
June 9, 1946: Boo Ferriss adds to Tigers’ frustration with 10th consecutive win
Dave “Boo” Ferriss came out of nowhere to win 21 games in…

June 10, 1946: No no-hitter for Borowy as Phillies rally at Wrigley
In a time when a pitcher’s ability to finish games was thought…

July 9, 1946: Ted Williams, American League dominant in first All-Star Game after World War II
On February 21, 1945, the major-league baseball All-Star Game…

July 14, 1946: Ted Williams becomes first Red Sox batter to hit three home runs in one game at Fenway Park
The 1946 Boston Red Sox spent only one day all season long out…

July 14, 1946: Lou Boudreau debuts his shift against Red Sox slugger Ted Williams
As the Cleveland Indians shortstop, Lou Boudreau had seen firsthand…
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July 21, 1946: Ted Williams hits for the cycle in MVP season
On a pleasant summer Sunday at Fenway Park, before a packed crowd…

July 27, 1946: Rudy York hits two grand slams for Red Sox
On July 27, 1946, the hard-hitting Boston Red Sox visited Sportsman’s…

July 27, 1946: War hero Warren Spahn returns to Braves after World War II
When Warren Spahn returned to the Braves midway through the 1946…

August 10, 1946: Cobb meets Wagner in the Windy City for high school all-star game
In 1946, the Esquire’s All-American Boys’ Baseball Game,…

August 11, 1946: Leon Day pitches 15 innings, hits game-winning homer for Newark Eagles
It was a cool, sunny day at Ruppert Stadium, home of the Newark…

August 15, 1946: Newark Eagles quartet sparks East to victory in Negro Leagues all-star game
The first Negro Leagues East-West All-Star Game of 1946 took…

August 15, 1946: Sam Chapman wallops three homers
Of all the games played at Shibe Park, few were more unusual…

August 18, 1946: Artie Wilson turns in a star performance in Negro Leagues East-West Classic
After the East defeated the West, 6-3, in Washington, D.C., on…

September 2, 1946: Boo Ferriss puts nail in Yankees’ coffin with 12th consecutive win
The Boston Red Sox were red hot going into the last month of…

September 11, 1946: Johnny Vander Meer’s tireless 15 innings end in futility
Pee Wee Reese and Pete Reiser made their major-league debuts…

September 13, 1946: Ted Williams’s inside-the-park home run clinches AL pennant for Red Sox
This one was not only a game-winner; it was also a pennant-clincher.…

September 16, 1946: Racine Belles win 14-inning thriller, claim second AAGPBL championship
There’s a tired sports cliché that goes something like this:…

September 17-29, 1946: Newark Eagles get the best of Kansas City Monarchs in Negro League World Series
The 1946 Negro League World Series played between the Negro National…

September 18, 1946: Jackie Robinson’s Montreal Royals get the best of Yogi Berra’s Newark Bears in playoffs
With a 100-54 won-lost record, the Montreal Royals finished the…

September 21, 1946: A 13-inning ‘deserving reward’ for Sailor Jack Hallett
It was 1946, and “the boys were back” from World War II.…

September 22, 1946: Yogi Berra and Bobby Brown shine in major-league debut with Yankees
For the third straight year, the New York Yankees were not headed…

September 25, 1946: Hilton Smith goes the distance as Monarchs roll in Game 5
Negro League team owners could see the handwriting on the wall…

September 29, 1946: Bob Feller sets AL strikeout record in Hank Greenberg’s final game as a Tiger
Sometimes the significance of a game is known at the time. But…

October 1, 1946: Red Sox tune up for World Series vs. AL All-Stars
On Sunday morning, September 29, 1946, Boston Red Sox general…