October 5, 1924: Senators blow 9th-inning lead but recover to even World Series at one game apiece
After a hard-fought Game One of the 1924 World Series in which…
October 9, 1924: Roger Peckinpaugh leads Senators in Game 6 to force winner-take-all finale against Giants
As they prepared for Game Six of the 1924 World Series on the…
October 10, 1924: Big Train finally wins the biggest one of all
The 1924 World Series marked the fourth straight post-season…
October 20, 1924: José Méndez, Kansas City Monarchs shut out Hilldale Club to win first Negro League World Series
As the 1924 season progressed, fans of the Negro National League…
April 11, 1925: Braves, Red Sox resume City Series in Boston
As Boston Herald sportswriter Burton Whitman saw the preseason…
April 12, 1925: Homestead Grays open season by defeating McConkey Macks
It wasn’t easy being an independent team in 1925. These teams…
April 14, 1925: First radio broadcast from Braves Field
The first radio broadcast at Braves Field took place on April…
April 14, 1925: Indians, Browns combine for 35 runs on Opening Day
It was a mild spring day, temperatures in the 60s with little…
April 18, 1925: Mourning Charles Ebbets
Mourning hovered over Brooklyn like a crib mobile. Charles Ebbets,…
April 22, 1925: Cardinals inflict death by a thousand singles to win home opener over Reds
The National League celebrated the Golden Jubilee of the league…
May 5, 1925: Ty Cobb hits 3 home runs, sets total bases record as Tigers pummel Browns, 14-8
The Detroit Tigers, led by player-manager Ty Cobb, got off to…
May 6, 1925: Ty Cobb, Harry Heilmann both reach 100 career homers as Tigers dominate Browns
Taking the field May 6, 1925, for the third game in a four-game…
May 7, 1925: A Baker Bowl lead is never big enough, especially for the Phillies
“It was not a contest to contribute to the peace of mind and…
May 7, 1925: Glenn Wright turns unassisted triple play as Cardinals rally past Pirates
“Nice work, kid,” St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Rogers…
May 8, 1925: Braves, Cubs celebrate National League’s Golden Jubilee
“By gory,” blurted Jack Manning to former teammate George…
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…
June 4, 1925: Kiki Cuyler leads Forbes Field fireworks as Pirates pound Phillies
As June 1925 began, the race in the National League was close,…
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…