June 27
1913 – Walter Johnson begins a personal 14 game winning streak with a shutout of the Athletics, 2-0, in D.C. Barney’s next loss will not occur until August. Box Score
1914 – The A’s, with Eddie Collins rapping out 2 hits and a RBI, defeat Johnson and the Nats, 4-2 in Philadelphia.
1920 – The Big Train tosses just 72 pitches in disposing of the guest A’s, 7-0. The win enables Washington to climb over Boston into 4th place.
1958 – Pale Hose lefty Billy Pierce‘s bid for a perfect game comes to a bitter end. Nat’s pinch hitter Ed Fitz Gerald‘s 2 out, top of the 9th inning double keeps Pierce out of the record books. Pierce streak of hurling shutouts is still intact as he tosses his 3rd in a row with a 3-0 victory over the Sens.
1971 – Ted Williams‘ crew brings their brooms to Yankee Stadium. Del Unser‘s 2-run homer is all the support that relievers Joe Grzenda, Casey Cox, Paul Lindblad and Horacio Pina will need in the 2-1, opening game win. It’s all Senators in game two. Don Billings and Toby Harrah drive in 2 apiece in the 8-0 Nats rout.
Senators Birthdays
Louis Raphael (Bull) Durham (Born Louis Raphael Staub) B Jun. 27, 1877 D Jun. 28, 1960
Making his major league debut with the 1904 Brooklyn Superbas where he pitched in 2 games, Bull Durham wouldn’t return to the major leagues until 1907 when he appeared in another 2 games with the Washington Senators. He’d pitch a grand total of 5 innings with Washington, giving up 9 hits and 7 runs for an inglorious ERA of 12.60.
In 1908 he appeared in 1 game for the New York Giants and finishes his career in 1909, appearing in another 4 games for the Giants.
Edward Russell Hobaugh B Jun. 27, 1934 Still Living
Starting his career in the Chicago White Sox organization, Ed Hobaugh was selected by the Senators in the expansion draft of 1960. He first appeared in the majors with the “new” Senators in 1961, posting a 7-9 record.
Hobaugh would remain with the Senators through 1962 and 1963. Overall he earned a 9-10 career record with a 4.34 ERA.
Willard Wayne Terwilliger B Jun. 27, 1925 D Feb. 23, 2021
Wayne Terwilliger played in 9 major league seasons spanning 12 years. Beginning his major league career with the Chicago Cubs in 1949, he’d remain with the Cubs in 1950 and part of 1951 when he was traded to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Finishing 1951 with Brooklyn, he would not appear in the majors in 1952.
Selected off waivers by the Washington Senators, Terwilliger would appear in over 100 games each season in 1953 & 1954 for Washington, batting .253 in 1953.
He was purchased by the New York Giants during the winter of 1954/1955 and played for 2 years (1955 & 1956) with the Giants.
After a 2 year break, he returned to the majors with the Kansas City Athletics in 1959 and close out his career in 1960 appearing in 2 games.
