August 6, 1939: Late home runs lift West to win in Negro League all-star game

As the Cheers resident know-it-all Cliff Clavin might have said,…

August 13, 1939: A’s suffer worst home loss in Yankees beatdown

After streaking out of the gate early in the season, the New…

August 19, 1939: Ted Williams hits first grand slam for Red Sox

As the games were played through August 1939, the Boston Red…
Red Barber (SABR-Rucker Archive)

August 26, 1939: Reds beat Dodgers in first televised game in ‘Comedy of Errors’

Seated at a table in a lower box seat among 33,535 fans at Ebbets…

August 28, 1939: Ted Williams’ 3-run homer stops 5-game Red Sox losing streak

Of the nine game-winning homers Ted Williams hit in his rookie…

September 6, 1939: Gomez beats Grove in duel of Hall of Fame lefties

The Boston Red Sox arrived in New York for a three-game series,…
The 1939 Baltimore Elite Giants, edited by Frederick C. Bush, Thomas Kern, and Bill Nowlin

September 6-10, 1939: Baltimore Elite Giants top Newark Eagles in Negro National League playoffs

In 1939 both the Baltimore Elite Giants and the Newark Eagles…
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September 9, 1939: Dodgers’ Chris Hartje delivers off the bench in major-league debut

Chris Hartje got his first taste of the major leagues as the…
Ted Williams (TRADING CARD DB)

September 10, 1939: ‘Thumping’ Ted Williams goes on a batting binge

The Red Sox and Athletics squared off for the second game of…

September 12, 1939: White Sox victory voided on appeal

At first glance, the game played between the Chicago White Sox…
Baltimore Elite Giants pitchers at Oriole Park V, 1940. L to R: Emery Adams, Satchel Davis, Eddie Dixon, Woody Williams, Willie Hubert, and Bill Barnes. (Courtesy of David Stinson and Bernard McKenna)

September 16-24, 1939: Baltimore Elite Giants defeat Homestead Grays in five-game championship series

Baltimore Elite Giants pitchers at Oriole/Terrapin Park, 1940.…

September 23, 1939: Dodgers flog Phillies, 22-4

To say neither the Dodgers nor the Phillies had much success…

September 28, 1939: A trifecta for McKechnie, a pennant for Cincinnati

The Reds were on the brink. Twenty years removed from their only…