
April 27, 1944: ‘Old Ironsides’ Jim Tobin tosses no-hitter and wallops home run for Boston Braves
During the war years (1942-1945), the fans of the Boston Braves…

April 30, 1944: New York Giants score 26 runs; Weintraub has 11 RBIs
With D-Day still five weeks in the future, baseball was starting…

May 15, 1944: Reds’ Clyde Shoun showin’ his stuff in 79-minute no-hitter
Clyde “Hardrock” Shoun didn’t plan on playing in the big…

May 17, 1944: Boston’s Bobby Doerr hits for the cycle in Browns’ ‘good, sloppy, indifferent’ romp
The second-place St. Louis Browns traveled to Beantown for a…

June 10, 1944: At age 15, Reds’ Joe Nuxhall becomes youngest player to appear in MLB game
On the afternoon of June 10, 1944, just 3,510 individuals came…

June 13, 1944: Ray Dandridge, Newark Eagles soar over Memphis Red Sox
“Ray Dandridge was fantastic. ... Once you saw him, you never…

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…