
October 4, 1936: Monte Pearson outduels Carl Hubbell as Yankees take commanding 3-1 lead in World Series
Despite being down to the Yankees two games to one in the 1936…

April 20, 1937: Bobby Doerr records 3 hits in his Red Sox debut
Bobby Doerr was an exemplary batsman in his first major-league…

April 20, 1937: Detroit’s Gee Walker hits for the cycle on Opening Day
The Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians were coming off second-…

April 25, 1937: Giants’ Cliff Melton fans record 13 in debut, but loses heartbreaker
It was the “most astonishing piece of pitching,” gushed sportswriter…

May 6, 1937: The Hindenburg Game at Ebbets Field
It was called the Ship of Dreams, and its presence thrilled the…

May 19, 1937: Carl Hubbell bests Dizzy Dean in ‘Battle of the Century’
The game of Wednesday, May 19, 1937, between the New York Giants…

June 1, 1937: Bill Dietrich resuscitates career with a no-hitter
The Chicago White Sox’ bespectacled 27-year-old right-hander…

June 8, 1937: Red Sox record 7 hits in succession to spell doom for Cleveland’s first-place hopes
The attendance at Cleveland’s League Park for a Tuesday afternoon…

June 8, 1937: Moose becomes goat after Cleveland gives up 6-run lead to Red Sox
As the Boston Red Sox came to the plate in the top of ninth inning…

June 11, 1937: Poffenberger gets best of Grove in debut
The Detroit Tigers found themselves on a nice little four-game…

July 7, 1937: Yankees lead way to fourth American League victory in five All-Star Games
The fifth All-Star Game is remembered chiefly for effectively…

July 9, 1937: Joe DiMaggio hits two homers as part of cycle
The Associated Press referred to Joe DiMaggio as “Murderers’…

July 13, 1937: Phillies snatch defeat from the hands of victory
“Out of a clear blue sky, six runs came tumbling into (Bill…

August 1, 1937: Gehrig hits for the cycle but DiMaggio’s home run grabs headlines
Lou Gehrig became the second New York Yankees player to hit for…

August 4, 1937: Cardiac Cardinals complete crazy comeback; Medwick ties record with four doubles
You know you’ve been to a great ballgame when you leave the…

August 13, 1937: Cubs rout Reds with mid-summer offensive explosion
The middle of August is often called the “dog days” of summer…

August 27, 1937: Fred Frankhouse tosses rain-shortened no-hitter
In the midst of the best game of his career, the Brooklyn Dodgers’…

October 3, 1937: ‘Whistling Jake’ one-hits Tribe, stops Johnny Allen’s winning streak
For teams already eliminated from a pennant race, the last game…

April 21, 1938: 31-year-old knuckleballer Tot Pressnell makes impressive debut
Tommy Holmes, the longtime Brooklyn Daily Eagle baseball writer,…

April 27, 1938: Arky Vaughan slams Cubs, edges Cubs
The Pittsburgh Pirates began the 1938 season on a hot streak.…

May 4, 1938: Lloyd Waner’s big game with 4 hits, 5 RBIs lifts Pirates
The 1938 season was a good one for the Pittsburgh Pirates: a…

May 5, 1938: Al Epperly wins starting debut as Cubs pulverize Phillies
Longtime Chicago Tribune writer Irving Vaughan left no doubt…

May 9, 1938: Willard Hershberger stars as Reds pound Phillies
To the extent that twenty-first-century baseball fans remember…

May 31, 1938: Lou Gehrig plays his 2,000th consecutive game
On May 30, 1938, some 81,000 people crammed into Yankee Stadium…