The New York Yankees entered Game Six of the 1953 World Series…
https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/MartinBilly_0.jpg386268admin/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.pngadmin2023-09-25 00:01:192023-09-14 10:49:42October 5, 1953: Billy Martin’s walk-off single lifts Yankees to fifth consecutive World Series title
On April 4, 1933, the morning sun shone across the streets…
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The 1899 baseball season had not gone as expected, and the defending…
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Less than a week before the 1944 midsummer classic, Boston’s…
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It was a warm spring day in Pittsburgh as 2,861 fans filed into…
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With the 2003 regular season just days away from being over,…
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“Oh, no, not Larry Jaster.” Many Dodgers players probably…
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The Philadelphia Phillies returned home on September 21, 1964,…
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Terry Francona raised the art of self-deprecation to a new level.…
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Making his seventh major-league appearance and only his second…
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Father Time remains undefeated, but for one day in June 1966…
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The game of baseball attracts all types of personalities, from…
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“Ebbets Field just isn’t the same.” – Roscoe McGowen1
Brooklyn’s…
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Jackie Robinson once said that Emil John “Dutch” Leonard’s…
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October 5, 1953: Billy Martin’s walk-off single lifts Yankees to fifth consecutive World Series title
This Week in SABR: September 22, 2023
Bill Davidson vs. the Barker-Karpis Gang
Jim Boyle
Bill Davidson
September 25, 1899: Beaneaters’ Bill Ging earns only big-league win against Giants
September 23, 1942: Larry French nearly perfect, as patriotic Dodgers collect scrap metal, keep pennant hopes alive
July 6, 1944: All-Star Bob Johnson hits for the cycle in Red Sox rout of Tigers
April 30, 1952: Negro League star Buster Clarkson makes his National League debut for Boston Braves
September 26, 2011: Michael Morse’s clutch 9th-inning homer seals victory for Atahualpa Severino
September 22, 2004: Red Sox win second straight walk-off over Orioles, move closer to clinching wild-card spot
September 25, 2003: Carlos Delgado hits four home runs in one game
April 24, 1967: Dodgers finally knock out Cardinals’ Jaster; Dick Egan gets his only big-league win
September 25, 1964: Phillies suffer 5th straight defeat despite late homers by Johnny Callison, Dick Allen
September 15, 1983: Terry Francona pulls Expos to within a half-game of first place in NL East
April 25, 1979: Oakland’s Craig Minetto picks up only major league win
June 11, 1966: Ernie Banks gets advice from Stan Musial, becomes oldest player to hit three triples in game
William Brown
Ted ‘Double Duty’ Radcliffe
Carlos Rodríguez
April 10, 1958: Rutgers edges St. John’s on Paul Tootleman’s three-hitter at empty Ebbets Field
May 28, 1946: Yankees have trouble hitting Dutch Leonard’s knuckleball in first night game at Yankee Stadium
April 30, 1946: Cleveland’s Bob Feller no-hits the Yankees, 1-0
August 27, 1938: Monte Pearson tosses Yankee Stadium’s first no-hitter