Wayback Baseball Syndicate

The Wayback Baseball Syndicate (WBS) is a centralized, limited keeper, Diamond Mind Baseball (v12) simulation league beginning with the 1919 season. Our mission is to recreate an alternative, historical replay of the game of baseball.

If you are interested in joining the WBS, please email waybackbaseball@gmail.com for more information.

The WBS completes 1 full season, including draft and postseason, within a 4 month time span (~120 days).

General weekly sim schedule is MWFSa, with THSu off.

November 1, 1925
Raleigh, NC (WBSP) — As voted on by the WBS Owners, Steve Wood (Austin Aces) is named Owner of the Year. Steve Wood led all owners with 112 regular season wins this season, 2nd best only to his record 123 wins set in 1923. Making the postseason a 5th consecutive season, his Aces won their 2nd regular season title and 3rd league pennant, and came within a win of a 2nd World Series title. He joined Kyle Pope and Todd Wade as the only owners to win the award more than once.



November 1, 1925
Raleigh, NC (WBSP) — The 1925 Commissioner's Choice Team, selected by the Commissioner's Office, is announced today. Button Bay's Rogers Hornsby earned the award for the 6th time, leading all winners. Dolf Luque (Aus), Dave Bancroft (Aus), and Goose Goslin (Mid) also earned repeat honors, each winning their 2nd award. First time winners included Mickey Cochrane (Top), Jim Bottomley (KS), Russ Wrightstone (KS), Baby Doll Jacobson (SM), and Al Simmons (Hob).



November 1, 1925
Raleigh, NC (WBSP) — Austin Aces starting pitcher Jack Scott is awarded the 1925 Dark Horse Award, selected by the Commissioner's Office. Scott had a career season, going 28-9 with a 2.92 ERA, and trailing teammate Dolf Luque by a thin margin in almost every pitching category. Scott did lead the WBS in quality start percentage (77.1%), accumulating 308.1 innings and 86 strikeouts, allowing 312 hits and 56 walks. Scott also picked up 3 saves in 7 relief appearances. Desipte the lucrative performance, Scott did not join teammates Dolf Luque, Milt Stock, Dave Bancroft, and Johnny Mostil at the Midsummer Classic. Luque won the Knickerbocker Pitcher of the Year Award, and Mostil was named Team MVP following the regular season.



November 1, 1925
Raleigh, NC (WBSP) — As voted on by the WBS Owners, Santa Mira's Baby Doll Jacobson and Button Bays's Rogers Hornsby are named League Most Valuable Players. Jacobson is the first player other than Babe Ruth to win the award in the Doubleday League. Hornsby won the award for the 4th time ('21, '23, '24). Both also won Batter of the Year this season.



November 1, 1925
Raleigh, NC (WBSP) — As voted on by the WBS Owners, Kinnaird Street's Ted Lyons and Austin's Dolf Luque are named Pitchers of the Year. Both pitchers were selected unanimously. Lyons led the Doubleday league in wins (21), ERA (2.74), innings pitched (306.0). He had 2 shutouts, allowed 293 hits, walked 74 annd struck out 40. Lyons was overlooked at the Midsummer Classic, but got hot in the 2nd half to lead the Kings to their first World Series crown. His postseason performance was strong: 3-0, 2.31 ERA, with 2 of his victories earning World Series MVP honors. Luque became only the 2nd pitcher to win the award twice (Pete Alexander in 1919 and 1920). He dominated the Knickerbocker League with a best 29 wins, 2.78 ERA, and 4 shutouts in 339.2 innings pitched. Luque allowed 312 hits and 92 walks, while striking out 142. Luque made his 2nd start for the Kinckerbockers in the Midsummer Classic, and led his Aces to a WBS-best 112-42 record and their 3rd World Series appearance.



November 1, 1925
Raleigh, NC (WBSP) — As voted on by the WBS Owners, Santa Mira's Baby Doll Jacobson and Button Bay's Rogers Hornsby are named Batters of the Year. Jacobson posted an historic season to become the only player other than Babe Ruth to win the award in the Doubleday League. Jacobson batted .402 with 267 hits to lead his league in batting and tied the WBS hitting streak record at 37 games, set previously by Charlie Jamieson in 1922. He also slugged 37 doubles, 11 triples, 26 home runs, 111 RBIs, and scored 130 runs. Hornsby won his 2nd Batter of the Year Award (1924). He led the Knickerbocker League in home runs (31), while batting .381 with 40 doubles, 15 triples, 99 RBIs, and 123 runs scored.



November 1, 1925
Raleigh, NC (WBSP) — As voted on by the WBS Owners, Kinnaird Street Kings' outfielder Earle Combs and Button Bay Benedicts' outfielder Dick Cox are named Rookies of the Year. Combs helped lead his Kings to a World Series title, and posted a .354 average with 235 hits, 40 doubles, 13 triples, 126 runs scored, and 72 RBIs. Cox batted .347 with 211 hits, 34 doubles, 17 triples, 11 home runs, 111 RBIs, 91 runs, and earned a Gold Glove for his play in right field.



November 1, 1925
Raleigh, NC (WBSP) — The 1925 Gold Glove Award Winners are announced today by the Commissioner's Office. Edd Roush (Alt) led the Doubleday League with his 3rd Gold Glove in centerfield, followed by Marty McManus (Mid) and Willie Kamm (Bla) winning their 2nd Gold Gloves at 2nd and 3rd base, respectively. Over in the Knickerbocker League, Topeka's Eddie Rommel and rookie Mickey Cochrane snagged the pitcher/catcher battery Gold Glove. Rookies Lou Gehrig (OL) and Dick Cox (BB) also picked up Gold Gloves at first and right field. The Gold Gloves for utility play went to Frank O'Rourke (KS) and Ossie Bluege (OL).



November 1, 1925
Raleigh, NC (WBSP) — The 1925 Ballclub Most Valuable Players are announced today by the Commissioner's Office, as named by their respective owners. Babe Ruth (Blackwater) and Rogers Hornsby (Button Bay) both earned their 7th Ballclub MVP Awards. Boston's Zack Wheat, Macon's George Sisler, and Bowling Green's Harry Heilmann all won the award for the 4th time in their career. Also noteworthy, rookies Dick Burrus of New Orleans and Lou Gehrig of Old Lyme won honors.



World Series ｢results｣
Kings defeat Aces 4-3

October 24, 1925
Austin, TX (WBSP): KINGS KOMPLETE KRAZY KOMEBACK!!! Four days ago on October 20th, every fan and sportswriter in the country wrote off the Kinnaird Street Kings when they went down 1-3 against the high-powered Aces. But today Red Faber brought his best stuff, shutting down the Austin offense, allowing on 1 run on 6 hits in 6 innings. The Kings offense showed up in force, Earle Combs, Jim Bottomley, and Harry Rice all getting 3 hits apiece, and Frank O'Rourke driving in 3 runs on 2 hits, combining a whole for 8 runs on 16 hits. The final homestand for Austin saw the Kings outscore, 18-5. Jim Bottomley capped off his incredible year with a home run in the 5th. The World Series crown for Kinnaird Street marks the first time a team has come back from a 1-3 deficit to win it all, and will be one to remember for fans in Boston! ｢boxscore｣



October 23, 1925
Austin, TX (WBSP): Kinnaird Street bats explode in 19-hit, 10-2 rout to force Game 7. Russ Wrightstone homered and triples to drive in 3 Kings runs; Jim Bottomley enjoyed a 5-hit peformance, including 2 doubles. Ace Ted Lyons nabbed his 2nd win of the World Series, allowing only 2 runs, both unearned, on 6 hits and a walk, and pitching all 9. Jack Scott took the brunt of damage for Austin, giving up 7 runs on 15 hits in 6, and taking the loss. Kinnaird Street has come back from a 3-1 series deficit to tie the series and hopes to pull off the upset comeback tomorrow over the heavily favored Austin Aces! ｢boxscore｣

October 21, 1925
Boston, MA (WBSP): Slim Harriss gives clutch performance in must-win Game 5; Kings bats get to Dolf Luque. The Aces struck first going up 1-0 in the top of the first, but Kinnaird Street's lineup spread out 12 hits for the 6-2 win. Harriss pitched all 9, allowing only 2 Austin runs on 7 hits and 3 walks. The series will return to Texas, Austin up 3-2. ｢boxscore｣

October 20, 1925
Boston, MA (WBSP): Aces tally late runs to catch, pass Kings, win 7-4. Eppa Rixey has strong outing, gets 2nd series win, allowing 2 earned runs on 6 hits. Johnny Mostil leads offense on 3 of 5 batting including go-ahead double and 3 RBIs. Aces hold 3-1 series lead heading into Game 5! ｢boxscore｣

October 19, 1925
Boston, MA (WBSP): TWO ACES, ONE WINNER: Ted Lyons carries Kings to Game 3 win on complete game and 3-run blast in 7th. Kings win 6-4. Russ Wrightstone bats 3 of 4 with home run and 3 RBIs. Jack Scott takes loss for Austin. Game 4 in Boston tomorrow; Aces carry 2-1 advantage. ｢boxscore｣

October 17, 1925
Austin, TX (WBSP): Dolf Luque nearly blanks Kings, gives up 2-out, 2-run shot to Gus Felix in top of ninth, but gets easy 8-2 win. Austin takes 2-0 series lead, Aces and Kings head to Boston for Game 3. ｢boxscore｣

October 16, 1925
Austin, TX (WBSP): Game 1 goes to Austin in pitchers' duel between Slim Harriss and Eppa Rixey; Kings take early 1-0 lead, Aces comeback to take edge late; Joe Munson's sacrifice fly in the 8th to score Dave Bancroft makes the difference. Austin takes 1-0 lead in series. ｢boxscore｣

League Championship Card Series ｢results｣
Kings defeat Whoopies 4-1
Aces defeat Wendigos 4-2

October 14, 1925
Austin, TX (WBSP): Austin finished off Williston in Game 6 by score of 14-2. Jack Scott gets complete game win, Ken Williams leads Aces' offense with 2 home runs and 4 RBIs. Austin stays in town with day off and home field advantage in the World Series, while Kinnaird Street makes their way from Boston with hopes for first crown! ｢boxscore｣

October 12, 1925
Boston, MA (WBSP): Kings put away Macon 12-4 in Game 5, win Doubleday pennant with change to rest before the World Series. Ted Lyons gets the win and complete game. Harry Rice has monster performance with 4 hits, home run, and 6 RBIs; Rice had 4 home runs in the LCS! ｢boxscore｣

October 12, 1925
Williston, ND (WBSP): Lee Meadows locks down to keep Wendigos alive with shutout against red hot Aces' bats; Joe Harris solo shot in 7th scores only run. Series returns to Texas: with 3-2 series advantage, Austin poised to return to World Series. ｢boxscore｣

October 8, 1925
Boston, MA (WBSP): Kings escape Whoopies comeback, win on Russ Wrightstone's three-run blast in bottom of 12th. Kinnaird Street heads to Macon with 2-0 lead. ｢boxscore｣

October 8, 1925
Austin, TX (WBSP): Aces blow out Wendigos 13-1; Johnny Mostil bags 3 triples, 2 doubles, 4 hits, 3 runs 3 RBIs; Eppa Rixey ices Williston on 5 hits and 1 run. The series moves to Williston tied 1 apiece. ｢boxscore｣

Wild Card Series ｢results｣
Whoopies defeat Dare Devils 4-2
Wendigos defeat Benedicts 4-3

October 5, 1925
Williston, ND (WBSP): Williston wins in WILD 9th on Roger Peckinpaugh's walkoff GRAND SLAM, stays in hunt for crown! The Benedicts scored in the top of the 9th to take a 8-6, but never got an out in the bottom half. Tris Speaker had 5 hits on the day. Williston will head to Texas to face Austin in the LCS! ｢boxscore｣

October 4, 1925
Ozark Mountain, TX (WBSP): Macon snuffed Ozark Mountain 8-6 and held off a late Dare Devil rally to take the Doubleday Wild Card Series, and will head to Boston to face Kinnaird Street. Bob Meusel, the WBS home run champ this year, led the way for Macon batting 3 for 4 with a home run, a double, and 3 RBIs. This is Macon's first postseason series win. ｢boxscore｣

October 2, 1925
Macon, GA (WBSP): Dare Devils bats keep series alive, score 14 on 18 hits, Sammy Hale leads way with 3 hits, 4 RBIs. Series heads back to Texas for Game 6 with Macon up 3-2! ｢boxscore｣

October 2, 1925
Button Bay, VT (WBSP): Urban Shocker has solid outing, easy 12-2 win over Benedicts. Joe Harris homers and drive in 3. Williston heads home with 3-2 edge, hopes to return to LCS! ｢boxscore｣

September 27, 1925
Williston, NC (WBSP): Wendigos come from behind to win on Tris Speaker home run, take Game 1 from Benedicts. ｢boxscore｣

September 25, 1925
Raleigh, NC (WBSP): Playoffs set... Ozark Mountain to host Macon in Doubleday League; Williston will host Button Bay in Knickerbocker series.

September 20, 1925
Williston, ND (WBSP): Johnny Mostil bats for cycle, 5 of 5 and 3 RBIs. Eppa Rixey picks up 23rd win, Aces roll 7-4 over Williston. ｢boxscore｣

September 19, 1925
Hoboken, NJ (WBSP): In his first full season, Elysian Al Simmons has set a new single season hits record, passing Ty Cobb with his 263rd hit today. But Hoboken fell short on the scoreboard, losing 4-3 to the Ticks. Simmons' record hit came on a lead-off double in the 4th off Joe Shaute. Samta Mira's Baby Doll Jacobson is also in position to pass Cobb; he's sitting at 261 hits with 4 games left to play. ｢boxscore｣

September 17, 1925
Santa Mira, CA (WBSP): The Kinnaird Street Kings won their 7th straight to clinch their first Doubleday League regular season title today with a 8-2 victory over Santa Mira. Dixie Davis got the win (11-15, 4.55), and picked up the game-winning RBI with a sacrifice fly in the 4th. Santa Mira kept it close until the 7th when Harry Rice led off with a double to spark a 5-run rally. The Kings will likely face Ozark Mountain or Macon in LCS, but Santa Mira still has an outside shot at making the postseason, 5 games back of 3d place with 8 game left to play. ｢boxscore｣

September 11, 1925
Williston, ND (WBSP): Rogers Hornsby bats for cycle, drives in 5; Benedicts crush Wendigos late, 14-6. ｢boxscore｣

September 5, 1925
Bowling Green, KY (WBSP): The Austin Aces won 1-0 over Bowling Green today, clinchng the Knickerbocker League regular seaon championship, as ace Dolf Luque pitched a 4-hit shutout and picked up his WBS best 25th win. Herb Pennock also pitched well, throwing a complete game and giving up the games only run in the 8th, a Milt Stock single scoring Johnny Mostil. The Aces will likely enter the postseason heavy favorites to win it all. ｢boxscore｣

August 31, 1925
Bowling Green, KY (WBSP): Kiki Cuyler bats for cycle, drives in 5; Barons come back late to outlast Benedicts, win 12-10. ｢boxscore｣

August 17, 1925
Santa Mira, CA (WBSP): With a month left in the season, Kinnaird Street handled the slumping Ravers easily, dealing an 11-2 loss. Red Faber had a good day, finishing all 9 and allowing on 2 runs on 8 hits, no walks. Santa Mira's Vic Aldridge struggled, coming up short of his 20th win, allowing 7 runs in 5 innings. Faber helped his own cause, slugging his 2nd homer of the season, and Sam Rice did the most damage for the Kings, getting hits including a double and triple, and driving in 4. The Kings maintain a 5 game lead at the head of the pack, with Macon and Ozark Mountain jostling for 2nd place. Santa Mira's slump leaves them in 4th, 2 games out of a playoff spot. Over in the Knickerbocker League, Austin has all but clinched first place, 20 games ahead of Button Bay. Williston sits in 3rd, with a 5 game cushion above Bowling Green. ｢boxscore｣


Middlebury, VT (WBSP): Goose Goslin had an above average day for the Moundsmen: he batted 4 for 5, collected 2 triples, a home run, scored thrice, drove in 2, including his walkoff single in the 10th, AND became the first 20-20-20-20 player in the WBS (that's 32 doubles, 21 triples, 21 home runs, and 20 stolen bases for those keeping score at home). Goslin got a nice assist from Alto pitcher Lefty Thomas who beaned Fresco Thomas with 2 outs and the bases loaded in the 9th to score tying-run Jimmy Wilson. The final score stood 5-4, Walter Mails snagging the W. ｢boxscore｣

August 6, 1925
Hoboken, NJ (WBSP): Aces defeat Elysians 4-1, extend winning streak to 10 game, hold 19.5 game lead over 2nd place Wendigos. Rube Benton gets complete game win, improves to 5-3 with a 3.11 ERA. ｢boxscore｣

July 29, 1925
Boston, MA (WBSP): Young Elysian slugger Al Simmons had a big day at the plate, 5 for 5 with 2 home runs, a double, 6 RBIs, and 2 runs scored. Hoboken whipped Boston 14-6, scoring 12 of their runs in the 5th and 6th innings. All 6 Colonial runs came in the 6th as well, mainly on home runs by George Grantham and Roy Carlyle. Alex Ferguson earned the win (7-9, 4.39) and Dave Danforth took the loss (8-5, 4.50). Both teams sit low in the sstandings, but Boston still has a reasonable shot at sneaking into the postseason. ｢boxscore｣

July 13, 1925
New Orleans, NO (WBSP): The bottom third of the Alto linup (Aaron Ward, Wally Gerber, and pitcher Emil Yde) combined for 10 hits, 2 home runs, 2 triples, 3 doubles, 11 runs, and 8 RBIs in a 19-1 blowout against New Orleans. Bobby Veach also came within a home run of the cycle in a 4 for 6 day. Yde got the win (3-9, 4.92 ERA), and Johnny Morrison left early and fell to 8-6. ｢boxscore｣

July 10, 1925
Topeka, KS (WBSP): George Burns hits for cycle, Moosedogs rout Ticks 10-2. ｢boxscore｣

July 4, 1925
Button Bay, VT (WBSP): Raver pitcher Vic Aldridge was clutch for the Doubledays today. In addition to getting the win pitching 3 scoreless innings while allowing only 1 hit, his 2-out single on an 0-2 count against Baron reliever Neal Brady in the 7th set the stage for Macon's Irish Meusel to drive in teammate Bubbles Hargave for the critical go-head run, along with Aldridge for the insurnace run. The Doubledays opened with a bang; Outlaw Babe Ruth went deep to leadoff the bottom of the first and give his team an early 1-0 lead. The only Knickerbocker run came in the 3rd on a double by Baron Harry Heilmann that scored Austin's Milt Stock; Heilmann got greedy on the subsequent single by Colonial Ty Cobb and was nailed at the plate trying to score. Vic Aldridge was named the game's Most Valuable Player, for both his clutch hit and pitching performance. The 3-1 Doubleday win ended a 3-game losing streak for the league; The Knickerbockers hold an overall 4-3 series advantage. ｢boxscore｣

July 2, 1925
Raleigh, NC (WBSP): Today the Commissioners office announced the 1925 Midsummer Classic rosters. Blackwater's Babe Ruth and Button Bay's Rogers Hornsby return for their 7th consecutive appearances as starters, the most among all players. Austin's Dolf Luque will make his 2nd appearance as starter, and his 3rd appearance overall. Santa Mira's Virgil Barnes will start for the Doubledays in his first Midsummer Classic. Rookies Harry Rice (KS) and Lou Gehrig (OL) were voted in as starters, and Mickey Cochrane (Top) was selected at-large by Knickerbocker manager Kyle Pope. Other notable returning players include Ty Cobb (6 times), Harry Heilmann(6), Edd Roush (6), Tris Speaker (5), Dave Bancroft (4), Zach Wheat, (4), Jim Bottomley (3), and Goose Goslin (3). Blackwater owner Joe Coombs makes his first appearance in the Classic; Pope returns for his 4th one, uniquely having managed both leagues as a World Series manager, as well as managing in the inaugural 1919 Classic, and filling in for Robert Gianduso in the 1922 Classic. Pope is 2-1 overall in the Classic. This year's Classic will be played at Ebbets Field in Button Bay, VT!



July 1, 1925
Boston, MA (WBSP): Jim Bottomley gets walk-off hit againt Outlaws, 3 for 5 day with a double, propels red hot Kings to 9-1 streak, within 1 game of first-place Ravers to end the first half of the season. ｢boxscore｣

June 22, 1925
Macon, GA (WBSP): Macon wins over Santa Mira 5-2, Ray Kremer improves to 10-4, 3.8 ERA. Ravers loses 3rd straight. Baby Doll Jacobson extends hitting to 32 games, 2nd best all-time behind Charlie Jamieson's 1922 streak of 37 games. ｢boxscore｣

June 16, 1925
Santa Mira, CA (WBSP): The Ravers fell to the Wild Mustangs today by a score of 5-3, but Baby Doll Jacobson extended his hitting streak to 27 games and raised his average to .411 as he continues to be one of the dominant offensive forces in the WBS. Santa Mira's record stands at 44-24, 7 games head of the 2nd-place Kinnaird Street Kings, seemingly well on their way to the best season in the franchise's history. ｢boxscore｣

June 4, 1925
Williston, ND (WBSP): The Wendigos set a new WBS record today, scoring 26 runs on 32 hits and 7 Moosedog errors. Joe Harris hit a home run and a double, batting 4 of 6 with 6 RBIs and 3 runs scored. Eddie Collings and Tris Speaker each had 5 hits a piece. Max Carey led all batters with 6 hits, including 2 doubles, 4 RBIs, and 5 runs scored. Williston peaked with 12 runs in the 5th, which included 4 Topeka errors and 1 of Harris' homers. Lee Meadows pitched all 9, getting the easy win. ｢boxscore｣

May 29, 1925
Santa Mira, CA (WBSP): Virgil Barnes flirted with a no-hitter today, getting a shutout and allowing only 1 Middlebury hit, as the Ravers edged the Moundsmen 1-0 on a Jimmy Dykes solo shot in the 5th inning. Barnes improved to 8-2 with a 2.65 ERA. ｢boxscore｣

May 29, 1925
Ozark Mountain, TX (WBSP): Ravers win in 10 over Daredevils on solo shot by reliever Rosy Ryan. Third straigh win sees Santa Mira atop Doubleday League with 35-16 record. ｢boxscore｣

May 27, 1925
Topeka, KS (WBSP): Jack Scott gets 10th win, pitches complete game, as red hot Aces win 11th straight. Austin could be leaving the rest of the Knickerbocker league behind early, with more than a month to go before the midseason break. ｢boxscore｣

May 17, 1925
Santa Mira, CA (WBSP): RAVERS RALLY TWICE, STEAL WRIGLEY THRILLER IN NINTH. Terry's Bat Delivers Walk-Off Verdict After Wild Late-Inning Swings. ｢boxscore｣

May 16, 1925
Blackwater, KY (WBSP): SHERDEL'S MASTERPIECE BLANKS MOUNDSMEN, 1 TO 0. Bohne's Double Proves Enough Support for Two-Hit Gem at Fenway. ｢boxscore｣

May 15, 1925
Button Bay, VT (WBSP): ELYSIANS SURVIVE ELEVEN INNINGS TO EDGE BENEDICTS, 6-4. Late Heroics and Extra-Frame Rally Carry the Day at Ebbets Field. ｢boxscore｣

May 10, 1925
Old Lyme, CT (WBSP): TICKS OVERCOME THREE-RUN DEFICIT WITH SIX-RUN FOURTH, THEN SMITH'S SINGLE IN NINTH ROUTS COLONIALS. Cobb Triples, Carlyle Homers — Colonials Lead 6-0 Through Three — But Ticks' Sudden Eruption Ties Game, And Winning Blow Drives Home Winning Run in Walk-Off at Griffith, 7 to 6. ｢boxscore｣

May 10, 1925
Ozark Mountain, TX (WBSP): KINGS SQUANDER FIVE-RUN LEAD BEFORE DAREDEVILS WIN IN TEN, 6–5; DEAN INJURED IN MÊLÉE. Lyons Brilliant Through Nine But Baumgartner Yields Winning Run in Tenth — Douthit Sent Down on Strikes — Kings' Bats Fall Silent in Final Frames. ｢boxscore｣

May 9, 1925
Macon, GA (WBSP): MUSTANGS STORM BACK IN TENTH TO SUBDUE WHOOPIES IN TEN-INNING WAR AT SPORTSMAN'S PARK. Game Tied at Three Entering Extra Session — Reinhart Shuts Door for Final Two Frames as Wild Mustangs Push Across Three to Win, 6–3. ｢boxscore｣

May 5, 1925
Williston, ND (WBSP): COBB RUNS AMOK AT BAKER BOWL; COLONIALS PREVAIL IN TEN-INNING THRILLER. Georgia Peach Smashes Pair of Homers, Triples, Drives in Seven as Boston Outlasts Wendigos, 14–11. ｢boxscore｣

May 4, 1925
Macon, GA (WBSP): SHERDEL CONQUERS VISITORS WITH BAT AND ARM; CRAFTY SOUTHPAW HOMERS AND TRIPLES IN COMPLETE GAME TRIUMPH. Outlaws Ace Proves Himself No Mere Pitcher as Ruth Also Connects; Whoopies Turned Away at Home of Outlaws, 6–2. ｢boxscore｣

May 4, 1925
Williston, ND (WBSP): WALTER JOHNSON HURLS COMPLETE GAME AND DRIVES IN DECIDING RUN; BIG TRAIN STILL HAS STEAM. Veteran Right-Hander Baffles Visiting Colonials With Both Arm and Stick; Wendigos Triumph on Home Grounds, 3–2. ｢boxscore｣

May 2, 1925
Boston, MA (WBSP): FENWAY PARK, BOSTON SISLER AND RUTH TRADE BLOWS; WHOOPIES TRIUMPH IN TEN-INNING WAR BEFORE FENWAY THRONG. Home Nine Rally in Extra Frame as Sisler Drives in Four With Circuit Clout; Outlaws Fall, 6–7. ｢boxscore｣

April 28, 1925
ALTO NINE DOWNS KINNAIRD STREET KINGS IN MARATHON AFFAIR AT REDLAND FIELD
New Mexico Cowpunchers Prevail, 5 to 4, in Seventeen-Inning Battle of Attrition — Lyons Hurls Fourteen Frames in Gallant Losing Cause — Gerber's Single in Last Stanza Decides
｢boxscore｣

ALTO, NM (WBSP) — Before a fair-sized gathering of Tuesday patrons at Redland Field, the Alto Wild Mustangs and the Kinnaird Street Kings of Boston engaged this afternoon in a contest of baseball so prolonged and so stubbornly contested that many among the assemblage had quite forgotten the score of the early innings by the time young Wally Gerber stroked the ball through the infield in the seventeenth frame to end the proceedings at half-past six o'clock, with the Wild Mustangs the victors by a count of five runs to four.

It was, by any honest reckoning, a remarkable afternoon's work.

The Kinnaird Street faithful who made the long journey to New Mexico will find little comfort in the final figures, though they may take some small consolation in the performance of their pitcher, the stalwart Ted Lyons, who labored upon the mound for fourteen full innings and did not disgrace himself in the doing of it. Lyons threw one hundred sixty deliveries before his manager called upon Art Nehf to relieve him in the fifteenth, and though he yielded sixteen safeties and ultimately absorbed the loss — or rather, Nehf absorbed it on his behalf — the young right-hander's performance was of the sort that earns a man's respect even when fortune declines to reward it.

The Wild Mustangs, for their part, employed no fewer than seven pitchers in their cause, a procession of hurlers that began with the lefthander Yde and concluded with one Archie Stokes, who entered the contest in the fourteenth inning and proceeded to retire the Kings in order through the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth without permitting so much as a whisper of a rally. Stokes fanned three and walked but one, and he shall be remembered kindly in Alto this evening.

The drama of the middle innings was supplied chiefly by young Earl McNeely, who came to the plate as a batsman for hire in the seventh stanza and promptly deposited the baseball over the fence for a home run, his first of the campaign, driving in two runs and giving the Kings a three-to-two advantage that they would maintain through nine innings of scoreless play. It was the sort of blow that quickens the pulse and loosens the purse-strings of the sporting fraternity, and the Kings' partisans among the crowd expressed their enthusiasm accordingly — though one imagines they were something of a lonely contingent in the Alto grandstand.

The Wild Mustangs, however, are not a club given to quiet surrender before their home patrons. Edd Roush, that gifted center fielder who handles himself with the aplomb of a man entirely at home upon a baseball diamond, reached base three times and stole his fifth base of the young season. Sheely at first base was a perfect nuisance, collecting five hits in six appearances at the plate and generally comporting himself as though the Kings' pitching presented no particular difficulty. Lamar in left field drove in two runs.

The Wild Mustangs had knotted the affair at four in the eighth inning and from there the two clubs traded nothing — nine full innings of nothing, each side refusing to yield what the other could not take by ordinary means. Twenty-nine men left upon the bases by both clubs combined. The afternoon wore on. The shadows lengthened across the high desert outfield. The vendors exhausted their supply of everything.

In the seventeenth, with Stokes having suppressed the Kings without incident, the Wild Mustangs mounted what proved to be the final offensive of the afternoon. Gerber, whose contributions to this point had been largely defensive in character, singled sharply to drive home the winning run, and the long day's work was at last concluded.

The box score, should any reader possess the endurance to examine it, shows sixty-five at-bats for the Kings and sixty-four for the Mustangs. One hundred eighty-nine pitches thrown by the Boston staff; two hundred twenty-six by the assembled pitching of Alto. Not an error recorded by either club.

The Kinnaird Street Kings depart New Mexico with their record somewhat the worse for the afternoon's adventures. The Wild Mustangs, having demonstrated to the satisfaction of all present that the high country breeds ballplayers of no ordinary persistence, will take the field again tomorrow.

Kings 4, Wild Mustangs 5. Seventeenth inning. Winning pitcher — Stokes (1-0). Losing pitcher — Nehf (2-1). Time of game not recorded. Temperature 75 degrees, skies clear, wind blowing out toward center field at ten miles per hour.

April 17, 1925
Alto, NM (WBSP): Lou Gehrig gets walkoff home run in 9th, collects 2nd multihomer game; Ticks edge reigning champ Wendigos 6-5. ｢boxscore｣

April 13, 1925
Alto, NM (WBSP): Goose Goslin has 5 hits, 2 homers, 2 doubles but Moundsmen come up short against Alto; Wild Mustangs win 13-10. ｢boxscore｣

April 11, 1925
Boston, MA (WBSP): Gabby Hartnett belted 2 home runs today, and the Colonials came back late from a 5-1 deficit to tie the game in the ninth and win against Topeka in the 12th on a walkoff double by Zack Wheat. ｢boxscore｣

April 8, 1925
Ozark Mountain, TX (WBSP): Catcher Frank Gibson batted 4 of 4 with 3 home runs and 13 total bases, including a part in 4 consecutive home runs in the 5th with his teammates, Sam Hale, Ira Flagstead, and Ike McAuley. The Daredevils whopped the Santa Mira Ravers 13-3. ｢boxscore｣

April 6, 1925
Old Lyme, CT (WBSP): Rookie Lou Gehrig slugs 2 homers, double, in 4 for 4 effort on opening day in Old Lyme; Benedicts hold off late inning comeback to win 9-8. ｢boxscore｣

February 1, 1925
Raleigh, NC (WBSP): The baseball town of Button Bay, VT is selected by the Commissioner's office to host the 1925 Midsummer Classic. The state of Vermont will host the Classic for the 2nd year in a row. The game will be played at Button Bay's Ebbets Field. Williston's Kyle Pope will manage the Knickerbockers, making a record 4th appearance as manager in the Classic. Pope managed the Doubledays in 1919 (by appointment) and 1920 (LCS Champion), and the Knickerbockers in 1922 as a proxy for Robert Gianduso. Blackwater's Joe Coombs will manage the Doubledays in his first appearance in the Midsummer Classic.



November 15, 1924
The Woodlands, TX (WBSP): In the first pick of the 1925 Draft, the Ozark Mountain Daredevils selected pitching prospect Lefty Grove.



November 1, 1924
Raleigh, NC (WBSP): The Ozark Mountain Daredevils win first pick in the 1925 Draft Lottery.

Metrics and Such

The Herfindahl–Hirschman index is a measure of competetive balance. A low HHI value indicates greater competetive balance. The MLB HHI benchmarks in this chart are based on the real 1905-1945 final team W-L records.