1940s – Page 10 – Society for American Baseball Research

August 11, 1946: Leon Day pitches 15 innings, hits game-winning homer for Newark Eagles

August 15, 1946: Newark Eagles quartet sparks East to victory in Negro Leagues all-star game

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August 15, 1946: Sam Chapman wallops three homers

August 18, 1946: Artie Wilson turns in a star performance in Negro Leagues East-West Classic

September 2, 1946: Boo Ferriss puts nail in Yankees’ coffin with 12th consecutive win

September 11, 1946: Johnny Vander Meer’s tireless 15 innings end in futility

September 13, 1946: Ted Williams’s inside-the-park home run clinches AL pennant for Red Sox

Joanne Winter (TRADING CARD DB)

September 16, 1946: Racine Belles win 14-inning thriller, claim second AAGPBL championship

September 17-29, 1946: Newark Eagles get the best of Kansas City Monarchs in Negro League World Series

September 18, 1946: Jackie Robinson’s Montreal Royals get the best of Yogi Berra’s Newark Bears in playoffs

September 21, 1946: A 13-inning ‘deserving reward’ for Sailor Jack Hallett

September 22, 1946: Yogi Berra and Bobby Brown shine in major-league debut with Yankees

September 25, 1946: Hilton Smith goes the distance as Monarchs roll in Game 5

Bob Feller (Trading Card DB)

September 29, 1946: Bob Feller sets AL strikeout record in Hank Greenberg’s final game as a Tiger

October 1, 1946: Red Sox tune up for World Series vs. AL All-Stars

October 1, 1946: Extra time: Cardinals take NL playoff opener over Dodgers

October 2, 1946: Jackie Robinson leads Montreal to thrilling 10-inning victory over Louisville

Murry Dickson

October 3, 1946: Cardinals finish tiebreaker sweep, advance to the World Series

October 3, 1946: Jackie Robinson’s heroics put Montreal on verge of first Junior World Series title

October 6, 1946: Rudy York’s homer lifts Red Sox to win in World Series opener

October 7, 1946: ‘The Cat’ Harry Brecheen purrs for Cardinals in Game 2

October 9, 1946: Boo Ferriss extends his unbeaten string at Fenway with Game 3 win

Joe Garagiola (TRADING CARD DB)

October 10, 1946: Garagiola, Cardinals batter Boston to even up World Series

Joe Dobson (TRADING CARD DB)

October 11, 1946: Boston’s Joe Dobson shines with two-hitter to win Game 5