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…
October 8, 1945: ‘Tragedy and Farce’: Stan Hack’s hit in 12th wins Game 6 for Cubs
Today, it would be called an “instant classic.”For the 41,708…
October 10, 1945: Newhouser leads Tigers to Game 7 victory
The Chicago Cubs defeated the Detroit Tigers in the 1907 and…
March 17, 1946: Jackie Robinson plays his first exhibition game for Montreal Royals
On October 23, 1945, it was announced that Branch Rickey had…
April 16, 1946: Ted Williams returns to Red Sox after World War II
Would “The Kid” still have it? Opening Day of the 1946 season…
April 16, 1946: The ‘wearing of the green’ at Braves’ Opening Day
Boston’s baseball fans eagerly awaited the start of the 1946…
April 16, 1946: Cleveland’s Bob Feller hurls 3-hitter against White Sox on Opening Day
April 16 is an important date in Cleveland Indians and major-league…
April 18, 1946: Jackie Robinson leads Montreal Royals’ romp in regular-season debut
George Shuba greets Jackie Robinson at home plate on April…
April 20, 1946: Johnny Pesky hits game-winning homer around the foul pole at Fenway Park
The Boston Red Sox hadn’t won a pennant for 28 years, not since…