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July 18, 1948: Pat Seerey hits four home runs to lead White Sox past Athletics in doubleheader split
The Philadelphia Athletics were just a half-game behind the Cleveland…
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July 30, 1948: Wally Westlake hits for the cycle as Pirates double up Dodgers
The 31,278 fans who came through the turnstiles at Ebbets Field…
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July 31, 1948: Ralph ‘Blackie’ Schwamb earns his only win in major leagues
Ralph “Blackie” Schwamb walked to the pitcher’s mound…
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August 3, 1948: Satchel Paige’s first major-league start
The old saying “timing is everything” has been proved true…
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August 5, 1948: Gene Hermanski becomes first Dodger to hit 3 home runs in Brooklyn; Carl Erskine goes distance in first career start
Gene Hermanski’s name will forever be etched in the long…
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August 12, 1948: Cleveland wins a blowout game in a pennant race, 26-3 over Browns
Could a “blowout game” make a difference, or the difference,…
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August 22-24, 1948: The Negro Leagues East-West All-Star Games
Overview
The origins of the Negro League All-Star Game date…
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August 29, 1948: Ted Williams, Birdie Tebbetts both homer in first inning and combine for 7 RBIs
A game-winning home run can come in the first inning, as when…
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August 29, 1948: Jackie Robinson hits for reverse natural cycle vs. Cardinals
On August 29, 1948, before a season record crowd of 33,826 at…
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September 6, 1948: Braves break out as Spahn wins 14-inning Labor Day duel
As dawn turned to noon on this Labor Day, Boston fans reveled…
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September 6, 1948: Tallahassee stays alive in Game 3 of Georgia-Florida playoff series
In 1948 Florida’s insular capital city of Tallahassee had a…
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September 11, 1948: Willie Mays singles home the Game 1 winner for Black Barons in extra innings
A teenage Willie Mays with the Birmingham Black Barons. Mays’…
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September 12, 1948: Willie Mays’ two-out double in 9th saves the day for Black Barons
A teenage Willie Mays with the Birmingham Black Barons. Mays’…
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September 22, 1948: Stan the Man swings five times, gets five hits
Stan Musial’s wrists ached from injuries. The St. Louis Cardinals’…
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September 26, 1948: Boston Braves win National League pennant
For the first time in 34 years, the National League pennant returned…
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September 26-October 5, 1948: Homestead Grays capture final Negro League World Series in five games
The 1948 Negro League World Series featured two of the great…
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September 28, 1948: Cleveland celebrates Good Old Joe Earley Night
“ ‘Now they want a Bill Veeck Night! It’s a good idea,…
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September 30, 1948: Willie Mays leads Black Barons to postseason victory
A teenage Willie Mays with the Birmingham Black Barons.…
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October 2, 1948: Ted Williams’s home run knocks Yankees out of the AL pennant race
On the next-to-last day of the 1948 season, the Boston Red Sox…
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October 4, 1948: Rookie Bearden wins 20th, Boudreau homers twice as Indians win pennant in AL tiebreaker
When the American and National Leagues expanded from eight to…
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October 6, 1948: Braves beat Bob Feller 1-0 to win Game 1 of World Series
It had been a long time for both teams. A very long time since…
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October 7, 1948: ‘I guess they can’t win ’em all’: Indians top Braves in Game 2
The favored Cleveland Indians had succumbed to the homestanding…
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October 8, 1948: Gene Bearden shuts out Braves to give Cleveland 2-1 lead in World Series
Tribe fever was at an all-time high as the Cleveland Indians’…
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October 9, 1948: Gromek, Doby give Indians 3-1 lead in World Series
The Cleveland Indians boasted a big three who anchored their…