May 24, 1922: Ottawa Senators’ Fred Frankhouse tosses 14-inning complete-game win over Trois-Rivières
The slumping Ottawa Senators were in need of a spark heading…
September 27, 1924: Rochester no-hits Syracuse for the second time in a month
Bill Moore’s major-league career was brief and unfortunate.…
May 30-31, 1949: Greenville pitcher Tommy Lasorda loses control, then finds it, in Sally League games
Each team in the Class A South Atlantic League, aka the Sally…
July 23, 1933: Seals’ Joe DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 60 games
When Joe DiMaggio laced a single in the San Francisco Seals’…
September 11, 1927: Goodbye, Shamokin: Pennsylvania city leaves affiliated ball with win
“‘Finis’ was written to the 1927 chapter of the New York-Pennsylvania…
July 21, 1950: Bob Friend tosses no-hitter at age 19 for Waco Pirates
Bob Friend established a reputation as one of the National League’s…
September 1, 1941: Olean’s John Moller collects pitching wins, key hits in last doubleheader before death in World War II
On September 5, 1943, about 500 fans attending a minor-league…
August 17, 1947: After Woody Crowson dies in bus accident, Greensboro and Raleigh play in his honor
Stretched out across a seat near the rear of his minor-league…
October 2, 1946: Jackie Robinson leads Montreal to thrilling 10-inning victory over Louisville
Jackie Robinson was relieved to be back in Montreal. The Montreal…
October 3, 1946: Jackie Robinson’s heroics put Montreal on verge of first Junior World Series title
In December of 1945, several weeks after the signing of Jackie…
April 18, 1946: Jackie Robinson leads Montreal Royals’ romp in regular-season debut
George Shuba greets Jackie Robinson at home plate on April…
March 17, 1946: Jackie Robinson plays his first exhibition game for Montreal Royals
On October 23, 1945, it was announced that Branch Rickey had…
May 10, 1939: Olean beats Bradford on New York-Penn League’s first day
Forty-one minor leagues operated in the United States in 1939.…
September 6, 1948: Tallahassee stays alive in Game 3 of Georgia-Florida playoff series
In 1948 Florida’s insular capital city of Tallahassee had a…
August 7, 1939: Ottawa Senators’ Wally Schang homers two weeks before his 50th birthday
After three seasons as a Cleveland Indians coach, former big-league…
September 7, 1921: Teams split four hits in Dakota League action
For a certain type of twenty-first-century baseball fan – one…
April 22, 1948: Bob Porterfield pitches Newark Bears to Opening Day victory
“No one grows up playing baseball pretending that they’re…
August 22, 1943: Pitching pharmacist Sam Hyman helps Hartford Senators out of jam
When The Sporting News, a.k.a. “the bible of baseball,”…
August 5, 1940: Bound for majors, Fred Caligiuri, Phil McCullough square off in Class D gem
In 1940 baseball was truly America’s national game. But it…
July 18, 1933: Night baseball makes its debut in Montreal
When it opened in 1928, Montreal’s De Lorimier Stadium was…
October 5, 1932: Minneapolis Millers come up short on ‘play of six decisions’
The Little World Series had been played on and off between the…
September 18, 1946: Jackie Robinson’s Montreal Royals get the best of Yogi Berra’s Newark Bears in playoffs
With a 100-54 won-lost record, the Montreal Royals finished the…
June 27, 1933: L.A. Angels overcome Joe DiMaggio’s home run; Win Ballou earns win
Noble Winfred “Win” Ballou (pronounced buh-LOO) was “one…
June 4, 1927: Umpire Gerald Hayes halts tie game, infuriates Syracuse crowd
The Syracuse (New York) Stars, managed by Burt Shotton, were…