1940s – Page 16 – Society for American Baseball Research

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

Don Newcombe (SABR-Rucker Archive)

May 22, 1949: Don Newcombe pitches and hits Dodgers to win over Reds in first NL start

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

June 2, 1949: Phillies smash 5 homers in one inning to tie major-league record

June 30, 1949: Earlene ‘Beans’ Risinger outlasts Erma Bergmann in 17-inning AAGPBL pitchers’ duel

June 5, 1949: Foul ball at Phillies-Cubs game leads to precedent-setting lawsuit

Gil Hodges

June 12, 1949: Hodges, Cox combine forces in Dodgers’ offensive explosion

Wally Westlake

June 14, 1949: Braves’ attempt to trade for Westlake fails after Wally hits for second career cycle

Ted Williams (Trading Card Database)

June 24, 1949: Ted Williams’s 2 homers, 7 RBIs lead Red Sox to blowout win over Browns

June 25, 1949: Gil Hodges hits for cycle as Dodgers, Pirates slug 9 home runs

June 28, 1949: Joe DiMaggio returns to Yankees after missing first 65 games

July 6, 1949: Walker Cooper’s career day powers Reds over hapless Cubs

Monte Irvin and Hank Thompson (TRADING CARD DB)

July 8, 1949: Hank Thompson, Monte Irvin debut for Giants in loss to Dodgers

July 11, 1949: Chicago Herald-American All-Star Game: a tripleheader of future stars