and microfilm collections at libraries and historical societies can often locate the game account and any subsequent reporting about a player’s absence. Where accounts conflict or remain incomplete, note the uncertainty rather than inventing motive or outcome. In short, the pattern of a player hitting a home run and then being absent for days is consistent with multiple non-sensational explanations common in 1919: travel or communication failures, illness, family or financial issues, or short-term contract disputes. Contemporary reporting sometimes used alarming language, but follow-up frequently revealed prosaic causes.