Postseason – Page 7 – Society for American Baseball Research

From left, Leroy Matlock, Oscar Charleston, boxer John Henry Lewis, Satchel Paige, and Josh Gibson pose in front of the team bus at Greenlee Field in Pittsburgh. (NOIRTECH RESEARCH, INC.)

September 13-20, 1935: Pittsburgh Crawfords rally from 3-1 deficit to beat New York Cubans in Negro League World Series

October 4, 1935: Cubs stymied by ejections, errors, and the Schoolboy in Game 3

October 5, 1935: Defense dooms Cubs in Game 4

Chuck Klein (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

October 6, 1935: Cubs stave off elimination in Game 5 on Chuck Klein’s homer

October 7, 1935: Goslin’s single wins World Series

October 7, 1935: Tigers’ Goose Goslin wins World Series with walk-off single

October 2, 1936: Yankees clip Giants 18-4 in Game 2, tie the Subway Series

October 4, 1936: Monte Pearson outduels Carl Hubbell as Yankees take commanding 3-1 lead in World Series

October 5, 1938: Yankees’ Red Ruffing shackles Cubs in World Series opener

October 6, 1938: Sore-armed Dizzy Dean loses Game Two on Crosetti’s late homer

The 1939 Baltimore Elite Giants, edited by Frederick C. Bush, Thomas Kern, and Bill Nowlin

September 6-10, 1939: Baltimore Elite Giants top Newark Eagles in Negro National League playoffs

Baltimore Elite Giants pitchers at Oriole Park V, 1940. L to R: Emery Adams, Satchel Davis, Eddie Dixon, Woody Williams, Willie Hubert, and Bill Barnes. (Courtesy of David Stinson and Bernard McKenna)

September 16-24, 1939: Baltimore Elite Giants defeat Homestead Grays in five-game championship series

Monte Pearson (TRADING CARD DB)

October 5, 1939: Yankees’ Monte Pearson flirts with no-hitter in dominant Game Two performance

October 7, 1939: ‘King Kong’ Charlie Keller’s two home runs help Yankees push Reds to brink

October 8, 1939: Joe DiMaggio’s 10th-inning single secures Yankees’ fourth straight title

October 2, 1940: Jittery Reds lose World Series opener to Bobo Newsom and the Tigers

October 3, 1940: Jimmy Ripple’s homer vaults Reds to Win in Game 2

October 6, 1940: Bobo Newsom honors father with World Series win

October 7, 1940: Reds’ Bucky Walters hurls World Series shutout to force deciding Game 7

October 8, 1940: Reds pitching prevails and Cincinnati celebrates first World Series title in two decades

October 4, 1941: Fitzsimmons’s injury, Casey’s blunders, Russo’s pitching lead Yankees in Game 3

Brooklyn Dodgers catcher famously dropped a third strike in the 1941 World Series, which eventually allowed the Yankees to win the game.

October 5, 1941: Mickey Owen’s dropped third strike costs Dodgers series-tying win

Ernie "Tiny" Bonham

October 6, 1941: Dodgers submit quietly to Tiny Bonham and the Yankees

Satchel Paige (SABR-RUCKER ARCHIVE)

September 8, 1942: Satchel Paige, Monarchs shut out powerful Homestead Grays lineup in Game 1