It isn’t often that a sports franchise relocates to a city based on the potential drawing power of having a star player from that city on the roster, but that was a major factor in the creation of the Trenton Senators. By the mid-1930s Trenton, New Jersey had long been a baseball hotbed. Numerous successful …
Mar 25
Proud to add Ed Johnson to our list of contributors
Those of you who attended the 6th Annual DC Baseball History Meeting this past February had the pleasure of hearing Ed Johnson present on Washington baseball great Cecil Travis. During the course of his presentation, Ed mentioned that much of the research he’d done for his presentation was done during the 1990s, in anticipation of …
Feb 14
The Washington “Homestead” Grays Video Series
The Washington “Homestead” Grays The Game Comes Home documentary web series chronicling the History of Baseball in tale of baseball in the Nation’s Capitol. JBH Video present the Homestead Grays in Washington D.C. Written by William Meaux & Phil Wood, Narrated by Mark Redfield, Directed, Photographed & Edited by Jeff Herberger.
Feb 08
Roy Sievers turns down contract offer
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
This Date in Washington Senators History
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
The 6th Annual D.C. Baseball History Meeting – Sold Out
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
Former Washington Senator Duckworth is among the 500 retirees w/o a MLB pension
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
Remembering Cecil Travis
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
Special Moment for Senators bat boy
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
Ed Baruch, the boy behind the scoreboard
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.
