President Wilson Throws Opening Pitch for Washington Senators Baseball Team

This photograph shows President Woodrow Wilson throwing the first pitch at the opening game of the baseball season on April 20, 1916. President Wilson threw out the first ball for the Washington Senators opening day games on both April 14, 1915, and April 20, 1916. In each match, the Washington Senators defeated the New York Yankees. The president attended both games with Edith Bolling Galt, who he married in December of 1915.