Walter Johnson (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

October 10, 1924: Big Train finally wins the biggest one of all

The 1924 World Series marked the fourth straight post-season…

April 11, 1925: Braves, Red Sox resume City Series in Boston

As Boston Herald sportswriter Burton Whitman saw the preseason…
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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…
Tris Speaker with the Cleveland Indians (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

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,…
Frankie Frisch (Library of Congress)

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…
Glenn Wright (SABR-Rucker Archive)

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…
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…