D.C. Baseball History
Oct 04
October 4 1924 World Series NY Giants at Washington, Game 1 Giants 4 Senators 3 (12) Giants lead series 1-0 A World Series is never a walk in the park for the winners. But for the Senators, they face a tougher task since their opponents, the John McGraw led Giants, feature six future Hall of …
Oct 03
October 3 Washington at NY Giants, Game 1- Giants 4 Senators 2 Giants lead series 1-0 The pre-Series talk centered on the “boy managers” for the two teams, Joe Cronin of Washington and Bill Terry of the Giants. While the press concerns itself with the “youth” of the two skippers, Cronin refrains from naming …
Oct 02
October 2 1908 Washington OF Otis Clymer leads the batting barrage with a cycle, as the Nationals stomp New York, 12-2. 1909 Applying the finishing touches to a 110 loss season, the Nationals drop two in Philly, 6-5 and 7-2. The 1909 team still holds the team records for fewest runs scored (380) and most …
Oct 01
October 1 1913 The paths of Jack Bentley and the Washington Senators will cross on a bigger stage 11 years from now. But, on this day, Bentley makes his ML debut for Washington, blanking Philadelphia, 1-0. Bentley will compile a 5-7 mark in 1914 for the Nats before being shuffled off to Baltimore of the …
Sep 30
The Washington Evening Star proclaimed it “The Wildest Funeral Ever”. “The evening was a bitter wake, a joyous circus, a shouting match with an absentee offender named Bob Short”, the Evening Star reported. It was 38 years ago on this day that 14,460 paid their final respects to the Senators at RFK on a cool, Thursday evening.
Sep 29
September 29 1913 On George McBride Day, honoring the Nats SS, Walter Johnson collects his 36th victory of the year, beating the A’s, 1-0. 1924 Babe Ruth wakes his slumbering teammates to deliver the bad news: The Senators are the American League champions. With the Yankees rained out in Philadelphia, Washington clinches their first pennant …
Sep 29
September 29, 1943 Washington D.C At Griffith stadium the 2nd place Washington Senators (82-67) and the 3rd place Cleveland Indians (79-69) are scheduled to play a twi-night doubleheader. During the first game the Senators held a 6-1 lead over the Indians. In the top of the ninth inning the Indians’ third baseman Ken Keltner hit …
Sep 27
September 27 1905 Tom Hughes shutouts Cleveland for the 5th time this season, a ML record, 5-0, in Washington. Hughes record will be tied by Grover Alexander of the Phillies in 1916 and Larry Jaster with the Cardinals in 1966. 1912 Eddie Collins would comment that he had never known the Big Train to throw …
Sep 26
September 26 1924 Their lead now trimmed to 1 game, Washington falls at Boston, 2-1. Two personal streaks of Senator players are halted. Walter Johnson‘s 13 game win streak and Sam Rice‘s 31 game hitting streak 1940 Stringing together 3 straight hits, the Nats rally for 2 in the 9th to defeat the Red Sox, …
Sep 25
September 25 1908 With Cleveland and Detroit neck and neck in a fierce battle for the pennant, the 7th place Nationals upset the 1st place Naps at Cleveland, 6-1. Washington plates 5 in the 9th off Charlie Chench. Naps owner Frank DeHass Robison collapses from a heart attack while listening on a telephone to the …
