By the end of August, Sam Rice had climbed to the top of the league batting race, a lead he would not be able to sustain. Also grabbing headlines in the baseball world was Yankees manager Miller Huggins, who announced that Babe Ruth was being suspended and fined $5,000 because of the Bambino's complete disregard for club rules. Ruth, whose bulk represented nearly twice the manager's, reportedly told Huggins that if he weighed 50 pounds more, he would have gotten a punch in the nose. Huggins shot back that if he had weighed 50 pounds more, it would have been the Babe's nose which would have been endangered.
The A's began what was to be a fatal string of losing games as August wound down. The Nats won every one of five games in a home-and-home series which began September 1 at Washington. In Philadelphia on September 7 for the traditional Labor Day doubleheader, Walter Johnson, who went 3-for-4 at the plate for the second time in a week against the A's, edged Lefty Grove 2-1 in the first game. A 7-6 Nats victory in the afternoon affair made it a horrifying 12 consecutive losses for the Athletics, and a nine-game lead for Washington.
The A's were officially eliminated and the Senators coasted to the pennant, finishing 8 1/2 ahead of the A's, and 15 up on the third-place Browns. Walter Johnson won his 20th before a large Ladies' Day Crowd in Washington on September 11, but hurt his leg sliding six days later. Reinjured while crossing home plate when he returned to play on September 20, he would be kept on the sidelines for the rest of the regular season as the Senators awaited a second successive World Series appearance. On September 23, it was announced that Johnson had a successor as the league's Most Valuable Player -- it was none other than shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh.
The 1924 American League MVP congratulates the 1925 American League MVP:
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