Feb 08
On February 8, 1958 the UP reported that Washington Senators’ slugger Roy Sievers, who last season led the American League in home runs and RBI’s while hitting .301, said today he wants a 100 percent increase in salary for the 1958 season. The 31-year-old outfielder said he had returned an unsigned contract to club President …
Jan 31
January 31 1959 – Former Senators and Red Sox player-manager Joe Cronin (See October 12th birthdays.) signs a seven-year pact to become head of the A.L. Cronin was active as a major leaguer from 1926 through 1945, playing for the Pirates in 1926 and 1927, the Senators from 1928 through 1934 and the Red Sox …
Jan 25
6th Annual D.C. Baseball History Meeting Hosted by Mark Hornbaker I want to thank Mike Henry, John Yim. Ed Baruch, and Paul Fischetti for their generous donations. I also want to thank Barbara Doran and Gary Sarnoff for their help setting up the meeting. Saturday, February 24, 2018 Meeting:11:00 AM – 5:30 PM / …
Jan 22
A former Washington Senator who had a pronounced fear of flying is among the 500 retirees who don’t receive Major League Baseball (MLB) pensions. Seventy-eight-year-old James Raymond Duckworth, who was born in National City, California in May 1939, pitched for the Washington Senators from 1963 – 1966. In 1966, he also pitched for the …
Dec 16
On this day in 2006 Cecil Travis died in Riverdale, GA at the age of 93. Cecil Travis was a star baseball player for the Washington Senators in the 1930’s and early 1940′s. On May 16, 1933 the 19 year-old Travis made his debut for the Senators. The young man from Riverdale, GA wasted no …
Oct 29
Washington Senators bat boy, Billy Turner shaking hands with Roy Sievers after Sievers hits his first home run in 1958. I’m giving my Roy Sievers autograph bat to Bill “Billy” Turner. I think he liked it. I know I really enjoyed giving it …
Oct 28
During the 1956 Washington Senators season a young Ed Baruch was the scoreboard boy at Griffith stadium. In the video clip a older Ed Baruch explains how the 1956 photo of him inside of the scoreboard was actually staged.
Sep 29
Washington Senators 4, Boston Red Sox 2 Day Discrepancies Game Played on Monday, September 29, 1924 (D) at Fenway Park WAS A 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 – 4 13 1 BOS A 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 2 9 1 BATTING …
Sep 28
AL Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Washington Senators 154 91 61 2 .599 – 750 598 New York Yankees 153 89 63 1 .586 2.0 798 667 Detroit Tigers 155 86 67 2 .562 5.5 844 780 St. Louis Browns 153 74 78 1 .487 17.0 769 807 Philadelphia Athletics …
Sep 26
Boston Red Sox 2, Washington Senators 1 Day Discrepancies Game Played on Friday, September 26, 1924 (D) at Fenway Park WAS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 – 1 7 0 BOS A 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 x – 2 8 1 BATTING Washington Senators AB R …
