1920s – Page 12 – Society for American Baseball Research

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

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

September 12, 1925: Jackie Tavener’s three triples not enough for Tigers after Cleveland rallies in 13th

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

September 19, 1925: Ted Lyons misses out on no-hit bid as White Sox thump Washington, 17-0

Stan Coveleskie (TRADING CARD DB)

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

September 24, 1925: Babe Ruth beats White Sox with extra-inning walkoff grand slam

October 4, 1925: Heilmann grabs AL batting title; Cobb ‘saves’ the day

Sam Rice (TRADING CARD DB)

October 10, 1925: Senators’ Sam Rice makes dazzling catch to preserve victory in Game 3 — or did he?

Walter Johnson (TRADING CARD DB)

October 11, 1925: Walter Johnson tosses shutout in Game 4 to put Senators on cusp of second straight title

October 12, 1925: Bucs’ offense wakes up as Aldridge gives Pirates hope in Game 5

October 15, 1925: Pirates come from behind to beat Senators, Walter Johnson in muddy Game 7

October 18, 1925: Oscar Charleston’s Lincoln Giants fall to Lou Gehrig and the Bronx Giants in an avalanche of runs

Howard Ehmke (TRADING CARD DB)

April 13, 1926: First Red Sox game is broadcast on Boston radio

April 13, 1926: Big Train takes a long journey to defeat Connie Mack’s Athletics

Walter Johnson (TRADING CARD DB)

April 27, 1926: Washington’s Walter Johnson records his 400th win in major leagues

Walter Johnson (Trading Card DB)

May 12, 1926: Walter Johnson records 403rd career win

June 21, 1926: Reds’ Wally Pipp ends the longest day of 1926 in 16th inning

July 10, 1926: Violent vicissitudes as A’s rally to beat White Sox, 17-14

Earl McNeely (TRADING CARD DB)

July 10, 1926: Senators explode for 12 runs in eighth inning

August 11, 1926: Mutinous Pirates ousted after loss to Brooklyn

September 16, 1926: Cardinals keep first pennant in sight with 23-3 rout of Phillies

Frankie Frisch (Library of Congress)

September 17, 1926: Frankie Frisch, Giants derail Reds’ pennant drive

September 26, 1926: Tigers’ Bob Fothergill hits for natural cycle on last day of season