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July 6, 1949: Walker Cooper’s career day powers Reds over hapless Cubs
Remember the name: Walker Cooper. Granted, the All-Star catcher…
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July 8, 1949: Hank Thompson, Monte Irvin debut for Giants in loss to Dodgers
“I think these two fellows can help us make some money and…
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July 11, 1949: Chicago Herald-American All-Star Game: a tripleheader of future stars
From 1946 through 1965, the Hearst newspaper chain sponsored…
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July 12, 1949: The All-Star Game finally comes to Brooklyn
Considered one of the best defensive shortstops of his era,…
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July 16, 1949: Ted Williams home run leads Red Sox to 11-1 win over Tigers
The Boston Red Sox won the game in the top of the first inning.…
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July 24, 1949: Stan Musial hits for cycle to lead Cardinals rout at Ebbets Field
By the middle of June 1949, the National League pennant race…
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July 24, 1949: Cleveland’s Bob Lemon hits two home runs, throws complete-game victory against Washington
After the All-Star break in 1949, the Cleveland Indians opened…
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August 9, 1949: Ted Williams hits 250th home run; Dom DiMaggio’s 34-game hitting streak halted by brother Joe
This was a year in which every game between the New York Yankees…
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August 14, 1949: In an upset, East stars defeat West in 17th annual East-West Classic
In the summer of 1949, preparation was underway for one of the…
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August 18, 1949: 30-year-old Pirates rookie Junior Walsh spins three-hit shutout
After a promising 1948 season in which they’d finished fourth…
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August 19, 1949: Roberts and Ashburn key Phillies win on Eddie Waitkus Night
On the night of June 14, 1949, Philadelphia Phillies first baseman…
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August 27, 1949: Tiny Bonham’s last game
The Pittsburgh Pirates were firmly entrenched in sixth place…
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September 2, 1949: Dodgers rookie Don Newcombe tosses third straight shutout on Bill Klem Night
On July 8, 1949, the New York Giants − in their 67th season…
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September 4, 1949: Phillies score a miraculous doubleheader sweep over Braves
On September 4, 1949, the fourth-place Philadelphia Phillies…
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September 11, 1949: Four Senators pitchers set major-league record with 11 walks in one inning
In 2020 the average nine-inning major-league baseball game lasted…
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September 13, 1949: Red Munger’s $50 night leads Cardinals to 1-0 win over Giants
In 1949, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch distributed $50 savings…
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October 2, 1949: Yankees come out on top in winner-take-all contest
At the end of the 1948 season, the New York Yankees fired their…
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October 5, 1949: Allie Reynolds two-hitter, Tommy Henrich home run give Yankees a 1-0 win in World Series opener
“A baseball season’s never ended. You play ’em all over…
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October 6, 1949: Preacher Roe shuts out Yankees in Game 2 to even World Series
“One day when I was three years old my Uncle Bathis (my daddy’s…
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October 7, 1949: Johnny Mize’s first World Series was all right
As pennant races go, the 1949 races in both the American and…
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October 8, 1949: One highly productive inning not enough for Dodgers in Game 4
They lined up. In the small hours after the New York Yankees…
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October 9, 1949: Yankees ‘dumbfounded that they won it so easily’
As Dodgers fans streamed through Ebbets Field’s turnstiles…
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October 2, 1949: Browns end season on high note with rookie Ed Albrecht’s 1-hitter
On October 2, 1949, it might have seemed hard to believe that…
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April 18, 1950: Sal Maglie returns to Giants after four-season suspension hiatus
When Sal Maglie reached the major leagues on August 9, 1945,…