As pennant races go, the 1949 races in both the American and…
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APRIL 24, 2024 — As a SABR member, you have vast resources…
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Baseball fans, join us for a special virtual event at 8:00…
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Urban “Red” Faber’s Hall of Fame pitching career took off…
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Two months before the Pittsburgh Pirates made history by winning…
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It was early in the 1964 season. The visiting Baltimore Orioles…
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For the third time in seven years, the gut-wrenching thud of…
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Considered one of the best defensive shortstops of his era,…
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Gene Hermanski’s name will forever be etched in the long…
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The 31,278 fans who came through the turnstiles at Ebbets Field…
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The 28,770 holiday fans who filed into Ebbets Field on the…
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Brooklyn fans could barely believe what they were seeing. After…
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The Dodgers were in a hole after losing the first two games…
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In 1946, for the first time in history, a major-league pennant…
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Brian Jordan is one of seven men who have played major-league…
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Oh, pass the biscuits, Mirandy,
I’m a-gonna load up my gun.
I’ll…
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The 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers were struggling. They played .167…
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October 7, 1949: Johnny Mize’s first World Series was all right
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SABR Live Oral History Interview: Dave Righetti
May 12, 1915: Red Faber’s reported 67-pitch complete game beats Washington
August 14, 1960: Bill White’s cycle a bright spot for Cardinals in Pirates’ sweep
April 28, 1964: Dick Stuart rallies Red Sox with 11th-inning grand slam
April 30, 1974: Fenway falls silent again after Doug Griffin is beaned by Nolan Ryan
July 12, 1949: The All-Star Game finally comes to Brooklyn
June 12, 1949: Hodges, Cox combine forces in Dodgers’ offensive explosion
August 5, 1948: Gene Hermanski becomes first Dodger to hit 3 home runs in Brooklyn; Carl Erskine goes distance in first career start
July 30, 1948: Wally Westlake hits for the cycle as Pirates double up Dodgers
July 4, 1948: Dodgers beat Giants in Fourth of July fireworks
October 4, 1947: Spec Shea’s pitching puts Yankees on the verge of title
October 3, 1947: Cookie Lavagetto’s walk-off double shocks Yankees, ruins Bill Bevens’ no-hit bid
October 2, 1947: Dodgers strike back to beat Yankees in Game 3
October 3, 1946: Cardinals finish tiebreaker sweep, advance to the World Series
Brian Jordan
September 12, 1942: Whitey Kurowski’s home run lifts Cardinals into first-place tie with Dodgers
Nate McLouth
Bullet Rogan
September 11, 1946: Johnny Vander Meer’s tireless 15 innings end in futility
September 2, 1944: Dixie Walker hits for the cycle as Dodgers climb out of last place
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