1940s – Page 16 – Society for American Baseball Research

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

Ralph Kiner (Trading Card DB)

August 31, 1948: Pirates break Forbes Field season attendance record in win over Giants

Preacher Roe (Trading Card Database)

September 5, 1948: Dodgers’ Preacher Roe goes the distance in dramatic 12-inning win over the Giants

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

Eleanor Callow (TRADING CARD DB)

September 13, 1948: Eleanor Callow’s clutch hits give Rockford Peaches commanding lead in Western Division finals

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