Doubleheader (baseball)

Advertisement for a baseball doubleheader played on July 28, 1925. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Washington Senators in both games.[1][2]

In the sport of baseball, a doubleheader is a set of two games played between the same two teams on the same day. Historically, doubleheaders have been played in immediate succession, in front of the same crowd. Contemporarily, the term is also used to refer to two games played between two teams in a single day in front of different crowds and not in immediate succession.

The record for the most doubleheaders played by a major-league team in one season is 44 by the Chicago White Sox in 1943.[3] Between September 4 and September 15, 1928, the Boston Braves played nine consecutive doubleheaders – 18 games in 12 days.[3]

  1. ^ "Chicago White Sox 10, Washington Senators 5 (1)". Retrosheet. July 28, 1925. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  2. ^ "Chicago White Sox 6, Washington Senators 2 (2)". Retrosheet. July 28, 1925. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Karpinski, David (12 September 2017). "Another Episode of How the Game Has Changed". baseballroundtable.com. Retrieved 24 September 2017.