 Special Memory or Event? Want to have some fun? Advertise your business? Dedicate this page May 25, 1926 â Six games in the AL today produce 145 hits and 80 runs. Leading the way are the Senators and Aâs in Philadelphia with the Senators taking game 17-12â and losing the second gameâ 7-6. TheâŠ
On May 23, 1926, at Wrigley Field, Hack Wilson of the Chicago Cubs becomes the first player to hit a home run that strikes the center field scoreboard at Wrigley Field. The blow was his fifth of the season and came in the fifth inning. According to the paper from that day, it was aâŠ
In Washingtonâ Al Simmons hits a solo homerâ off Walter Johnsonâ into the CF stands. The Aâs beat the âBig Trainââ 5 â 3â behind the pitching of Slim Harriss.
Hack Wilson smacks a 5th-inning home runâ a rare blast off the Wrigley Field scoreboardâ situated at ground levelâ to start a rout of the Braves. The Cubs score 7 runs in the 8th inning to win, 14 â 8. Sparky Adamscontributes 4 hits for Chicago. Later that nightâ Wilson and a few others are arrested at a friendâs apartment for drinking beer in violation of the Prohibition Act. The scoreboard will be moved to the left field corner in 1937â before one will be built atop the newly-built bleachers.
Before the Braves-Cubs game at Wrigley Field, Grover Cleveland Alexander is given the keys to a Lincoln automobile, a gift from the fans. The Braves then cuff Alex around and win, 7 â 1. When the Cubs end their homestand, Alexander will be left behind in Chicago, and then waived.
On May 22, 1926, the St. Louis Cardinals hold âRogers Hornsby Dayâ in honor of their star player-manager. Hornsby, the National Leagueâs Most Valuable Player in 1925, receives $1,000 in gold during a pre-game ceremony. The Cards then whip the Phillies, 9 â 2, to even their record at .500. Hornsby finished the year with hisâŠ
White Sox 1B Earl Sheely hits three doubles and a home run at Boston, following three doubles in his last three at bats yesterday. His seven straight extra-base hits tie the major league record. Chicago needs all of his hitting as they edge the Red Sox, 8 â 7, after the previous dayâs 13 â 4 victory.
In Kansas City, Monarchs shortstop Dobie Mooreâs six-and-a-half year Negro League career is ended when he is shot in the lower leg and suffers a compound fracture to his left tibia.
Behind Pete Donohue, the Reds whip the Giants, 11 â 6, and move into first place. Led by the National Leagueâs two top contact hitters â C Bubbles Hargrave at .353 and OF Cuckoo Christensen at .350 â and the pitching of Donohue, Carl Mays and Eppa Rixey, theyâll stay in first until mid-July.
On May 12, 1926, Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators wins his 400th career game. The âBig Trainâ defeats the St. Louis Browns, 7-4, to reach the rarely-achieved milestone.
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