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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

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

Trading Card Database

May 24, 1949: Jackie Robinson rips two home runs vs. Pirates at Forbes Field

May 25, 1949: Cannonball Jackman stars at Braves Field

Tex Hughson, Trading Card Database

May 28, 1949: Tex Hughson holds Nationals after Williams’s solo home run gives Red Sox an edge

Ted Williams (Trading Card Database)

May 30, 1949: Ted Williams hits late home run to sink A’s at Fenway Park

Tommy Lasorda (Trading Card Database)

May 30-31, 1949: Greenville pitcher Tommy Lasorda loses control, then finds it, in Sally League games

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