Category: Uncategorized

Remembering 1924 – Indians 3, Senators 0

Cleveland Indians 3, Washington Senators 0           Game Played on Saturday, June 7, 1924 (D) at Dunn Field WAS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 10 2 CLE A 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 x – 3 6 1 BATTING Washington Senators …

Continue reading

Sunday Baseball!

Having read Mark’s article on the historic first night game ever played in Washington we thought it might be interesting to post the account of the first Sunday game to be played in Washington. The first professional baseball games to be played in the area took place in Alexandria in 1885. On 14 May 1918, …

Continue reading

Remembering 1924 – Senators 8, Athletics 3

Washington Senators 8, Philadelphia Athletics 3 Day Game Played on Monday, June 2, 1924 (D) at Shibe Park WAS A 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 – 8 17 1 PHI A 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 – 3 7 0 BATTING Washington Senators AB R H RBI …

Continue reading

Remembering 1924

AL       Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 36 22 14 0 .611 – 184 154 Boston Red Sox 36 21 14 1 .600 0.5 208 150 Detroit Tigers 41 24 17 0 .585 0.5 232 198 St. Louis Browns 38 18 20 0 .474 5.0 …

Continue reading

Remembering 1924 – Senators 12, Boston Red Sox 0

Washington Senators 12, Boston Red Sox 0 Day Discrepancies Game Played on Saturday, May 31, 1924 (D) at Fenway Park   WAS A 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 – 12 17 0 BOS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 5 4 BATTING Washington Senators AB …

Continue reading

Remembering 1924 – Browns 6, Senators 3

St. Louis Browns 6, Washington Senators 3 Day Game Played on Sunday, May 18, 1924 (D) at Griffith Stadium STL A 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 – 6 6 1 WAS A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 – 3 6 4 BATTING St. Louis Browns AB R …

Continue reading

Remembering 1924 – Indians 6, Senators 4

Cleveland Indians 6, Washington Senators 4 The Senators’ 13 base hits isn’t enough as the Indians’ outscore the Senators 6-4. The Senators starter Joe Martina goes the distance and gets his third loss of the season. Game Played on Thursday, May 15, 1924 (D) at Griffith Stadium CLE A 0 0 0 0 1 0 …

Continue reading

The District’s First World Series Game

The first World Series game to be played in the District took place in 1887. Frederick Stearns, President of the National Champion Detroit franchise challenged the American Association St, Louis Club to a post season World Series. The series would be played not only in the home series but on the road in other League …

Continue reading

Umpire Leaves game under police protection.

Thursday 2 September 1897 Pittsburgh 6 Washington 5 The concluding game of the series between the Pittsburgh’s and Washington’s at National Park was brought to a sensational finish in the eighth inning when Umpire Kick Kelly called the game with two out, two runs in, a man on third and one run necessary to tie …

Continue reading

Remembering 1924 – Senators 6 Yankees 4

Washington Senators 6, New York Yankees 4 Joe Judge and Sam Rice lead the Senators over the Yankees 6 to 4. The Senators improve their record to 7-8-1 Game Played on Friday, May 2, 1924 (D) at Yankee Stadium I WAS A 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 – 6 10 3 …

Continue reading