1950s – Page 5 – Society for American Baseball Research

September 30, 1951: Ned Garver wins 20th for sad-sack St. Louis Browns

September 30, 1951: Giants defeat Braves to set up playoff for NL pennant

Bobby Thomson

October 1, 1951: Thomson, Giants get best of Branca, Dodgers in NL playoff opener

Clem Labine (TRADING CARD DB)

October 2, 1951: Clem Labine shuts out Giants, Jackie Robinson homers to knot NL playoff at one game apiece

October 3, 1951: The Giants Win The Pennant!

October 4, 1951: Monte Irvin steals home as Giants take Game 1 over Yankees

Eddie Lopat (TRADING CARD DB)

October 5, 1951: Eddie Lopat’s hurling, hitting lead Yankees to Game 2 win over Giants

October 6, 1951: Eddie Stanky leads Giants past Yankees in Game 3

October 8, 1951: A day of rain, and Reynolds rather than Sain, lifts Yankees in Game 4

October 9, 1951: Gil McDougald’s grand slam leads Yankees to Game 5 rout of Giants

October 10, 1951: Yankees edge Giants in Game 6 to win third straight World Series

Eddie Mathews with the Boston Braves (SABR-Rucker Archive)

April 15, 1952: Eddie Mathews debuts in final Boston Braves home opener

April 18, 1952: Willie Mays makes his greatest catch — no, not that one

Clyde Vollmer (TRADING CARD DB)

April 18, 1952: ‘Dutch the Clutch’ Vollmer sparks first Red Sox home opener win in 5 years

Mike Roarke (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

April 19, 1952: Boston College wins hard-fought ‘Battle of Commonwealth Avenue’

Hoyt Wilhelm (Trading Card Database)

April 23, 1952: Giants’ Hoyt Wilhelm hits home run in first career at-bat, then earns first career victory

Bob Cain (TRADING CARD DB)

April 23, 1952: Browns’ Bob Cain beats Bob Feller in a battle of one-hitters

April 30, 1952: Before leaving for the Marine Corps, Ted Williams homers to win a game for Red Sox

Buster Clarkson (Trading Card DB)

April 30, 1952: Negro League star Buster Clarkson makes his National League debut for Boston Braves

Johnny Klippstein (Trading Card Database)

May 1, 1952: Cubs defeat Dodgers, flirt with first place for three days

May 15, 1952: Virgil Trucks’s first no-hitter ends with Tigers walk-off

May 21, 1952: Dodgers rout Reds with 15-run first inning

May 27, 1952: Willie Mays leads Giants over Dodgers as Army induction approaches

June 4, 1952: Cleveland’s Larry Doby hits for the cycle, drives in six runs in loss to Red Sox