July 3, 1945: Cruel Cubs brutalize Braves, 24-2
As 6,000 faithful fans filed into Braves Field for a 2:30 P.M.…
July 6, 1945: Tommy Holmes’s greatest day and greatest season
On June 6, 1945, Tommy Holmes of the Boston Braves began a hitting…
July 10, 1945: MLB All-Star Game canceled during World War II
On February 21, 1945, Monroe Johnson, director of the federal…
July 10, 1945: Red Sox beat Braves in Boston’s ‘All-Star Replacement Game’ in 1945
Fenway Park in Boston was supposed to host the 1945 All-Star…
July 15, 1945: Bob Elliott hits for the cycle, drives in 6 runs to lead Pirates’ rout over Dodgers
A Sunday crowd of 24,129, including 261 servicemen, “got a…
July 21, 1945: Athletics, Tigers play to record setting 24-inning tie
The Saturday matinee was a matchup between the first-place…
August 1, 1945: Mel Ott swats 500th career home run for Giants
When Mel Ott smacked his 500th career home run, it was the latest…
August 4, 1945: Pirates rookie Salkeld hits for cycle, sets two records
On August 4, 1945, Pittsburgh Pirates rookie Bill Salkeld “joined…
August 10, 1945: Browns win slugfest at the bottom of the American League
There remained the matter of a ballgame on August 10, 1945. Two,…
August 13, 1945: KC Monarchs pay a ‘royal’ visit to Braves Field
On occasion, the buildup exceeds the event. Such was the case…
August 19, 1945: Jimmie Foxx records five strikeouts and a win in his first start as pitcher
By August 1945, Jimmie Foxx was in his 20th season in the major…
August 24, 1945: Bob Feller returns to baseball after World War II
Bob Feller’s return to major-league baseball after 44 months…
August 31, 1945: Helen Callaghan manufactures a win for the Fort Wayne Daisies
The 1945 season was the height of the Deadball Era in the All-American…
September 4, 1945: Yankees’ Paul Schreiber returns to play after 22-year absence
On Tuesday, September 4, 1945, the Detroit Tigers and the New…
September 9, 1945: Sandlock gets three hits, but Dodgers blow 4-run lead to Reds
The Brooklyn Dodgers had finished a tough late-season stretch…
September 9, 1945: Dick Fowler becomes first Canadian to toss a major-league no-hitter
As World War II neared its conclusion in the summer of 1945,…
September 18, 1945: ‘Cinderella’ Cleveland Buckeyes win Game 3 with shutout of Grays
The 1945 Negro League World Series was taking place in a postwar…
September 18, 1945: Senators stay alive in topsy-turvy home finale
With two weeks left in the season, the Senators were playing…
September 19, 1945: Sandlock drives in three as Dodgers rally late to beat Giants
Neither the Giants nor the Dodgers were in contention for the…
September 20, 1945: Cleveland Buckeyes dethrone Negro League champions
The Homestead Grays were a dynasty in Negro League baseball…
September 23, 1945: At 49, Jud Wilson becomes oldest player to hit a home run in the Negro Leagues
The Cleveland Buckeyes swept the venerated Homestead Grays in…
September 30, 1945: Versatile René Monteagudo tops out at .301
It was in Philadelphia, it was late September, and it was at…
October 6, 1945: Goat, Trout leave Cubs cursed and ‘Dizzy’ in Game 4
For Dizzy Trout, the 30-year-old right-hander, no victory had…
October 7, 1945: Tigers gain World Series edge behind Newhouser’s princely pitching
In the second half of 1945, no pitcher in baseball had been as…