OTD in 1925: Pittsburgh Pirates defeat Philadelphia Phillies by a 2-1 score to clinch the National League pennant
OTD in 1925: Pittsburgh Pirates defeat Philadelphia Phillies by a 2-1 score to clinch the National League pennant
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Max Carey and Pie Traynor had two hits each, while Clyde Barnhart and Emil Yde got the RBIs. Yde pitched into the 9th before tiring and being replaced by Tom Sheehan for the final outs. With the victory, the Pirates improved their record to 93-54.
Here’s the boxscore:
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PIT/PIT192509230.shtml](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PIT/PIT192509230.shtml)
Here’s a detailed look at the short but memorable career of Emil Yde:
[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/emil-yde/](https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/emil-yde/)
An excerpt:
“Sportswriter Charles J. Doyle of the *Pittsburgh Post-Gazette* described southpaw Emil Yde as a “cyclonic sensation” when he debuted for the Pirates in 1924.[1](https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/emil-yde/#sdendnote1sym) In his second start, Yde tossed a shutout, the first of eight consecutive winning decisions to commence his big-league career, en route to a 16-3 slate. He went 17-9 the next season, including a National League-best nine-game winning streak, as the Bucs captured the NL pennant and then overcame a three-games-to-one deficit to beat the Washington Senators in the World Series. Yde’s meteoric rise was followed by an equally precipitous and mysterious plummet despite excellent health. He won only 16 more games in three seasons and was out of the majors by the age of 29.”