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…

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…

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 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…
Ted Williams (Trading Card Database)

June 16, 1940: Ted Lyons pitches 12 innings; Ted Williams hits a game-winning homer

The Chicago White Sox hosted a Sunday afternoon doubleheader…
Ab Miller (Trading Card Database)

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…
Ted Williams (Trading Card Database)

July 5, 1940: Ted Williams gets a grip and homers to beat the Nationals

Bucky Harris’s Washington Nationals had swept a Fourth of July…
Newt Kimball (TRADING CARD DB)

July 5, 1940: Another Brooklyn-Boston marathon ends in 20-inning Dodger win

For a while, Boston National League fans who saw Brooklyn play…