
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…

April 21, 1950: A barrier partially falls: Sam Jethroe’s first game in Boston
More than nine years before Pumpsie Green first played for the…

April 22, 1950: Late-game heroics as Paul Lehner homers in 15th for A’s
The 1950 season was Connie Mack's 50th year as manager of the…

April 30, 1950: Red Sox post biggest shutout win in team history, beat A’s 19-0
The 1950 season still stands out in Red Sox history as the season…

April 30, 1950: Brecheen, Schmitz both go the distance in extra-inning duel
When fans of the St. Louis Cardinals woke up on the morning of…

May 5, 1950: ‘That Williams is quite a hitter and you just can’t keep getting him out forever’
“You see, it’s like this. You get the guy out a couple of…

May 16, 1950: Ted Williams, Vern Stephens combine for 4 homers and all the runs
It was a Tuesday afternoon at Ted Williams’s favorite homer…

May 16, 1950: Phillies’ Robin Roberts outduels Reds’ Ewell Blackwell in two-hit shutout
In a classic pitching duel between a bonus youngster and a veteran,…

May 18, 1950: Rough inning for Cardinals leads to improbable Dodgers comeback
St. Louis third baseman Tommy Glaviano was having a solid start…

May 30, 1950: Dodgers sweep Phillies to take over first place; Duke Snider blasts three homers
A crowd of 18,884 showed up for the first game of a Memorial…

June 2, 1950: George Kell hits for the cycle, leads Tigers’ hitting spree against A’s
As June started in the 1950 season, the Detroit Tigers traveled…

June 8, 1950: Red Sox beat up on Browns with 29-4 shellacking
It was quite a homestand for the Boston Red Sox. From June 2…

June 15, 1950: Rutgers’ late rally defeats defending champion Texas in College World Series opener
1950 Rutgers University baseball team. Standing (L-R): Ted…

June 23, 1950: Luke Easter slugs longest home run in Cleveland Stadium history
Luke Easter was a phenomenon. His imposing stature (6-feet-4)…

June 23, 1950: Hoot Evers helps Tigers set home run record in wild win over Yankees
A record-setting home-run barrage and a thrilling finish at Briggs…

June 24, 1950: A ‘weird affair’ and slugfest in Flatbush as Dodgers sock Pirates, 21-12
The Dodgers and Pirates broke off what New York Daily News sportswriter…

June 25, 1950: Ralph Kiner hits for cycle with 8 RBIs in Pirates’ win over Dodgers
“Pitching is called 70 per cent of baseball.”1 The Pittsburgh…

June 27, 1950: Phillies’ Dick Sisler beats Spahn, Braves with walk and homer
The Whiz Kids got only three hits but scored three runs in beating…

June 28, 1950: Cubs’ Roy Smalley hits for the cycle and drives in four
The Chicago Cubs “swished home run bats that belted big George…

July 8, 1950: Pirates beat Cardinals on Jack Phillips’ pinch-hit grand slam in 9th
Still led by four pillars of their 1940s dynasty, the St. Louis…