Jun 11
June 11 1908 – Making his initial appearance of the year since having surgery to remove an abscess behind his right ear, Walter Johnson is hit hard in a 4-2 defeat at St. Louis. Johnson departs in the 4th inning and will not pitch again until June 25. 1925 – The 1924 World Series flag …
Jun 11
It was always a special time in D.C. when Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees came to town to play the Washington Senators. The fans in the Nation’s Capital came out in droves to Griffith Stadium in hopes to witness one of Ruth’s mammoth home runs. One of those mammoth home runs took place …
Jun 10
June 10 1901 – The Nats score 8 in the bottom of the 8th to knot the Pale Hose at 10-10. The tilt goes to extra innings, when Chicago’s Fred Hartman decks a 3-run home run in the top of the 10th. Clark Griffith of Chicago gets the 13-10 win in relief. 1910 – June …
Jun 09
1918 – A harmless single by Ossie Vitt is Detroit’s only hit, as Walter Johnson shutouts the Tigers, 2-0 at Navin
Field.
Jun 08
1965 – In the inaugural major league draft, the Senators use their first ever selection on P Joe Coleman. The Sens
sign one of the great characters of baseball, P Ryne Duren, as a free agent. Washington will be Duren’s final destination of his career.
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 …
