
April 16, 1940: Bob Feller’s no-hitter on Opening Day propels Cleveland to 1-0 win over White Sox
In all of major-league history, only one no-hitter has been pitched…

April 23, 1940: Pee Wee Reese goes 1-for-3 in Dodgers debut
“I don’t want to play with Brooklyn.”1 It’s unthinkable…

April 30, 1940: Tex Carleton’s no-hitter gives Dodgers record-tying ninth victory to start season
At the close of the 1939 baseball season, Tex Carleton prepared…

May 7, 1940: Cardinals tie NL record with seven home runs in rout of Dodgers
As the 1940 season began, the Cardinals were sputtering in the…

May 13, 1940: Johnny Mize mashes three home runs as Cardinals, Reds tie in Ladies’ Day darkness
Going into the 1940 season, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Reds…

May 18, 1940: Young Roy Campanella clouts two home runs for Baltimore Elite Giants
For decades, baseball had been played in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,…

May 24, 1940: Cleveland spoils Browns’ first night game in St. Louis
For nearly 15 minutes 25,562 excitedly impatient fans had been…

May 26, 1940: Derringer dazzles as Reds celebrate a pennant flag
Paul Derringer had struggled before. Two years after a brilliant…

June 1, 1940: Pee Wee Reese gets beaned by Cubs, leading to bleacher changes at Wrigley
Babe Ruth joined the Brooklyn Dodgers as they traveled by train…

June 8, 1940: Reds’ Harry Craft hits for cycle as ‘our lads annihilate Dodgers’
Baseball fans are usually divided into two camps: those who enjoy…

June 15, 1940: Harry Danning’s cycle leads Giants rout after Pirates miss batting practice
On June 15, 1940, Mother Nature must have been a New York fan.…

June 16, 1940: Ted Lyons pitches 12 innings; Ted Williams hits a game-winning homer
The Chicago White Sox hosted a Sunday afternoon doubleheader…

July 3, 1940: Athletics’ lead goes for naught as Red Sox come from behind with a storybook ninth
Sandwiched between home doubleheaders on July 2 and Independence…

July 4, 1940: Ab Wright’s bombastic Independence Day leads Millers over Saints
On the morning of July 4, 1940, the St. Paul Saints defeated…

July 5, 1940: Another Brooklyn-Boston marathon ends in 20-inning Dodger win
For a while, Boston National League fans who saw Brooklyn play…

July 5, 1940: Surging Reds score 3 in the ninth to sweep Pirates
June 1940 ended with the reigning National League champion Cincinnati…

July 9, 1940: Five NL pitchers combine for first All-Star shutout at Sportsman’s Park
Under a broiling midsummer sun, five National League pitchers…

July 13, 1940: Johnny Mize’s cycle boosts Cardinals in walk-off win over Giants
The New York Times described the outcome of a 1940 midseason…

July 19, 1940: Yankees’ backup backstop Buddy Rosar hits for the cycle
The New York Yankees entered 1940 as baseball’s first-ever…

July 28, 1940: Bobo Newsom finally loses after 13-game winning streak
The 1940 season was the finest of Bobo Newsom’s 20-year major-league…

August 2, 1940: Joe Cronin hits for second career cycle in Red Sox-Tigers slugfest
A modest crowd of 8,693 passed the turnstiles at Briggs Stadium…

August 5, 1940: John Whitehead tosses abbreviated no-hitter for last big-league victory
“For some time now large John has been in danger of being booted…

August 5, 1940: Bound for majors, Fred Caligiuri, Phil McCullough square off in Class D gem
In 1940 baseball was truly America’s national game. But it…

September 2, 1940: Rookie sensation Sid Hudson outduels Lefty Grove in marathon thriller
The fans had reason to question the wisdom of manager Bucky Harris…