Philadelphia fans chip in to buy a new automobile for the A’s player chosen by the press as MVP. The winner: Al Simmons with 30 points. Mickey Cochrane, a .331 hitter in his first year, is second.

Philadelphia fans chip in to buy a new automobile for the A’s player chosen by the press as MVP. The winner: Al Simmons with 30 points. Mickey Cochrane, a .331 hitter in his first year, is second.

ByThis Day in Baseball

Philadelphia fans chip in to buy a new automobile for the A’s player chosen by the press as MVP. The winner: Al Simmons with 30 points. Mickey Cochrane, a .331 hitter in his first year, is second.

With the pennant clinched, the Pirates get shut out for the second time in three days, losing twice to the visiting Giants. Fred Fitzsimmons stops the Bucs, 3 – 0, in the nitecap, beating Johnny Morrison. Zeke Barnes outpitches Vic Aldridge, 4 – 3, in the opener. To the dismay of the 25,000 on hand, the Bucs’ leading batter Kiki Cuyler is hitless.

ByThis Day in Baseball

With the pennant clinched, the Pirates get shut out for the second time in three days, losing twice to the visiting Giants. Fred Fitzsimmons stops the Bucs, 3 – 0, in the nitecap, beating Johnny Morrison. Zeke Barnes outpitches Vic Aldridge, 4 – 3, in the opener. To the dismay of the 25,000 on hand, the Bucs’ leading batter Kiki Cuyler is hitless.

1925 – For the first time in history and the only time in the National League, teammates hit bases-loaded triples in the same game. Reds RF Curt Walker, in the 3rd, and Rube Bressler in the 5th connect at home in the 18 – 7 win over Brooklyn. Jakie May is the winning pitcher before just 534 fans at Redlands Field. The A’s will accomplish the feat next season.

ByBaseball

1925 – For the first time in history and the only time in the National League, teammates hit bases-loaded triples in the same game. Reds RF Curt Walker, in the 3rd, and Rube Bressler in the 5th connect at home in the 18 – 7 win over Brooklyn. Jakie May is the winning pitcher before just 534 fans at Redlands Field. The A’s will accomplish the feat next season.

With the Yankees trailing by three runs in the bottom of the tenth inning, Babe Ruth hits a Sarge Connally pitch for a game-winning home run which beats the White Sox, 6-5. The ‘Sultan of Swat’ becomes the first modern player to blast a walk-off homer with the bases full which wins the game by one run.

ByBaseball

With the Yankees trailing by three runs in the bottom of the tenth inning, Babe Ruth hits a Sarge Connally pitch for a game-winning home run which beats the White Sox, 6-5. The ‘Sultan of Swat’ becomes the first modern player to blast a walk-off homer with the bases full which wins the game by one run.

The Senators clinch their second consecutive American League pennant when they sweep a doubleheader from Cleveland at Griffith Stadium, 4-3 and 6-2. Washington will have a week to get ready before facing Pittsburgh in the Fall Classic.

ByBaseball

The Senators clinch their second consecutive American League pennant when they sweep a doubleheader from Cleveland at Griffith Stadium, 4-3 and 6-2. Washington will have a week to get ready before facing Pittsburgh in the Fall Classic.

|

The Pirates clinch the National League pennant, making six double plays in beating the Phils 2 – 1. Kiki Cuyler is 1 for 2.

ByThis Day in Baseball

The Pirates clinch the National League pennant, making six double plays in beating the Phils 2 – 1. Kiki Cuyler is 1 for 2.

Washington SS Roger Peckinpaugh, a .294 hitter, is named the American League MVP with 45 points; A’s OF Al Simmons is second with 41.

ByThis Day in Baseball

Washington SS Roger Peckinpaugh, a .294 hitter, is named the American League MVP with 45 points; A’s OF Al Simmons is second with 41.

Burleigh Grimes of the Brooklyn Robins accounts for seven outs in just three plate appearances in 12 inning loss to Cubs
|

Burleigh Grimes of the Brooklyn Robins accounts for seven outs in just three plate appearances in 12 inning loss to Cubs

ByThis Day in Baseball

1925 – Burleigh Grimes of the Brooklyn Robins accounts for seven outs in just three plate appearances. The Dodgers pitcher hits into two double plays, then into a triple play.

Pittsburgh OF Kiki Cuyler ties the National League record by getting his 10th consecutive hit, singling in his first two at bats, off Art Decatur and Dutch Ulrich, before he fouls out in his 3rd at bat, against the Phils’ Decatur. The Pirates win the opener, 9 – 7. In the nitecap, a 14 – 4 Pirates win, Cuyler has his 3rd 4-for-4 game in his last four outings. He clouts two homers to back Ray Kremer’s pitching. Phils utility player Bernie Friberg catches the 8th inning in the game, thus playing every position during the year; he will be featured in a Ripley’s Believe it or Not cartoon.

ByThis Day in Baseball

1925 – Pittsburgh OF Kiki Cuyler ties the National League record by getting his 10th consecutive hit, singling in his first two at bats, off Art Decatur and Dutch Ulrich, before he fouls out in his 3rd at bat, against the Phils’ Decatur. The Pirates win the opener, 9 – 7. In the nitecap, a 14 – 4 Pirates win, Cuyler has his 3rd 4-for-4 game in his last four outings. He clouts two homers to back Ray Kremer’s pitching. Phils utility player Bernie Friberg catches the 8th inning in the game, thus playing every position during the year; he will be featured in a Ripley’s Believe it or Not cartoon.