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,…
Bobby Thomson

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 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 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…
Eddie Mathews with the Boston Braves (SABR-Rucker Archive)

April 15, 1952: Eddie Mathews debuts in final Boston Braves home opener

Boston Braves fans had few reasons to be hopeful as the 1952…

April 18, 1952: Willie Mays makes his greatest catch — no, not that one

New York Giants fans loved Willie Mays, the exciting young…
Mike Roarke (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

April 19, 1952: Boston College wins hard-fought ‘Battle of Commonwealth Avenue’

The rivalry between Boston College and Boston University is a…
Bob Cain (TRADING CARD DB)

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…
Johnny Klippstein (Trading Card Database)

May 1, 1952: Cubs defeat Dodgers, flirt with first place for three days

The 1952 baseball season had turned the page to May, and the…

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…

May 21, 1952: Dodgers rout Reds with 15-run first inning

In the 1950s, a kid’s trip to a Dodgers game at Ebbets Field…

May 27, 1952: Willie Mays leads Giants over Dodgers as Army induction approaches

Willie Mays missed nearly two full seasons due to military…