D.C. Baseball History
Jun 07
In 1892 Dummy Hoy, now 30 years old, and a four year veteran returns to the District. The landscape has greatly changed since he left in to play for the 1890 Brotherhood team in Buffalo. The rival American Association is dead and, the League, the National League, to non-baseball fans, rules the baseball world. Washington …
Jun 07
June 7 1933 – Cleveland GM Billy Evans hires former Senator legend Walter Johnson as manager. Johnson succeeds another former Nat and former teammate, 1925 AL MVP Roger Peckinpaugh. Meanwhile, the future AL pennant winners are engaging in a slugfest at Shibe Park. The A’s and Nats battle to a 13-13 tie in 10 innings. …
Jun 06
1966 – Interrupting a 16 game road trip, the Sens return home to play a make-up game against Baltimore. Phil Ortega survives 2 home runs by Frank Robinson to defeat the Birds, 5-3. Ortega is the beneficiary of a 2-run homer by Frank Howard in the 3rd and a solo home run from Ed Brinkman in the 7th.
Jun 05
1967 – Mike Epstein makes his Senators debut at Yankee Stadium. In the 4th, Epstein gives the Sens a 2-0 lead when he hits a 2-run inside the park home run off the Yank’s Thad Tillotson. However, the 6th place Yanks score 2 in the bottom of the 8th off Darold Knowles to take home the victory, 4-2.
Jun 04
June 4 1904 – Snapping a 10 game losing streak, the Nats score a rare shutout, 2-0, at Chicago. 1906 – The Tigers erupt for 9 runs in the last two innings to trounce Washington 13-4 in Detroit. Bill Coughlin of the Bengals steals second, third and home in the 7th inning. 1912 – It’s …
Jun 03
1938 – Brothers and battery mates Rick and Wes Ferrell each collect RBI doubles as the Senators douse the visiting Pale Hose, 5-1. Pitcher Wes collects the win.
Jun 03
By Jeff StuartThere have been 4 World Series involving a Washington Baseball Team, in 1924, 1925, 1933, and 2019. Washington won the first and last of these. But there could have been another. In 1945, the year I was born, the team was competitive and was in the battle for first place. Major League rosters …
Jun 02
1965 – It’s a happy homecoming for two former Dodgers, Frank Howard and Ken McMullen. The Senators rout the Angels in a doubleheader at Dodger Stadium, 13-0 and 7-1. Howard is 3-for-5, with 2 homers and 4 RBI, while Joe Cunningham goes 3 for 4 with a homer and 5 RBI in the opener. Phil Ortega tosses a 5 hit complete game to collect the easy win. McMullen is the star of the nitecap with 3 hits, 2 RBI and a home run. Bennie Daniels earns his 4th win, with Ron Kline getting his 13th save.
Jun 01
June 1 1916 – Walter Johnson and Babe Ruth lock up in a pitching duel at Fenway. Ruth allows 3 hits and the Red Sox beat Johnson and the Nats, 1-0. 1925 – Ruth makes his first appearance of the year, returning from his infamous “Bellyache Heard Around The World”, and is 0-for-2 before departing …
May 31
1921 – Washington plates 7 runs in the home second off the Yanks Waite Hoyt. The Sens pound out 8 consecutive hits off Hoyt in the inning to win going away, 11-5.
