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…
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.…
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…