This Date in Nats Baseball

          Standings At Close of Play of June 11, 2005 NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Washington Nationals 62 36 26 0 .581 – 257 253 Philadelphia Phillies 63 35 28 0 .556 1.5 312 304 Florida Marlins 59 31 28 0 .525 3.5 262 …

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Remembering 1924 – Senators 12, Browns 1

Washington Senators 12, St. Louis Browns 1               Day Discrepancies Game Played on Wednesday, June 11, 1924 (D) at Sportsman’s Park III WAS A 1 0 1 3 0 0 4 3 0 – 12 18 0 STL A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 – …

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This Date in Nats History

          Standings At Close of Play of June 10, 2005   NL East Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Washington Nationals 61 35 26 0 .574 – 255 252 Philadelphia Phillies 62 34 28 0 .548 1.5 305 299 Florida Marlins 58 30 28 0 .517 3.5 …

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Remembering 1924 – Indians sweep Senators

Cleveland Indians 4, Washington Senators 3           Game Played on Tuesday, June 10, 1924 (D) at Dunn Field WAS A 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 – 3 9 0 CLE A 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 – 4 11 0 BATTING Washington Senators …

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Remembering 1924 – Indians 6, Senators 1

Cleveland Indians 6, Washington Senators 1         Game Played on Monday, June 9, 1924 (D) at Dunn Field WAS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 – 1 10 3 CLE A 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 x – 6 10 1 BATTING Washington Senators AB …

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Remembering 1924 – Senators drop below .500

Cleveland Indians 11, Washington Senators 3       Day Discrepancies Game Played on Sunday, June 8, 1924 (D) at Dunn Field WAS A 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 – 3 9 1 CLE A 4 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 x – 11 13 0 BATTING Washington Senators …

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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 …

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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, …

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Remembering 1924 – Senators 2, Tigers 0

Washington Senators 2, Detroit Tigers 0                                   Game Played on Friday, June 6, 1924 (D) at Navin Field WAS A 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 – 2 6 0 DET A 0 0 0 0 …

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NL Best Nats should be well represented in All-Star Game

These are great days to be a Nationals fan. Once upon a time, Washington was ridiculed as “first in war, first in peace, and last in the American League.” Now, after winning five of the first six games on their current West Coast road trip, the Nats are first in the National League, and first …

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