
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…

June 17, 1925: Tigers bat around twice in the 6th, Hooks Dauss earns 200th career win
Blowout games take on many different forms. There are blowouts…

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…