
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…

August 31, 1948: Pirates break Forbes Field season attendance record in win over Giants
Seventh place in the eight-club National League in 1946 and 1947,…

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…

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…

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’…

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’…

September 22, 1948: Stan the Man swings five times, gets five hits
Stan Musial’s wrists ached from injuries. The St. Louis Cardinals’…

September 26, 1948: Boston Braves win National League pennant
For the first time in 34 years, the National League pennant returned…

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…

September 28, 1948: Cleveland celebrates Good Old Joe Earley Night
“ ‘Now they want a Bill Veeck Night! It’s a good idea,…

September 30, 1948: Willie Mays leads Black Barons to postseason victory
A teenage Willie Mays with the Birmingham Black Barons.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…