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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

September 28, 1948: Cleveland celebrates Good Old Joe Earley Night

September 30, 1948: Willie Mays leads Black Barons to postseason victory

Ted Williams (Trading Card DB)

October 2, 1948: Ted Williams’s home run knocks Yankees out of the AL pennant race

October 4, 1948: Rookie Bearden wins 20th, Boudreau homers twice as Indians win pennant in AL tiebreaker

Tommy Holmes (Trading Card DB)

October 6, 1948: Braves beat Bob Feller 1-0 to win Game 1 of World Series

October 7, 1948: ‘I guess they can’t win ’em all’: Indians top Braves in Game 2

October 8, 1948: Gene Bearden shuts out Braves to give Cleveland 2-1 lead in World Series

October 9, 1948: Gromek, Doby give Indians 3-1 lead in World Series

October 10, 1948: Bob Elliott homers twice as Braves extend World Series in Game 5

October 11, 1948: Bearden, Indians capture World Series championship in Boston

April 19, 1949: Jackie Robinson has 3 hits with a home run on Opening Day

Rip Sewell (Trading Card DB)

April 19, 1949: Pirates’ Rip Sewell outduels Cubs’ Dutch Leonard in first Opening Day matchup of starters in their 40s

April 26, 1949: When Johnny Groth came marching home

April 26, 1949: Del Ennis two-run homer caps Phillies’ extra-inning comeback

Johnny Pesky (Trading Card DB)

May 1, 1949: Red Sox homers by Pesky, Stephens, Williams hand Yankees their first home loss of season

Ted Williams (Trading Card Database)

May 3, 1949: Red Sox, Tigers wage highest-scoring tie game in American League history

May 6, 1949: Bobby Shantz tosses 9 no-hit innings in relief for A’s

Ted Williams (Trading Card Database)

May 18, 1949: Ted Williams hits his first game-winning homer of the season

May 21, 1949: Jackie Robinson sets career high with 6 RBIs in Dodgers’ lambasting of Cardinals

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