
May 31, 1942: Reds’ Clyde Vollmer becomes youngest player to homer on first major-league pitch he sees
Kicking off a string of unfortunate events for the 1942 Cincinnati…

June 5, 1942: Dick Fowler goes the distance for A’s in tough-luck marathon
The nation's eyes were turned westward on a June Friday morning,…

June 19, 1942: Braves’ Paul Waner joins 3,000-hit club against his former team
Boston Braves outfielder Paul Waner collected his 3,000th career…

June 24, 1942: Ted Williams hits first of 12 homers off Virgil Trucks, a game-winner for Red Sox
Ted Williams hit 12 home runs in 123 career at-bats against Virgil…

June 28, 1942: Tommy Hughes’ marathon
During the 1942 season, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia…

July 6, 1942: Boudreau, York homers lead AL stars to victory
Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field had been scheduled as the site of the…

July 7, 1942: Bob Feller is the headliner as military all-stars take on American League’s best in Cleveland
“I’ve seen everything of this sort ever attempted, but this…

July 15, 1942: Rookie Early Wynn overcomes 15 hits, 4 walks to beat Tigers in 11 innings
On July 15, 1942, Washington Nationals1 manager Bucky Harris…

July 26, 1942: Monarchs’ Satchel Paige garners the victory on day in his honor at Wrigley Field
Negro League historian James A. Riley wrote about Satchel Paige,…

August 7, 1942: First Negro League baseball game is broadcast on radio
While we take radio for granted today, when it came onto the…

August 15, 1942: Ted Williams home run provides all the offense Red Sox, Tex Hughson need
The Boston Red Sox had just come off the road after losing two…

August 16-18, 1942: Negro League East stars sweep Comiskey Classic and Cleveland benefit games
As the 10th annual East-West All-Star Game at Chicago’s Comiskey…

August 25, 1942: Marty Marion’s dash preserves Mort Cooper’s 14-inning gem
Described as “the largest throng to see a night game in the…

August 28, 1942: When only the ball was white in Lima, Ohio: Josh Gibson, Homestead Grays top Philadelphia Stars
Like hundreds of small and mid-sized communities across the country,…

September 8, 1942: Satchel Paige, Monarchs shut out powerful Homestead Grays lineup in Game 1
“I think I should get a word or two in edgewise about the 1942…

September 8, 1942: ‘A violent batting war’: Senators rally to beat Red Sox behind Jake Early, John Sullivan
The seventh-place Washington Senators concluded their 1942 Griffith…

September 8-29, 1942: Satchel Paige’s Monarchs sweep Josh Gibson’s Grays in Negro League World Series
The 1942 Negro League World Series was the first championship…

September 11, 1942: Paul Gillespie cheers war-weary Cubs fans by hitting home run in first at-bat
September 11, 1942: While World War II had not reached the United…

September 12, 1942: Whitey Kurowski’s home run lifts Cardinals into first-place tie with Dodgers
Oh, pass the biscuits, Mirandy,
I’m a-gonna load up my gun.
I’ll…

September 13, 1942: Ted Williams, Red Sox rally with big 7th inning against Buck Ross, White Sox
The first game of the Sunday doubleheader at Comiskey Park was…

September 13, 1942: Cubs’ Lennie Merullo boots four on day his son is born
Many fathers refer to the birth of a child as one of their most…

September 19, 1942: Mel Ott’s grand slam propels Giants to win over Braves
The year 1942 was a pivotal one in baseball. Concerns that the…

September 20, 1942: War worries overshadow Senators’ huge 9th inning against A’s
When the two worst teams in the American League met at Shibe…

September 23, 1942: Larry French nearly perfect, as patriotic Dodgers collect scrap metal, keep pennant hopes alive
On September 23, 1942 – a little more than nine months after…