The Start of Baseball 1871

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August 1924

Well, a disappointing month, 11-15, dropped the Senators record to 63-66. Still in fourth place, 19.5 games behind Boston. Walter Johnson went 3-4 and is now 20-17 for the season. Babe Ruth hit only 4 home runs and batted .326 in August. Duke Gillespie is still shining, 21 games with 1.42 era and 10 saves.

Boston 82-46
New York 72-55
Philadelphia 67-63
Washington 63-66
St Louis 63-67

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Sept 1924

Overall Record 79-75 3rd place 17 games behind Boston.

Washington Senators finished out the season with a Sept record of 16-9. Walter Johnson was on fire 6-0. He finished the season 26-17 3.32 era and 172 Ks. Babe Ruth hit 7 home runs and hit .416 for the month. The Bambino was a two time player of the week, along with team mate Cy Williams, the two had 3 of the months 4 weekly honors. Cy hit .329 and 4 home runs during Sept. Jeff Tesreau was a disappointment of 4-15. Next season might be better.

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1924
American League
Boston Red Sox 96-58
New York Yankees 85-69
Washington Senators 79-75
Philadelphia Athletics 76-78
Chicago White Sox 73-81
St Louis Browns 72-82
Cleveland Indians 69-85
Detroit Tigers 66-88

National League
Philadelphia Phillies 83-71
Chicago Cubs 82-72
New York Giants 82-72
Cincinnati Reds 75-79
Pittsburgh Pirates 75-79
St Louis Cardinals 75-79
Brooklyn Robins 74-80
Boston Braves 70-84

Pitching
Wins
AL: Walter Johnson (WSA) 26
NL: Eppa Rixey (PHI) 22

ERA
AL: Lee Meadows (CHA) 2.69
NL: Eppa Rixey (PHI) 2.49

Strikeouts
AL: Walter Johnson (WSA) 170
NL: Dazzy Vance (PIT) 184

Saves
AL: Dutch Levsen (SLA) 17
NL: Jakie May (CIN) 19

Batting
Overall Average
AL: Rogers Hornsby (BOS) .389
NL: Kiki Cuyler (PHI) .364

Stolen Bases
AL: Frankie Frisch (CLE) 27
NL: Kiki Cuyler (PHI) 42

RBI
AL: Rogers Hornsby (BOS) 118
NL: Lou Gehrig (NYN) 111

Home Runs
AL: Babe Ruth (BSN) 32
NL: Lou Gehrig (NYN) 35

Triple Crown Winner
None

Championship Series
Boston Red Sox vs Philadelphia Phillies
Game 1 Boston 7-6
Game 2 Boston 7-5
Game 3 Boston 7-6
Game 4 Boston 5-0

Boston sweeps again. Two in a row sweep for their second straight
Championship Series. Boston has their 6th title in 15 tries. The last time the Phillies won a title was in 1910.

Awards
Newcomer of the Year
AL: Al Simmons (CLE)
NL: Jimmy Foxx (NYN)

Pitcher of the Year
AL: Wilbur Cooper (BOS)
NL: Eppa Rixey (PHI)

Batter of the Year
AL: Hornsby (BOS)
NL: Gehrig (NYN)


Notes
Eppa Rixey is coming upon 200 wins.
Ty Cobb has 6 hits in one game on 4/30.
Walt Lynch hit for the cycle on 8/23. The last person to do so was Bunny Roser on 9/21/1922.
Bob Shawkey pitched a no hitter on 7/8. Last pitcher to do so was Hod Eller on 8/10/1919.
Rogers Hornsby 2000th hit, 1000th run scored, and 1000th RBI. Also 29 game hitting streak.
Eddie Collins and Ty Cobb have surpassed Sam Crawford on the career hits leader board. 1. Collins (3341) and 2. Cobb (3286) 3. Crawford (3239)

Hall of Fame
Tris Speaker .334 2108 hits
Frank Baker .304 2163 hits 100 HR
Chief Bender 346-282 2.55 era 2573 K 39 SHO

Senators Notes
Joe Jackson needs124 hits for3000. He might get a shot next season.
Babe Ruth 273 career home runs.
Walter Johnson 350th win and 3000th K.

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April 1925

The month of April was a better than the others. Washington starts out 8-7 with one game back from Cleveland Indians. Babe Ruth made a splash with 5 home runs and a .400 avg. Walter Johnson picks up where he left off last season. Johnson is 3-1 1.69 era and 10 Ks. Joe Jackson comes back being on the DL the past season. Joe is batting .356. Rookie Chick Tolson is batting .375 with a lone home run.

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May 1925

How things can turn around all of the sudden. A 10-18 record in May lands the Senators in last place. An eight game losing streak dominated Washington during the heart of May. The Bambino hit 7 more homer runs and has a total of 12. Babe also hit .398 in May and was the Batter of the Month. Walter Johnson was 4-4 4.23 era and 19 Ks.

Top Performers
Babe Ruth (RF) .399 12 HR 37 RBI
Joe Jackson (LF) .345
Chick Tolson (1B) .339 3 HR
Turner Barber (CF) .398
Walter Johnson 7-5 3.45 era 29 Ks.

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June 1925

June Record 14-14
Overall Record 32-39

Walter Johnson was 5-3 4.89 era and 28 Ks in June. Walter for the season is 12-8 4.04 era and 57 Ks. Babe Ruth hit .378 and 7 home runs in June, for the season The Bambino is .390 with 19 HR and 65 RBI. Joe Jackson hit a blistering .400 in June to bring his season avg up to .366. Chick Tolson has cooled off a bit. Chick hit .278 and is now at .316.

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July 1925

Month of July Record 9-17
Overall Record 41-56

Can you say luck went south of the border. Everything went wrong. Weak pitching and weak hitting. Walter Johnson is 14-13 for the season. He went 2-5 in July. The Bambino hit .341 in July to lower his season to .377 and 23 HRs. Joe Jackson has been consistent all season at .360. Oh well there is next month.

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August 1925

Overall Record 59-67.
From July to August, from bad to worse. Walter Johnson goes out with a season ending injury. Senators record for August was 18-10. Babe Ruth was awarded Batter of the Month of August and Jeff Tesreau Pitcher of the Month. Joe Jackson hit a blistering .445 for June to raise his season batting average to .380. Babe Ruth hit 11 home runs and .366 in August. The Bambino has 34 HR this season.

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Sept/Oct 1925

September 13-11
October 3-1

Ended the season 75-79, way down in sixth placed tied with Chicago White Sox. Boston wins the American League title again. It will be the Red Sox 4th in a row and 7 out of the past 10 years. The tail end of the season saw the Senators turn things around. The month of July really sunk Washington. Losing Walter Johnson did not help much but others did step up. Rip Collins finished the season 15-17 4.29 era. Rip was 4-2 in Sept/Oct. Babe Ruth was awarded his second consecutive Batter of the Month for September. The season saw The Bambino capture the monthly batting title 3 times. Sept alone Babe hit .456 and belted 7 home runs. Jack Scott was 4-0 in Sept along with his 4-2 outing August.

Pitching:
Walter Johnson 14-14 4.41 era and 79 Ks on DL expected return is around June 1926.
Jack Scott 10-11 4.18 era and 42 Ks
Rip Collins 15-17 4.29 era and 45 Ks
Alex Ferguson 8-13 4.42 era and 35 Ks
Jeff Tesreau 9-6 3.33 era and 46 ks on DL until Oct 10th.
Duke Gillespie 3-4 16 saves in 26 games 3.03 era

Batting:
Babe Ruth .386 41 HR 151 RBI
Joe Jackson .377 94 RBI 23 SB
Ray Grimes .324 8 HR 67 RBI
Chick Tolson .303 7 HR 57 RBI <------Rookie
Cy Williams .343 10 HR 55 RBI on DL until the end of October

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1925
American League
Boston Red Sox 96-58
New York Yankees 86-68
Cleveland Indians 77-77
Philadelphia Athletics 77-77
Chicago White Sox 75-79
Washington Senators 75-79
Detroit Tigers 65-89
St Louis Browns 65-89

National League
Pittsburgh Pirates 89-65
New York Giants 88-66
St Louis Cardinals 76-78
Cincinnati Reds 75-79
Philadelphia Phillies 75-79
Brooklyn Robins 74-80
Chicago Cubs 74-80
Boston Braves 65-89

Pitching
Wins
AL: Urban Shocker (BOS) 23
NL: Dazzy Vance (PIT) 26

ERA
AL: Joe Martina (NYA) 3.37
NL: Joe Shaute (CHN) 3.03

Strikeouts
AL: Left Grove (DET) 164
NL: Dazzy Vance (PIT) 194

Saves
AL: Eddie Dyer (PHA) 22
NL: Walt Johnson (PHI) 20

Batting
Overall Average
AL: Rogers Hornsby (BOS) .449
NL: Lou Gehrig (NYN) .406

Stolen Bases
AL: Goose Goslin (CLE) 24
NL: Kiki Cuyler (PHI) 29

RBI
AL: Babe Ruth (WSA) 152
NL: Lou Gehrig (NYN) 162

Home Runs
AL: Babe Ruth (BSN) 41
NL: Lou Gehrig (NYN) 43

Triple Crown Winner
Lou Gehrig

Championship Series
Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox
Boston 8-7
Boston 3-0
Pittsburgh 4-1
Pittsburgh 5-3
Boston 2-1
Boston 7-3
Boston Red Sox win their third straight Championship Title.

Awards
Newcomer of the Year
AL: Bebe Herman (NYA)
NL: Jack Rothrock (NYN)

Pitcher of the Year
AL: Urban Socker (BOS)
NL: Dazzy Vance (PIT)

Batter of the Year
AL: Rogers Hornsby (BOS)
NL: Lou Gehrig (NYN)

Notes
Eddie Collins and Ty Cobb are very close to 3500 hits.
Jimmie Foxx and Jim Bottomley hit 3 HRs in one game.
Glen Myatt and Cy Williams hit for the cycle.
Lou Gehrig 162 RBI in one season.
Eppa Rixey and Ray Caldwell 200th win.

Hall of Fame
Claude Hendrix 210-158 2.66 era

Senators Notes
Babe Ruth 27 game hitting streak.
Babe Ruth 300th home run on 8/12
Joe Jackson 3000th hit on 8/2

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1926 Preview

Trades
Sent Johnny Schulte (C) to Boston for Ray Chapman (SS)
Sent Walt Kinney (P) to Detroit for Lafayette Henion (P)

Disabled List
Walter Johnson 6-7 weeks elbow ligament reconstruction surgery
Hinkey Hanies 8-9 weeks torn thumb ligament
Paul Carter 3 weeks back spasms

Opening Day Lineups
Starting Pitchers
Jeff Tesreau, Rip Collins, Art Delanry
Relief Pitchers
Jack Scott, Sheriff Blake, Lafayette Henion, Roy Hansen, Fred Fussell
Closer
Duke Gillespie

1B Chick Tolson
2B Max Bishop
3B Freddie McGuire
SS Ray Chapman
C Bob O'Farrell
LF Joe Jackson
CF Turner Barber
RF Babe Ruth

Good Luck in 1926

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April 1926

Record for April 8-10 4 games behind Boston.

Looks like Boston is one to watch in the American League. 1-4 in the first series of meetings between our two clubs. 5 Players are on the DL.
Babe Ruth was off to a good start for the season. The Bambino won the award Batter of the Moth for April. Ruth hit .368 with 7 home runs and 18 RBI. It will be a race to see which person, Ty Cobb or Eddie Collins will hit the most this season. Eddie has a 100 hit lead over Ty Cobb.

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May 1926

Record 13-18 Overall 21-28

It looked like the team to beat was Boston. But things do not go as planned. The Senators swept past the Red Sox at the beginning of May and both teams went downhill. Boston has recovered and is in 2nd place 3 games behind Philadelphia. Meanwhile, Washington was swept by the current last place team, the White Sox and Philadelphia. Walter John is back in the rotation with a 0-2 record and 6.23 era. Babe Ruth only hit .314 in May with 8 home runs one of which was a grand slam. Eddie Collins is currently 111 hits ahead of Ty Cobb.

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June 1926

Record 13-12 Overall 34-40

Walter Johnson is back, 4-2 3.73 era and 27 Ks in June. Babe Ruth has another down month and only hit .283 with 9 home runs and 17 RBIs. Only person on DL now is Joe Jackson with 2 weeks left. The race between Collins and Cobb is beginning to not be close. Ty is only hitting .284 this season and Collins is hitting .377. Collins has 3570 career hits and Cobb has 3472.

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July 1926

Record 11-16 Overall 45-56 Last Place 16 GB.

Babe Ruth was awarded another Batter of the Month. The Bambino hit .394 with 8 HR 22 RBI. Currently Babe is .338 32 HR 75 RBI. Walter and Jeff are 7-9 and 11-13. Cy Williams has hit 10 HR so far. Update on the Collins/Cobb race is 3603 and 3482.

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August 1926

Record 18-11
Overall 63-67 10.5 GB 5th place.

A nice turnaround. Currently had a 5 game winning streak going into the end of August. Babe Ruth hit .343 4 HR and 17 RBI in August. Other players stepped up. Joe Jackson .321 4HR 21 RBI, Cy Williams .304 19 RBI, Walter Johnson 5-2 2.60 20 Ks, Rookie Danny MacFayden 4-2 3.74, Jeff Tesreau 4-2 2.74. Eddie Collins went on DL and Ty Cobb collected hit 3500 on August 31 1926.

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Sept 1926

Record 9-15
Overall 72-82 19 GB Tied 5th place with New York

Walter Johnson 1-4 in Sept finishing out the season 13-15 4.03 105 Ks.
Jeff Tesreau 3-3, finishing 18-18 3.54 107 Ks.
Fred Fussell 8-9 4 saves 3.09 41 games.
Danny MacFayden 2-1 in Sept, 8-5 4.32 26 K for the season.
Jack Scott 4-6 15 saves 4.72.
Babe Ruth .291 and 5 HR 13 RBI, finishing .322 41 HR 105 RBI.
Joe Jackson .323 20 RBI in Sept to finish the season .329 7 HR 64 RBI
Cy Williams .271 14 HR 84 RBI.

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1926
American League
Philadelphia Athletics 91-63
Boston Red Sox 87-67
Cleveland Indians 82-72
Detroit Tigers 75-79
New York Yankees 72-82
Washington Senators 72-82
St Louis Browns 70-84
Chicago White Sox 67-87

National League
Boston Braves 89-65
New York Giants 84-70
St Louis Cardinals 80-74
Brooklyn Robins 79-75
Pittsburgh Pirates 78-76
Chicago Cubs 71-83
Cincinnati Reds 69-85
Philadelphia Phillies 66-88

Pitching
Wins
AL: Urban Shocker (BOS) 25
NL: Ed Morriss (NYN) & Joe Shaute (CHN) 20

ERA
AL: Wilbur Cooper (BOS) 2.91
NL: Jessie Petty (SLN) 2.37

Strikeouts
AL: Left Grove (DET) 170
NL: Dazzy Vance (PIT) 148

Saves
AL: Red Lucas (PHA) 20
NL: Carl Mays (CHN) 24

Batting
Overall Average
AL: Earle Combs (PHA) .373
NL: Eddie Collins (PIT) .348

Stolen Bases
AL: Charlie Gehringer (CHA) 30
NL: Kiki Cuyler (PHI) & Tony Lazzeri (BRO) 23

RBI
AL: Babe Ruth (WSA) 105
NL: Lou Gehrig (NYN) 123

Home Runs
AL: Babe Ruth (BSN) 41
NL: Lou Gehrig (NYN) 29

Triple Crown Winner
None

Championship Series
Philadelphia Athletics Pirates and Boston Braves
Philadelphia 4-3
Philadelphia 3-2
Philadelphia 5-2
Philadelphia 9-2
Philadelphia sweeps the Braves. The Athletics have won their first title since 1916.

Awards
Newcomer of the Year
AL: Ed Taylor (NYA)
NL: Bill Harris (BOS)

Pitcher of the Year
AL: Urban Socker (BOS)
NL: Jessie Petty (PIT)

Batter of the Year
AL: Babe Ruth (WSA)
NL: Lou Gehrig (NYN)

Notes
Joe Sewell hit for the cycle on 7/22.
Jing Johnson pitched a no hitter on 4/25.
Eddie Collins (3631) and Ty Cobb (3513) 3500th hit.
Harry Heilmann and Johnny Bassler 2000th hit
Rogers Hornsby 2500th hit.

Hall of Fame
Ray Caldwell 205-192 2.99 era
Walter Johnson 386-258 2.56 era 3281 Ks 46 SHO 4 time Pitcher of the Year. #4 on all time Wins list.

Senators Notes
Babe Ruth 355th career home run. 114 home runs as a Senator.
Joe Jackson 658 career doubles.
Walter Johnson retires

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1927

Preseason Major Transactions

FA Waite Hoyt signed 2yr 10,000 contract. On DL on the last day of Spring Training with partial torn ulnar collateral ligament, out for the entire season.
FA Kiki Cuyler signed 3yr 46,750 contract.

Lost Jeff Tesreau to FA. Detroit System
Lost Jack Scott to FA. Detroit Minor League System.

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April 1927

Record 10-8 3rd Pace 3.5 games behind NY Yankees

Babe Ruth started the season on 10 day suspension from late last season. Still The Bambino hit .371 with 3 home runs and 6 RBI. Cy Williams and Kiki Cuyler are hitting sub .235 for the season (.232 and .212). Max Bishop (.343), Joe Cronin (.412 17RBI), and Dick Bartell (.314) are doing quite well. Joe Cronin is the #4 prospect. Randy Reese is the #11 prospect. Reese is doing a respectfull .289. The existing pitchers will need to pick it up. Waite Hoyt is out for the season. The dreaded Red Sox are in last place 4-13.

On the DL
Waite Hoyt 7 months, Joe Jackson 4 days, Russ Wrightstone 2 weeks, Paul Carter 8 weeks, and Sheriff Blake 9 months.