{"id":108427,"date":"2025-10-15T21:39:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T01:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=108427"},"modified":"2025-10-15T21:39:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T01:39:45","slug":"100-years-ago-pirates-win-1925-world-series-in-wild-game-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/10\/15\/100-years-ago-pirates-win-1925-world-series-in-wild-game-7\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Years Ago: Pirates Win World Series in Wild Game 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 15, 1925: The Pittsburgh Pirates won the World Series in a Game 7 filled with drama, sloppiness, and controversy. Their opponent was the Washington Nationals, as they were then known, of the American League. (They were officially the Senators from 1901-04, the Nationals from 1905-55, and the Senators again from 1956-60, after which they became the Minnesota Twins and Washington got an expansion team<\/a>, which was called the Senators. The local papers continued to refer to them as the Senators. We\u2019ll just go with Washington hereinafter.) The Pirates came from behind after being down 3-1 in the Series. In Game 7, they came from behind twice against future Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson<\/a> on a dreary, rainy day, after somebody\u2019s bright idea to douse the field in gasoline and set it on fire didn\u2019t produce the intended result.<\/p>\n

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Jun 4, 2024; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; A cap shoes and glove belonging to Pittsburgh Pirates third base Ke’Bryan Hayes on the field before the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at PNC Park. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

100 Years Ago: Pirates Win 1925 World Series<\/h2>\n

What better way to set the scene than to borrow this introduction from James R. Harrison, writing for the New York Times Service<\/em>: \u201cWater and mud and fog and sawdust, fumbles and muffs and wild throws and wild pitches, one near fist fight, impossible rallies \u2013 these were mixed up to make the best and the worst game of baseball ever played. Players wallowing ankle deep in mud, pitchers slipping as they delivered the ball to the plate, athletes skidding and sloshing, falling full length, dropping soaked baseballs \u2013 there you have part of the picture that was unveiled on Forbes Field on a dripping afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Pittsburgh Pirates win the 1925 World Series, defeating the Washington Senators 9-7 in Game 7 at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

Much of the game is overshadowed by a bizarre event in which officials attempted to dry the wet field by dousing the infield in gasoline and lighting\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/TxQnzwlScg<\/a><\/p>\n

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