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’…
October 9, 1948: Gromek, Doby give Indians 3-1 lead in World Series
The Cleveland Indians boasted a big three who anchored their…
October 10, 1948: Bob Elliott homers twice as Braves extend World Series in Game 5
If Cleveland Indians fans were champing at the bit, one could…
October 11, 1948: Bearden, Indians capture World Series championship in Boston
It is hard to find a more important date in Braves Field history…
April 19, 1949: Jackie Robinson has 3 hits with a home run on Opening Day
The bleachers at Ebbets Field were filled two hours before the…
April 19, 1949: Pirates’ Rip Sewell outduels Cubs’ Dutch Leonard in first Opening Day matchup of starters in their 40s
The Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs began 1949 with an unprecedented…
April 26, 1949: When Johnny Groth came marching home
The 1948 Detroit Tigers finished in fifth place, snapping a string…
April 26, 1949: Del Ennis two-run homer caps Phillies’ extra-inning comeback
Both the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Giants had disappointing…
May 1, 1949: Red Sox homers by Pesky, Stephens, Williams hand Yankees their first home loss of season
It was early in the 1949 season, with only about a dozen games…
May 3, 1949: Red Sox, Tigers wage highest-scoring tie game in American League history
The 1949 season was the year both the Boston Red Sox and New…
May 6, 1949: Bobby Shantz tosses 9 no-hit innings in relief for A’s
Philadelphia Athletics rookie Bobby Shantz hurled nine innings…
May 18, 1949: Ted Williams hits his first game-winning homer of the season
It was a Wednesday afternoon in May. The Chicago White Sox were…
May 21, 1949: Jackie Robinson sets career high with 6 RBIs in Dodgers’ lambasting of Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers President Branch Rickey took a calculated gamble…
May 24, 1949: Jackie Robinson rips two home runs vs. Pirates at Forbes Field
It was not an ideal night for a ballgame. There were no warm-up…
May 25, 1949: Cannonball Jackman stars at Braves Field
St. Patrick's Church on Magazine Street in Roxbury was in need…
May 28, 1949: Tex Hughson holds Nationals after Williams’s solo home run gives Red Sox an edge
The Boston Red Sox were nearing the end of a homestand in which…
May 30, 1949: Ted Williams hits late home run to sink A’s at Fenway Park
The Boston Red Sox won both halves of the Memorial Day doubleheader…
May 30-31, 1949: Greenville pitcher Tommy Lasorda loses control, then finds it, in Sally League games
Each team in the Class A South Atlantic League, aka the Sally…
June 2, 1949: Phillies smash 5 homers in one inning to tie major-league record
The 1949 Philadelphia Phillies were in the middle of a youth…
June 30, 1949: Earlene ‘Beans’ Risinger outlasts Erma Bergmann in 17-inning AAGPBL pitchers’ duel
The Racine Belles kicked off their road trip in Grand Rapids…
June 5, 1949: Foul ball at Phillies-Cubs game leads to precedent-setting lawsuit
Roses have thorns. Gardens have snakes. And ballparks have foul…
June 12, 1949: Hodges, Cox combine forces in Dodgers’ offensive explosion
The final score of the game between Brooklyn and Cincinnati…
June 14, 1949: Braves’ attempt to trade for Westlake fails after Wally hits for second career cycle
June 14 was the day before the 1949 trade deadline.1 According…
June 24, 1949: Ted Williams’s 2 homers, 7 RBIs lead Red Sox to blowout win over Browns
In a game that ends 21-2, the hit that produced the third run…