May 8, 1925: Braves, Cubs celebrate National League’s Golden Jubilee

“By gory,” blurted Jack Manning to former teammate George…
Tris Speaker with the Cleveland Indians (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

May 17, 1925: Cleveland’s Tris Speaker records 3,000th career hit

Tris Speaker was accustomed to flying around the basepaths. The…

May 29, 1925: Syl Johnson, Bibb Falk, and the line drive that changed history

In late June of 1978 baseball historian Eugene Converse Murdock…

June 1, 1925: Babe Ruth returns from ‘Bellyache Heard ‘Round the World’

Babe Ruth got a huge cheer when he stepped onto the field at…

June 2, 1925: Tigers win 16-15 in a game as ‘wild as bedlam’

In what was described by Bert Walker of the Detroit Times as…

June 2, 1925: Gehrig replaces Pipp as Miller Huggins shakes up Yankees lineup

In a ceremony at the White House in May 1925, President Calvin…

June 3, 1925: Eddie Collins joins the 3,000-hit club

Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939, Eddie…
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June 14, 1925: ‘Outlaw’ Swede Risberg defeats John Donaldson in Montana duel

  The towns of Scobey and Plentywood, 40 miles apart…

June 15, 1925: Athletics overcome 12-run deficit to knock off Cleveland

From 1910 through 1914, Philadelphia won four of five pennants…

June 20, 1925: Cuyler, Carey, and Co. steamroll Brooklyn on Father’s Day

Promoted as a Father’s Day game because Sunday ball still ran…
Jack Fournier (Trading Card DB)

July 2, 1925: A Rube Awakening: Brooklyn bats bombard Boston’s Marquard

Good-looking matchups on paper sometimes fail to deliver anywhere…

July 7, 1925: Bernie Neis’s historic clout leaves Braves Field

An ordinary doubleheader on a lazy Tuesday afternoon turned extraordinary…

July 11, 1925: Browns’ George Sisler knocks in a career-high seven runs

The Washington Senators were feeling plenty good about themselves.…
Ebbets Field: Great, Historic, and Memorable Games in Brooklyn's Lost Ballpark

July 20, 1925: Dodgers’ Dazzy Vance ties NL record with 17 strikeouts

Hard-throwing Dazzy Vance was in agony. Brooklyn sportswriter…

July 21, 1925: Red Sox rookie Roy Carlyle completes cycle against Chief Bender

On July 21, 1925, the Chicago White Sox (47-43) hosted the Boston…

July 23, 1925: Lou Gehrig hits first of 23 career grand slams

At the end of the day on July 21, 1925, the Washington Senators…

September 11, 1925: Walter Johnson wins 20th game of season for 12th and final time

“Many base ball critics have been trying to pass [him] out…
He didn’t “dazzle” in the minors while suffering from a chronic sore arm. In 1920, while pitching in New Orleans, he had surgery following a poker incident and found himself cured. He broke in as a 31-year-old rookie in 1922 with Brooklyn.

September 13, 1925: Dazzy Vance tosses first no-hitter in Ebbets Field history

The Brooklyn Robins were winding down a disappointing season.…
Stan Coveleskie (TRADING CARD DB)

September 22, 1925: Stanley Coveleski wins 20th game and secures AL ERA title

On August 27 the St. Louis Browns finished a sweep of Washington…