July 11, 1939: Yankees dominate, but an Indian saves the day in first Bronx All-Star Game
Yankee Stadium was the natural choice to hold the All-Star…
July 15, 1939: Red Sox blow their second straight 5-0 lead, but win again thanks to ‘Ted the Terror’
For 20-year-old Ted Williams, this was the third visit to Cleveland.…
July 19, 1939: Arky Vaughan hits for reverse natural cycle, leads Pirates past crippled Giants
The July 20, 1939, headline in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette read,…
August 6, 1939: Late home runs lift West to win in Negro League all-star game
As the Cheers resident know-it-all Cliff Clavin might have said,…
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…
August 10, 1939: Exhibition against minor-league namesake turns into rout for St. Louis Browns
Dating to the nineteenth century, the city of Youngstown, Ohio,…
August 13, 1939: A’s suffer worst home loss in Yankees beatdown
After streaking out of the gate early in the season, the New…
August 14, 1939: Chicago native Johnny Rigney pitches White Sox to historic win in first night game at Comiskey Park
On a warm August Monday night in Chicago, the sports news centered…
August 19, 1939: Ted Williams hits first grand slam for Red Sox
As the games were played through August 1939, the Boston Red…
August 28, 1939: Ted Williams’ 3-run homer stops 5-game Red Sox losing streak
Of the nine game-winning homers Ted Williams hit in his rookie…
August 29, 1939: Red Sox rookie Ted Williams hits another grand slam, second game-winner in a row
Ted Williams must have enjoyed his July and August 1939 visits…
September 3, 1939: Red Sox-Yankees game forfeited, rescheduled, then never played — ends in a 5-5 tie
The first time Boston’s American League team was involved in…
September 6, 1939: Gomez beats Grove in duel of Hall of Fame lefties
The Boston Red Sox arrived in New York for a three-game series,…
September 9, 1939: Dodgers’ Chris Hartje delivers off the bench in major-league debut
Chris Hartje got his first taste of the major leagues as the…
September 10, 1939: Joe Cronin, Ted Williams put a damper on Philadelphia’s 100th anniversary baseball celebration
The 1939 Boston Red Sox fell from first place to second on their…
September 10, 1939: ‘Thumping’ Ted Williams goes on a batting binge
The Red Sox and Athletics squared off for the second game of…
September 12, 1939: White Sox victory voided on appeal
At first glance, the game played between the Chicago White Sox…
September 23, 1939: Dodgers flog Phillies, 22-4
To say neither the Dodgers nor the Phillies had much success…
September 28, 1939: A trifecta for McKechnie, a pennant for Cincinnati
The Reds were on the brink. Twenty years removed from their only…
September 30, 1939: Red Sox rookie Ted Williams completes quest to homer in every ballpark
The September 30 doubleheader between the New York Yankees and…
October 5, 1939: Yankees’ Monte Pearson flirts with no-hitter in dominant Game Two performance
After a tense pitchers’ duel that saw Red Ruffing of the Yankees…
October 7, 1939: ‘King Kong’ Charlie Keller’s two home runs help Yankees push Reds to brink
With New York having taken the first two games of the 1939 World…
October 8, 1939: Joe DiMaggio’s 10th-inning single secures Yankees’ fourth straight title
In a wild back-and-forth game, the Yankees won the 1939 World…
April 16, 1940: Bob Feller’s no-hitter on Opening Day propels Cleveland to 1-0 win over White Sox
In all of major-league history, only one no-hitter has been pitched…