1950s – Society for American Baseball Research

April 18, 1950: Sal Maglie returns to Giants after four-season suspension hiatus

April 18, 1950: Exit Ken Keltner, enter Al Rosen as Detroit defeats Cleveland on Opening Day

April 18, 1950: Yankees storm back from 9-run deficit to beat Red Sox on Opening Day

April 18, 1950: Robin Roberts wins first Opening Day start for Phillies

April 18, 1950: From deathbed to first base: Eddie Waitkus returns after near-fatal shooting

April 19, 1950: Red Sox win Patriots Day game against the Yankees

April 21, 1950: A barrier partially falls: Sam Jethroe’s first game in Boston

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April 22, 1950: Late-game heroics as Paul Lehner homers in 15th for A’s

April 30, 1950: Red Sox post biggest shutout win in team history, beat A’s 19-0

April 30, 1950: Brecheen, Schmitz both go the distance in extra-inning duel

May 5, 1950: ‘That Williams is quite a hitter and you just can’t keep getting him out forever’

Vern Stephens (Trading Card DB)

May 16, 1950: Ted Williams, Vern Stephens combine for 4 homers and all the runs

May 16, 1950: Phillies’ Robin Roberts outduels Reds’ Ewell Blackwell in two-hit shutout

May 18, 1950: Rough inning for Cardinals leads to improbable Dodgers comeback

May 30, 1950: Dodgers sweep Phillies to take over first place; Duke Snider blasts three homers

June 2, 1950: George Kell hits for the cycle, leads Tigers’ hitting spree against A’s

June 8, 1950: Red Sox beat up on Browns with 29-4 shellacking

Newspaper photo – Home-plate umpire Lon Warneke served as a National League umpire (1949-1955) after a major-league career as a pitcher for 15 seasons (1930-1945). Warneke, a five-time All-Star, pitched for the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals and amassed a stellar record: 192-121, 3.18 ERA. The batter, Texas shortstop Ben Tompkins, spent seven seasons (1953-1959) in the Philadelphia Phillies minor-league system, rising to play for their Triple-A Miami team in the International League. He never played in the major leagues. (Courtesy of Rutgers University)

June 15, 1950: Rutgers’ late rally defeats defending champion Texas in College World Series opener

Luke Easter (Trading Card DB)

June 23, 1950: Luke Easter slugs longest home run in Cleveland Stadium history

June 23, 1950: Hoot Evers helps Tigers set home run record in wild win over Yankees

June 24, 1950: A ‘weird affair’ and slugfest in Flatbush as Dodgers sock Pirates, 21-12

June 25, 1950: Ralph Kiner hits for cycle with 8 RBIs in Pirates’ win over Dodgers

June 27, 1950: Phillies’ Dick Sisler beats Spahn, Braves with walk and homer

June 28, 1950: Cubs’ Roy Smalley hits for the cycle and drives in four