In 1957 the Milwaukee Braves seized that city’s sole major-league…
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On April 16, 1915, an overflow crowd jammed newly constructed…
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The Cincinnati Reds edged the defending world champion St. Louis…
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As 1944 approached, with war being waged across the world, baseball…
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In their final home game of the 1951 season, the Cincinnati Reds…
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A month before Opening Day 1953, the Cincinnati Reds were expecting…
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It was a Monday evening well into a season in which the Cincinnati…
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On Saturday, August 18, 1956, the Cincinnati Redlegs and Milwaukee…
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The morning of Sunday, June 2, 1957, was a great day to be a…
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The 1955 National League pennant race had already been decided…
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Manager Casey Stengel was back at the helm for the fourth consecutive…
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Before the 1940 World Series began, it might have seemed as if…
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After Bobo Newsom shut the Reds out 8-0 in the fifth game of…
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Baseball insiders and fans were asking a lot of questions as…
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Cincinnati’s Crosley Field was crammed with 30,640 spectators…
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June 19, 1945: Reds’ Joe Bowman bests Red Barrett in ‘Titanic Hill Duel’
September 12, 1943: Reds’ Elmer Riddle mows ’em down with one-hitter
May 15, 1944: Reds’ Clyde Shoun showin’ his stuff in 79-minute no-hitter
April 26, 1944: Reds outlast Cardinals in 13 innings on Frank McCormick’s homer
August 30, 1941: Sweet sound of the Arkansas Hummingbird: Lon Warneke fires a no-hitter
August 26, 1950: Roy Campanella’s three homers sink Reds
September 25, 1951: Johnny Pramesa’s walk-off grand slam saves Raffensberger’s extra-inning gem
April 13, 1953: Max Surkont spins shutout in Milwaukee Braves’ first game
July 19, 1954: Hobie Landrith, an overnight success eight years in the making
July 29, 1955: Reds’ Smoky Burgess blasts 3 homers with 9 RBIs in offensive outburst
August 18, 1956: Redlegs, Braves combine for record 10 “taters” on a Saturday evening
June 1, 1957: Redlegs outscore the scoreboard in 22-2 rout of Cubs
September 21, 1955: Red-hot Gus Bell has four hits, eight RBIs
July 14, 1953: ‘Country Boy’ Enos Slaughter steps in to fill the vacuum for NL stars
This Week in SABR: September 27, 2019
October 7, 1940: Reds’ Bucky Walters hurls World Series shutout to force deciding Game 7
June 8, 1940: Reds’ Harry Craft hits for cycle as ‘our lads annihilate Dodgers’
October 8, 1940: Reds pitching prevails and Cincinnati celebrates first World Series title in two decades
October 2, 1940: Jittery Reds lose World Series opener to Bobo Newsom and the Tigers
October 3, 1940: Jimmy Ripple’s homer vaults Reds to Win in Game 2