September 23, 1951: Murry Dickson wins 20th game for seventh-place Pirates
After competing for the 1948 National League pennant before finishing…
September 25, 1951: Johnny Pramesa’s walk-off grand slam saves Raffensberger’s extra-inning gem
In their final home game of the 1951 season, the Cincinnati Reds…
September 27, 1951: ‘The Greatest Rhubarb in the History of Braves Field’
“The Greatest Rhubarb In The History Of Braves Field” So…
September 28, 1951: Allie Reynolds throws his second no-hitter of the season
“I knew it all the time,” said Yankees right-hander Allie…
September 30, 1951: Jackie Robinson saves the day and the season for Dodgers
Sunday, September 30 was supposed to be the last day of the…
September 30, 1951: Ned Garver wins 20th for sad-sack St. Louis Browns
The NL dominated the headlines on the last day of the 1951 regular…
September 30, 1951: Giants defeat Braves to set up playoff for NL pennant
As the 1951 National League season entered its final weekend,…
October 1, 1951: Thomson, Giants get best of Branca, Dodgers in NL playoff opener
At 9:30 on the evening of September 30, 1951, the New York…
October 2, 1951: Clem Labine shuts out Giants, Jackie Robinson homers to knot NL playoff at one game apiece
“Dressen first saw this boy in Boston in 1944 when a group…
October 3, 1951: The Giants Win The Pennant!
On August 11, 1951, the second-place New York Giants trailed…
October 4, 1951: Monte Irvin steals home as Giants take Game 1 over Yankees
As Monte Irvin stepped into the batter’s box in the eighth…
October 5, 1951: Eddie Lopat’s hurling, hitting lead Yankees to Game 2 win over Giants
In Game Two of the 1951 World Series, Eddie Lopat of the New…
October 6, 1951: Eddie Stanky leads Giants past Yankees in Game 3
After his brain cramp in Game Two of the 1951 World Series, Eddie…
October 8, 1951: A day of rain, and Reynolds rather than Sain, lifts Yankees in Game 4
After outscoring the New York Yankees 12-6 to take two of the…
October 9, 1951: Gil McDougald’s grand slam leads Yankees to Game 5 rout of Giants
The pendulum kept swinging the same way after the New York Yankees…
October 10, 1951: Yankees edge Giants in Game 6 to win third straight World Series
The clock finally struck midnight on the Cinderella New York…
April 18, 1952: Willie Mays makes his greatest catch — no, not that one
New York Giants fans loved Willie Mays, the exciting young…
April 18, 1952: ‘Dutch the Clutch’ Vollmer sparks first Red Sox home opener win in 5 years
Things weren’t looking that good for the Red Sox heading into…
April 19, 1952: Boston College wins hard-fought ‘Battle of Commonwealth Avenue’
The rivalry between Boston College and Boston University is a…
April 23, 1952: Giants’ Hoyt Wilhelm hits home run in first career at-bat, then earns first career victory
A small crowd of 4,611 braved the “steel gray day”1 at New…
April 23, 1952: Browns’ Bob Cain beats Bob Feller in a battle of one-hitters
The Cleveland Indians may have been reaching for some strong…
April 30, 1952: Before leaving for the Marine Corps, Ted Williams homers to win a game for Red Sox
Over the course of his career, Ted Williams homered six times…
April 30, 1952: Negro League star Buster Clarkson makes his National League debut for Boston Braves
It was a warm spring day in Pittsburgh as 2,861 fans filed into…
May 15, 1952: Virgil Trucks’s first no-hitter ends with Tigers walk-off
“If manager Red Rolfe had written the script, the Tigers could…