The Pinch Hitter (1925 film)

The Pinch Hitter
A Baseball Story
Directed by Joseph Henabery
Written by C. Gardner Sullivan
Starring Glenn Hunter
Constance Bennett
Cinematography Jules Cronjager
Distributed by Associated Exhibitors
Release date
  • December 13, 1925
Running time
 70 minutes
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Pinch Hitter is a 1925 American silent sports comedy film directed by Joseph Henabery and starring Glenn Hunter and Constance Bennett. It is a remake of a 1917 film of the same name starring Charles Ray. It was produced and distributed by Associated Exhibitors. A print survives.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Joel Martin, a small town youth who is a baseball fan, becomes the butt of everyone’s jokes at college, and the going becomes worse after he falls in love with the school’s favorite waitress. He is put on the school baseball team as mascot, but when he is sent in as pinch hitter, he wins the big game and the affection of the young woman.

Cast