
August 27, 1949: Ted Williams and Vern Stephens vie for home run crown as Red Sox beat White Sox
The 1949 season was nearing the end of August. The Chicago White…

August 27, 1949: Tiny Bonham’s last game
The Pittsburgh Pirates were firmly entrenched in sixth place…

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…

September 4, 1949: Phillies score a miraculous doubleheader sweep over Braves
On September 4, 1949, the fourth-place Philadelphia Phillies…

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…

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…

September 14, 1949: Red Sox get 1-0 win over Tigers on a sixth-inning home run by Ted Williams
The race for the American League pennant had tightened considerably.…

September 14, 1949: Ed Sanicki rips home run off Rip Sewell in his first big-league at-bat for Phillies
Ed Sanicki didn’t believe in saving his best for last.
In his…

September 21, 1949: Red Sox win 19th consecutive game at Fenway Park
There were 27 hits in this game, 10 bases on balls, and 10 pitchers…

September 27, 1949: Ted Williams reaches base safely for a record 84th consecutive game
Joe DiMaggio – a 56-game hitting streak. It’s a statistic…

September 29, 1949: Former Cardinal Murry Dickson knocks St. Louis out of first place
In January 1949, the St. Louis Cardinals sold right-hander Murry…

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…

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…

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…

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…

October 7, 1949: Johnny Mize’s first World Series was all right
As pennant races go, the 1949 races in both the American and…

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…

October 9, 1949: Yankees ‘dumbfounded that they won it so easily’
As Dodgers fans streamed through Ebbets Field’s turnstiles…

April 18, 1950: Sal Maglie returns to Giants after four-season suspension hiatus
When Sal Maglie reached the major leagues on August 9, 1945,…

April 18, 1950: Exit Ken Keltner, enter Al Rosen as Detroit defeats Cleveland on Opening Day
Every player goes through it. The speed slows just a bit, the…

April 18, 1950: Yankees storm back from 9-run deficit to beat Red Sox on Opening Day
The 1950 season began with a dramatic rematch between two rivals…

April 18, 1950: Robin Roberts wins first Opening Day start for Phillies
It was a “sticky, gray day and the sun never did break through…

April 18, 1950: From deathbed to first base: Eddie Waitkus returns after near-fatal shooting
“I didn’t know if I’d ever play ball again,” Eddie Waitkus…

April 19, 1950: Red Sox win Patriots Day game against the Yankees
The Patriots Day dual-admission doubleheader at Fenway Park constituted…