President Woodrow Wilson Baseball Game Attendance Log

Woodrow Wilson was a serious fan and during his freshman year at Davidson College he played baseball. Wilson was the first President to ever attend a World Series and he never once used his Presidential Pass — choosing instead to pay for every game he attended!

Baseball Almanac Top Quote

"To my friend, Ty Cobb. (inscription on autographed baseball belonging to Ty Cobb)" - Woodrow Wilson

President Woodrow Wilson

President Woodrow Wilson in 1916

Baseball Games Attended While In Office

04-10-1913 Washington, D.C. Senators 2 Threw out first pitch.
First game as Yankees (Highlanders).
Yankees 1
04-23-1913 Washington, D.C. Senators 3 Second of a four game series.
Red Sox 8
04-24-1913 Washington, D.C. Senators 3 Third of a four games series.
Red Sox 6
04-25-1913 Washington, D.C. Senators 5 Third of a three games series.
Red Sox 4
05-29-1913 Washington, D.C. Senators 5 Stayed all nine innings
Red Sox 2
08-02-1913 Washington, D.C. Senators 3 Walter Johnson Day
Tigers 2
07-14-1914 Washington, D.C. Senators 0 Stayed nine innings.
Tigers 2
04-14-1915 Washington, D.C. Senators 7 Threw out first pitch.
Yankees 0
10-09-1915 Philadelphia, PA Phillies 1 First to attend a World Series Game.
Threw out first pitch of Game 2.
Red Sox 2
04-20-1916 Washington, D.C. Senators 12 Threw out first pitch.
Yankees 4
05-24-1918 Washington, D.C. Senators 2 Red Cross benefit game.
Sixteen-inning tie.
Tigers 2
President Woodrow Wilson Baseball Games Attendence Log

President Woodrow Wilson

MISSED Opening Day Games

04-23-1914 Washington Senators 0 Speaker of the House Champ Clark
threw out the first pitch.
Red Sox 5
04-20-1917 Washington Senators 6 Vice President Marshall
threw out the first pitch.
Yankees 0
04-15-1918 Washington Senators 3 D.C. Commissioner Brownlow
threw out the first pitch.
Yankees 6
04-23-1919 Washington Senators 1 Army Chief of Staff General Peyton
C. March threw out the first pitch.
Athletics 0
04-22-1920 Washington Senators 8 Vice President Marshall
threw out the first pitch.
Red Sox 5
President Woodrow Wilson Baseball Games Non-Attendence Log
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baseball almanac fast facts

President Woodrow Wilson missed the Washington Senators Opening Day games in 1918 and 1919 due to the United States actions during World War I.

On April 23, 1919, Army Chief of Staff General Peyton C. March became the first General to throw out an Opening Day pitch during a Major League baseball game.

Did you know that President Woodrow Wilson was the first President to attend a World Series? Do you remember who was playing during the 1915 World Series?