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

“Many base ball critics have been trying to pass [him] out…
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

The Brooklyn Robins were winding down a disappointing season.…
Stan Coveleskie (TRADING CARD DB)

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

On August 27 the St. Louis Browns finished a sweep of Washington…

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

Neither George Sisler’s homestanding St. Louis Browns nor Ty…

December 9, 1925: Red Grange, Chicago Bears bring professional football to Boston

From the birth of the National Football League, in 1922, it took…
Howard Ehmke (TRADING CARD DB)

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

Few baseball writers predicted big things for the 1926 Boston…

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

Opening Day, at least as far as the Washington Senators were…
Walter Johnson (Trading Card DB)

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

Twenty-four major-league pitchers have won 300 or more games…

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

It began just after 3:00 in the afternoon when Cincinnati’s…

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

Philadelphia is not known the to be coolest place to summer…
Earl McNeely (TRADING CARD DB)

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

On Saturday, July 10, 1926, the temperature in Washington reached…

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

The defending world champion Pittsburgh Pirates were in first…
Frankie Frisch (Library of Congress)

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

On the eve of the 1926 season, the venerated New York Giants…