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August 14, 1933: Foxx hits for the cycle, drives in record 9 runs

July 13, 1934: The Babe bashes 700th career home run

May 24, 1936: Tony Lazzeri’s two grand slams and 11 RBIs

April 25, 1937: Giants’ Cliff Melton fans record 13 in debut, but loses heartbreaker

October 3, 1937: ‘Whistling Jake’ one-hits Tribe, stops Johnny Allen’s winning streak

May 31, 1938: Lou Gehrig plays his 2,000th consecutive game

pitched double no-hitter for Cincinnati Reds in 1938.

June 15, 1938: Johnny Vander Meer tosses second straight no-hitter in historic night game at Ebbets Field

Jimmie Foxx (Trading Card DB)

June 16, 1938: Boston’s Jimmie Foxx sets American League record with 6 walks in a 9-inning game

June 21, 1938: Mike Higgins sets record with 12th consecutive hit for Red Sox

October 2, 1938: Bob Feller sets new MLB strikeout record, whiffs 18 in loss

July 4, 1939: Boston’s Jim Tabor hits two grand slams at Shibe Park

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

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 17, 1941: DiMaggio’s streak stopped at 56 by Cleveland’s stellar defense

September 28, 1941: With .400 at stake, Williams decides to play

September 28, 1941: Teddy Ballgame finishes at .406

August 10, 1944: Braves’ Red Barrett shuts out Reds with record-low 58 pitches

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

Tommy Holmes (Trading Card DB)

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

September 23, 1945: At 49, Jud Wilson becomes oldest player to hit a home run in the Negro Leagues

Bob Feller (Trading Card DB)

September 29, 1946: Bob Feller sets AL strikeout record in Hank Greenberg’s final game as a Tiger

July 25, 1947: Reds’ Ewell Blackwell sets modern NL record with 16th straight victory

September 14, 1947: For the 76th time, Connie Mack neither wins nor loses

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