July 27, 1946: Rudy York hits two grand slams for Red Sox
On July 27, 1946, the hard-hitting Boston Red Sox visited Sportsman’s…
July 27, 1946: War hero Warren Spahn returns to Braves after World War II
When Warren Spahn returned to the Braves midway through the 1946…
August 10, 1946: Cobb meets Wagner in the Windy City for high school all-star game
In 1946, the Esquire’s All-American Boys’ Baseball Game,…
August 11, 1946: Leon Day pitches 15 innings, hits game-winning homer for Newark Eagles
It was a cool, sunny day at Ruppert Stadium, home of the Newark…
August 15, 1946: Newark Eagles quartet sparks East to victory in Negro Leagues all-star game
The first Negro Leagues East-West All-Star Game of 1946 took…
August 15, 1946: Sam Chapman wallops three homers
Of all the games played at Shibe Park, few were more unusual…
August 18, 1946: Artie Wilson turns in a star performance in Negro Leagues East-West Classic
After the East defeated the West, 6-3, in Washington, D.C., on…
September 2, 1946: Boo Ferriss puts nail in Yankees’ coffin with 12th consecutive win
The Boston Red Sox were red hot going into the last month of…
September 11, 1946: Johnny Vander Meer’s tireless 15 innings end in futility
Pee Wee Reese and Pete Reiser made their major-league debuts…
September 13, 1946: Ted Williams’s inside-the-park home run clinches AL pennant for Red Sox
This one was not only a game-winner; it was also a pennant-clincher.…
September 16, 1946: Racine Belles win 14-inning thriller, claim second AAGPBL championship
There’s a tired sports cliché that goes something like this:…
September 17-29, 1946: Newark Eagles get the best of Kansas City Monarchs in Negro League World Series
The 1946 Negro League World Series played between the Negro National…
September 18, 1946: Jackie Robinson’s Montreal Royals get the best of Yogi Berra’s Newark Bears in playoffs
With a 100-54 won-lost record, the Montreal Royals finished the…
September 21, 1946: A 13-inning ‘deserving reward’ for Sailor Jack Hallett
It was 1946, and “the boys were back” from World War II.…
September 22, 1946: Yogi Berra and Bobby Brown shine in major-league debut with Yankees
For the third straight year, the New York Yankees were not headed…
September 25, 1946: Hilton Smith goes the distance as Monarchs roll in Game 5
Negro League team owners could see the handwriting on the wall…
September 29, 1946: Bob Feller sets AL strikeout record in Hank Greenberg’s final game as a Tiger
Sometimes the significance of a game is known at the time. But…
October 1, 1946: Red Sox tune up for World Series vs. AL All-Stars
On Sunday morning, September 29, 1946, Boston Red Sox general…
October 1, 1946: Extra time: Cardinals take NL playoff opener over Dodgers
Going into the last day of the 1946 baseball season, Brooklyn…
October 2, 1946: Jackie Robinson leads Montreal to thrilling 10-inning victory over Louisville
Jackie Robinson was relieved to be back in Montreal. The Montreal…
October 3, 1946: Cardinals finish tiebreaker sweep, advance to the World Series
In 1946, for the first time in history, a major-league pennant…
October 3, 1946: Jackie Robinson’s heroics put Montreal on verge of first Junior World Series title
In December of 1945, several weeks after the signing of Jackie…
October 6, 1946: Rudy York’s homer lifts Red Sox to win in World Series opener
The Boston Red Sox had not won a World Series since 1918, almost…
October 7, 1946: ‘The Cat’ Harry Brecheen purrs for Cardinals in Game 2
Despite the loss to the Boston Red Sox in the 1946 World Series…