Postseason – Page 10 – Society for American Baseball Research

Eleanor Callow (TRADING CARD DB)

September 13, 1948: Eleanor Callow’s clutch hits give Rockford Peaches commanding lead in Western Division finals

Bittersweet Goodbye: 1948 Negro League World Series

September 26-October 5, 1948: Homestead Grays capture final Negro League World Series in five games

September 30, 1948: Willie Mays leads Black Barons to postseason victory

Tommy Holmes (Trading Card DB)

October 6, 1948: Braves beat Bob Feller 1-0 to win Game 1 of World Series

October 7, 1948: ‘I guess they can’t win ’em all’: Indians top Braves in Game 2

October 8, 1948: Gene Bearden shuts out Braves to give Cleveland 2-1 lead in World Series

October 9, 1948: Gromek, Doby give Indians 3-1 lead in World Series

October 10, 1948: Bob Elliott homers twice as Braves extend World Series in Game 5

October 11, 1948: Bearden, Indians capture World Series championship in Boston

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