Joe Berry (Trading Card DB)

July 21, 1945: Athletics, Tigers play to record setting 24-inning tie

The Saturday matinee was a matchup between the first-place…

August 1, 1945: Mel Ott swats 500th career home run for Giants

When Mel Ott smacked his 500th career home run, it was the latest…

August 4, 1945: Pirates rookie Salkeld hits for cycle, sets two records

On August 4, 1945, Pittsburgh Pirates rookie Bill Salkeld “joined…

August 10, 1945: Browns win slugfest at the bottom of the American League

There remained the matter of a ballgame on August 10, 1945. Two,…

August 13, 1945: KC Monarchs pay a ‘royal’ visit to Braves Field

On occasion, the buildup exceeds the event. Such was the case…
Bob Feller (TRADING CARD DB)

August 24, 1945: Bob Feller returns to baseball after World War II

Bob Feller’s return to major-league baseball after 44 months…
Helen Callaghan (TRADING CARD DB)

August 31, 1945: Helen Callaghan manufactures a win for the Fort Wayne Daisies

The 1945 season was the height of the Deadball Era in the All-American…
Paul Schreiber (TRADING CARD DB)

September 4, 1945: Yankees’ Paul Schreiber returns to play after 22-year absence

On Tuesday, September 4, 1945, the Detroit Tigers and the New…

September 9, 1945: Sandlock gets three hits, but Dodgers blow 4-run lead to Reds

The Brooklyn Dodgers had finished a tough late-season stretch…

September 18, 1945: ‘Cinderella’ Cleveland Buckeyes win Game 3 with shutout of Grays

The 1945 Negro League World Series was taking place in a postwar…

September 18, 1945: Senators stay alive in topsy-turvy home finale

With two weeks left in the season, the Senators were playing…

September 19, 1945: Sandlock drives in three as Dodgers rally late to beat Giants

Neither the Giants nor the Dodgers were in contention for the…

September 20, 1945: Cleveland Buckeyes dethrone Negro League champions

The Homestead Grays were a dynasty in Negro League baseball…

September 30, 1945: Versatile René Monteagudo tops out at .301

It was in Philadelphia, it was late September, and it was at…

October 6, 1945: Goat, Trout leave Cubs cursed and ‘Dizzy’ in Game 4

For Dizzy Trout, the 30-year-old right-hander, no victory had…

October 7, 1945: Tigers gain World Series edge behind Newhouser’s princely pitching

In the second half of 1945, no pitcher in baseball had been as…

October 10, 1945: Newhouser leads Tigers to Game 7 victory

The Chicago Cubs defeated the Detroit Tigers in the 1907 and…

March 17, 1946: Jackie Robinson plays his first exhibition game for Montreal Royals

On October 23, 1945, it was announced that Branch Rickey had…
Ted Williams (TRADING CARD DB)

April 16, 1946: Ted Williams returns to Red Sox after World War II

Would “The Kid” still have it? Opening Day of the 1946 season…