Special Memory or Event? Want to have some fun? Advertise your business? Dedicate this page May 25, 1926 – Six games in the AL today produce 145 hits and 80 runs. Leading the way are the Senators and A’s in Philadelphia with the Senators taking game 17-12‚ and losing the second game‚ 7-6. The…
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 a…
Hack Wilson smacks a 5th-inning home run‚ a rare blast off the Wrigley Field scoreboard‚ situated at ground level‚ to start a rout of the Braves. The Cubs score 7 runs in the 8th inning to win, 14 – 8. Sparky Adamscontributes 4 hits for Chicago. Later that night‚ Wilson and a few others are arrested at a friend’s apartment for drinking beer in violation of the Prohibition Act. The scoreboard will be moved to the left field corner in 1937‚ before one will be built atop the newly-built bleachers.
In Washington‚ Al Simmons hits a solo homer‚ off Walter Johnson‚ into the CF stands. The A’s beat the “Big Train”‚ 5 – 3‚ behind the pitching of Slim Harriss.
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 – 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 “Rogers Hornsby Day” in honor of their star player-manager. Hornsby, the National League’s Most Valuable Player in 1925, receives $1,000 in gold during a pre-game ceremony. The Cards then whip the Phillies, 9 – 2, to even their record at .500. Hornsby finished the year with his…
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 – 7, after the previous day’s 13 – 4 victory.
In Kansas City, Monarchs shortstop Dobie Moore’s 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 – 6, and move into first place. Led by the National League’s two top contact hitters – C Bubbles Hargrave at .353 and OF Cuckoo Christensen at .350 – and the pitching of Donohue, Carl Mays and Eppa Rixey, they’ll stay in first until mid-July.
On May 12, 1926, Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators wins his 400th career game. The “Big Train” defeats the St. Louis Browns, 7-4, to reach the rarely-achieved milestone.
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