June 22, 1944: Abba Dabba does it again: Jim Tobin’s 5-inning no-hitter
“The record books recognize only those no-hitters that go nine…
June 26, 1944: The Tri-Cornered War Bond Baseball Game
Twenty days after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, a special baseball…
July 2, 1944: Max Lanier pitches marathon gem for Cardinals as Hopp delivers winner in 14th
The St. Louis Cardinals entered July 1944 with an eight-game…
July 6, 1944: All-Star Bob Johnson hits for the cycle in Red Sox rout of Tigers
Less than a week before the 1944 midsummer classic, Boston’s…
July 11, 1944: Rip Sewell’s pitching, Bill Nicholson’s pinch-hit double lead NL to All-Star win
In 1943 Joe McCarthy had kept all his Yankees players on the…
July 11, 1944: NL’s Cavarretta shines in wartime All-Star Game
The twelfth All-Star Game saw the National League prevail for…
July 18, 1944: AAGPBL plays in second night game ever at Wrigley Field
The second night game ever played at Wrigley Field was a Red…
July 29, 1944: Annabelle ‘Lefty’ Lee tosses AAGPBL’s first perfect game for Minneapolis Millerettes
After a successful inaugural season in 1943, the All-American…
August 3, 1944: Tommy Brown debuts for Dodgers as a 16-year-old shortstop
Leo Durocher, manager of the eighth-place Brooklyn Dodgers,…
August 10, 1944: Braves’ Red Barrett shuts out Reds with record-low 58 pitches
In the summer of 1944, the third season of wartime baseball,…
September 2, 1944: Dixie Walker hits for the cycle as Dodgers climb out of last place
The 1944 Brooklyn Dodgers were struggling. They played .167…
September 9, 1944: White Sox rookie Eddie Lopat slings extra-inning gem
Hopes were running high on this warm September night in 1944.…
September 24, 1944: Homestead Grays repeat as Negro League World Series champions
“But coming down through that would heighten my sense because…
September 24, 1944: Cooper and Raffensberger duel for 16 innings
The late-season doubleheader between the St. Louis Cardinals…
October 1, 1944: Finally, the Browns! St. Louis captures first American League pennant
Chet Laabs of the St. Louis Browns is carried off the field…
October 4, 1944: Galehouse, Browns surprise Cardinals in opener of ‘Trolley World Series’
Ohio Governor and Republican candidate for vice president John…
October 5, 1944: O’Dea’s pinch-hit single leads Cards to Game 2 win in 11th
“They looked more like a softball team than a baseball team,…
October 6, 1944: Browns’ Jack Kramer subdues the Redbirds in Game 3
While the nation was still heavily engaged in World War II, two…
October 7, 1944: Musial’s blast helps Cardinals level Trolley Car Series at 2-2
The 1944 baseball season in St. Louis was the same as it had…
October 8, 1944: Big Mort and big blasts lift Cardinals in Game 5
The Streetcar Series was even. By winning 5-1 the previous day,…
October 9, 1944: St. Louis wins! Cardinals defeat Browns in Trolley Car Fall Classic
“Most of the crowd at the series seemed to be eager for the…
April 17, 1945: Sandlock shines in Dodgers’ Opening Day victory over Phillies
Opening Day is for all intents and purposes a national holiday…
April 18, 1945: Phillies spoil Leo Durocher’s last game as player-manager
When Dodgers player-manager Leo Durocher had Frenchy Bordagaray…
April 17, 1945: Pete Gray, one-armed outfielder, makes major-league debut for St. Louis Browns
On April 17, 1945, just two weeks before Adolf Hitler committed…