1940s – Page 2 – Society for American Baseball Research

Sid Hudson (TRADING CARD DB)

September 2, 1940: Rookie sensation Sid Hudson outduels Lefty Grove in marathon thriller

Joe Gordon (TRADING CARD DB)

September 8, 1940: Joe Gordon’s cycle leads Yankees over Red Sox in packed Fenway Park

September 24, 1940: Jimmie Foxx finally hits 500th home run

September 27, 1940: Frustrated Red Sox, out of pennant race, crush Senators 24-4

September 27, 1940: Tigers clinch American League pennant behind Floyd Giebell

October 2, 1940: Jittery Reds lose World Series opener to Bobo Newsom and the Tigers

October 3, 1940: Jimmy Ripple’s homer vaults Reds to Win in Game 2

October 6, 1940: Bobo Newsom honors father with World Series win

October 7, 1940: Reds’ Bucky Walters hurls World Series shutout to force deciding Game 7

October 8, 1940: Reds pitching prevails and Cincinnati celebrates first World Series title in two decades

Phil Rizzuto (Trading Card Database)

April 14, 1941: FDR deals and Phil Rizzuto debuts for Yankees as the drumbeats of war grow louder

May 7, 1941: ‘Loose-jointed fly chaser’ Ted Williams homers twice, wins game in 11th

May 13, 1941: Bobo Newsom asks for the loss

May 25, 1941: The Captain America Game: Dodgers’ Pete Reiser hits inside-the-park grand slam to beat Phillies

Charlie Wagner (Trading Card Database)

May 27, 1941: Ted Williams helps roommate Charlie Wagner win another game for Red Sox

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Library of Congress)

May 27, 1941: Giants, Braves pause to hear President Franklin Roosevelt declare emergency over Nazi Germany’s threats

May 28, 1941: George Selkirk’s grand slam wins for Yankees in first night game at Griffith Stadium

Ted Williams (TRADING CARD DB)

May 29, 1941: Ted Williams, Skeeter Newsome both homer as Boston beats Connie Mack’s A’s

June 1, 1941: Chuck Aleno’s rookie record hitting streak ends

Trading Card Database

June 6, 1941: Controversial scoring decision denies Johnny Vander Meer his third career no-hitter

Ted Williams (TRADING CARD DB)

June 12, 1941: Ted Williams’s two-run homer in third inning puts Red Sox ahead of Browns to stay

June 16, 1941: DiMaggio ties Yankee record with 29-game hitting streak

Courtesy of National Baseball Hall of Fame Library

July 2, 1941: Hot Streaks: Joe DiMaggio, the Yankees, and the weather

July 8, 1941: Ted Williams hits ‘most thrilling’ home run to win All-Star Game in Detroit