President Dwight D. Eisenhower Baseball Game Attendance Log

President Dwight D. Eisenhower Baseball Game Attendance Log

Dwight D. Eisenhower was the president of the Abilene High School Athletic Association in 1909 and he played center field on the baseball team with his brother Edgar — at first base. President Eisenhower entered West Point after high school and played junior varsity baseball with General Omar Bradley. The rest is history...

"Calvin (Griffith), the wife is away, how about me coming to the ball game?" - Dwight Eisenhower

President Dwight Eisenhower Baseball Games Attended While In Office
Date	Location	Match Up	Notes
04-16-1953	Washington, D.C.	Senators 3	Threw out first pitch of rescheduled home opener.
		Yankees 6
04-13-1954	Washington, D.C.	Senators 5	Threw out first pitch. Ten-inning win on Mickey Vernon homer.
		Yankees 3
05-27-1954	Washington, D.C.	Senators 7	Red Cross Day
		Yankees 3
04-11-1955	Washington, D.C.	Senators 12	Threw out first pitch.
		Orioles 5
04-17-1956	Washington, D.C.	Senators 4	Threw out first pitch.
		Yankees 10
08-31-1956	Washington, D.C.	Senators 4	Jim Lemon had three home runs in a losing effort.
		Yankees 6
10-03-1956	Brooklyn, NY	Dodgers 6	First game of 1956 Word Series.
		Yankees 3
04-15-1957	Washington, D.C.	Senators 6	Threw out first pitch in eleven inning loss.
		Orioles 7
07-30-1957	Washington, D.C.	Senators 1	Night game.
		White Sox 7
04-14-1958	Washington, D.C.	Senators 5	Threw out first pitch.
		Red Sox 2
05-29-1959	Washington, D.C.	Senators 7	Stayed all nine innings.
		Red Sox 6
04-18-1960	Washington, D.C.	Senators 10	Threw out first pitch.
		Red Sox 1
08-15-1960	Washington, D.C.	Senators 3	Night game.
		Red Sox 11
President Dwight D. Eisenhower Baseball Games Attendence Log

In 1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower missed the season opener and baseball fan / Vice-President Richard Nixon made his first appearance and pitch at a Major League ballgame.

Did you know that President Dwight D. Eisenhower personally presented Mickey Vernon with his batting championship trophy?

In 1957 President Dwight D. Eisenhower invited Mexico's Little League world champions to the White House and gave each of them a presidential pen.

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