Chicago Cubs rookie Billy Williams helped his team avoid a dubious…
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Jim Ray Hart broke into the majors with the San Francisco Giants…
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Elly De La Cruz was a reason to come to the ballpark in 2023.1…
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Leo Durocher, manager of the eighth-place Brooklyn Dodgers,…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BrownTommyDodgers.jpg832652Jacob Pomrenke/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngJacob Pomrenke2024-04-17 13:38:542024-04-17 13:38:54August 3, 1944: Tommy Brown debuts for Dodgers as a 16-year-old shortstop
“Four Pirate pitchers bent like reeds in the fury of the…
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Acquired in an offseason trade with the Philadelphia Phillies,…
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“Crazier than the guy sitting next to the railing of the…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ebbets-field-book-000030.jpg500387Jacob Pomrenke/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngJacob Pomrenke2024-04-17 09:26:422024-04-17 09:26:42August 7, 1938: Van Lingle Mungo to the rescue in wild one at Ebbets Field
It’s never been duplicated in the majors or minors and might…
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“Oh, I’m not really great. I’m just good, darn good.”…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/McDuffieTerris.jpg350249Jacob Pomrenke/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngJacob Pomrenke2024-04-17 09:12:572024-04-17 09:12:57September 11, 1935: Lights go on at Ebbets Field for Brooklyn Eagles
October 1, 1960: Billy Williams launches first homer of Hall of Fame career
July 8, 1970: Giants’ Jim Ray Hart drives in 6 runs in one inning, hits for cycle against Braves
April 22, 1997: College pitcher Scott Barnsby joins Fenway Park no-hit pantheon
August 16, 2005: Jhonny Peralta homers twice as Cleveland sends Texas to eighth straight loss
June 23, 2023: Elly De La Cruz hits for the cycle, Reds win 12th in a row
SABR 52: Thad Levine, Glen Perkins, LaTroy Hawkins, Twins Analytics panel added to lineup
August 3, 1944: Tommy Brown debuts for Dodgers as a 16-year-old shortstop
July 10, 1943: Dodgers double down in rout of Pirates
October 6, 1941: Dodgers submit quietly to Tiny Bonham and the Yankees
October 5, 1941: Mickey Owen’s dropped third strike costs Dodgers series-tying win
October 4, 1941: Fitzsimmons’s injury, Casey’s blunders, Russo’s pitching lead Yankees in Game 3
September 7, 1941: Dodgers sweep Giants as 17-game road trip looms with pennant on line
September 6, 1941: Camilli’s blast helps extend Dodgers’ lead over Cardinals
May 1, 1939: Brooklyn’s bats heat up in wacky win over Phillies
August 7, 1938: Van Lingle Mungo to the rescue in wild one at Ebbets Field
June 15, 1938: Johnny Vander Meer tosses second straight no-hitter in historic night game at Ebbets Field
September 11, 1935: Lights go on at Ebbets Field for Brooklyn Eagles
In Memoriam: Whitey Herzog
Charles T. Dillingham
Gil Hatfield
Dinny McNamara
Harland Rowe
George Stueland
This Week in SABR: April 12, 2024