Walter Johnson News Archive
News -- June 2024 (25)
- 6/17 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History – Johnson becomes the AL’s first 10 game winner.: 1925 – Walter Johnson becomes the AL’s first 10 game winner. The 3-0 win moves the 2nd place Nats to within 1 game of league leading...
- 6/15 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History – ’61 Senators improve record to 30-30: 1961 – It is a rarity that a team that loses 100 games holds a positive major league record, but the 1961 Senators can take some...
- 6/15 Baseball Reference: Pitchers with 200 Career Wins and a 6+ WAR Season: (By Baseball Reference WAR) The post Pitchers with 200 Career Wins and a 6+ WAR Season appeared first on Baseball Reference Blog. ...
- 6/15 Prime Time Sports Talk: Marshall: On Father’s Day and Baseball: Father’s Day and baseball hold a unique relationship between fathers and sons, as well as grandfathers and even daughters. This...
- 6/14 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History – Senators win 14th in a row: 1912 - The streaking Sens win their 14th in a row. With Clyde Milan stealing 5 bases in 3 innings, Washington hands the Naps their...
- 6/13 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History – Goose Goslin is traded: June 13 1905 – Chicago easily disposes of the Nats, 7-0. Sox RHP Frank Owen not only collects the win and shutout. He also...
- 6/12 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History – Senators blow 11-1 lead: 1938 – In the rubber match of a three game series with Detroit, the Senators absorb a humiliating defeat at the hand of the Tigers....
- 6/11 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: The Great Bambino knocked out cold at Griffith Stadium: It was always a special time in D.C. when Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees came to town to play the Washington Senators. The...
- 6/11 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History – 1924 World Series flag raised at Griffith Stadium: June 11 1908 – Making his initial appearance of the year since having surgery to remove an abscess behind his right ear,...
- 6/10 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History – Big Train pitches 1-hit shutout1918 - A harmless single by Ossie Vitt is Detroit's only hit, as Walter Johnson shutouts the Tigers, 2-0 at Navin Field....
- 6/8 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History – Inaugural major league draft, Senators first selection P Joe Coleman: 1965 – In the inaugural major league draft, the Senators use their first ever selection on P Joe Coleman. The Sens sign one of...
- 6/8 Baseball Reference: Players with 2000 Career Strikeouts and a 200 Strikeout SeasonThe post Players with 2000 Career Strikeouts and a 200 Strikeout Season appeared first on Baseball Reference Blog. ...
- 6/8 Baseball Reference: Players who won MVP and had a 200 Strikeout Season: (Not necessarily in the same season) The post Players who won MVP and had a 200 Strikeout Season appeared first on Baseball Reference...
- 6/8 Baseball Reference: Players with 40 Career WAR who won MVP(By Baseball Reference WAR) The post Players with 40 Career WAR who won MVP appeared first on Baseball Reference Blog. ...
- 6/8 Baseball Reference: Player with 200 Career Wins who won MVPThe post Player with 200 Career Wins who won MVP appeared first on Baseball Reference Blog. ...
- 6/8 Baseball Reference: Players who threw a No Hitter and had a 200 Strikeout Season: (Includes combined no-hitters; not necessarily in the same season) The post Players who threw a No Hitter and had a 200 Strikeout...
- 6/8 Baseball Reference: Players who threw a No Hitter and had 40 Career WAR: (Includes combined no-hitters; by Baseball Reference WAR) The post Players who threw a No Hitter and had 40 Career WAR appeared...
- 6/8 Baseball Reference: Players who threw a No Hitter and had 200 Career Wins: (Includes combined no-hitters) The post Players who threw a No Hitter and had 200 Career Wins appeared first on Baseball Reference...
- 6/7 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History – Bobo Newsom commences his 4th stint as a Senator: June 7 1933 – Cleveland GM Billy Evans hires former Senator legend Walter Johnson as manager. Johnson succeeds another former...
- 6/6 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History – Howard and Brinkman Homers lead Senators over O’s: 1966 – Interrupting a 16 game road trip, the Sens return home to play a make-up game against Baltimore. Phil Ortega survives 2...
- 6/3 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History: 1938 – Brothers and battery mates Rick and Wes Ferrell each collect RBI doubles as the Senators douse the visiting Pale Hose,...
- 6/2 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History: 1965 – It’s a happy homecoming for two former Dodgers, Frank Howard and Ken McMullen. The Senators rout the Angels in a doubleheader...
- 6/1 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: Big Train’s Last Shutout: May 30, 1927 Walter “The Big Train” Johnson gave up only three hits as he led the Washington Senators (18-18) to a 3-0 victory...
- 6/1 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History: 1921 – Washington plates 7 runs in the home second off the Yanks Waite Hoyt. The Sens pound out 8 consecutive hits off Hoyt in...
- 6/1 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History – Stan Spence goes 6 for 6: June 1 1916 – Walter Johnson and Babe Ruth lock up in a pitching duel at Fenway. Ruth allows 3 hits and the Red Sox beat...
News -- May 2024 (23)