Postseason – Page 10 – Society for American Baseball Research

October 5, 1949: Allie Reynolds two-hitter, Tommy Henrich home run give Yankees a 1-0 win in World Series opener

October 6, 1949: Preacher Roe shuts out Yankees in Game 2 to even World Series

Johnny Mize

October 7, 1949: Johnny Mize’s first World Series was all right

Bobby Brown (TRADING CARD DB)

October 8, 1949: One highly productive inning not enough for Dodgers in Game 4

Bobby Brown (TRADING CARD DB)

October 9, 1949: Yankees ‘dumbfounded that they won it so easily’

Helen Nicol Fox (COURTESY OF THE AAGPBL ASSOCIATION)

September 17, 1950: Rockford Peaches win third straight AAGPBL title on Helen Nicol Fox’s Game 7 shutout

October 4, 1950: Yankees’ Vic Raschi shuts out Phillies on two hits in World Series opener

October 5, 1950: DiMaggio’s 10th-inning homer gives Yankees a 2-0 lead in World Series

October 6, 1950: Jerry Coleman’s walk-off single lifts Yankees to 3-0 lead in World Series

October 7, 1950: Yogi Berra delivers knockout blow as Yankees sweep Phillies in World Series

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

September 8, 1952: South Bend wins protest, new Game 2 to get back into AAGPBL championship series

Joe Black (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

October 1, 1952: Joe Black and Dodgers’ defense beat Yankees in Game 1

Vic Raschi

October 2, 1952: Yankees bash Dodgers behind Vic Raschi’s 3-hitter in Game 2

Allie Reynolds (TRADING CARD DB)

October 4, 1952: Allie Reynolds’ 4-hit shutout in Game 4 evens World Series

Duke Snider

October 5, 1952: Duke Snider hits and Carl Erskine pitches Dodgers to World Series lead in Game 5

Mickey Mantle

October 6, 1952: Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra power Yankees in Game 6

October 7, 1952: Billy Martin saves the Series

Carl Erskine

October 2, 1953: Dodgers’ Carl Erskine sets World Series record with 14 strikeouts