1930s – Page 12 – Society for American Baseball Research

Lou Gehrig pauses while giving a farewell address on July 4, 1939, at Yankee Stadium in New York (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

July 4, 1939: Lou Gehrig says farewell to baseball with ‘Luckiest Man’ speech at Yankee Stadium

1939 ASG (Courtesy of SABR-Rucker Archive)

July 11, 1939: Yankees dominate, but an Indian saves the day in first Bronx All-Star Game

July 15, 1939: Red Sox blow their second straight 5-0 lead, but win again thanks to ‘Ted the Terror’

July 19, 1939: Arky Vaughan hits for reverse natural cycle, leads Pirates past crippled Giants

August 6, 1939: Late home runs lift West to win in Negro League all-star game

August 7, 1939: Ottawa Senators’ Wally Schang homers two weeks before his 50th birthday

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August 10, 1939: Exhibition against minor-league namesake turns into rout for St. Louis Browns

August 13, 1939: A’s suffer worst home loss in Yankees beatdown

August 14, 1939: Chicago native Johnny Rigney pitches White Sox to historic win in first night game at Comiskey Park

August 19, 1939: Ted Williams hits first grand slam for Red Sox

August 28, 1939: Ted Williams’ 3-run homer stops 5-game Red Sox losing streak

Ted Williams (TRADING CARD DB)

August 29, 1939: Red Sox rookie Ted Williams hits another grand slam, second game-winner in a row

September 3, 1939: Red Sox-Yankees game forfeited, rescheduled, then never played — ends in a 5-5 tie

September 6, 1939: Gomez beats Grove in duel of Hall of Fame lefties

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September 9, 1939: Dodgers’ Chris Hartje delivers off the bench in major-league debut

September 10, 1939: Joe Cronin, Ted Williams put a damper on Philadelphia’s 100th anniversary baseball celebration

Ted Williams (TRADING CARD DB)

September 10, 1939: ‘Thumping’ Ted Williams goes on a batting binge

September 12, 1939: White Sox victory voided on appeal

September 23, 1939: Dodgers flog Phillies, 22-4

September 28, 1939: A trifecta for McKechnie, a pennant for Cincinnati

Ted Williams (TRADING CARD DB)

September 30, 1939: Red Sox rookie Ted Williams completes quest to homer in every ballpark

Monte Pearson (TRADING CARD DB)

October 5, 1939: Yankees’ Monte Pearson flirts with no-hitter in dominant Game Two performance

October 7, 1939: ‘King Kong’ Charlie Keller’s two home runs help Yankees push Reds to brink

October 8, 1939: Joe DiMaggio’s 10th-inning single secures Yankees’ fourth straight title