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Babe Ruth waves his hat to fans at Yankee Stadium. (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)

June 13, 1948: Babe Ruth makes final visit to Yankee Stadium

June 15, 1948: Televised baseball debuts in Boston

June 15, 1948: ‘Look at your wonderful lights here’: Tigers win first night game in Detroit

June 24, 1948: Jackie Robinson’s first grand slam wins it for Dodgers in a walk-off

Bob Lemon (TRADING CARD DB)

June 30, 1948: Cleveland’s Bob Lemon throws a no-hitter against the Tigers

Pete Reiser (TRADING CARD DB)

July 4, 1948: Dodgers beat Giants in Fourth of July fireworks

July 13, 1948: Stan Musial wows St. Louis crowd with home run in All-Star Game

Leo Durocher (TRADING CARD DB)

July 17, 1948: New York Giants win in Leo Durocher’s debut as team’s manager

Pat Seerey (TRADING CARD DB)

July 18, 1948: Pat Seerey hits four home runs to lead White Sox past Athletics in doubleheader split

Wally Westlake

July 30, 1948: Wally Westlake hits for the cycle as Pirates double up Dodgers

Ralph Schwamb

July 31, 1948: Ralph ‘Blackie’ Schwamb earns his only win in major leagues

August 3, 1948: Satchel Paige’s first major-league start

Gene Hermanski (Trading Card DB)

August 5, 1948: Gene Hermanski becomes first Dodger to hit 3 home runs in Brooklyn; Carl Erskine goes distance in first career start

August 12, 1948: Cleveland wins a blowout game in a pennant race, 26-3 over Browns

1948 Negro League East-West All-Star Game program (Courtesy of the Center for Negro League Baseball Research)

August 22-24, 1948: The Negro Leagues East-West All-Star Games

Birdie Tebbetts (TRADING CARD DB)

August 29, 1948: Ted Williams, Birdie Tebbetts both homer in first inning and combine for 7 RBIs

August 29, 1948: Jackie Robinson hits for reverse natural cycle vs. Cardinals

September 6, 1948: Braves break out as Spahn wins 14-inning Labor Day duel

September 6, 1948: Tallahassee stays alive in Game 3 of Georgia-Florida playoff series

A teenage Willie Mays with the Birmingham Black Barons. Mays’ father did not allow him to join the Black Barons full-time in 1948 until school was over at the end of May. (Courtesy of Memphis Public Library)

September 11, 1948: Willie Mays singles home the Game 1 winner for Black Barons in extra innings

A teenage Willie Mays with the Birmingham Black Barons. Mays’ father did not allow him to join the Black Barons full-time in 1948 until school was over at the end of May. (Courtesy of Memphis Public Library)

September 12, 1948: Willie Mays’ two-out double in 9th saves the day for Black Barons

September 22, 1948: Stan the Man swings five times, gets five hits

September 26, 1948: Boston Braves win National League pennant

Bittersweet Goodbye: 1948 Negro League World Series

September 26-October 5, 1948: Homestead Grays capture final Negro League World Series in five games

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