May 29
1912 – Boston batters draw 15 walks and tag Nats pitching with 18 hits and 21 runs in a 21-8 shellacking at Fenway. The Sens score 11 runs in the second game, but it is still not enough as the Red Sox win 12-11.
1917 – The Boston pitching duo of Dutch Leonard and Babe Ruth quiet the Senators bats in a doubleheader sweep, 2-1 and 9-0, in Washington.
1920 – Water Johnson hits the first two batters he faces, then mows down Philadelphia 5-0 in the nitecap of another doubleheader. The visiting Sens also take game one, 11-5, behind the pitching of Tom Zachary.
1942 – In 1942, Yankees P Lefty Gomez will collect 5 hits for the year. 4 of them come in today’s game in the Bronx as the Yanks mop up Bucky Harris men 16-1.
1952 – The Senators set a ML record in Boston. By stranding no runners on base today and only stranding two yesterday, The Sens establish the record for fewest base runners left on base in two straight games. Unfortunately, Sens batters are unable to reach base, as Boston’s Mickey McDermott faces the minimum 27 hitters in a 1-0 win for the Red Sox. Mel Hoderlein gets Washington’s only safety, but he is erased on a double play.
1956 – Replacing an injured Pete Runnels at 2B, Harmon Killebrew belts two homers and 3 RBI as Washington gets the best of Baltimore, 6-5 at Memorial Stadium. Sens LHP Dean Stone ups his record to 2-0.
1959 – President Eisenhower and his grandson, David, are in attendance for today’s afternoon game with Boston. Ike and his grandson witness a Senator 7-6 victory, with Killebrew clouting a home run. David receives Killebrew’s autograph on the home run ball after the game.
1966 – Nats hurler Phil Ortega strikes out 7 consecutive Red Sox batters, tying a ML record. Don Lock‘s 3 run homer in the bottom of the 1st inning is just enough, as the Sens hold on for the 3-2 win.
1967 – In one of the better expansion Senator trades, the Sens deal P Pete Richert to the Orioles for P Frank Bertaina and 1B Mike Epstein.
Senators Birthday
John Edward Kennedy B May 29, 1941 D Aug. 9, 2018
Infielder John Kennedy started his 12 year major league career with the expansion Senators in 1962. He would also appear on the roster of the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Seattle Pilots, Milwaukee Brewers, and the Boston Red Sox. He appeared in 2 World Series with the 1965/1966 Dodgers.
After spending 3 seasons in Washington, he would be traded to the Dodgers, along with Claude Osteen, for Frank Howard, Ken McMullen, Dick Nen, Phil Ortega and Pete Richert.
A late season call up in 1962, his rookie appearance with the Senators was his best in Washington, when he hit .262, going 11 for 42 in 14 games.
