Braves Field greatest games – Page 2 – Society for American Baseball Research

April 28, 1929: Red Sox fall in first official Sunday game in Boston

May 5, 1929: Senior Circuit debuts Sunday baseball at Braves Field

July 13, 1930: Thou shalt not … Cubs rally scrubbed by Boston’s Sunday law

September 8, 1930: Old-timers make history in charity game at Braves Field

Wally Berger (Trading Card DB)

September 17, 1930: Big day for Braves rookie Berger with three home runs in doubleheader

June 20, 1931: Boston Braves celebrate Fred Hoey Day

September 23, 1931: Charity begins at home plate: Red Sox, Braves team up for benefit game

August 1, 1932: The Beards versus the Braves: House of David visits Boston

October 9, 1932: NFL’s Boston Braves return pro football to Beantown

October 1, 1933: Wally Berger’s $10,000 home run

April 16, 1935: The Babe returns to Boston as a Brave

Dizzy Dean (Trading Card DB)

July 7, 1936: National League stars win at Boston’s Braves Field

July 6, 1938: Braves Field hosts an integrated baseball game

September 21, 1938: Storm of the Century hits Boston’s Braves Field

June 27, 1939: Darkness descends after 23 innings for Bees, Dodgers

September 7, 1941: Braves deliver ‘an absolute clubbing’ to Phillies in doubleheader

May 13, 1942: The pitcher is a slugger: Braves’ Jim Tobin belts three homers

Paul Waner (TRADING CARD DB)

June 19, 1942: Braves’ Paul Waner joins 3,000-hit club against his former team

April 27, 1944: ‘Old Ironsides’ Jim Tobin tosses no-hitter and wallops home run for Boston Braves

June 22, 1944: Abba Dabba does it again: Jim Tobin’s 5-inning no-hitter

Tommy Holmes (Trading Card DB)

July 6, 1945: Tommy Holmes’s greatest day and greatest season

August 13, 1945: KC Monarchs pay a ‘royal’ visit to Braves Field

April 16, 1946: The ‘wearing of the green’ at Braves’ Opening Day

May 11, 1946: Braves Field hosts its first game under the lights