Minor Leagues – Page 2 – Society for American Baseball Research

Festus Higgins (Scranton Times-Tribune, June 1, 1923)

April 30, 1914: Binghamton, Utica combine for one hit on Opening Day

September 12, 1915: Nashville fans start a riot and players get punished

Harry Biemiller (DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY, ERNIE HARWELL COLLECTION)

April 22, 1921: Jersey City’s Harry Biemiller throws first no-hitter of minor-league season

September 7, 1921: Teams split four hits in Dakota League action

Fred Frankhouse

May 24, 1922: Ottawa Senators’ Fred Frankhouse tosses 14-inning complete-game win over Trois-Rivières

Bill Moore (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, February 17, 1924)

September 27, 1924: Rochester no-hits Syracuse for the second time in a month

June 4, 1927: Umpire Gerald Hayes halts tie game, infuriates Syracuse crowd

MattesonEddie

September 11, 1927: Goodbye, Shamokin: Pennsylvania city leaves affiliated ball with win

Joe Hauser (TRADING CARD DB)

October 5, 1932: Minneapolis Millers come up short on ‘play of six decisions’

June 27, 1933: L.A. Angels overcome Joe DiMaggio’s home run; Win Ballou earns win

DeLorimier Park, circa 1933 (Musée McCord Museum)

July 18, 1933: Night baseball makes its debut in Montreal

Joe DiMaggio (Trading Card Database)

July 23, 1933: Seals’ Joe DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 60 games

May 10, 1939: Olean beats Bradford on New York-Penn League’s first day

August 7, 1939: Ottawa Senators’ Wally Schang homers two weeks before his 50th birthday

Ab Miller (Trading Card Database)

July 4, 1940: Ab Wright’s bombastic Independence Day leads Millers over Saints

Fred Caligiuri (BASEBALL-REFERENCE.COM)

August 5, 1940: Bound for majors, Fred Caligiuri, Phil McCullough square off in Class D gem

September 1, 1941: Olean’s John Moller collects pitching wins, key hits in last doubleheader before death in World War II

August 22, 1943: Pitching pharmacist Sam Hyman helps Hartford Senators out of jam

March 17, 1946: Jackie Robinson plays his first exhibition game for Montreal Royals

April 18, 1946: Jackie Robinson leads Montreal Royals’ romp in regular-season debut

September 18, 1946: Jackie Robinson’s Montreal Royals get the best of Yogi Berra’s Newark Bears in playoffs

October 2, 1946: Jackie Robinson leads Montreal to thrilling 10-inning victory over Louisville

October 3, 1946: Jackie Robinson’s heroics put Montreal on verge of first Junior World Series title

August 17, 1947: After Woody Crowson dies in bus accident, Greensboro and Raleigh play in his honor