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D.C. Baseball History

Remembering 1924 – Senators 12 Yankees 3

Washington Senators 12, New York Yankees 3 Day Discrepancies Game Played on Sunday, April 20, 1924 (D) at Griffith Stadium NY A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 – 3 10 2 WAS A 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 2 x – 12 17 1 BATTING New York Yankees AB   …

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Remembering 1924 – Senators 7 Yankees 2

Washington Senators 7, New York Yankees 2 Game Played on Saturday, April 19, 1924 (D) at Griffith Stadium NY A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 – 2 9 3 WAS A 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 x – 7 12 1 BATTING New York Yankees AB   R   H …

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Remembering 1924 – Athletics 4 Senators 3

Philadelphia Athletics 4, Washington Senators 3 Game Played on Thursday, April 17, 1924 (D) at Griffith Stadium PHI A 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 – 4 7 0 WAS A 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 – 3 7 1 BATTING Philadelphia Athletics AB   R   H RBI      BB  …

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Remembering 1924 – Athletics 6 Senators 1

Philadelphia Athletics 6, Washington Senators 1 Game Played on Wednesday, April 16, 1924 (D) at Griffith Stadium PHI A 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 – 6 10 0 WAS A 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 1 5 2 BATTING Philadelphia Athletics AB R H RBI BB …

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Remembering 1924 – Senators 4 Athletics 0

Washington Senators 4, Philadelphia Athletics 0 Game Played on Tuesday, April 15, 1924 (D) at Griffith Stadium PHI A    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  –   0  4  3 WAS A    0  2  1    0  1  0    0  0  x  –   4  7  0 BATTING Philadelphia Athletics       AB   R   H RBI      BB  …

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5th Annual D.C. Baseball History Meeting

5th Annual D.C. Baseball History Meeting Sponsored by Mark Hornbaker               D.C Baseball History and The Washington Baseball Historical Society Present The 5th Annual Winter Meeting Saturday, February 25, 2017 12:00 P.M – 5:30 P.M. Hilton Garden Inn 7301 Waverly Avenue Bethesda, MD 20814. The afternoon event is free …

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Newsreel of the Washington Senators winning 1924 World Series

The Library of Congress recently found nearly perfectly preserved nitrate film of a “Kinograms” newsreel showing the Washington Senators winning 1924 World Series    

Goose Goslin leads Senators over Yanks

August 28, 1924 – The Washington Senators win the first game of a four game series against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium by the score of 11 to 6. The Senators were led by Goose Goslin who hit for the cycle and went 4 for 5 and knocked in 6 runs during the …

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The Biggest Nat

Not too many players are discovered stocking shelves but it happened to Richard Ahrens. Joe Cambria, scout for the Washington Senators walked into a grocery store. Here is his tale “I found him in a grocery store. He was behind the counter reaching fir some cans on the top shelf. And when I saw him …

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Telegram for Mr. Johnson

Before Walter Johnson was known as the Big Train, he was the Weiser Wonder. In the summer of 1907, Walter Johnson was pitching for the Weiser “semi-pro” team in the Idaho State League. The 19-year old hurler was so dominating that he caught the attention of many Major League scouts from the east. On June …

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