April 15
President Eisenhower
April 15, 1957-President Dwight Eisenhower throws out the traditional first pitch of the year. The ball that the
President tossed was the 10th millionth Spalding baseball to be used in Major League Baseball play. Camilo Pascual suffers the defeat as the Senators fall to the Orioles 7-6 in 11 innings in front of 37,223 at Griffith Stadium.
Opening Day box score, April 15, 1957
Senators Birthday
Captain Gedeon at Boreham Airfield in England, 1944
Elmer John Gedeon B Apr. 15, 1917 D Apr. 20, 1944
Elmer Gedeon appeared in 5 games as an outfielder for the Senators in 1939. He went 3 for 15 at bat, working out to a .200 BA. Sadly he would be killed on April 20, 1944, five days after his 27th birthday, when his plane was shot down in France, making him the first major league player to be killed during World War II.
