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May 10, 1939: Olean beats Bradford on New York-Penn League’s first day

Courtesy of Trading Card Database

May 16, 1939: A’s fall in first night game at Shibe Park

May 27, 1939: Tigers’ Charlie Gehringer hits for a natural cycle

May 30, 1939: Johnny Rizzo sets Pirates record with nine RBIs in a game

When he retired in 1945, his 534 home runs were No. 2 all-time behind Babe Ruth.

June 9, 1939: Jimmie Foxx, Ted Williams homer for Red Sox in 18-7 win over Browns

June 26, 1939: Boston Bees buzz past Class A affiliate Bradford in exhibition

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

June 28, 1939: Yankees’ juggernaut continues with 23-2 smashing of A’s

July 2, 1939: Ted Williams hits his first game-winning homer, off a future Hall of Famer

Jim Tabor (Trading Card Database)

July 4, 1939: Boston’s Jim Tabor hits two grand slams at Shibe Park

July 4, 1939: Cubs’ Hank Leiber provides fireworks with three home runs

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

SoltersMoose

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

Red Barber (SABR-Rucker Archive)

August 26, 1939: Reds beat Dodgers in first televised game in ‘Comedy of Errors’

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

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