1940s – Page 7 – Society for American Baseball Research

October 7, 1944: Musial’s blast helps Cardinals level Trolley Car Series at 2-2

October 8, 1944: Big Mort and big blasts lift Cardinals in Game 5

October 9, 1944: St. Louis wins! Cardinals defeat Browns in Trolley Car Fall Classic

April 17, 1945: Sandlock shines in Dodgers’ Opening Day victory over Phillies

April 18, 1945: Phillies spoil Leo Durocher’s last game as player-manager

April 17, 1945: Pete Gray, one-armed outfielder, makes major-league debut for St. Louis Browns

April 20, 1945: Sandlock’s first homer not enough in Dodgers’ loss to Giants

An all services honor guard with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's casket in the East Room of the White House, April 14, 1945. (FDR LIBRARY)

April 20, 1945: Baseball and a nation mourn its beloved leader after President Roosevelt’s death

April 29, 1945: Boo Ferriss wins major-league debut and launches historic run

May 6, 1945: Rookie Boo Ferriss wins second of eight consecutive decisions to start career

May 13, 1945: Boo Ferriss’s scoreless inning streak ends, but he still wins third straight

May 16, 1945: Rookie Jack Creel’s extended one-hit relief not enough for Cardinals to top Braves

May 18, 1945: Boo Ferriss shuts out White Sox for fourth straight win

May 23, 1945: Boo Ferriss beats Browns for fifth straight win

May 26, 1945: Dodgers end losing streak behind Sandlock’s three hits

May 27, 1945: Boo Ferriss one-hits White Sox for sixth consecutive win

May 31, 1945: Boo Ferriss wins seventh consecutive game to start career

June 6, 1945: Boo Ferriss wins record 8th straight game to start career

June 19, 1945: Reds’ Joe Bowman bests Red Barrett in ‘Titanic Hill Duel’

July 1, 1945: Tigers’ Hank Greenberg returns to baseball

July 3, 1945: Cruel Cubs brutalize Braves, 24-2

Tommy Holmes (Trading Card DB)

July 6, 1945: Tommy Holmes’s greatest day and greatest season

July 10, 1945: MLB All-Star Game canceled during World War II

Dave Ferriss (Trading Card DB)

July 10, 1945: Red Sox beat Braves in Boston’s ‘All-Star Replacement Game’ in 1945