June 25
1919 – Sam Rice homers and Clyde Milan collects 3 hits to lead the Nationals over the Red Sox, 8-3, in the leadoff game of a doubleheader in Beantown. Sox starter Babe Ruth walks 5 and gets touched for 9 hits. With the Bambino moving to LF for game two, the Nats bats go to sleep in a 1-0 loss. Johnson is the tough luck loser, allowing only 5 hits.
1921 – Ruth goes deep at Griffith for a 2-run homer, but it’s not enough for the Yanks. The Nats and Johnson prevail, 6-4.
1930 – The Senators cruise to an easy 13-5 rout of the Tribe, thanks to an 11 run bottom of the 7th. Ossie Bluege raps 4 hits and RHP Lloyd Brown gets the victory.
1933 – Winning their 14th of 15th games, the 1st place Senators broom the Tribe, 9-0 and 10-1, in a twin-bill at Cleveland. The sweep expands the Senators lead over the faltering Yanks to 1.5 games. The Nats offense punishes the Tribe pitching for 29 hits and 19 runs in the 2 games. Pitchers Earl Whitehill, with the shutout, and Bob Burke earn the wins.
1956 – PH Cliff Courtney caps a rally from a 3-0 hole at Briggs Stadium with a 2-run homer for a 5-3 Sens victory over Detroit. For Camilo Pascual, it is win number 3 on the year.
1961 – The freefalling Senators suffer their 9th and 10th consecutive losses with a doubleheader loss at Chicago. The White Sox’s Billy Pierce strikes out 10 in a CG, 7-3 Sox victory. Chicago’s Early Wynn scatters 4 hits over 8 innings in the finale, as the Sens fall to 10 games under .500, with a 6-3 defeat.
1968 – Sonny Siebert continues his mastery of Washington. Siebert shows that he is human by giving up a single run on 3 hits in 7 innings of work in a Cleveland 6-1 win in RFK.
Senators Birthdays
Joseph Anthony Kuhel B Jun. 25, 1906 D Feb. 26, 1984
Joe Kuhel‘s 18 year major league career began with the Washington Senators in late July of 1930. Kuhel would remain a fixture at first base for the Senators through 1937. During that time he would turn in some impressive seasons at bat including hitting .322 in 1933 during the Senators pennant winning season.
Traded to the White Sox for Zeke Bonura prior to the 1938 season, Kuhel would play for the White Sox through 1943.
The Senators would purchase Kuhel from the White Sox and bring him back to Washington after the 1943 season. He’d remain a Senator for 1944 and 1945. 14 games into the 1946 season, the White Sox would purchase Kuhel back from the Senators. He’d appear in 64 games for the 1946 White Sox and end his career after 3 games in a Chicago uniform in 1947.
Kuhel was a member of the American League All-Star squads of 1932 & 1945.
Peter Nelson Lapan B Jun. 25, 1891 D Jan. 5, 1953
Catcher Pete Lapan first played in the majors with the Senators in September of 1922 as a 31 year old rookie. In 11 games in 1922 he managed 11 hits in 34 AB, good for a .324 average. He appeared in 2 more games in 1923 and then was gone from the major league rolls.
