July 3, 1943: Red Sox rookie Leon Culberson hits for the natural cycle — with inside-the-park home run
As the Boston Red Sox pounded the Cleveland Indians in front…
July 8, 1943: Dick Barrett hurls 14-inning shutout for Phillies
The Thursday afternoon doubleheader between the Philadelphia…
July 10, 1943: Dodgers double down in rout of Pirates
“Four Pirate pitchers bent like reeds in the fury of the…
July 13, 1943: Depleted AL stars win first night All-Star Game in Philadelphia
The 1943 All-Star Game was the first one significantly affected…
August 1, 1943: Thrills and Surprises: 51,723 see Satchel Paige and other Negro League greats in All-Star Game
“If you were anybody, you were at the East-West Game.” —…
August 11, 1943: Mickey, Rube, Harry the Hat, and Volo Song
New York City sports fans with a few dollars in their pockets…
August 15, 1943: Canada’s Olive Little tosses first no-hit, no-run game in AAGPBL history
Olive Little wasn't particularly interested in joining the…
August 22, 1943: Pitching pharmacist Sam Hyman helps Hartford Senators out of jam
When The Sporting News, a.k.a. “the bible of baseball,”…
September 7, 1943: Last-place Allentown beats Connie Mack’s A’s in exhibition
What happens when the worst team in the American League meets…
September 12, 1943: Reds’ Elmer Riddle mows ’em down with one-hitter
History may assign this mid-September match-up between the Cincinnati…
September 21, 1943: Powerful Grays, upstart Black Barons take center stage at Griffith Stadium
Griffith Stadium hosted Game One of the 1943 Negro League World…
September 24, 1943: Cool Papa Bell wins Game 3 for Grays in 10th inning
Johnny Markham must have looked long and hard at Ted “Double…
September 26, 1943: Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell, and Buck Leonard lead Homestead Grays in Game 4
A crowd of 6,000 turned out to Comiskey Park on September 26,…
September 28, 1943: George Kell debuts in Connie Mack’s all-rookie lineup
The Philadelphia Athletics were in the cellar of the eight-team…
October 3, 1943: John Dagenhard records only major-league win; Casey Stengel manages final game for Boston Braves
The 1943 baseball season was winding down and the long ride was…
October 10, 1943: Marius Russo’s one-man show leads to Yankees’ win in Game 4
The 1943 World Series was a rematch of 1942’s fall classic,…
October 11, 1943: Spud Chandler, Yankees bring World Series championship back to New York
If you were listening carefully, you might have picked up on…
April 26, 1944: Reds outlast Cardinals in 13 innings on Frank McCormick’s homer
As 1944 approached, with war being waged across the world, baseball…
April 27, 1944: ‘Old Ironsides’ Jim Tobin tosses no-hitter and wallops home run for Boston Braves
During the war years (1942-1945), the fans of the Boston Braves…
April 30, 1944: New York Giants score 26 runs; Weintraub has 11 RBIs
With D-Day still five weeks in the future, baseball was starting…
May 15, 1944: Reds’ Clyde Shoun showin’ his stuff in 79-minute no-hitter
Clyde “Hardrock” Shoun didn’t plan on playing in the big…
May 17, 1944: Boston’s Bobby Doerr hits for the cycle in Browns’ ‘good, sloppy, indifferent’ romp
The second-place St. Louis Browns traveled to Beantown for a…
June 10, 1944: At age 15, Reds’ Joe Nuxhall becomes youngest player to appear in MLB game
On the afternoon of June 10, 1944, just 3,510 individuals came…
June 13, 1944: Ray Dandridge, Newark Eagles soar over Memphis Red Sox
“Ray Dandridge was fantastic. ... Once you saw him, you never…