Buddy Rosar (Trading Card DB)

July 19, 1940: Yankees’ backup backstop Buddy Rosar hits for the cycle

The New York Yankees entered 1940 as baseball’s first-ever…

July 28, 1940: Bobo Newsom finally loses after 13-game winning streak

The 1940 season was the finest of Bobo Newsom’s 20-year major-league…

September 24, 1940: Jimmie Foxx finally hits 500th home run

In mid-August of 1940, Jimmie Foxx went on a homer-hitting…

September 27, 1940: Frustrated Red Sox, out of pennant race, crush Senators 24-4

The potent Red Sox lineup of 1940 hadn’t been enough to overcome…

September 27, 1940: Tigers clinch American League pennant behind Floyd Giebell

The Cleveland Indians certainly started off the 1940 season in…

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

Baseball insiders and fans were asking a lot of questions as…

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

Cincinnati’s Crosley Field was crammed with 30,640 spectators…

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

The 1940 World Series featured the National League champion Cincinnati…

May 13, 1941: Bobo Newsom asks for the loss

In 1940, the Detroit Tigers ended the New York Yankees’ run…

June 1, 1941: Chuck Aleno’s rookie record hitting streak ends

When five Philadelphia Phillies pitchers stopped David Dahl without…

June 16, 1941: DiMaggio ties Yankee record with 29-game hitting streak

Joe DiMaggio was just getting started on “this streak business”1…
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July 2, 1941: Hot Streaks: Joe DiMaggio, the Yankees, and the weather

Beginning with a base hit on May 15, 1941, Joe DiMaggio just…